Connecticut Teen Asked Biden To Prom So He Sent Her A Corsage

Vice President of the United States Joe Biden gives a speech at the Human Rights Campaign's Los Angeles Gala on Saturday, March 22, 2014. (Josh Edelson/AP Images for HRC)
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A Newington, Conn. teen decided to ask her dream date to prom: Vice President Joe Biden.

Talia Maselli wrote a letter to Biden inviting him to the Newington High School prom, not expecting a response from the Vice President.

“Joe Biden makes me laugh,” Maselli told the Hartford Courant. “He just cracks me up.”

In her note, Maselli explains that she would only enjoy her prom with Joe Biden on her arm.

“I am inviting you so far in advance because I’m sure many 17-year-old girls send you prom invitations, and I had to beat them to it,” she said in the letter. “I could only tolerate a high school dance if I was to be escorted by the most delightful man in America.”

She even warned that she would bring House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) in his place if Biden declined.

Maselli ultimately decided not to attend her prom.

“I was never really looking forward to going to prom,” she told the Courant. “I’m looking forward to going to Washington D.C.”

Yet on May 10, the day before her prom, a delivery man arrived at Maselli’s door with a corsage and a note from Biden inviting her to the White House.

“I am flattered, but my schedule will not permit me to be in Connecticut on Friday evening,” the Vice President said in the letter. “But I hope you will accept this corsage and enjoy your prom as much as I did mine.”

Maselli at first thought it was an elaborate practical joke, but she phoned Biden’s assistant, who confirmed that the note was real.

“He wanted her to feel special at her prom, even though he wasn’t able to come,” a spokesperson for the Vice President told the Courant.

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  1. I know some girls go for older guys, but damn.

  2. This reminds me of something Dick Cheney wouldn’t do.

  3. I know some girls go for older guys, but damn

    Yep. And Republicans brooding now over whether they can get away with/ would be advantaged or not, calling Joe a stalking pedophile over this.

    Now if predatory sex-maniac Hillary had only sent a corsage to some underaged male it would be some much easier! Could be alleged to be a result of her “brain damage.”

  4. Today’s Yiddish Lesson: Mensch. :slight_smile:

  5. A republican: http://www.politico.com/story/2013/12/ryan-loskarn-investigated-101016.html

    A republican: http://dailycaller.com/2012/05/24/sc-congressional-candidate-arrested-for-drunk-driving-with-co-ed-in-the-car/

    A republican: http://www.thefix.com/content/republican-congressman-arrested-dui

    That’s just a quick summary of some of the more recent scandals. It would probably crash the server to list every republican busted for drinking, drug use or underage partners (boys and girls).

    Oh, and all of those are most definitely illegal. What Biden does was classy and something to be proud of, not at a scandal to try and hide away from the police, silly fool.

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