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Why is Biden so disliked?

TubbaBlubba

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I don't really get why. OK, he seems to make a lot of gaffes, and that's bad for a public figure. But does he have like, any strongly disagreeable positions or something?

Some seem to consider him a Democratic Sarah Palin, but I've never seen any of the bizarre disconnection from reality that she embodied in Biden.

So, educate me.
 
He's a Democrat and Republicans hate all democrats with the white hot passion of a thousand suns.


Or something like that.
 
Although you are right that Biden is not nearly as brainless as Sarah Palin, the dislike is still a payback for the Dems (and most of the world) making fun of Palin's stupidity. It is an ongoing tu quoque that has little to do with Biden's positions or intelligence, and everything to do with the need to find a foil that the Reps can laugh at. It works with extreme partisans, but most folks agree that Biden, at the very least, came out even with Ryan in the debate, and that was against the guy who is supposed to be one of the smartest men in the GOP.
 
He was kind of a schmuck back in the 80's. However I think he matured into a more reasonable legislator, albeit one with a tendency to go all loose cannon once in a while.

"Of course I'm respectable, I'm old. Ugly buildings, politicians, and whores all get respectable, if they last long enough." (John Huston in Chinatown)
 
He was a blue collar guy and speaks with blue collar terms and passion. Republicans really only pay attention to aristocrats and think everyone else is a "taker."
 
http://www.lettersofnote.com/2011/01/biden.html

On September 5th of 1994, eager to pose a question, 8th-grade student Branden Brooks found himself raising his hand during the Q&A session of a presentation by then-Senator Joe Biden. After the event, having noticed the young man's stutter as he spoke, Biden pulled him to one side:
Sen. Biden told me that he used to stutter as a kid but never let it interfere with his life goals. In fact, Sen. Biden added that he would purposely seek public speaking opportunities (such as acting in plays) to force himself to speak in public.
A week later, Branden received the following letter. Immediately acting on Biden's advice, he successfully ran for class president and held the position throughout high-school and college. Since graduating, he has worked in Delaware as a prosecutor.
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thaiboxerken said:
He was a blue collar guy and speaks with blue collar terms and passion. Republicans really only pay attention to aristocrats and think everyone else is a "taker."
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Partly this. He's also one of the few politicians who isn't a stuffed shirt, and who seems to genuinely give a crap about people other than himself.
 
I do not think Biden is either a schmuck or a fool. I suspect he is, if you are one, a very dangerous person to mess with.
 
logger said:
If you don't think Biden is a schmuck, what does it say about you?
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That I'm a human being with a sense of humor who can recognize a genuine person?

shemp said:
Partly this. He's also one of the few politicians who isn't a stuffed shirt, and who seems to genuinely give a crap about people other than himself.
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He has always helped me maintain my dwindling hope that there are decent politicians.
 
Alferd_Packer, you voracious Democrat-eater, you done brought a tear to my eye with that. :)
 
shemp said:
Partly this. He's also one of the few politicians who isn't a stuffed shirt, and who seems to genuinely give a crap about people other than himself.
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He is willing to care about other people as long as he doesn't have to give much of his own money. Look at his schedule a charitable deductions.
 
TubbaBlubba said:
I don't really get why. OK, he seems to make a lot of gaffes, and that's bad for a public figure. But does he have like, any strongly disagreeable positions or something?

Some seem to consider him a Democratic Sarah Palin, but I've never seen any of the bizarre disconnection from reality that she embodied in Biden.

So, educate me.
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Biden was elected to the U.S. Senate seven times, the first time in 1970 when he was 30 years old. As a member and sometime chairman of the Judiciary Committee he was actively involved in law enforcement issues, and he presided over the Robert Bork and Clarence Thomas confirmation hearings. He was also a member and sometime chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations committee, and was active in diplomatic and foreign policy issues. Sometimes his mouth gets ahead of his brain, and he has been known to embellish his stories, but he has a long record of substantial legislative accomplishment. He also set an extraordinary example of surviving loss when his first wife and baby daughter were killed and his two young sons were badly injured in a traffic accident weeks after his first election. He managed to move forward with his life. Most days he rode the train to Washington from Delaware and returned home at night to be with his sons. He's nowhere close to a perfect guy, but as politicians go he's one of the good ones. And I've never heard of anybody calling him a "Democratic Sarah Palin."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden
 
Brainster said:
He lied on every single one of the factual points which could be checked. Of course, he lied while Democrat, which is forgivable to many.
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Am I supposed to just take your word for that, or do you have a link to some weak ass pajamas media or hotair blog as "evidence" for your claim??

Daredelvis
 
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