It appeared to me that Rimshot Joe was drunk. The joint went from being a VP debate to an Irish pub.
As a person who spent half his life wrapped tightly around a bottle, I think I speak from authority when I say that Joe is so habituated to alcohol that it would be much harder for him to function sober.
I think the only time he’s not been drinking is for the first hour or two of each day after waking up. Apart from that, his life is one big W.C. Fields impersonation.
Now just a cotton-pickin’ minit here. Let’s be fair. Joe Biden did interrupt, laugh and roll his eyes a lot, and said malarchy a few times, an Irish word, but did he take even one swing at Paul Ryan? Did he even threaten to? And why were they discussing politics instead of sports? Huh? Huh? Huh? Did he even try to cop of feel of Raddatz’ bozongos? So I’d say that while Joe Biden might have been drunk or high on some other artificial stimulant, the forum did not degenerate to a pub fight, Irish or otherwise. Still, all in all, it’s a good thing the chairs were firmly anchored to the floor.