This is what our vice president has to say about domestic violence:
https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/311882450676629504
https://twitter.com/LilMissRightie/status/311883489916096512
[Editor’s note: This video cuts off just before Biden says that even a “garden variety slap” is “totally unacceptable in and of itself.”]
Pardon our French, but what the hell is the matter with this guy?
Garden variety slap across the face? Is Biden saying that's no biggie?
— Melissa Mackenzie ? (@MelissaTweets) March 13, 2013
Dear Joe Biden (@VP) what is a "garden variety" slap in the face"?
— RBe (@RBPundit) March 13, 2013
OMG Joe Biden. So by your logic it's okay to slap a woman across the face? http://t.co/c0x9MRtgcn
— ?Merry Ginger ?? (@mchastain81) March 13, 2013
https://twitter.com/Aaron_RS/status/311882845163511808
https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/311882867074543617
<- has never hit a woman in a "garden variety" way, or ever. @VP
— RBe (@RBPundit) March 13, 2013
Hey @sandrafluke… is it ok to give your woman a “garden variety” slap in the face? Asking for a friend.
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) March 13, 2013
Is there a #GardenVariety form of rape? #GardenVariety form of assault? #GardenVariety form of child abuse? Explain, Joe Biden.
— ?Merry Ginger ?? (@mchastain81) March 13, 2013
If Dick Cheney uttered the phrase "garden variety slap across the face," it would still be on the front page of the New York Times today
— Cameron Gray (@Cameron_Gray) March 13, 2013
https://twitter.com/LilMissRightie/status/311882924888821760
What is a #GardenvVariety slap across the face? One that doesn't leave any marks?
— ?Merry Ginger ?? (@mchastain81) March 13, 2013
https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/311883366242852864
Hey @sandrafluke… is it ok to give your woman a “garden variety” slap in the face? Asking for a friend.
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) March 13, 2013
So different types of rapes = career killing. Different types of domestic violence? Just crazy old Joe! He didn't mean it!
— Allie Gravitt (@alliegravitt) March 13, 2013
https://twitter.com/CAAmyO/status/311887164126420995
"Officer, it was a garden-variety slap in the face." "Well, Chris Brown, if it's good enough for the Veep, it's good enough for me."
— John Podhoretz (@jpodhoretz) March 13, 2013
https://twitter.com/OceanMeld/status/311885116211331072
https://twitter.com/MPeper/status/311884525980504066
https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/311883103327092736
When does @VP stop getting a pass just because he's an idiot? He's also the Vice President of the United States.
— Allie Gravitt (@alliegravitt) March 13, 2013
Only a heartbeat away, folks.
https://twitter.com/mattbramanti/status/311888060080082944
Gladly. In the mean time, we hope Jill Biden will have a heart-to-heart with her garden-variety jackass hubby.
You'd think Biden's casual familiarity with "garden variety" domestic abuse would concern people.
— John Ekdahl (@JohnEkdahl) March 13, 2013
https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/311885967998992384
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Editor’s note: This post has been updated to include more from Biden’s remarks. While he did minimize the seriousness of a “garden variety slap,” he also called such abuse “totally unacceptable.”
We’ve learned that certain behaviors on the part of an abuser portend much more danger than other behaviors. For example, if an abuser has attempted to strangle his victim, if he has threatened to shoot her, if he has sexually assaulted her, and there’s a number of other signs, about eight others. These are tell-tale signs to say this isn’t your garden-variety slap across the face which is totally unacceptable in and of itself.
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