Posts Tagged ‘joe biden’

Clooney Meets With Biden, Obama, Gets Promises For High-Level Envoy On Darfur

February 24th 2009

After visiting the Darfur region to once again draw some attention to the humanitarian crisis there, George Clooney paid a visit to the White House last night to meet separately with Vice-President Biden and President Obama. His goal, as he told Ann Curry last week, was to seek the appointment of a high-level ambassador from [...]

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Joe Biden To Add Second Dog, Rescue Pup From Shelter

December 22nd 2008

After coming under fire for buying a puppy from a breeder in PA (where violations have been cited in the past), Vice President-elect Joe Biden is vowing to add another dog to his growing family.
This time, he’ll get one from a shelter.
“We’re gonna get a pound dog that my wife wants,” Biden said. He told [...]

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Update: Joe Biden’s Breeder Receives Citations For Various Violations

December 19th 2008

Earlier this month Ecorazzi brought you the bad news that unlike President-elect Barack Obama, Vice President-elect Joe Biden decided to skip the shelter and buy a dog from a breeder. BOOOO!
Well now it looks like Biden’s breeders might be in some serious trouble! According to our sources at PETA,
“The Philadelphia Department of Agriculture has handed [...]

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Biden Bummer: VP-Elect Gets New Puppy From A Breeder

December 12th 2008

To be fair, Vice-President-Elect Joe Biden never said that he was planning on rescuing a pup from a shelter. However, it is kind of a bummer with the news this morning that he purchased one from a breeder in Pennsylvania. There are few major press opportunities to shed light on animal rescue organizations — and [...]

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Obama Gets Al Gore’s Help To Choose Environmental Team

December 10th 2008

Barack Obama and Joe Biden sat down with former Vice President Al Gore yesterday to discuss energy and climate change and “how policies in this area can stimulate the economy and create jobs.”
Obama has yet to name his Environmental Team — including energy secretary, interior secretary and Environmental Protection Agency administrator. While rumors have been [...]

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Road To The Dog House: Joe Biden Getting A Pooch Too?

November 6th 2008

As reported earlier, the Obama family is planning on adopting a “first dog” from a shelter and foregoing the traditional AKC route. Of course, this was back in early October when Michelle Obama first announced that they would be rescuing a pooch — but hopefully such plans are still on the table. The one issue [...]

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Sarah Palin Doll To Be Auctioned For Military Charity

May also come alive, shoot your pets.

October 28th 2008

If you’ve ever wanted to own your very own Cabbage Patch Sarah Palin doll (complete with look-alike Saks Fifth Avenue attire), you must seek therapy right away. If that doesn’t work and there’s a need to have this to placed next to your George W. Bush puppet, then by all means, have a look at [...]

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Palin Breaks With McCain By Favoring Federal Ban On Gay Marriage

October 21st 2008

With so many celebrities stepping up to say no to Proposition 8 in California — which seeks to overturn an earlier state Supreme Court ruling allowing gay marriage — I thought it only proper to mention this news of Republican Vice-Presidential nominee Sarah Palin’s stance on the issue.
During an interview with the Christian Broadcasting Network, [...]

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Ellen Degeneres Fights Prop 8 With $100K In TV Air Time

October 18th 2008

With so many celebrities like Brad Pitt and Steven Spielberg anteing up to fight Proposition 8 on the California ballot, it was kind of surprising that Ellen Degeneres hadn’t followed suit. Granted, she has given enormous amount of publicity to the cause by blogging, talking about it on her show, and creating a new PSA; [...]

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SNL Skit Touches Upon Palin’s Wolf Cruelty, Environment

October 5th 2008

The talented Tina Fey once more reprised her role as Governor Sarah Palin on Saturday Night Live last night. Queen Latifah played moderator Gwen Ifill. A cast member, Jason Sudeikis spoofed Joe Biden. Everyone was spot on — check it out below!

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