[Hot Air] Even on the Creepy Uncle Joe-o-meter, this pegs hard into the red zone. Just days after claiming that "I get it" about a number of emerging complaints from women about his, er, "tactile style of politics," Joe Biden poked fun at the complaints while hugging a young boy on stage. I’m not sure where ridicule lands on the Kubler-Ross progression of grief, but here we are:
Dude. Not only is this too soon, it’s also too weird. It might have been a funny joke several weeks down the line after having done an appropriate amount of public penance, but only with a willing adult capable of giving informed consent. The way to ensure that people think you "get it" is not to us a child as a prop to make fun of inappropriate-contact complaints. The boy doesn’t look like he’s all that keen to be getting the Uncle Joe side-hug in the first place, and it goes without saying that he’ll get an earful on the playground if any of his chums take a look at this clip.
The Michael Jackson soundtrack choice was awkward as well |