Is There Any Country Where Joe Biden is Welcome?

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Joe Biden visited Turkey and they weren’t exactly happy to see him. But then again they’re Turks. They’re not exactly happy to see anyone.

About 300 people have protested U.S. Vice President Joe Biden’s visit to Turkey, chanting: “Biden get out. This country is ours.”

The demonstration occurred on the European side of Istanbul on Saturday, as Biden was on his way to a meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the Asian side of the city.

Biden didn’t see the protest, which was organized by the Youth Association of Turkey, the same group that roughed up three U.S. Navy sailors while chanting “Yankee, go home!” a week ago in Istanbul.

Then Joe went to Ukraine and…. still no luck.

Joe Biden retreats from angry crowd in Ukraine

Vice President Joseph R. Biden retreated from an angry crowd in Kiev Friday when his Secret Service agents decided the situation was not safe.

According to a pool reporter traveling with Mr. Biden, the Secret Service “decided [it] wasn’t a good idea for Biden to wade in” to the crowd.

“A crowd of about 100, mostly elderly men and women, had gathered around a collection of photographs, placed on the ground in front of a large wooden cross,” the pool report said. “These, they said, were pictures of their slain children.”

It no doubt took extraordinary measures to get Joe Biden away from a crowd, any crowd. What a waste of his new hairplugs.

But at least the good news is that some people around the world recognize him. That’s more than can be said for most Americans.

  • Guest

    Well, not everyone is angry with Joe. His hairplug provider loves him.

  • Chris Gait

    Only if Delaware is considered a country.

    • Eisenhower

      Delaware and Pennsylvania (Democrats won the gubernatorial race there by almost 20 points).

      • Chris Gait

        Pennsylvania is an old state. Lots of old cemeteries, all voting a straight Democrat ticket every November.

  • Fed Up

    Hey, I’d be insulted too if a mighty nation’s VP was supposed to show up and the court jester did instead.

  • http://www.stubbornthings.org NAHALKIDES

    I don’t know if Biden is welcome anywhere (he should try Cuba), but he’s sure not respected anywhere any more than John Kerry is. He’s the Ted Baxter of politics – an idiot reading off cue cards and trying to look the part of a leader.

  • Phil

    You lost me at “All-American Patriot”.

    • Texas Patriot

      Ever heard of Shoeless Joe Jackson? Joe Biden has a bit of that zany kind of All-American nuttiness. You just can’t hate Joe Biden. Can. Not. Be. Done.