Krauthammer, Giuliani ponder why Joe Biden given pass for 'chains' comment

Brett T. | 8:02 PM on August 14, 2012

Less than two hours after Bob Beckel again dropped the F-bomb live on Fox News Channel’s “The Five,” Charles Krauthammer joined in on “Special Report with Bret Baier,” asking if Vice President Joe Biden’s “back in chains” gaffe today really was a “big effin’ deal.”

https://twitter.com/DiannaCotter/status/235510320804810752

Krauthammer SHOCKS the panel, said Biden playing the race card not a Big F’ing Deal http://t.co/6U23HqSH

— ✟ Right Scoop ✟ (@trscoop) August 14, 2012

https://twitter.com/therightsarah/status/235510113149009920

@krauthammer you just made my effing tuesday! You were only quoting the VP

— hacked (@_SaSSyNaNNy) August 14, 2012

WOOFAW .. Krauthammer wisecracks about Joe Biden ~ "Is it a big Effing deal?" … alluding to our low expectations for Biden's gaffe-ness 🙂

— RuBegonia (@RuBegonia) August 14, 2012

Asked if a conservative saying the same words would be given a similar pass, Krauthammer theorized that Biden, having built a career on gaffes, has set the bar so low that no one expects any better from their “crazy uncle in the attic.”

@krauthammer (on Biden) "Hes able to make a lifetime of gaffes and he doesn't get attacked for it because nobody expects any better"…true!

— The Philosopher (@soulsamaritan) August 14, 2012

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, appearing on CNBC’s “Kudlow Report,” took the theory a step further, suggesting that the vice president was getting a free pass for other reasons. “I mean, this guy just isn’t bright,” charged Giuliani. “He’s never been bright. He isn’t bright. And people think, ‘Well, he just talks a little too much.’ Actually he’s not very smart.”

Giuliani on @larry_kudlow said "Joe Biden doesn't have the mental capacity to be Pres", after his racial comment today-"put you back chains"

— JohnJohn (@realJWJ777) August 14, 2012

https://twitter.com/viewofadam/status/235512736954580993

Giuliani wonders whether Biden has "mental capacity" for presidency http://t.co/nwsBGcFy

— Robert Costa (@costareports) August 14, 2012

Giuliani wonders if Biden has mental capacity for Presidency. http://t.co/dUOhDM1v Biden's head has capacity only 4 hair plugs! And barely!!

— El Conde (@Visigoth5157) August 14, 2012

Wait, the presidency isn't for circus clowns? "Giuliani Wonders Whether Biden Has ‘Mental Capacity’ for Presidency" http://t.co/bd0HF7h3

— Tammy Bruce (@HeyTammyBruce) August 14, 2012

Host Larry Kudlow concluded by calling the “back in chains” comment “a new low” and urged the vice president to take it back. But with the campaign backing up Uncle Joe, it’s likely we’ll be hearing the next gaffe before a retraction.