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Drunken Irishman

(34,857 posts)
Thu Sep 17, 2020, 09:18 PM Sep 2020

Biden's last answer was Peak Joe.

I love it!

Rambling? Yes.

But that was a helluva captivating story about his time in the senate and not questioning a man's motive - name dropping former Montana Senator Mike Mansfield and his pipe.

I was fucking enthralled.

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OhioBlue

(5,126 posts)
6. I just read two speeches from Biden and he credits Mansfield with giving him that advice in both
Fri Sep 18, 2020, 12:58 AM
Sep 2020

One from 2015 at Yale and his 2009 farewell to the Senate.

https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2015/05/17/remarks-vice-president-yale-university-class-day

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/01/sen_joe_bidens_farewell_speech.html

They're both worth a read, but the farewell to the Senate is especially powerful.

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