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10.16.2009 4:30 pm

Biden bits: Ladies and gentleman, no joke, more from VP’s visit

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Biden in Wellston

Biden in Wellston

ST. LOUIS — Vice President Joe Biden’s stop here Thursday wasn’t as memorable as last year’s vice-presidential debate at Washington University, or intense as his April visit, which provided fodder for a 60 Minutes piece.

But it did have…

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10.15.2009 1:05 pm

Biden meets with firefighter recruits, pumps up stimulus rescue

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Biden in Wellston today

Biden in Wellston today

WELLSTON — Vice President Joe Biden met this morning with future firefighters before offering praise for the administration’s stimulus plan.

“Are we home yet? No, no we are not,” Biden said in front of a modest crowd at the…

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10.15.2009 11:24 am

Crowd, cadets await Biden’s arrival at county cops training depot

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
St. Louis County cadets wait for Biden

St. Louis County cadets wait for Biden

WELLSTON — A modest crowd and a stage full of police cadets are awaiting the arrival of Vice President Joe Biden, who will speak here soon to promote the administration’s stimulus efforts.

The audience at…

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09.23.2009 8:34 am

All gaffes are local: Missouri prominent in “Bidenisms” collection

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Biden at the Mathews-Dickey club earlier this year

Biden at the Mathews-Dickey club

The online magazine Slate was able to turn its roster of “Bushisms” – the malapropisms, grammatical errors and verbal missteps of President George W. Bush — into a quartet of books and even a calendar.

With Bush…

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04.27.2009 12:00 pm

St. Louis footage offers fodder for Biden profile on “60 Minutes”

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Among those traveling to Missouri with Vice President Joe Biden earlier this month was “60 Minutes” correspondent Lesley Stahl.

The reason?

A profile of the gregarious veep, which ran on Sunday evening. The piece features several shots…

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04.27.2009 9:24 am

Fox High in Arnold accustomed to special guests

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Biden at Fox High on Oct. 30

Biden at Fox High on Oct. 30

President Barack Obama will visit Fox High in Arnold this week, marking the second time a member of the administration has visited the school in the last several months.

In October, Vice President Joe Biden, then…

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04.20.2009 11:09 am

Curb appeal: Biden’s impromptu roadside chat in St. Louis

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

ST. LOUIS — During Vice President Joe Biden’s visit here last week, a group of students assembled on the curb to greet his motorcade as it made a scheduled stop at Mathews-Dickey Boys & Girls Club.

The…

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04.17.2009 12:04 pm

Watch: Biden addresses students from St. Louis charter school

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Vice President Joe Biden addressed students from Imagine Academy, a charter school in St. Louis, at today’s college affordability discussion at University of Missouri-St. Louis.

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04.17.2009 11:26 am

Biden’s mini-gaffe: Wash U. as “University of Washington”

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Thats Washington University, Mr. Vice President

That's Washington University, Mr. Vice President

BEL-NOR — Maybe it’s only because Vice President Joe Biden was tweaked so often on the campaign trail about his propensity for gaffes that his minor slip-up at today’s college affordability chat was noticed.

Biden, meeting with…

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04.16.2009 9:05 pm

At fundraiser, Biden stops the show to praise Eagleton

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Tom and Barbara Eagleton, 1968

CLAYTON –Vice President Joe Biden was just beginning his speech here tonight when he stopped mid-sentence, stepped off the stage and hurried towards a woman in the front row.

Biden embraced the woman as the crowd at the…

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