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Joe Biden: I can die happy without ever being president
Yahoo News ^ | 07/18/2013 | Olivier Knox

Posted on 07/18/2013 12:28:53 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

Will he or won’t he? GQ Magazine’s newly released profile of Vice President Joe Biden doesn’t answer That Question — will he make a play for the White House in 2016 — but it does make clear that the issue is on his mind. Literally.

“I can die a happy man never having been president of the United States of America,” Biden tells Jeanne Marie Laskas. “But it doesn’t mean I won’t run.”

The piece describes Biden as being “a Hillary Clinton away from the White House” — a nod to the loose Inside-the-Beltway consensus that he won’t run in 2016 if she does. And the voluble veep hints at it, too.

“The judgment I’ll make is, first of all, am I still as full of as much energy as I have now — do I feel this?” he said. “Number two, do I think I’m the best person in the position to move the ball? And, you know, we’ll see where the hell I am.”

Does “President Biden” seem far-fetched. The piece quotes Sen. John McCain, R.-Ariz., as saying it’s believable.

“Suppose the economy comes on strong. He’s bound to get credit,” McCain says. “Of course, the State of the Union speech would be the longest in history.”

“Joe Biden doesn’t have a mean bone in his body,” McCain says. “He’s unique in that he’s had some role in every major national-security crisis that his nation has faced in the last thirty-five years.”

And, McCain adds, “look at the number of times he’s been able to conclude agreements. I would say he’s been the most impactful vice president that I’ve known — certainly in modern times.”

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1 posted on 07/18/2013 12:28:53 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Works for me, too, Joe.


2 posted on 07/18/2013 12:29:47 PM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (Doing the same thing and expecting different results is called software engineering.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Would today be convenient?


3 posted on 07/18/2013 12:29:58 PM PDT by clintonh8r (white Caucasian)
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To: SeekAndFind

Okay. Why wait?


4 posted on 07/18/2013 12:30:04 PM PDT by WayneS (Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos...)
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To: SeekAndFind
Hey, one less thing, right?

--Forrest Gump

5 posted on 07/18/2013 12:30:08 PM PDT by Steely Tom (If the Constitution can be a living document, I guess a corporation can be a person.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Happy, sad, all the same to me. Just get on with it!


6 posted on 07/18/2013 12:30:28 PM PDT by vette6387
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets

“Works for me, too, Joe.”

Ditto!


7 posted on 07/18/2013 12:30:39 PM PDT by Grampa Dave (Having a discussion with liberals is like shearing pigs. Lots of squealing & little fleece!)
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To: SeekAndFind

Me too, joe.

Make us both happy real soon... m’kay?


8 posted on 07/18/2013 12:30:42 PM PDT by Nervous Tick (Without GOD, men get what they deserve.)
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To: SeekAndFind

If he does run he can count on the support of John McCain, apparently.


9 posted on 07/18/2013 12:31:26 PM PDT by skeeter
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets
Me too!

Don't put it off, Joe. Avoid the last minute rush.

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10 posted on 07/18/2013 12:32:02 PM PDT by Dick Bachert (Hitler would have LOVED obozo!)
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To: SeekAndFind

I kind of wish he had died without ever becoming VPOTUS.


11 posted on 07/18/2013 12:32:40 PM PDT by elkfersupper ( Member of the Original Defiant Class)
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To: SeekAndFind

"we'll wait"

12 posted on 07/18/2013 12:32:40 PM PDT by Doogle (USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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To: SeekAndFind

This guy is such a dumb*ss


13 posted on 07/18/2013 12:33:21 PM PDT by Spruce
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To: clintonh8r

I was thinkin’ the same. Can he take McCain’t with him.


14 posted on 07/18/2013 12:33:31 PM PDT by rktman (Inergalactic background checks? King hussein you're first up.)
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To: SeekAndFind
The piece describes Biden as being “a Hillary Clinton away from the White House” — a nod to the loose Inside-the-Beltway consensus that he won’t run in 2016 if she does.

Joe Biden announces that he's tan, rested and ready should Hillary be a no-show in 2016.

15 posted on 07/18/2013 12:34:12 PM PDT by Alex Murphy
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To: SeekAndFind

I really hope you die happy, Plugs.


16 posted on 07/18/2013 12:34:38 PM PDT by jazusamo ("I am so old that I can remember when most of the people promoting race hate were white." T. Sowell)
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To: SeekAndFind

He can die happy without ever leaving the golf course at The Villages


17 posted on 07/18/2013 12:35:23 PM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: SeekAndFind

So can we Joe, So can we...


18 posted on 07/18/2013 12:35:50 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously, you won't live through it anyway)
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“Joe Biden doesn’t have a mean bone in his body,” McCain says. “He’s unique in that he’s had some role in every major national-security crisis that his nation has faced in the last thirty-five years.”

And, McCain adds, “look at the number of times he’s been able to conclude agreements. I would say he’s been the most impactful vice president that I’ve known — certainly in modern times.”

It's just one big Omega Theta Pi fraternity in D.C.

19 posted on 07/18/2013 12:41:16 PM PDT by TADSLOS (The Event Horizon has come and gone. Buckle up and hang on.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Well you better staple down that smile real hard, chuckles.


20 posted on 07/18/2013 12:41:42 PM PDT by VanDeKoik
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