He's saying that to SC voters, so it makes him seem more heroic supporting civil rights in South Africa.

Joe probably figures that by the time the truth gets circulated, the SC primary will be over and his comment forgotten.

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BusyBeingBest

(8,053 posts)

12. If so, he must think

Reply to bluewater (Reply #8)

Mon Feb 24, 2020, 02:22 PM

Feb 2020

They’re stupid, because right now it sounds like a giant implausible whopper that would be easily disproved— Worse than Hillary’s sniper-fire story in Bosnia. I don’t think Joe would deliberately make something up, I think his memory is muddled.

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jalan48

(13,867 posts)

2. Wow. This is some seriously strange stuff. Is Joe OK?

Reply to melman (Original post)

Mon Feb 24, 2020, 01:16 PM

Feb 2020

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JaneQPublic

(7,113 posts)

5. Some might say he's a "lyin' dog-face pony soldier." (nt)

Reply to jalan48 (Reply #2)

Mon Feb 24, 2020, 01:28 PM

Feb 2020

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jimfields33

(15,807 posts)

10. Senator warren is going to ask about this. I hope

Reply to JaneQPublic (Reply #5)

Mon Feb 24, 2020, 01:47 PM

Feb 2020

I’d be interested in hearing his reasoning.

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jalan48

(13,867 posts)

14. I hope it's not something more serious than telling a lie.

Reply to JaneQPublic (Reply #5)

Mon Feb 24, 2020, 03:06 PM

Feb 2020

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Jake Stern

(3,145 posts)

3. Lying through his teeth

Reply to melman (Original post)

Mon Feb 24, 2020, 01:17 PM

Feb 2020

He really expects us to believe that he, a sitting US Senator, was arrested THREE times by the SA government and there was not a single mention in any of the world's media?

Lemme guess: Reagan and Botha conspired to hush it up! Amirite?

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Moderateguy

(945 posts)

4. This one loves to shoot himself in the foot doesn't he?

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Mon Feb 24, 2020, 01:18 PM

Feb 2020

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BusyBeingBest

(8,053 posts)

6. Not getting this--why is

Reply to melman (Original post)

Mon Feb 24, 2020, 01:32 PM

Feb 2020

He saying this? This is why I have trouble supporting Joe—he’s a decent man but an erratic campaigner. Edit to add—if there’s proof that supports his claim, I’ll happily accept it

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Politicub

(12,165 posts)

9. This is just weird

Reply to melman (Original post)

Mon Feb 24, 2020, 01:43 PM

Feb 2020

The arrest of a senator would have made national news. And yet:

But if Mr. Biden, then a United States senator from Delaware, was in fact arrested while trying to visit Mr. Mandela, he did not mention it in his 2007 memoir when writing about a 1970s trip to South Africa, and he has not spoken of it prominently on the 2020 campaign trail. A check of available news accounts by The New York Times turned up no references to an arrest. South African arrest records are not readily available in the United States.

The excerpt is from the New York Times story at the link.

Perhaps he can chalk this up to the Mandela effect and make a post on Reddit (https://www.reddit.com/r/MandelaEffect/) about how he was in a different timeline than others on this planet at the time.

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primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden