Parody As a Weapon Part CXX; Something smells fishy when there are Bidens around.

Last month, we paid honest tribute to the late Toby Keith, and launched a harpoon at the security-craving Cori Bush in Part CXIX. This week, in light of the approaching St. Patrick’s Day, we will use a traditional Dublin ditty to lampoon a man whose claim to Celtic heritage has set back the cause of Irish advancement in a manner not seen since the potato famine midway through the 19^th century.

In recent weeks, Biden family members have given testimony before the House impeachment James, the brother of the current occupant of the White House, and Joe’s son Hunter both testified regarding their business dealings. While both denied Joe Biden’s involvement in their activities, the evidence developed earlier in the investigations tends to suggest otherwise, and the only service they seem to have to peddle is their closeness to the ear of a connected family member who has occupied prominent positions in the halls of American power.

As has been described in earlier parts of this series, brother Jim has long traded on his older brother’s name and orbit, while leaving the taxpayers with the tab. That article went on to note “Others, such as Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI), have been less kind and sensitive when evaluating the business practices of the younger sibling of the White House’s current occupant. While the White House press corps may have circled its wagons around the incumbent who last week formally announced his re-election bid, other media outlets have begun to take notice of how the Biden family has traded on Joe’s name throughout his political career.” Also noted in the article was the disappearance of Jim Biden’s former business partner Joe Reardon, who would have been quite capable of Jim’s influence peddling during Joe Biden’s first decade in public office.

Hunter’s business practices have been the subject of prior parodies as well, along with his personal life. As patriarch of the Biden clan, Joe Biden has also been the frequent object of ridicule in this series. Given his angry stumbling partisan rant delivered at the State of the Union address, the current occupant of the White House has shown that all mockery directed at him is well-deserved.

One of frequently used verbal tics demonstrated by Biden (but not on display Thursday) is his appropriation of an expression first heard in the African-American community when confronted with an unbelievable claim, with a following response of “Just because we’re black, it doesn’t mean we’re stupid”. Biden has taken to substituting his own proclaimed Hibernian heritage in its place and frequently uttering “I’m Irish, I’m not stupid”, thereby proving again that he can’t utter a sentence without at least one lie.

As the holiday known as St. Patrick’s Day approaches, it bears remembering that among the credited achievements of Ireland’s patron saint is that he chased the snakes out of that country. Unfortunately, some managed to find their way to the US.

As such, this week’s parody will grab hold of a traditional Irish ditty known as Molly Malone, a ballad that pays tribute to a mobile purveyor of seafood who plied her trade across the varied landscape of highways and byways in the Irish Republic’s capital. Given the tendency of fish and related products to develop a foul aroma when they’re no longer fresh, there seems to be no better song to spoof a family that has traded on its name and influence in the American capital for 50 years past their expiration date, leading at last to an investigation of that which smells so fishy.

From Scranton’s coal city
To Delaware (more’s the pity)
Tnere once came a Biden whose first name was Joe
He sought out public office

Said the law it won’t stop us
If you pay Biden family they’re not bribes as bribes go