Joe Biden update: The VP meets on government transparency today. But that meeting is closed

With President Obama out of the country tweaking things in Asia, carefully not bowing this time, and packing away some pista murg and balak papri chat, his trusty sidekick Joe Biden is left to find things to do back home.

There's a big Diwali party tonight at the White House. The vice president will be there.

But first, JB has a breakfast meeting with Sen. Chuck Hagel and then another one of those Middle Class Task Force events to try to find some of those thousands of missing green energy jobs that have been promised so often.

Joe's had some problems with promises recently. He assured everyone that last summer would be full of economic recovery. Which it wasn't. And Joe guaranteed that his Democratic Party would maintain majorities in both houses of Congress in last week's midterm election. Which it didn't.

Possibly the most important event of the vice president's day Tuesday is to meet at 2:15 with Earl Devaney. Everyone knows him as chairman of the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board -- the top guy monitoring the gazillion-dollar stimulus and the overdue economic recovery, and ensuring that the taxpayers financing same know all about it.

However, no one outside the room will know what goes on in that Biden-Devaney meeting. That's because the government meeting on government transparency has been closed.

-- Andrew Malcolm

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Comments

[Blownfuelcoupe]

Opaque Transparency; It's the Latest Thing.

[Dave K]

At least we can see right through Barry and Biden.

[Kingsnake]

Bwahahahaha. Jon Stewart should hire this guy to write comedy. He seems to be a natural

[catherine]

AND THE LIBERALS MAKE FUN OF SARAH PALIN??? OFFLMFAO........closed transparency meetings while the fascist freak is getting harley davidson to build their bikes in india now, WTF, is he helping us OR HELPING THE WORLD...........

and little barry was there from 1st grade until fifth grade with socialist parents ramming his head full of that garbage and indonesia making him a muslim........

you boys just didn't get the message America gave you last Tuesday, we knew you wouldn't,

2 more elections to completely drain the democrat swamp and you losers in CA, you are borrowing 40 million a week to PAY UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS TO ILLEGAL ALIEN INVADERS, YOU ALLOW THEM TO VOTE IN YOUR ELECTIONS AND YOU GOT MOONBEAM TO SAVE YOU, OFFLMFAO.......

we aren't going to save you this time......your municipal bonds will fail next and we will just laugh at you guys, you put the invaders in charge of your state, that and millionaire stars who read OTHER'S WORDS, like the freak fascist Oilybama.............

India was shocked, they thought he was a great orator, first time in history they have ever seen a grown man read off of an idiot board..............and listen to how he describes the Jihad murderers, he didn't tell them to get in the back of the bus, he didn't call them the enemy.......

you fools, you deserve what you get covering and defending this pig........QE2 must make you happy, trust me, that won't last long after we get the bill............

[Ace]

Lol- well of course the meeting was closed. Joe Biteme believes that transparency is about transsexuals being parents.

[Dave]

Why would the general public need to be privy to a meeting about government transparency by it's own government?

Does Biden or his people actually think before they act?

[Ellen]

Absolutely no surprise here. It truly is 1984. "Transparency" is hidden, we spend our way out of debt BUT only at the parasitic government level. Everyone else is supposed to give up THEIR homes, their savings, their freedom for this gigantic treasonous POS. They make economic "corrections" by wildly inflating the federal reserve note which is pretty much worthless already. We have no industry left in this country due to the treason of those who passed GATT, NAFTA and all the other treasonous "laws". We are expected to support the "green" energy which is utterly wasteful on all counts and ignore our abundant oil right here in the United States. When does this utter insanity stop?

[Craig B]

Walking irony! What a putz!

[nocoteabagger]

Transparency meeting that is "closed." Joe Biden doesn't get it. We have started the process of voting folks like Joe out of office. We'll sened Joey and Barry home in 2012. Neither party will be immune - if you diss the citizenry, we'll vote you out.

[Snicker]

No bowing this time?
Huh...really?

