Biden and his 'core values'

In his announcement video he revealed on Thursday, Joe Biden said in part:

"[T]he core values of this nation, our standing in the world, our very democracy, everything that has made America, America, is at stake. 

"That’s why today I’m announcing my candidacy for President of the United States. 

"Folks, America’s an idea, an idea that’s stronger than any army, bigger than any ocean, more powerful than any dictator or tyrant. It gives hope to the most desperate people on earth, it guarantees that everyone is treated with dignity and gives hate no safe harbor. It instills in every person in this country the belief that no matter where you start in life, there’s nothing you can’t achieve if you work at it."

So what are some of Uncle Joe's 'core values'?

For starters, in 2007, Biden made his approach on abortion crystal clear. He said that he'd vote to defend and expand abortions at all times: “I will not vote to curtail a woman’s right to choose abortion.” But he would vote to curtail the rights of the voiceless.

But the bigger core value may be the valuing of his being one of the guys. In spite of his bemoaning with the Anita Hill v Clarence Thomas hearings in 1991, let's not forget that Biden failed to protect Hill from the all white guy attacks from the committee.

For example, the one from Democratic senator Howell Heflen:

“In trying to determine whether you are telling falsehoods or not, I’ve got to determine what your motivation might be,” he said. “Are you a scorned woman? Do you have a martyr complex? Do you see yourself coming out of this as a hero in the civil-rights movement?”

“No,” Hill answered.

Biden also failed to call forward three witnesses who could have backed up Hill’s claims of sexual harassment, possibly indicating a sort of "men's club bias," but more likely indicating just how chuckle-headed he is.

Also, former congresswoman Pat Schroeder (D-CO) was in office during the Thomas confirmation. She lobbied on Anita Hill’s behalf, telling the WashingtonPost in November 2017 that when female lawmakers expressed their concern to Biden that the hearings were being rushed, they found themselves coming up against the boy’s club of the U.S. Senate:

"We went to see Biden, because we were so frustrated by it. And he literally kind of pointed his finger and said, you don’t understand how important one’s word was in the Senate, that he had given his word to [Sen. John Danforth (R-Mo.), Thomas’s chief sponsor] in the men’s gym that this would be a very quick hearing, and he had to get it out before Columbus Day."

So far we see that Biden's core values are infanticide and sexism. Of course the left won't see the former that way because they don't see killing a baby up until delivery as immoral or even as killing. But the sexism thing might just be Biden's undoing.

In his first 24 hours of fundraising,  Joe Biden earned $6.3 million in donations. His campaign claims that of his 96,926 donors, 97% of them contributed fewer than $200. Bernie Sanders is shaking in his Adult Depends.

While some may believe that Biden waited too long and allowed Bernie to set the stage on policy. But allowing Sanders to go to the head of the classless has created havoc for dirt-eaters like Bobby O'Rourke, who may have raked in the dough at the start, but may end up having to make pizza with it at the end of the run. 

Also, with Sanders advocating crazy things like the Green New Deal, "Medicaid for All" and permitting murderers serving time to vote, this being unpopular with the public may be an advantage to Biden.

But for him to tout America's 'core values' is a perversion of the term.

Probably Biden''s best day was on Thursday, his first day. As a walking gaffe machine, it's only a matter of time for him to screw up again and offends his way out of the race.

Maybe he can get a job as a cab driver in Vermont.


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