vice president biden gets it

this post is probably a week late, but it's been on my mind, so here goes....

joe biden came out in a news interview a little over a week ago in support of gay marriage. in retrospect, i see it as a bold move... a vp talking that kinda unprecedented talk never really heard from a politician in such a high office before. joe biden has a way with words though and usually finds some way to make anything that sounds reasonable come across a little foolish.... it's usually nothing too crazy, but usually something that can't save him from the scrutiny of late night television monologues either.

he had to reference a tv show to back up his opinion. he referenced, 'will and grace.' in the eyes of vice president biden, 'will and grace,' is reason enough why america should loosen up and get behind the idea of gay marriage.

so okay, he said that. sure, it seems a little stupid. why reference fictional characters and a television show when we're talking about real people and a real issue? nobody wants their reality to be compared to something fictitious. it can come a across a tad insulting.

but after he spoke up about gay marriage, the president of the united states himself came out and publicly supported gay marriage a few days later. the vp had beaten the president to the punch. i'm sure this was all part of the plan... but still... just look at president obama's record on this issue. he's always been a little unclear. he's never fully supported it before this and he never fully condemned it either. he tried walking a convenient middle ground so as not to offend anybody. so it was nice to see the president, almost at the end of a full term, come out and finally tell us what he really thinks about all this.

so in a way, vp biden is the trailblazer, 'will and grace,' reference and all. this is the same vice president biden who was caught on a hot mic telling president obama, "this is a big fuckin' deal," in reference to the passing of healthcare reform. and you know what? it was a big fuckin' deal and it still is.

that's vp biden's thing... his shtick. he'll come out and drop an f-bomb and reference tv shows. and y'know what? that's the same language america speaks. america speaks television. and if it takes nonstop television references to help make the world a better place then i say so be it. if the end result is something positive, why question the method?

sure, it'd be nice to live in a world or even a country where all you had to say was, 'hey, homosexuals are people too. they're on equal ground with everyone else AND they have feelings.' that should be enough to make the case for anyone to say, 'y'know what? i agree. let them be happy and get married.'

but that's not how it goes. america is a tv nation. if we could make references to 'mash,' to broker world peace and end all wars, would that be such a bad thing? no. but would any politician actually take the risk of using a 'mash,' reference to try and sell the idea of world peace?

i know a vice president who might.