Not long ago, a senior Obama administration official was quoted as referring to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as a “chickensh*t.”
Speaking to the Jewish Federation of North America today, the VP apparently tried to smooth things over, Biden-style:
.@VP says he signed photo to Netanyahu: "Bibi I don’t agree with a damn thing you say but I love you." "We really are good friends," he adds
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) November 10, 2014
Biden recalls telling Netanyahu that he doesn't agree with a word he says but he still loves him #JFNAGA
— Chemi Shalev (@ChemiShalev) November 10, 2014
Now that ought to patch things up. Or maybe not.
The word of the day is “embarrassment”:
@jaketapper How embarassing….
— @SNYC (@4SNYC) November 10, 2014
@jaketapper @VP what an embarrassment.
— JoAnn_Miller (@J_B_Miller) November 10, 2014
https://twitter.com/feeling_bueno/status/531841495796834305
@jaketapper @VP This administration is such an embarrassment.
— ClassicalLibMOT (@CygnusA81) November 10, 2014
https://twitter.com/Shan1419/status/531841582757314560
https://twitter.com/Cliff_Sims/status/531844660881522689
https://twitter.com/LCellini/status/531846871862767617
Biden not agreeing "with a damn thing" Netanyahu says is a laugh line? https://t.co/id2VphqUZd
— Karol Markowicz (@karol) November 10, 2014
Recommended
https://twitter.com/BecketAdams/status/531840309492453377
Biden made Obama’s relationship with Netanyahu sound like the script for a re-make of The Odd Couple:
Biden on Obama/Netanyahu" "We love one another and we drive one another crazy. That's what friends do. We are straight with one another."
— Jacob Kornbluh (@jacobkornbluh) November 10, 2014
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