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By Peter Hain, SML Virginia
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It’s all but certain that Tweedledum
has outdueled Tweedledee for the Democratic presidential nomination.
Liberals may be elated that the soon-to-be 78 year old career politician is the
last man standing against the irrepressible President Trump. But it’s not
because Joe Biden is an odds on winner, rather that Bernie Sanders’ metrics –
age 79 and self-anointed “democratic socialist” – do not resonate well with the
public. Yet, whether it is Biden or Sanders, both haul more baggage than
Fed Ex and UPS combined.
Joe Biden, an underwhelming graduate
of the University of Delaware (class rank 506 of 688), claimed to be in
the “top half” of his Syracuse
Law School
class, but actually ranked 76 of 85.
A politician since age 28, Biden has
fed at the public trough for 46 years – two years as a part time county
councilman, 36 years as a Senator from Delaware,
and eight years as VP. Thus, he is well versed in the practices of
obfuscation, misrepresentation, embellishment, ducking volatile issues, and
assuming credit for others’ achievements. And not getting much done for
the public along the way.
Throughout his career, Biden has been
tarred with allegations of plagiarism. The chickens came home to roost in
1987 when he withdrew from the Democratic presidential nomination because of
“the exaggerated shadow of his past mistakes.”
In 1988 Biden suffered two brain
aneurysms that required surgery, but is said to have no recurrences or effects
since then. His neurosurgeon pronounced him fit for the 2020 presidential
run and quipped: “I’m sure he has a brain, because I’ve seen it.”
Biden is a prominent “father” of
gaffes and incoherent ramblings too numerous to mention, putting him on top-10
lists of celebrities with foot-in-mouth disease. Critics attribute recent
inconsistencies to early onset dementia or Alzheimers. Time magazine’s
take: “Biden’s brain is wired for more than the usual amount of
goofiness.” Despite his quirks, Biden served in key positions as ranking
member and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations and Senate Judiciary
committees, as well as two-term VP. Noteworthy, however, is that former
President Obama has yet to endorse him as presidential nominee.
If Biden had his druthers, he
probably would retract his 2015 quote about corruption in Ukraine.
He told the Council of Foreign Relations that he informed the Ukrainian
president he must fire his prosecutor-general or the U.S. would not release $1 billion
in loan guarantees. “I looked at them and said: ‘I’m leaving in six
hours. If the prosecutor is not fired, you’re not getting the
money.’ Well, son of a bitch. He got fired.” House Democrats
impeached President Trump on flimsier evidence of “quid pro quo.”
Joe Biden’s wayward son, Hunter, is
an embarrassment to his father’s campaign. Substance abuse issues.
Messy affairs. And his appointment to the board of Ukraine’s natural gas company for
which he displayed no expertise beyond his father’s VP position - receiving
$50,000 per month for his services. Nice work if you can get it!
Numerous women have come forth and
castigated Joe Biden for his unwarranted “touchy-feely” behavior. While
acknowledging that he would try to do better, he is “not sorry for anything
I’ve ever done . . . it’s just who I am.”
With a potential nominee pool of 42
million Democratic voters, 232 congressmen, 47 senators, and 24 state
governors, Team Trump is surely puzzled, but rejoicing that the Democratic
establishment settled on the befuddled Tweedledum as the president’s opponent
in November.
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Impeach Joe
Biden Before His Inauguration?
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