Congratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
Joe from the archives: "I had this impulse to hug him, so I did. And I cried. "
posted by DUer Kadie in October 2012:
"I had this impulse to hug him, so I did. And I cried. I think I even got tears on the Vice President's suit jacket! ... I am hugging the man who will help me and help our President move forward."
—Kobe
“Keep the faith”
By Zara Rahim on October 3, 2012
Standing at the back of a packed high school gym as Vice President Biden finished speaking in Ft. Myers, Florida, on Saturday was 15-year-old Kobe Groce. He cradled a "Forward" sign, hoping to get the Vice President to sign it for his brother, Kaelin. After unsuccessfully trying to make it to the front of the event, a staff member asked if he could help. Kobe told his story, and the staffer left for a moment and came back, saying simply: "The Vice President would like to meet you."
"I turned around and looked back at my mother as I was walking with the staffer in disbelief—I didn't know how to react. I was about to meet the man that helped make my life so much better.
"My mother, Jessica, raised us as a single mother. She's a teacher and has worked so hard to support her four children. I wanted the Vice President to know that yes, we are definitely better off than we were four years ago. My family has received the tax cuts for the middle class that the President and Vice President passed, and it has helped us tremendously.
"The President and Vice President have gone above and beyond for people like me and my family, and they stand for things like keeping school affordable. My older brother uses Pell Grants and college loans to be able to afford school, and I'm thankful for that. I want to be able to go to Florida State University one day, and now I know I don't have to worry about being able to afford it. Life would not be the way it is today if they hadn't taken office four years ago.
"The Vice President approached me and I was introduced to him as a ‘special guest.’ I was overwhelmed with different emotions. I had this impulse to hug him, so I did. And I cried. I think I even got tears on the Vice President's suit jacket! I met someone who has done so much for my family without even knowing us, and that was an incredible, overwhelming feeling. I felt like he really heard me, like he knew who I was. I am hugging the man who will help me and help our President move forward."
more here...
https://www.democraticunderground.com/1251116362
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If I were to vote in a presidentialprimary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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...and I miss that DUer. 
If I were to vote in a presidentialprimary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
If I were to vote in a presidentialprimary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
If I were to vote in a presidentialprimary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
you simply don’t have a soul. 
If I were to vote in a presidentialprimary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
If I were to vote in a presidentialprimary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
If I were to vote in a presidentialprimary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
I still have a "Joe" sticker on my car from one of his Senate elections here in Delaware. I've met him, he's a good guy, he had the winning plan for Iraq--not followed, but still, and he'd lock down our 3 electoral votes 
...and I agree: I'd love Biden-Harris!!!!
If I were to vote in a presidentialprimary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
If I were to vote in a presidentialprimary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
this is one of the main reasons why i love JB. He can relate to the common man and vice versa.
That and the fact he can kick the Idiots ass in the general election. I have no doubts with Joe.
If I were to vote in a presidentialprimary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
If I were to vote in a presidentialprimary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
If I were to vote in a presidentialprimary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
If I were to vote in a presidentialprimary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Thank you... I have such wonderful memories of him in Iowa.. once again thanks 
If I were to vote in a presidentialprimary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
If I were to vote in a presidentialprimary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
If I were to vote in a presidentialprimary today, I would vote for: Undecided
He is a very good man.
If I were to vote in a presidentialprimary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Joe will bring a lot to the conversation if he enters the race!
If I were to vote in a presidentialprimary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Yep I hope he takes the plunge. It would be a battle royale but I think he could do it. Lots of good candidates this year, so it's not all on him, and I won't blame him if he doesn't. But I think he has the best chance of taking the prize, so if he gets in he has to be ready to run the country for eight years, and if I were him I'd think twice or thrice too.
Still I hope he decides to do it. Mahalo Cha! 
If I were to vote in a presidentialprimary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
top tier. I just want the Best Dem to win who can beat the Puppet.
We're gonna have an hellacious bumpy ride but when don't we?!
If I were to vote in a presidentialprimary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
The piranha are already in the tank I noticed. Whose piranha we can only guess at this point. And if the primaries don't get vicious there's Twitter-in-Chief who lives for the low blow. Well nobody said politics was for the faint of heart!
If I were to vote in a presidentialprimary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
If I were to vote in a presidentialprimary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
If I were to vote in a presidentialprimary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
