Marilyn MonHoe 11,011 Posted June 6, 2019 Share Posted June 6, 2019 On Sept. 23, 1987, Joe Biden stood before a crowd of reporters and endedhis first presidential campaign amid questions about a value he’d worked hard to convince voters he had: authenticity. The collapse had begun 11 days earlier, with newsthat Biden had lifted phrases and mannerisms from a British Labour Party politician while making closing remarks at a debate. Examples soon surfaced of Biden using material from other politicians without attribution, and he acknowledged he had been accused of plagiarism in law school. To make matters worse, a video emerged of Biden exaggerating his academic record while speaking angrily to a voter in New Hampshire. “I made some mistakes,” Biden, then a U.S. senator, told the press as he announced the end of his candidacy, in a speech that was by turns regretful and defiant. “But now, the exaggerated shadow of those mistakes has begun to obscure the essence of my candidacy and the essence of Joe Biden.” More than three decades later, those events are back in the spotlight for the former vice president, who is one of the most visible Democrats in a crowded field vying to run against President Trump. Biden’s campaign on Tuesday acknowledgedthat it had lifted phrases, without attribution, from various nonprofit publications in its climate and education plans. In one instance, a sentence on carbon capture from Biden’s climate plan is nearly identical to wording used by a group called the Carbon Capture Coalition. “Staff working on drafts of the policy paper inadvertently left some citations out of the final document, and Vice President Biden was unaware of it,” Biden campaign spokeswoman Kate Bedingfield said in a statement. “As soon as staff were made aware of the error, they fixed it.” Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/echoes-of-bidens-1987-plagiarism-scandal-continue-to-reverberate/2019/06/05/dbaf3716-7292-11e9-9eb4-0828f5389013_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.e59a425fe9b2 Biden can’t even come up with his own policy proposals Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marilyn MonHoe 11,011 Posted June 6, 2019 Author Share Posted June 6, 2019 I’m sure y’all will get a kick out of this @Morphine Prince @OG Gaga Stan @HorusRa2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JusKeepBreathin 19,311 Posted June 6, 2019 Share Posted June 6, 2019 He was never and is not my pick for the primaries just based on policy. But I will vote for whoever wins the primaries. We shouldn't be bashing someone who could win the election. Vote for the person who will get the policies you want done. Trump can't even spell but he got elected because conservatives wanted more border security, tax cuts and conservative judges. They didn't vote for him because of his spelling. "Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity." -Martin Luther King Jr. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FATCAT 60,888 Posted June 6, 2019 Share Posted June 6, 2019 If he wins the primary, no matter what, vote for him against Trump. This kitten over here (meow) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HorusRa2 5,005 Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 1 hour ago, Marilyn MonHoe said: I’m sure y’all will get a kick out of this @Morphine Prince @OG Gaga Stan @HorusRa2 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️ He just needs to stop. But the best days of his campaign is over. Can’t wait for the debates. 😂 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marilyn MonHoe 11,011 Posted June 7, 2019 Author Share Posted June 7, 2019 5 minutes ago, HorusRa2 said: 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️ He just needs to stop. But the best days of his campaign is over. Can’t wait for the debates. 😂 I know right??? I’m so excited for the debates! It would be amazing if he went up against Bernie. Hell even Warren, they would expose his corporatist neo liberal agenda Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joannesrats 26 Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 Neo-liberalism is going to be the downfall of the upcoming presidential election. At this point, supporters of candidates are more like stans of popstars. They usually care about shallow (), surface-level things based on emotions and feelings and not policies, plans, or anything of that nature. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FATCAT 60,888 Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 The debates will cripple his leads up against Bernie/Kamala/Pete/Warren. As long as they pact to not step on each others toes and just go after him, they can easily rise their numbers. This kitten over here (meow) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PoshLife 17,019 Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 My favorite thing about presidential politics is all the 18-year-olds discovering things about the candidates that the rest of the country has known for decades Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morphine Prince 109,654 Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 1 minute ago, PoshLife said: My favorite thing about presidential politics is all the 18-year-olds discovering things about the candidates that the rest of the country has known for decades And have done nothing about it. Shameful. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marilyn MonHoe 11,011 Posted June 7, 2019 Author Share Posted June 7, 2019 1 hour ago, PoshLife said: My favorite thing about presidential politics is all the 18-year-olds discovering things about the candidates that the rest of the country has known for decades The younger generation didn’t really get involved into politics until Bernie came along. He’s the first politician in a long time to actually represent working class people and not moderate bull crap. So I don’t really blame them Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
uo111 5,282 Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 Even though I hope he doesn't win the primaries, I am worried that tearing him down so much right now will just make him a weaker candidate if he does win the primaries. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JusKeepBreathin 19,311 Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 14 hours ago, FATCAT said: The debates will cripple his leads up against Bernie/Kamala/Pete/Warren. As long as they pact to not step on each others toes and just go after him, they can easily rise their numbers. I've never seen a Biden debate, but he makes me cringe just in interviews. "Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity." -Martin Luther King Jr. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeleteMyAccount 11,881 Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 I’m sure Melania agrees.... oh wait that doesn’t fit half of America’s agenda... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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