Wait … Now who was President in 1929?

I try to stay apolitical on my blog, but I just love ole’ Joe Biden.  He says whatever he wants and sometimes, he angers his boss, sometimes he asks a man in a wheelchair to stand up, and other times he forgets history — but he is always sure to create some memorable quotes if he is given enough talking time.  He reminds me of another VP – Dan Quayle of the infamous “potatoe” episode……..

Yesterday,  in his interview with Katie Couric, it looked like he forgot to study his talking points closely. He said (video here):“When the stock market crashed, Franklin Roosevelt got on the television and didn’t just talk about the princes of greed. He said, ‘look, here’s what happened.’”

As I was growing up, my grandparents always told me about the stock market crash of 1929.  Two problems here: Television did not even exist in 1929, and FDR was elected in 1932, so he wasn’t even the leader at the time of the crash. When Joe was in history class, he must have been sleeping or doodling.  Of course, TV celebrity Katie Couric made no effort to correct the Senator on this obvious error.

He certainly adds to the spice of this election……