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24. Oh man, there go the waterworks...

Sat Jun 6, 2015, 04:40 PM

Jun 2015

I am feeling so melancholy today. Feel so terrible for the Bidens and for all of Delaware and, for that matter, the rest of us in this country who ALSO have lost the kind of exquisite-quality human being that Beau Biden was.

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"Joe you are my brother" [View all] LynneSin Jun 2015 OP

That is a powerful image. tymorial Jun 2015 #1

I wish I could rec this a million times. Rex Jun 2015 #2

Makes me wish I had grown up in the Biden family. Ilsa Jun 2015 #3

Emotionally exhausted after watching this. AngryOldDem Jun 2015 #4

So hard to type with tears in your eyes. TNNurse Jun 2015 #5

Love to Joe AikenYankee Jun 2015 #6

Welcome to DU, AikenYankee. calimary Jun 2015 #31

+1 mountain grammy Jun 2015 #33

It is calimary ... AikenYankee Jun 2015 #36

I've met Joe Biden DFW Jun 2015 #57

I believe it, DFW. calimary Jun 2015 #60

Every single day I have thought how well Obama chose when he took Biden for his VP Hekate Jun 2015 #7

Okay, THAT got me, too. calimary Jun 2015 #25

+1 Tarheel_Dem Jun 2015 #28

I can't help but love Joe Biden Aerows Jun 2015 #41

I quite agree, though I remember different sentiments right before he was chosen DFW Jun 2015 #58

Wow MissDeeds Jun 2015 #8

R.I.P. Beau Biden. nirvana555 Jun 2015 #9

Family values Scarsdale Jun 2015 #53

I am so sorry, Scarsdale MissDeeds Jun 2015 #59

This indeed is the DREAM TantaLois Jun 2015 #10

Well said.. mountain grammy Jun 2015 #14

eloquent. Thank you. BlancheSplanchnik Jun 2015 #26

Welcome to DU, TantaLois. calimary Jun 2015 #27

I hope you're a writer. If not, what a tragedy. Excellent post. You expressed what we're feeling. Tarheel_Dem Jun 2015 #29

beautifully said. sheshe2 Jun 2015 #42

This was a great eulogy Gothmog Jun 2015 #11

I can't say I've been honestly proud to be an American, for some time. Paladin Jun 2015 #12

I can't look at a thread about Beau Biden mountain grammy Jun 2015 #13

I feel the same way wordpix Jun 2015 #17

Seems so inappropriate to knr.. one_voice Jun 2015 #15

I know. But when is the last time we had a President and VP that truly showed us LynneSin Jun 2015 #18

You're right... one_voice Jun 2015 #20

That is a beautiful picture of true friends. I hope asjr Jun 2015 #16

The consoler in chief hugs again flamingdem Jun 2015 #19

It was the first time since becoming President that I heard his voice crack and get teary. George II Jun 2015 #21

Two other times that I remember katmille Jun 2015 #40

:( ::::::::::::::::: WillyT Jun 2015 #22

So, so moving Iwillnevergiveup Jun 2015 #23

Oh man, there go the waterworks... calimary Jun 2015 #24

And after that long hug, he kissed Biden on the cheek George II Jun 2015 #30

Yes, here's the pic.. so precious.. Cha Jun 2015 #39

Now that made me cry. sheshe2 Jun 2015 #43

Beau's Memorial and Eulogy from President Obama was so unbearably sad, she... Cha Jun 2015 #44

I just finished reading sheshe2 Jun 2015 #45

You're Welcome,she~ Cha Jun 2015 #46

You know, she, I thought today about the father Joe Biden has been to his children and then Thinkingabout Jun 2015 #47

This! sheshe2 Jun 2015 #49

They have a relationship... awoke_in_2003 Jun 2015 #32

I wish our nation could find the love and respect these two men have for each other.. mountain grammy Jun 2015 #34

Thank you, Mr. President! MineralMan Jun 2015 #35

Great Picture. Paka Jun 2015 #37

Here are some more precious pics from Beau's Memorial~ Cha Jun 2015 #38

This broke my heart with its beauty and honesty. herding cats Jun 2015 #48

LOVE world wide wally Jun 2015 #50

And this is why I am honored to be a Democrat Dr. Xavier Jun 2015 #51

Just looking at that picture fadedrose Jun 2015 #55

Oh man. lovemydog Jun 2015 #52

Beautiful.. whathehell Jun 2015 #56

. stonecutter357 Jun 2015 #54