Per Reuters: "President Barack Obama bows and makes a greeting to the audience beside India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh after delivering a speech at Parliament House in New Delhi, November 8, 2010"
Photo: http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6A24UN20101108

[Steve DeMarcus]

They seem to be confusing transparency with secrecy!

[Don]

And this should surprise you...why?

[2734kb]

Biden is a walking oxymoron.

[sirlanse]

What a surprise. and Nancy says you can know what is in the bill after it is passed. I sure am glad that these people are spending my money and not me.

[Captain Opposite]

My work here is done.

[Quilvio]

What? The administration says one thing and does the exact opposite? It's Bush's fault!

[constitution_first]

The gig is up. The mask is off.

The Cloward - Piven Strategy will be played out.

Collapse the system by demanding ever more entitlements.

Your earnings are not yours, they belong to anyone strong enough to take them from you.

Enjoying the Change?

[doug]

You people are so ignorant you think two people having a meeting is somehow an example of a lack of transparency? Wow that is almost mind boggling in its utter ignorance. Andrew should resign today for writing nonsense like this.

[Greg]

You can't make this stuff up - way too funny!! Sadly the blatant hypocrisy and double speak is constantly being exposed now, and ignored or somehow rationalized by the lefties and many of those that put BlObama and his cronies in power. 'Most transparent administration ever' - Obama and others, 'Account for every dime of the stimulus' - Biden, 'Drain the swamp'- Pelosi. What a joke. Nov. 2 was a good start - let's finish draining the swamp in 2012, and fill it with TEA.

[Move Along....Nothing To See Here...]

"This would be so much easier, if ya'll would just trust us and do as we say, not as we do. We have our closed door meetings, but don't fret, it's for your own protection. In fact to prove it, we'll personally make sure you, your spouse & children are felt up and/or anatomically x-rayed by the TSA while we fly in our "closed door" jets. Oh, and you'll be a dear and get the tab on all this won't you? Thanks, you're the best." -VP Joe Bo

[steve dunn]

This looks like an Alexander Haig moment for Joe.

[William Kelly]

Joe: Tell them. This is known as "the Delware Way." They better learn this for as long as you're around.

[wvobiwan]

Bwahahahah! Rich, but not surprising. Somebody on this thread said that Biden used to have a brain. Sorry to disappoint you, but I have follow politics very closely, and have for decades. Biden has ALWAYS been a fool, and a dangerous one. I remember back in the 90's Biden inadvertantly revealed in a news conference both the existence and location of the govt's National Recon Office, up until then a top secret outfit! There's no accounting for Delaware voters I guess, these are the hazards of such a small state still able to seat two Senators. Thank goodness he'll likely never hold another office after 2012...

[wvobiwan]

One more thing: I'm very pleased and encouraged to see such a huge selection of sane, intelligent people commenting on a LAT article. I thought only leftists read such a leftist media stooge of a paper. I'd be interested to know how many of you are local Californians tho; before I start hoping again that CA can be saved from leftists...

[Albert]

Just in case all you kool aid drinking democrats need a refresher on what this administration promised. 11th hour closed door Sunday votes and cloak and dagger meetings about government transparency. The only thing transparent is the fact that the Emperor has no clothes. Wake up.

[STP]

Everyday we all should be praying nothing happens to Obama thru the change of control of the house. If it did, it would mean Bite me as president and Piglosi as VP... maybe this is what the Incas foresaw in the calendar ending in 2012

[After Forever]

I don’t know what all the fuss is all about. Obama and Nancy said they would have the most Transparency administration in history. And Dang it, they do, you just can’t see it. That is the meaning of transparent.

[Tommy]

What an idiot this man is!!!!

