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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
(130,901 posts)Soph0571
(9,685 posts)unblock
(52,224 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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(52,224 posts)calimary
(81,262 posts)after the inaugural festivities were over. As he so often did anyway.
GREAT post, btw, Soph0571! Thanks for adding it in!
PatSeg
(47,430 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
(67,108 posts)raging moderate
(4,305 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
(14,624 posts)dixiechiken1
(2,113 posts)Never even remotely looked at it that way. Wow.
Just wow.
RainCaster
(10,874 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
(32,767 posts)djacq
(1,634 posts)Martin Eden
(12,867 posts)And smarter than most people think.
EarnestPutz
(2,120 posts)warmfeet
(3,321 posts)Who else would I vote for.
Blue Owl
(50,363 posts)Aviation91
(114 posts)WE KNOW JOE!!
maxrandb
(15,330 posts)so, he's just the same.
BTW- that's Kardashian, not Jon Ung
ms liberty
(8,574 posts)That's about the only quibble I have with this post.
titanicdave
(429 posts).......is... NUMBER...ONE...in my book....
demigoddess
(6,640 posts)respectfully. Too bad some members of Congress could not do the same. And drumpf. With all his birth certificate propaganda.
crickets
(25,979 posts)Amaryllis
(9,524 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
(54,378 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
(54,378 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
(34,169 posts)would have happily taken the VP slot to Obama.