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The President of Vice: The Autobiography of Joe Biden
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The Onion is proud to present The President of Vice: The Autobiography of Joe Biden. In this scandalous memoir, America's favorite politician discusses his early years, before he became ultimate wingman to the leader of the free world. For the first time ever “Diamond” Joe discusses the formative experiences of his life, including his childhood selling hooch in Scranton, h
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To put it simply, this is the best memoir to come out of the White House since Ulysses S. Grant penned his account of the Civil War as he lay dying of throat cancer. Just as President Grant wrote his autobiography under financial duress, Diamond Joe too completed his masterwork over several hours the day his publisher required his manuscript lest a pair of unscrupulous bookies named Taz and Jorge harm him--or worse--his beloved '81 Trans Am. In this book, Biden details how he went from Joey Scra
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How can I give this book anything but 5 stars? How could any right-thinking American? Merely purchasing the ebook it has caused my reader to smell faintly of Acqua di Gio, and inspired beautiful women to come up and stroke the casing without quite understanding why. Some will argue that this book is just an internet joke taken too far - but unlike the "Old Spice Guy" or "Chuck Norris," Joe Biden is a real person, and his astonishing true story is as inspiring as it is arousing. I recommend "The
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Often, political memoirs come out in the period leading up to an election or when people are thinking about politics, which usually overlaps with the leadup to an election. As such, they tend to be milquetoast and to deal with issues in a rather bland manner. Diamond Joe Biden's memoir presents us with a different path, discussing the freewheeling life Joe Biden lived before he became Wingman in Chief. There's a great deal America can learn from this President of Vice.
One hell of a ride
Of course you can count on ole diamond Joe to tell it like it is. He doesn't hold back on any of the nitty gritty details you bought the book for.
Of course you can count on ole diamond Joe to tell it like it is. He doesn't hold back on any of the nitty gritty details you bought the book for.
I'm counting this slim book toward the 20 I promised Goodreads I'd read this year. Take that, letter of the law!
The Onion's take on Joe Biden's character--that of a skirt chasing, mullet-sporting, white Trans Am driving, head-banging, hard-drinking party boy--is fleshed out to ridiculous extremes in this Kindle Single. In this faux memoir we learn the inside skinny on Diamond Joe's world. What revs his engine? What makes him tick? Why is he escaping to Mexico with just the clothes on his back an ...more
The Onion's take on Joe Biden's character--that of a skirt chasing, mullet-sporting, white Trans Am driving, head-banging, hard-drinking party boy--is fleshed out to ridiculous extremes in this Kindle Single. In this faux memoir we learn the inside skinny on Diamond Joe's world. What revs his engine? What makes him tick? Why is he escaping to Mexico with just the clothes on his back an ...more
Joe Biden himself is rather entertaining. This book is 10x funnier...and intentionally so. Definitely some of The Onion's very best work!
I super love "Diamond" Joe Biden and have been following him on the Onion. If you haven't, it's a fictionalization of the Vice President painting him as a Trans-am loving poon scorning "sawed-off hellion" rebel and the coolest guy on Capital Hill. When they were promoting this book, the REAL Joe Biden tweeted a picture of himself claiming he actually likes red Corvettes not Trans Ams. So clearly the real Vice President is in on the joke and is promoting it, too cool. I was stuck home with the fl
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I don't know that a review is all that necessary for this book. It's brought to you by The Onion, so I think the reader knows in advance what he/she is getting into (for those who don't know, The Onion is a satirical newspaper). I found myself laughing out loud to myself in public and frequently highlighting the gems in this book. If you read this book, you'll never look at Vice President Biden in the same way.
The Onion's version of Joe Biden has been one of the best things they've done in a long time, so this autobiography of "Diamond Joe" is simply hilarious. If you've enjoyed the articles about him on The Onion, then you will definitely enjoy this. Seriously caused many instances of out-loud laughter. Good job, Onion.
This very interesting insight into Joe Biden's life and history makes clear that the voters have chosen and chosen well. Biden's experiences in the United States (and adventures in Mexico) embody the American dream, and more so explore the American experience. This book is a must-read for any patriot.
Funny - for a one-note premise. Which is the danger of this sort of satire. You get it really quickly - he's a hard-partying cocksman who also happens to knock out the occasional appropriation bill. Invested $1.99 to fill up my new Kindle Paperwhite. Got maybe $3.99 worth of laughs from it - so I win.
An indispensable autobiography of one of our greatest Vice Presidents. I was pleased to learn that he has a tattoo of a bald eagle for civic pride and so the ladies know how he likes it up the skirt. He has another tattoo that is the Chinese character for "balls deep".
The Onion's "Joe Biden" character is a three-trick pony of a rude joke, but it's all written with surprising commitment and creativity. If I had a print version of this, I'd totally keep it in the bathroom.
I really wanted to like this. What a wasted opportunity for smart satire - the author targets and squarely hits only the lowest common denominator with this, which is crude, rude, and not at all funny.
Funny book!! I'm not that into politic's but this guy ROCKS!! Hope now that he's got his money problems behind him he'll run for Prez in 2016!! Just what this country needs as a leader!
Chill babies. Diamond Joe is here to give you his story and let you know all about how he does what he does.
-Joe Biden is the Vice President of the United States of America.
-Joe Biden is the Vice President of the United States of America.
Somewhere between Larry Flynt and Jim Anchower you'll find "Diamond" Joe Biden. How you feel about this should tell whether or not you want to read this book.
Silly, silly Onion. Laugh out loud funny at times. If you like crude humor/satire and get a kick out of Joe Biden, this one's for you.
"Fact is, Scranton's a horseshit town and you can only sow oats there for so long before yearning for some new cooch."
Diamond Joe was the only thing keeping me sane during the 2012 election. I'll ride in his Trans Am anytime.
I should've been offended. I should've been unamused. I shouldn't have laughed. And yet...
The president of vice makes Mr Biden come across like the love child of Jim Anchower and Smoove B.
The concept makes for funny articles. Not so much a full-length book, however.
I love The Onion. This though was not much more than three jokes repeated.
Some real laugh-out-loud moments, but it goes on too long.
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“I’ve always said that toking up expands your mind and gets the creative juices flowing and Barack proved me right. After a few hours of simmering in our fumes and cracking up at a VHS of Barbarella, he turns to me and says, “What if we just fucking sent in some helicopters into Pakistan?” I said, “Without permission? That’s either the craziest thing I ever heard or the most genius.” Barack starts laughing and says “Crazy like a fox!” and orders the choppers in. And that’s how we killed bin Laden. Later that night we ordered a Pad Thai Pizza from this place called Big Billy’s, and that was just as awesome as it sounds. Yeah, Barack’s a pretty good guy.”
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“Oh by the way, that reminds me that I promised Jill that I’d mention our wedding in the book. We got married at some point. Cool, I can check that one off the list.”
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