Gag:
The network morning shows on Thursday were thrilled by Vice President Joe Biden joining Instagram on Wednesday and posting a selfie of himself with President Obama. On NBC’s Today, co-host Savannah Guthrie couldn’t contain her excitement: “Presidents and vice presidents, they’re just like us! The latest selfie racing around the web today.” [Listen to the audioor watch the video after the jump]
On ABC’s Good Morning America, co-host George Stephanopoulos hailed: “…the selfie craze has hit the White House again….Joe Biden set up an Instagram account overnight, sending out his first picture, it went viral immediately.” CBS This Morning co-host Norah O’Donnell gushed: “It’s being called the selfie to end all selfies….The White House Twitter account also posted the photo with the caption, ‘Pals.'”
Today’s fill-in social media host Tamron Hall declared: “Overnight while we were sleeping someone was hard at work creating a firestorm on Twitter….a selfie with the President of the United States. Pretty cool. So in less than 24 hours, 47,000 people now following Biden on Instagram.”
In the 9 a.m. ET hour, Hall proclaimed it to be “the toothiest selfie in America,” again noting that “over 47,000 people following the Vice President on Instagram.” Fellow co-host and news anchor Natalie Morales raved: “I’m one of them….I think it’s great. It’s fantastic.”
Co-host Willie Geist chimed in: “If there’s one politician you want on Instagram, it’s Joe Biden. It’s Saturday night, it gets late, who knows what’s gonna happen?”
Morales took up the crusade of absent weatherman Al Roker to get Biden to co-host the morning show: “Well, here’s an opportunity to do what Al would do. Mr. Vice President, you can selfie, you can do Instagram as much as you want if you come here and host our show, we’d love to have you.”
Hall touted the Vice President’s wife being on the show the day before: “Jill Biden was on yesterday. So why not have on the Vice President?” Morales added: “Hopefully she’s making the case at home. Hopefully she had a great experience.”
This ‘mind set’ is….just magical….(sarc)
LORD, HELP US ALL !!!!!!!