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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJoe Biden is cut from a different cloth
Whatever Trump tries to spin with that rapper person about Biden being racist... heh.
elleng
(131,166 posts)Soph0571
(9,685 posts)unblock
(52,344 posts)it's certainly true that he was notably middle class, modest and frugal for most of his life, and it's important that he avoided enriching himself despite his decades in washington.
however, he and jill have earned millions from their books. it's a rather recent change for them, but they're actually rich now.
that said, it's hard to forget what "middle class" means when you've lived your whole life that way.
yellowdogintexas
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(52,344 posts)calimary
(81,518 posts)after the inaugural festivities were over. As he so often did anyway.
GREAT post, btw, Soph0571! Thanks for adding it in!
PatSeg
(47,625 posts)I agree with everything else she said though. Joe was a very powerful senator when he took the role of VP and he did it with dignity and deference.
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)raging moderate
(4,311 posts)And boy, that income gap really brings greater prestige and privilege!
(Also greater arrogance and ignorance about life in lower income strata)
FloridaBlues
(4,008 posts)fleur-de-lisa
(14,628 posts)dixiechiken1
(2,113 posts)Never even remotely looked at it that way. Wow.
Just wow.
RainCaster
(10,924 posts)I have heard variations on this for the last year, and I can believe it.
Yes, I'm white- call me cracker if you like. But when it comes to Joe Biden, I'm all in for him.
Thekaspervote
(32,800 posts)djacq
(1,634 posts)Martin Eden
(12,875 posts)And smarter than most people think.
EarnestPutz
(2,123 posts)warmfeet
(3,321 posts)Who else would I vote for.
Blue Owl
(50,522 posts)Aviation91
(114 posts)WE KNOW JOE!!
maxrandb
(15,361 posts)so, he's just the same.
BTW- that's Kardashian, not Jon Ung
ms liberty
(8,606 posts)That's about the only quibble I have with this post.
titanicdave
(429 posts).......is... NUMBER...ONE...in my book....
demigoddess
(6,645 posts)respectfully. Too bad some members of Congress could not do the same. And drumpf. With all his birth certificate propaganda.
crickets
(25,986 posts)Amaryllis
(9,525 posts)to be circulated right up to the election.
Roc2020
(1,616 posts)when the country voted for George HW Bush for president, they were also voting for the record of Ronald Reagan. A popular president who won 2 terms. Same w/Biden. People are voting Biden partly because of the record of Obama. A very popular 2 term president.
Alwaysna
(574 posts)Yet is quiet the rest of the time?
DFW
(54,447 posts)But he sure as hell wasn't rich, especially not in those days.
Definitely the coolest Prez/VP pair in my lifetime!
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Soph0571
(9,685 posts)If you are working minimum wage Biden is rich. If you own amazon he is poor.
DFW
(54,447 posts)I know a lot more people who make more than minimum wage than I know who own Amazon.
Come to think of it, I don't know ANYONE who owns Amazon........
aikoaiko
(34,185 posts)would have happily taken the VP slot to Obama.