If this story is true, it's sad. Say what you will about ol' Joe, but if he was hoping for one last taste of a "normal date" at the movie with his wife before all the hoopla begins... I sure wish they would have found some seats for him.But the Brad Pitt movie (about an old man growing young)was sold out, and evidently the manager was not quick enough on his feet to creatively problem solve. (Would the same thing have happened to Michelle and Barack Obama? I doubt it.)
It seems like the manager could have said, "Just a moment, Mr. Vice-President Elect," then slipped into the theater with free tickets for two couples in prime seats and discreetly whispered, "Hey, valued customers, you'll never guess who just stepped into our humble theater. How would you like to be a minor part of unrecorded history by allowing me to give you tickets to this and all the other movies you want to see this month just for letting Mr. and Mrs. Biden have a spontaneous date?"
Is it just me or wouldn't most people be honored to do that? Julie and I didn't even vote for him, and we'd be happy to give them our seats. It's possible that he stopped the manager from doing just that. He does seem like the kind of "sport" that would not want such favors publicly granted. [Private quid pro quos are another matter, of course. See post below.]
The saddest thing (if the report is true) is not that Joe's romantic "Scranton, PA" spontaneity didn't play out, but that no one seemed to notice who he was to his face. Awkward... and sort of sad really, but only in the movies can a man grow younger and less odd.
Could ever a man feel more parenthetical? I genuinely hope the Bidens had a good laugh about it as they ducked back into their limo.
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*heh* Cute story. Often people don't look the same in person as they do in the media, so perhaps no one knew it was him. However, yes, the theater manager should have accommodated him somehow.
I have always liked Joe Biden. When I see him standing next to Obama, I always think people got it wrong somehow.
Jo,
You can't help but like him when he isn't pontificating. Anybody who can get by with the kind of gaffes he makes and still have credibility with his peers, must be a charmer, and this seemed like a truly human moment. Since we now know he then flew to the Middle East, he was just trying to have a night out with his wife. You gotta like that.
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