Joe Biden Can't Get His Green Bay Packers Story Straight

Gramps is at it again. 

Leave it to Joe Biden to visit Wisconsin and tell a Green Bay Packers story that is either completely fabricated, or just partially wrong and he just can't remember which version of the story is correct. 

During a speech Wednesday at a Microsoft data center in Sturtevant, Wisconsin, Biden pulled out an old Packers story that he likes to tell when he's in Wisconsin so the locals will think he's a loveable character. 

Scranton Joe being Scranton Joe. 

Take it away, gramps. 

"I went to a Catholic high school in Delaware taught by the Norbertines priest from St. Norbert College…[mumbles]…little town, little team called Green Bay," Biden told an audience. 

"Now, here's the deal," he continued, "we were the only high school in Delaware who overwhelmingly rooted for Green Bay. [Crowd laughs]. Not a joke, I'll tell you why: Every single Sunday. Not only did they have great teams at the time, still do, but not only that, my theology professor at the Catholic school I went to was a guy named Riley. Last name. And he had been drafted by the Green Bay Packers." 

Oh boy, here we go, a great story! Give it to us! 

"He decided to become a priest before that, so he didn't go, but every single solitary Monday that Green Bay won, we got the last period of the day off." 

Helluva story, Joe. 

But…..is it true?

According to Milwaukee radio station WTMJ, Biden told a different story in 2011 about why he roots for the Packers. 

"I went to a Catholic boys school in Claymont, Delaware, taught by an order of priests called the Norbertines," Biden told radio host John Mercure at the time. "The Norbertines had their Abbey house in DePere.

"Every Sunday the Packers won, the headmaster ... Father Justin E. Diny would get on PA system and say, 'Gentlemen no last period today.'

"He made everyone of us Packers fans. Besides I'm fearful I'll go to hell if I don't root for the Packers. Father Diny may come back. I can't go against Father Diny. He'll come out of his grave if he knew I was rooting for anybody else."

There was no mention of a theology professor named Riley or possibly Reilly who was a Packers draft pick who stuck to the priesthood. Who the hell is this Riley character that Biden is speaking of who was a Packers draft pick?

Here's another problem for gramps: Football truthers went looking for a Riley or Reilly who would fit the Biden story. 

Here's the bad news for Biden: It's not Tex Reilly. He went on to become a Major General in the United States Air Force. 

Want to yell at me over Biden's Packers story? Fire away. 

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