Sports Northwest Scouts Biden's Political Performance

Seth Kolloen, Seattlest editor emeritus and current editor of Sports Northwest magazine, has found a local sports stand-in for Obama's VP.

We were laughing through our tears as we read it.

To put it in baseball terms, Obama’s got a three-run lead, going into the seventh inning. And who’s coming out of the bullpen for tomorrow night’s debate? Joe Biden, the Bobby Ayala of American presidential politics.

Joe Biden, who sunk his 1988 presidential campaign by lying (or, to be generous, misremembering) about his family background and his law degree.

The list of Biden's bloopers goes on from there, and it reminds you--with sharp elbows--that while Biden may look the venerable-political-sage part, the man has a mouth that doesn't always know when to say when. Thursday night should be a nail-biter.

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By MvB in Miscellaneous on October 1, 2008 2:15 PM

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MvB

ruffhauser: I just looked. The "Putz is the new Bobby Ayala" bit? Anyway, no--this was all Seth. Maybe it's a new internet meme: "BLANK is the Bobby Ayala of BLANK." But you'd have to be an Ms fan to understand how deeply painful a comparison it is. Holy shit.

ruffhauser

MvB - Did that Seattle Weekly article dredge up the Bobby Ayala thing or did you have to mine your own personal pain for that one?

sprizee

Let's hope he doesn't punch his fist through a window after the debates. Let's hope if he does, it's a victory punch for wiping the floor with Palin.