As I mentioned the other day, Peepaw Biden and his family decided to forgo their vacation home in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware to spend a week at a rich donor’s estate on an island off the coast of South Carolina.
And while they were there, the House passed the massive tax and spend bill formerly known as the “Inflation Reduction Act.”
Of course, it stopped being called the “Inflation Reduction Act” once it passed Congress. Now it is being described as the most “sweeping” and “ambitious” Climate Change spending bill in history.
To mark the event, the White House staffers decided to pose Peepaw Biden awkwardly standing a couple of feet away from a TV supposedly while watching the House vote take place.
And like all the other Peepaw Biden photo-ops, this photo-op is an optics disaster.
First of all, Congress is voting on “sweeping” legislation to spend half a trillion dollars to “save the planet” from the ravages of Climate Change that, they tell us, has made tornadoes more powerful and hurricanes more deadly.
It stands to reason that Peepaw Biden and his family aren’t worried about the ravages of Climate Change making hurricanes more deadly. If they were, they wouldn’t be vacationing at a millionaire’s estate on an island off the coast of South Carolina … during hurricane season.
Second of all, what the heck is going on with Peepaw’s hands?
One time I wanted to take a picture of my late dog Mary wearing a patriotic pair of glasses.
I thought it would be cute.
However, it ended up looking like a hostage photo.
Honestly, have you ever seen a more uncomfortable and awkward pose?
Well, yeah. I have now. It’s Peepaw Biden standing with his fists clenched just a couple of feet from a TV with a fake smile plastered on his face.
Joe looks as lifelike as a Bendy Bunny doll.
Remember those? The rubbery plastic bunny with stiff wires in its arms and legs so you could bend and pose it in any way you wanted. They worked great until the wires snapped. Then Bendy Bunny was Boneless Bunny, unable to hold a pose.
Anyroad.
Maybe like me, you can imagine the conversation between old Joe and his handlers just before the picture was taken.
STAFFER:
Quick! Someone wake the President up from his nap
and get him down here! Let’s pose him in front of the
television and get a picture of him watching the vote!
The dazed, half-awake Joe is led into the room by Jill.
JILL:
Now, just stand here in front of the TV, Joe.
JOE:
Can’t I sit?
STAFFER:
It’s more powerful if you stand, Mr. President.
JOE:
But there’s a chair right here—
JILL:
Just stand!
Biden stands ten feet away.
STAFFER:
Closer, Mr. President. Come right up to the TV.
JOE:
But Jill says I’ll go blind if I get too close. She says that
every time I pull the chair up to the TV to watch Matlock.
JILL:
Not this time. It’s okay to do it this time, Joe.
Joe ambles toward the TV, stands awkwardly with his
fists clenched.
STAFFER:
Hang on! Put a pen in his hand. Make it look like he’s
been working.
Jill shoves a pen into Joe’s clenched left hand.
STAFFER:
He’s right-handed. Put it in his right hand!
JILL:
Nobody’s going to notice. Just take the picture.
STAFFER:
Unclench your fists, Mr. President.
JILL:
Smile Joe. (PAUSE) No, that’s a grimace. Smile!
(to Staffer) Now! Take it now!
STAFFER:
But he’s still clenching his fists.
Mr. President? Can you unclench your fists?
JILL:
Oh, just forget about his fists and take the damn
picture!
The staffer takes the picture on his iPhone.
STAFFER:
Got it!
JILL:
Good. Now post it to Twitter. Okay, Joe. Let’s put you
back to bed.
JOE:
Is Matlock on? I want to watch Matlock.