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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBiden'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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Biden's last answer was Peak Joe. (Original Post)
Drunken Irishman
Sep 2020
OP
CNN had it on their site but only a preview if you don't have a cable provider.
Drunken Irishman
Sep 2020
#2
It may have been Biden who said that Ted Kennedy gave him that advice early on.
Karadeniz
Sep 2020
#5
cayugafalls
(5,639 posts)1. Was there a live stream for this?
Or was it only on TV?
Drunken Irishman
(34,857 posts)2. CNN had it on their site but only a preview if you don't have a cable provider.
Sogo
(4,986 posts)3. This free streaming service worked for me:
bdamomma
(63,799 posts)4. His answer
was good, he taught me something.
But I would love to see McConnell not voted in again.
Karadeniz
(22,471 posts)5. It may have been Biden who said that Ted Kennedy gave him that advice early on.
OhioBlue
(5,126 posts)6. I just read two speeches from Biden and he credits Mansfield with giving him that advice in both
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.