A real pouf piece

NEWS FROM THE PARALLEL UNIVERSE $#!% Joe Biden Says Can he raise the rafters like his boss? No. But nobody can flat-out talk like Joe Biden. And these days, everybody's listening

Fasten the chinstrap on the provided tin-foil hat, and join us as we descend into a nether world where columnists like Lisa DePaulo at GQ routinely ask Joe Biden questions like: “ So how is it that the Great Orator and the Great Talker—two of the best communicators we've ever had running the country—can't seem to deliver their message? The two major things you've done, you and the president, health care and the stimulus, are both successes. Yep. So how come you can't get that across? Do you think the perception of the president as aloof and not caring is a bad rap? I watch this guy; I have lunch with him every single week. We sit for an hour alone, and there's nothing on our agenda, just the two of us. I spend—when we're both in town? I spend three, five, six hours a day with him, I mean literally. Really? So what is it? I think what it is, is he's so brilliant. He is an intellectual. I want to talk about your "gaffes." I sometimes wish the president made some gaffes. So how do you feel? So the lowest point this year? Well, uh, I really haven't had a point where there's been a low point, where it seemed like, "Oh God." Well, you lost your mom. [I did not make this up]