The Revenge of VPs

In the completely insane world of US politics, where every one wants to enjoy and enhance the focus that is put on themselves, the post of Vice President stands apart. First - it does not have the same importance of the President (unless and until the main man kicks the bucket) and Second - really there are no assignments for them.
Sarah Palin once answered that she does not really know what the VP actually does. This could be really unnerving when you are surrounded by all busy political professionals having some goal to achieve and has set assignments to do - here will be our guy trying to figure out exactly what to assign himself.
 A man waiting for 4 years on the wings (probably praying for an Air-Force One Crash), but may never get a chance at the hot seat. Even the guys in the bench in a Basketball game gets to play eventually, while this guy in 90% probability will not.
The president gets the white house. He does not even get a room in that house. He gets a Victorian Mansion at the Naval Observatory ground.
Well!! Some guys do get lucky, John Tyler, Andrew Johnson, Millard Fillmore, Chester Arthur, Lyndon Johnson, Gerald Ford! But not all. Surprisingly the number of VPs who got elected as Presidents consecutively is also quite less. Only 7 of them ever got elected as Presidents after their VP term. In the last 50 years, it is just 1 - the Sr. Bush.
Not only that, once you are a VP, does not guarantee you an automatic nomination by your party either. You've got to go through the primaries with other party poopers.
There is also another bizarre US law that does not guarantee automatic pension for the VPs. Do you know that a VP has to serve for 5 years to get pension? So if the President does not get re-elected - there goes his pension, which by the way is the same amount as of any other congressman.
Some of the Presidents actually were so blatant and rude, they completed their terms without having a VP. John Tyler, Chester Arthur and Andrew Johnson to name a few (Interestingly all these are actual VP candidates who became Presidents by fluke, but figured out that they can dispose of this position without much ado).
Things can't go like this forever! This is where Joe Biden steps in. I honestly believe it is not just him, but the ghosts of the past VPs (both living and dead) have seriously conspired to make him the VP. This is their revenge on the people of the US, the constitution, the media and everything in this world that have oppressed their 5 mins of fame and importance and their sadistic need to keep them irrelevant and agonized.
Think about it, if only Sarah Palin was not the running mate for John McCain, the focus would have been completely on our dear Joe. She was so bad that Biden's fibs went silently under the radar.
A few worth sharing here:
1. "You cannot go to a 7-11 or a Dunkin' Donuts unless you have a slight Indian accent.... I'm not joking." --Joe Biden, in a private remark to an Indian-American man caught on C-SPAN, June, 2006
2. "Hillary Clinton is as qualified or more qualified than I am to be vice president of the United States of America. Quite frankly, it might have been a better pick than me." --Joe Biden, speaking at a town hall meeting in Nashua, New Hampshire, Sept. 10, 2008
3. "You know, I'm embarrassed. Do you know the Web site number? I should have it in front of me and I don't. I'm actually embarrassed." –Joe Biden, speaking to an aide standing out of view during an interview on CBS' "Early Show," in the midst of encouraging viewers to visit a government-run Web site that tracks stimulus spending, Feb. 25, 2009
4. "If we do everything right, if we do it with absolute certainty, there's still a 30% chance we're going to get it wrong." --Joe Biden, speaking to members of the House Democratic caucus who were gathered in Williamsburg, Va., for their annual retreat, Feb. 6, 2009
5. "Look, John's last-minute economic plan does nothing to tackle the number-one job facing the middle class, and it happens to be, as Barack says, a three-letter word: jobs. J-O-B-S, jobs." --Joe Biden, Athens, Ohio, Oct. 15, 2008
6. "His mom lived in Long Island for ten years or so. God rest her soul. And- although, she's- wait- your mom's still- your mom's still alive. Your dad passed. God bless her soul." --Joe Biden, on the mother of Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen, who is very much alive, Washington, D.C., March 17, 2010
7. "This is a big f***ing deal!" --Joe Biden, caught on an open mic congratulating President Barack Obama during the health care signing ceremony, Washington, D.C., March 23, 2010
And the one that I think is his personal best ==>
8. "Stand up, Chuck, let 'em see ya." –-Joe Biden, to Missouri state Sen. Chuck Graham, who is in a wheelchair, Columbia, Missouri, Sept. 12, 2008
Joe has sent so much shivers up Romney's spine, that he is totally confused who to pick for his running mate. He has prepared a possible list of 15 and has gone nuts over which one will cut it. Well Mitt! We can be sure that none can match the fib rate of Joe and we all should hope that with Joe, the ghosts of the past VPs rest in piece.