Jon Stewart thinks it’s rich that Hillary Clinton and Vice President Joe Biden are doing their best to portray themselves as “plain folk.”
On Tuesday’s “The Daily Show,” Stewart zeroed in on Clinton’s much maligned comment about leaving the White House in 2001 “dead broke.” Former President Bill Clinton defended her Tuesday from those charges of being out-of-touch, claiming Clinton’s statement was “factually true.”
“Well played, Mrs. Clinton,” Stewart quipped. “But if I know Joe Biden, you just brought a $100 bill to a loose change fight.”
Biden, who has referred to himself in the third-person as the poorest member of Congress, had a similar moment this week when he said at the White House Working Families Summit that he had no savings account or stock investments.
“How poor is Biden? He can’t even afford a first-person pronoun, that’s how poor he is.”
“What’s with the poverty Tourette’s?” Stewart asked. “Why do these two seem to think we need a hobo for president? Own what you have, it’s fine.”
But Stewart had to re-evaluate that statement once he saw that Joe Biden’s memoir only pulled in a total of $201 in royalties last year.
“On second thought, I’m not sure how this guy affords a bucket to sh*t in,” he joked.
Watch below, courtesy of Comedy Central:
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I couldn’t even pause the damn thing.
What distinguishes the “privileged” is often not their net worth, but rather their ability to generate new income. People like Biden and the Clintons can command huge speaking fees, whereas no one’s willing to shell out a dime to hear my pearls of wisdom. And my last book advance was… well… actually, no one has ever shown any willingness to front me a bunch of cash for something that I might crank out.
It extends to borrowing, as well. Donald Trump can repeatedly drive his businesses into the ground, and declare bankruptcy. Yet somehow, he manages to find bankers who are willing to lend him millions to start up his next doomed venture. On what basis? His track record? Funny, but I have impeccable credit, yet I can’t borrow $1000 unless I have $1000 worth of collateral.
Biden in 2012
Net Worth: From $-875,972 to $326,997
Rank: 12th in
Executive Branch Members
I cannot stand Jon Stewart…
Its all relative isn’t it? Compared to Mitt Romney for example, Joe Biden is a pauper. On the other hand Joe Biden is an extremely wealthy man compared to me.
Are you talking about the ads or the Stewart video, because neither is a problem for me. (I mean the autoplaying.) I don’t have an answer, but I’m curious if others do.