Beau Biden Implored His Dad To Run For President Before His Death

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Source: TPM

Vice President Joe Biden's oldest son sought to persuade him to run for the presidency before his death in May, The New York Times reported Saturday.

Times Columnist Maureen Dowd reported that both Beau Biden, who died after a battle with brain cancer, and Hunter Biden pushed their father to continue his public service with a presidential bid. The Wall Street Journal first reported that Biden's sons had urged him to jump into the 2016 race, citing anonymous friends and advisers of the vice president's.

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"He tried to make his father promise to run, arguing that the White House should not revert to the Clintons and that the country would be better off with Biden values," she wrote.

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/joe-bidens-sons-urge-2016-bid

Awww, man.

[dsc]

1. I wouldn't believe Dowd, who hates all things Clinton with the power of a million suns

if her tongue came notorized.

[PoliticAverse]

2. "Times Columnist Maureen Dowd reported" - stopped reading right there. n/t

[BooScout]

3. Dowd has an agenda...

To get Clinton any way she can. This latest ploy by her is disgusting.

[Metric System]

4. I want to hear it from a source other than MorDor.

[artislife]

5. Whatever else

I just ache for the Bidens. What a loving family.

I always loved Joe on the talk shows.

When Joe Biden came to promote Obama and Patty Murray in 2008, he just had the actions of a man who is fully alive. I am sure this death hit him so close to the core, he feels so deeply.

I hope he lives the rest of his life doing what he is meant to do.