Great article about Biden

[PatSeg]

It is long, but really worth reading every word. You may have seen it before, but it means so much more now.

http://men.style.com/gq/features/full?id=content_4210&pageNum=1

[gateley]

1. It was actually posted on DU - and got positive responses. It's a wonderful

article and I really enjoyed reading it again -- thanks, tsegat.

[PatSeg]

2. I remember it

but at the time I don't think I read it thoroughly. We were so busy copying and pasting every about Biden, that I didn't get a chance to really digest it. I particularly like this reference to Kerry's campaign in 2003:

When Biden heads off to the restroom, the conversation turns to the 2004 election—for which, after months of deliberation, he decided to sit on the sidelines. “The last time just didn’t feel right,” Jill says. “I kept saying to Joe, ‘No, no, no!’ And he wouldn’t hear me.”

“Oh, he heard you,” says Norm Kurz, echoing the widely held belief that Jill had the final say. That he’d begun discussions too late, that by 2003 the wartime incumbent looked unbeatable, that their daughter, Ashley, deserved a college life free of scrutiny—all of these factors moved Biden’s wife, current and former aides say. Still, it killed them to see their guy plumping for a windsurfer and writing foreign-policy speeches that Kerry invariably muffed. Biden’s able performance as surrogate on the Sunday shows made even Kerry’s inner circle wistful, according to one of the nominee’s senior aides: “I know I pissed John off a lot, saying, ‘Did you hear Joe on TV? Get that tape. Say what he’s saying.’ He was better calibrated than John.”

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Ironically, it was at that time that both my son and I were wondering why Joe wasn't running for president, as those Sunday morning appearance were so impressive. I had no idea that the Kerry campaign was using him.

[jillan]

3. oh yeah - Kerry used Biden's expertise.

There was even some talk about Biden being Kerry's SoS.

That was a great article. I remember the first time I read it.
My first real look inside Joe Biden,and I loved it.