Healthcare bill signing: exuberance, exclamations, expletives
With all the giddiness over the signing of the hard-fought healthcare reform bill into law, Vice President Joe Biden might be forgiven for dropping the F-bomb in the ear of the President of the United States … on open mike.
Fox News caught it and now it’s on YouTube for all to hear.
You have to listen closely.
Right after Biden introduces President Barack Obama at the White House East Room bill signing event, when they’re shaking hands, Biden turns and whispers in Obama’s ear: “This is a big f—ing deal.” (Just to be clear, there’s a u, c, and k missing from the quote).
Slight laughter from Obama before saying “thank you everybody” and beginning his remarks to the Democrats gathered before him.
Although some of Biden’s past off-the-cuff comments have been seen by the White House as unwelcome gaffes, the enormity of getting healthcare reform into law was enough to give the Veep a pass this time around.
Schwarzenegger swears F-word in veto letter ‘wild coincidence’
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger swears that the profanity spelled out when looking at his veto letter a certain way was pure coincidence.
The Republican governor was in Washington for an event with Vice President Joe Biden to praise the economic stimulus package as having successfully created jobs. He spoke afterward with reporters in front of the White House West Wing to tout it some more.
One question was about the veto letter he sent to members of the California State Assembly. Upon closer inspection, the first letters on each line in the second and third paragraphs spell out an epithet using the four-letter F-word that is usually hurled in anger.
“That was a total coincidence. It was a wild coincidence,” Schwarzenegger said without a smile.
Newspapers and blogs have made a lot of fun, calling it the “F-Bomb Letter,” and the governor the “Swearminator” in a reference to his former acting role as the “Terminator.”
Many were incredulous about the chances that the placement of the letters were pure happenstance.
But we heard from the governor himself today — it was a coincidence…
Das ist nicht gut, Herr Schwarzenegger! Was trinkte Sie?
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