Vice President Joe Biden laughed a lot during tonight’s vice presidential debate. For an event that started out with a question about the terrorist attack which claimed the lives of four Americans, what exactly did he think was so darn funny?
Twitter has some theories:
https://twitter.com/TheMorningSpew/status/256584651521540096
https://twitter.com/cincinchili/status/256585102820249601
#ThingsthatmakeBidenlaugh Al Qaeda flag flying over our embassy.
— James Madison (@SpiritOfMadison) October 12, 2012
#ThingsThatMakeBidenLaugh The usual. War. Dead soldiers. $16 trillion debt. High unemployment, long term. Underemployment. #WhatAJackwagon
— Angie Mancuso (@AngieMancuso) October 12, 2012
https://twitter.com/IsaacRileyDavis/status/256589263624355842
#ThingsThatMakeBidenLaugh Ryan talking about his first born still in the womb
— Ashley Woods (@Sassy_Gator_Gal) October 12, 2012
#ThingsThatMakeBidenLaugh dead Ambassadors, dead soldiers, an Israeli nuclear holocaust, millions unemployed, a downgraded America #VPdebate
— Chris Nickels (@cwnickels) October 12, 2012
#ThingsThatMakeBidenLaugh – The Middle Class being buried under the #Obama policies for 4 years…. Fricking hilarious Joe!
— Southern With Sass (@LilSouthernSass) October 12, 2012
#ThingsThatMakeBidenLaugh Looks like just about everything… especially our failing Economy and war in the Middle East
— Natalie S (@Rnfemale) October 12, 2012
#ThingsThatMakeBidensPriestLaugh Biden saying he is a practicing Catholic. #ThingsThatMakeBidenLaugh
— Joshua Lum (@lum912) October 12, 2012
Perhaps moderator Martha Raddatz was giving Biden the giggles.
#ThingsThatMakeBidenLaugh knowing he could interrupt Ryan 96 times while Raddatz was daydreaming her wedding dance with Obama
— TheRightWingM ?? (@TheRightWingM) October 12, 2012
#ThingsThatMakeBidenLaugh knowing that the moderator was on his side the whole time.
— Shaka Dwayne (@ShakaDwayne) October 12, 2012
#ThingsThatMakeBidenLaugh Paul Ryan had to debate moderator too.
— ℒℴ?????? ? #WWG1WGA ???????? #IFBAP (@LoriGirl_Texas) October 12, 2012
#ThingsThatMakeBidenLaugh – knowing the moderator would interrupt Ryan whenever he was making a great point.
— Michon Morris (@MichonMorris) October 12, 2012
Things did seem to get a bit serious toward the end. Any theories?
#ThingsThatMakeBidenLaugh Absolutely everything until the liquor wore off in the last couple of minutes & he got veerrry sleepy.
— Annie Mae (@anniemae1000) October 12, 2012
Raddatz noted that this was the first time that two Catholics faced each other in a debate, but she wasn’t the only one with religion on her mind. Quite a few tweeters found Biden’s seemingly endless chuckles reminded them of a certain Bible verse.
Proverbs 29:9 When a wise man has a controversy with a foolish man, The foolish man either rages or laughs, and there is no rest. #VPdebate
— Space Outlaw (@RadioAnarchy17) October 12, 2012
Proverbs 29:9 "If a wise person debates with a fool,
the fool rages and scoffs, and there is no peace."
That about sums it up. #VPDebate— Michael Branch (@mdbranch) October 12, 2012
https://twitter.com/ToddKincannon/status/256595464718266370
https://twitter.com/adamsbaldwin/status/256591761663737856
When a wise man has a controversy with a foolish man,The foolish man either rages or laughs, and there is no rest. -Proverbs 29:9" #VPDebate
— jbradc (@jbradc) October 12, 2012
When a wise person debates with a fool, the fool rages and laughs (AND SMIRKS), and there is no peace and quiet." Proverbs 29:9
— Able Archer (@InfoSomniac2) October 12, 2012
https://twitter.com/Tspill9/status/256600008562982912
I found it extremely hilarious that when I typed "Proverbs 29:9" into the search bar, Biden Ryan debate also showed up!
— Danielle Grace ? (@daniellegrace56) October 12, 2012
OK, that might be the one thing that Biden won’t find hilarious tonight.