https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2012/10/13/biden-perfected-the-art-of-the-smirk-or-something/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usTue, 09 Jun 2026 15:30:29 -0400<![CDATA[The audience’s embittered helplessness no doubt explains the success of Jon Stewart, who gives public expression to his viewers’s emotions as he sneers and pops his eyes while playing clips of politicians acting absurdly or dishonestly. For the first time, with Biden’s over-the-top performance, the enraged yet impotent TV audience—liberals, anyway—found expression for its pent-up frustration not in a comedian, but in a politician himself. In some meta-reversal of roles, the debating Biden became Jon Stewart lampooning the debate after it took place.]]>Sat, 13 Oct 2012 16:45:23 -0400<![CDATA[Allahpundit]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2012/10/13/biden-perfected-the-art-of-the-smirk-or-something-n96587