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yardwork

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13. Good essay, and good points.
Thu May 29, 2025, 10:09 AM
May 2025

I came to like Joe Biden much later than you. I didn't particularly like his behavior during the Clarence Thomas hearings.

I came to appreciate Joe Biden very much while he served as President Obama's VP. The man's humility, kindness and integrity shone. As a white person, I have seen how often whites try to dominate their Black colleagues. I think a lot of white voters assumed that Biden would do that as VP. He didn't. There was never a hint of it. In fact, he seemed to enjoy playing the comic to Obama's straight guy. Huge admiration from me.

As president, Biden did a lot of important things, and to me the single most important thing he did was to begin to reverse Reaganomics. He was turning the tide. He was starting to reverse the flow of money from the wealthy back toward all the workers.

I think that's why all the billionaires who own the media stopped him.

Best president of my lifetime so far, which began with Eisenhower.

I've never said this about a politician before and likely never will again. I love Joe Biden.

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I'll not waste my time either dweller May 2025 #1
Very good! H2O Man May 2025 #3
Dang, H2O Man, you have done it again Easterncedar May 2025 #2
Thank you! H2O Man May 2025 #4
Another good piece. I do miss Brooklynite's input and think we eat our own too often. Silent Type May 2025 #5
Right. H2O Man May 2025 #6
Thx as always, H2O Man Hekate May 2025 #7
Thank you. H2O Man May 2025 #8
Thank you. Totally agree. A good man and he deserves lasting gratitude for the incredible work he did cleaning up EverHopeful May 2025 #9
Thanks! H2O Man May 2025 #15
I've always liked Joe Biden. He is a good man, and his presidential administration was among the best Martin Eden May 2025 #10
Exactly! H2O Man May 2025 #17
Very much appreciate that history, and the analogy! Martin Eden May 2025 #19
Great post! We need to keep SalviaBlue May 2025 #11
Thank you! H2O Man May 2025 #20
Agree. I just hate the way it went down. Patton French May 2025 #12
Thanks! H2O Man May 2025 #21
Good essay, and good points. yardwork May 2025 #13
Thank you. H2O Man May 2025 #22
Have you heard Joe Biden read the poem by Seamus Heaney? yardwork May 2025 #23
Yes! H2O Man May 2025 #27
Biden reminds us that there is good in humans. yardwork May 2025 #31
I have never spent a single moment Saoirse9 May 2025 #14
I remember when H2O Man May 2025 #24
K&R spanone May 2025 #16
Thank you. H2O Man May 2025 #25
K and R senseandsensibility May 2025 #18
Thanks! H2O Man May 2025 #26
I agree that Joe Biden was unfairly railroaded out of the 1988 race... Jack Valentino May 2025 #28
You are right! H2O Man May 2025 #29
Heh! That's funny... thanks Jack Valentino May 2025 #30
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