Current Event- Week 2

Biden: "The President has a Big Stick"

     During a speech at NYU, Vice President Joe Biden made an accidental, inappropriate joke while explaining how  President Barack Obama's stance on Iran is similar to Teddy Roosevelt's famous foreign policy quote "speak softly and carry a big stick." 

      The quote from Biden is as follows: “Speak softly and carry a big stick. End of quote. I promise you, the president has a big stick. I promise you.”

      Personally, I find this rather funny. Not the joke itself... ok that's funny. But, I find it more funny that Biden even said it. Now, I realize it was unintentional, but that's why its so amusing! Biden was trying to make a serious analogy, but his word choice was just a had a bit of a double meaning. To me, this just shows that even serious national leaders and slip up their words every now and then. This makes it a little bit easier to relate to our vice president. 

Works Cited:

"Biden on Iran: "I Promise You, the President Has A Big Stick"" NBC New York. 26 April  

           2012. Web. 26 April 2012.