{"id":1629057,"date":"2022-09-01T07:33:03","date_gmt":"2022-09-01T11:33:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1629057"},"modified":"2022-09-01T07:33:50","modified_gmt":"2022-09-01T11:33:50","slug":"new-book-chronicles-barack-obamas-frustration-with-biden-shoot-me-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-book-chronicles-barack-obamas-frustration-with-biden-shoot-me-now\/","title":{"rendered":"New Book Chronicles Barack Obama\u2019s Frustration With Biden: \u201cShoot. Me. Now.\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnew-book-chronicles-barack-obamas-frustration-with-biden-shoot-me-now%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1629057&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Former President Barack Obama was frequently frustrated with Joe Biden, a new book claims, first as a Democrat senate colleague and then as his vice president.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShoot. Me. Now,\u201d Obama\u00a0 reportedly wrote in a note to one of his aides as Biden delivered long, rambling remarks during a 2005 senate confirmation hearing for then-President George W. Bush\u2019s choice for Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Details of the Obama\/Biden relationship are featured in the book <em>The Long Alliance: The Imperfect Union of Joe Biden and Barack Obama<\/em> by New York magazine journalist Gabriel Debenedetti.\u00a0The Daily Mail <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-11161185\/Tension-Barack-Obama-Joe-Biden-revealed-new-book.html\">previewed<\/a> tidbits from the upcoming book Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The book reveals the complex layers between the two Democrats, beyond pictures of friendship bracelets shared on social media.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Happy <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BestFriendsDay?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BestFriendsDay<\/a> to my friend, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BarackObama?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BarackObama<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JTd1t7NtyL\">pic.twitter.com\/JTd1t7NtyL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoeBiden\/status\/1137521124793823232?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 9, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Biden, an aging Democrat dinosaur, viewed Obama as aloof and condescending, while the fresh new face of the Democrat party viewed Biden as a rambling windbag.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10442700\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2019\/04\/GettyImages-632229442.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden walk through the Crypt of the Capitol for Donald Trump\u2019s inauguration ceremony, in Washington, January 20, 2017. (J. Scott Applewhite \u2013 Pool\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cJoe Biden is a decent guy but man, that guy can just talk and talk. It\u2019s an incredible thing to see,\u201d Obama reportedly told his advisor David Axelrod.<\/p>\n<p>One story featured in the book recounts a time Biden offered to get Obama dinner when he first joined the Senate, saying they could go to a place he knew that was \u201cnothing fancy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can go to a nice place, I can afford it,\u201d Obama replied, prompting Biden to view the young senator as arrogant and presumptuous.<\/p>\n<p>As Obama\u2019s vice president, Biden was suspicious and defensive, repeatedly standing up for his views when they differed from the president\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not going to grovel to this guy. My manhood is not negotiable,\u201d he said, according to the book.<\/p>\n<p>The book also reports that Obama was worried by Biden\u2019s 2020 run for president, believing he was \u201ctired\u201d and that it would be \u201cunthinkably painful\u201d for the aging, gaffe-prone, rambling candidate to campaign.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_21742766\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/joe-biden-2020-ap.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-21742766\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/joe-biden-2020-ap.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden arrives for a campaign event at the University of Northern Iowa, Monday, Jan. 27, 2020, in Cedar Falls, Iowa. 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