Good ole Joe Biden, saying out loud what most say under their breath:
WEEKLY STANDARD – Vice President Joe Biden toured the North American International Auto Show for more than 30 minutes after making remarks in Detroit. The show remained open to invited people with tickets — but it doesn’t open to the general public until Saturday.
The pool met Biden around 10:30 a.m. as he arrived at the Chrysler stand with CEO Sergio Marchionne. Biden sat in several new cars, including the Jeep Cherokee and Chrysler 200. He joking told the press corps to get out of the way because “I am driving it off.”
Biden stopped to look at an engine on display, before he made his way to the Ford Motor stand, where he met Ford executive chairman Bill Ford Jr. and Rep. John Dingell. “Thank you for saving our ass,” Biden told Ford, apparently referring to the 2008-2009 auto crisis, when the Dearborn automaker didn’t seek a government bailout. Ford Jr. response couldn’t be made out.