To borrow from comments on Fox TV, first we had the New Deal, then the Fair Deal, and now we have the "Big F*#king Deal." Gotta say, such terminology makes politics more hip and current.. Billy =========================================================== Politico What did Biden say? VP: 'This is a big ... deal' By GLENN THRUSH | 03/23/10
Well, he’s at it again. It sure sounds like Vice President Joe Biden dropped the F-bomb Tuesday at the health care reform bill-signing ceremony in the White House East Room. On video captured by network cameras and reviewed by POLITICO, the vice president can be heard whispering to President Barack Obama, after introducing him: “This is a big f---ing deal.” The audio isn’t flawless. But a canvass of reporters from several news organizations who also reviewed the tape produced a consensus that Biden did, indeed, go there. And in a Twitter message just before 1 p.m., White House press secretary Robert Gibbs appeared to acknowledge the hot-mike moment, writing: “And yes Mr. Vice President, you’re right ...” For Biden, long infamous for his foot-in-mouth moments, it wasn’t the first time he’s been caught dropping the F-bomb since he became vice president. A year ago, he was picked up by another live microphone, addressing a former Senate colleague at Washington’s Union Station, from which he has for years commuted to his home in Wilmington, Del. “Hey, Mr. Chairman, how are you?” Biden said. “An hour late, give me a f---ing break.” The cracks have put Biden in select company. On CBS’s “60 Minutes” last Sunday, profanity-prone White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel said that he tries to clean up his language in the presence of the president whenever possible and has cussed around Obama in the Oval Office only once — that he readily remembers.
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