The Obama Porch Monkey

“Never hold discussions with the Monkey...

when the Organ Grinder is in the room.”

- Winston Churchill -

Jo-Jo the Monkey-Man

It looks like after a six days quarantine away from the public venue and the press, David Axelrod thought he had trained his Veep monkey. Joe Biden's handlers clamped a collar around his neck with a short leash as they led him out to the debate stage to Paul Ryan. Joe played for the folks as hilarity broke out in a series of missteps and calamities. He chattered loudly with shrill screeches while smirking, grimacing, toothy, wide Capuchin monkey smiles at Paul Ryan as his pained handlers stood by in the wings. Paul Ryan jerked Joe's leash hard at at times when he stepped way over the line, but to no avail.

Joe's organ grinder was returning from a campaign trip onboard Air Force One and watched his monkey go wild as he scampered about the debate stage.  Many viewers really turned off and stopped listening to the monkey grind out the same political ear-shattering, off-tempo tune that was not in key to the voters.

A monkey may be able to write Shakespeare on a typewriter, but never put one on a music box to crank out your tune in a debate. After all, if you have to do it yourself anyway, never let the folks play with your monkey or he may turn around to bite you in the ass instead. Joe certainly left his teeth marks on Barak's butt cheeks too.

The upcoming second Presidential debate stakes couldn't be higher since the needle on the GIVE A DAMN-O-METER this time did not budge for the Obama-Biden ticket. After all, Biden's sole target was aimed at recapturing a demoralized Obama voters base upset about his first poor presidential debate performance.

So if the polls did not move, what did? The Romney-Ryan narrative, which was the bulls-eye shot of the night that introduced Paul Ryan for the first time to many voters as solid Veep material.  

The shift of uncommitted/undecided voters for either ticket was sullied by Joe Biden's rude, disruptive, boisterous interruptions making it impossible for either candidate to complete sentences, much less clearly explain their positions fully.  That was not fair to the voters to see the sitting Vice President jeering and talking over Paul Ryan and not letting him speak his piece... I certainly hope Joe will be quiet during Paul Ryan's swearing-in ceremony in January 2013.   LOL!