Posted on 09/12/2015 7:44:19 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Stephen Colbert started off his biggest "Late Show" interview yet by flattering his subject.
"Everybody loves Joe Biden," Colbert said, eliciting a loud cheer from a younger-skewing audience.
In the nearly 20 minutes of back-and-forth, emotional, and, at times, gut-wrenching conversation that ensued, Biden showed why — although Colbert's statement is a bit of a hyperbole — that is largely true. Joe Biden embodies authenticity at a time when the voting public craves it.
For his part, Colbert surmised that "everybody loves Joe Biden" because "when we see you, we think we're actually seeing the real Joe Biden. You're not a politician who's created some sort of facade to get something out of this or triangulate your political position or emotional state to try to make us feel a certain way. We see the real you."
Colbert asked Biden how he had managed to "keep his soul" after spending so much time in a city — Washington, D.C. — that tries to tear it away from you.
Biden was quick with a quip.
"I commuted for 36 years," he said, a reference to his two-hour train trips to and from Wilmington, Delaware, each day while he was a senator.
Joe Biden did not sound very much like a man who is running for president Thursday night. The 72-year-old vice president has been publicly weighing a late challenge to Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton. But on Thursday, he sounded a bit tired, emotionally weary from so much pain — the latest episode of which featured the death of his son, Beau, in May.
I don't think any man or woman should run for president unless, No. 1, they know exactly why they would want to be president.
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What “people” want Joe Biden for president?
His grief is doubtless authentic. Did he possibly borrow from others, without attribution, in earlier days?
No women or girls were groped by creep Biden during the interview. So that was good.
Joe is not the sharpest tool in the drawer..
His grief is doubtless authentic. Did he possibly borrow from others, without attribution, in earlier days?
******************************************************************I don’t doubt the authenticity of his grief but like a true democrat he’s going to use it for all the political milage he can get out of it.
“Vote for me, my son died”
Sincerity is the key to effectively connecting with people.
When you learn to fake it and turn it on and off like a democrat politician the rest is easy.
No, everyone doesn’t “love” Joe Biden, and he has been a career politician. To my knowledge, he has never held a private sector job. Such BS!
RE: Joe is not the sharpest tool in the drawer..
Yes, but he knows how to EMOTE and like Bill Clinton, he has that talent of making you think he feels your pain.
In a society where many people are led more by feelings than objective thinking, that is an AWESOME talent.
Those with IQs somewhere between a rock and a lobster.
Sometimes the rush you get when the pain stops feels so good you almost want to do it all over again.
The Idiot Biden is why no one wanted to impeach the marxist muslim.
Nobody wants him to be President.
Joe Biden embodies authenticity.
Just like,
Hillary Clinton embodies honesty.
No women or girls were groped by creep Biden during the interview. So that was good.
ROTFLMAO, Thanks for the post!
cause he's got Joementum?
I agree, Joe Biden embodies authenticity. Every time he opens his pie-hole he's an authentic idiot.
Nothing more than a mindless audience reacting to the flashing applause sign.
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