[carlb]

you know this clown is a perfect vice president. being in the shadows his rambling and stupid statements make him perfect for the post. i guess thats why his residence is the washington observatory

[Frank]

The asinine hypocracy continues...must've been a big deal to close off the media to supposedly reiterate something the liar in chief used as a campaign promise during his election in 2008. The GOP is going to look like a bunch of saints when the investigations, ethics charges, blatent corruption, reduction of excessive government spending and aggressive extortion charges start to unveil in the next two years, the democrats won't have a prayer when its becomes perfectly clear even to the libtards how much they've been taken for a ride by these people that have been selling out their supporters and this entire country in an effort to collapse this economy and weaken it power for their own personal gain.

[Ekiosity]

Transparency? What is that?

[Jason54]

I should be laughing but I'm not. It isn't funny any more you bunch of clowns, no wonder you lost big time. You newbies that are about to take office - don't take any lessons from these morons. Do what we pay you to do, take care of important business and nothing more. If you don't you will be a one-term politician for sure and we know that isn't what you want. We are watching very closely.

[texas58]

More of the "most transparent government ever" proving it is actually the least transparent government ever and the least truthful to boot. How stupid were the people who voted in this president and then on top of it reelected the likes of Governor Moonbeam, Sen. "I worked so hard for this", and Botoxi. Wow, no wonder you guys are bankrupt without the rest of us bailing you out!

[texas58]

STP, a truly scary thought. Indeed we should all be praying.

[dave]

And Cher thinks this guy is brilliant?

[Gertrude]

What did obama see in Biden ? He saw a retail politician able to seduce the naive and credulous ignorants that Obama's cerebral approach was sure to
repell.The big problem now is both Obama and Biden have lost all credibility
and the American people are stuck with both imposters for another 2 years.

[Honeymoon in Tehran]

Obama's ambivalence about Jihad is most revealing.His policys are a Jihad
against the very soul of America wich he likes to refer to as a fundamental
transformation of America.Even the most credulous and gullible voters are
having second thoughts and asking themselves how they were ever brought
to voting for such spiritual pestilence.

[mirted]

It's clear that "The Emperor (and his poodle)have no clothes".

[Red Ruffansore]

Joe Bite-me is an expert on transparency, the bubble head has been showing the world for decades there's nothing but air between his ears.

[Mario]

The best car salesman the administration has produced

[GarandFan]

Yep, bestest administration, evah!

[Adrian Vance]

This is very typical of Democratics hypocrisy. They are the most racist, bigoted group in American politics who used Mr. Obama to get themselves a bulletproof puppet, but he cut the strings only to find he needs them, but can't admit and the cost is our country!

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[ONTIME]

This behavior is the epitome of a administrative politician who will do anything to stay in office and kiss any baby that is within lip range. The union has this administration in it's pocket and has sucked up so much tax payer money to keep it's membership and benefits afloat that it is going to dry up any monies left for any other entitlements or projects...government funded unions are now synonymous with welfare.

Time for the funds to dry up and the unions to disappear from governments.

[K Larson]

He's a clown... proof of the media's bias towards the witless leading the ignorant and feeding them fear.

[Mauricio Villablanca]

What a shock. Only a hardcore Kool-Aid-drinking brainless Obamabot could believe anything that comes out of this putrid administration any more.

What's even more laughable is that a bad joke like this passes as relevant news.

[Archy Cary]

Biden - the gift of the human gaffe machine that just keeps giving.

[mardec]

Ha-ha-ha, your headline made me laugh because it's so true, not only about this particular meeting but just about anything this Obama Administration does. "We'll have to pass it before we know what's in it" is one famous quote by a certain Democrat leader who swore they'd have open meetings and discussions on everything.

And poor Biden is the joke of the country. He apparently can't get anything right.

[mardec]

Another observation after reading the comments. Apparently most of the people who wrote comments are not from LA or even California. I have not yet read one comment in favor of Biden or the Democrats.

[Also former Marine]

Irony.

[ignatzz]

Is this the state of the press? "Transparency" doesn't mean two guys can't talk without inviting reporters. That would be stupid. If they don't let anybody know what they're doing AFTER they talk, let me know.