Bidengate

Admittedly, guilt by association is a bad thing, it can border on slander, so it should probably be avoided.  Also, I rather like Joe Biden.  Also also, if we were to blacklist every politician whose relatives get into trouble, no Kennedy would ever hold office again, which, come to think of it, might be a good thing.  But let’s assume, for the sake of argument, that there are some decent, honest politicians in Washington – they are just as likely to have whacko relatives as anybody else, aren’t they?

Sweet Caroline

Also, you can’t really blame the press for not having any real details on this story as yet.  It only happened this morning and neither Biden, his niece, nor the New York City Police Department is releasing any details.

So, all we know is that Caroline Biden, Joe’s brother’s daughter, who is 26, got arrested for disorderly conduct after an argument with her roommate.  We don’t know what the argument was about, whether her “roommate” is male or female, whether alcohol or any other drugs were involved, or what the participants were wearing.

We’ll probably have lots of boring details by tomorrow and  it’s almost certain the whole thing will be resolved quickly because she is wealthy and connected, so for now I’ll just make up my own version, and we’ll soon see how closely it jibes with the facts.

Police were called early this morning to the luxury apartment of Caroline Biden, 26, vice president Joe Biden’s favorite niece.  Neighbors had called complaining of a loud argument.  When police arrived they found Biden and another scantily clad woman, described only as ‘a dark haired woman with a foreign accent’, screaming and pulling each other’s hair.  Although it was unclear what caused the argument, inside the apartment police found several empty bottles of vodka, traces of cocaine on a glass table top, 2 AK47s, several handguns, and a Louis Vuitton ‘Damier Ebene’ suitcase filled with 100 dollar bills.

The vice president’s office released a statement which said “This is a family matter and we hope the media understands our desire for privacy at this difficult time.”