Posted on 10/06/2015 7:18:42 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Joe Biden has been making his 2016 deliberations all about his late son since August.
Aug. 1, to be exact — the day renowned Hillary Clinton-critic Maureen Dowd published a column that marked a turning point in the presidential speculation.
According to multiple sources, it was Biden himself who talked to her, painting a tragic portrait of a dying son, Beau’s face partially paralyzed, sitting his father down and trying to make him promise to run for president because "the White House should not revert to the Clintons and that the country would be better off with Biden values.”
It was no coincidence that the preliminary pieces around a prospective campaign started moving right after that column. People read Dowd and started reaching out, those around the vice president would say by way of defensive explanation. He was just answering the phone and listening.
But in truth, Biden had effectively placed an ad in The New York Times, asking them to call.
Before that moment and since, Biden has told the Beau story to others. Sometimes details change — the setting, the exact words. The version he gave Dowd delivered the strongest punch to the gut, making the clearest swipe at Clinton by enshrining the idea of a campaign against her in the words of a son so beloved nationally that his advice is now beyond politics. This campaign wouldn’t be about her or her email controversy, the story suggests, but connected to righteousness on some higher plane.
Biden has portrayed his decision about a 2016 run as purely emotional, a question of whether he and has family have the strength. That’s a big part of it. But it’s not all of it.
(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...
The Clintons probablyly planted the story. They are playing hardball. Biden will have to respond.
We all believe Beau Biden spent his final conscious moments strategizing over politics
Not
Form the article:
“At the end of August, while friends were still worrying aloud that he was in the worst mental state possible to be making this decision, he invited Elizabeth Warren for an unannounced Saturday lunch at the Naval Observatory. According to sources connected with Warren, he raised Clinton’s scheduled appearance at the House Benghazi Committee hearing at the end of October, even hinting that there might be a running-mate opening for the Massachusetts senator.
“Biden and Warren were alone that afternoon, and those around them have been particularly secretive about the meeting. Warren’s spokesperson didn’t return requests for comment.”
Will jojo adjust his dying son’s wish to suit a particular circumstance? “My dying son said ‘Dad, if it’s the last thing you do, get all those evil guns off the streets of America’.” That kind of dying wish? Adjust as necessary.
a son so beloved nationally
????
Maybe by democrat suck-ups...
Considering he was a liberal Dem, he probably did. Power is everything to a leftist.
So?
Exactly. Clinton MO fingerprints are all over this.
The whole thing about Beau and a dying wish is absolutely ridiculous.
The DNC obviously does not want Hillary getting anywhere close to the nomination. So they’ll send out Biden, with Obama’s endorsement later. That’ll get the black vote back. Warren as VP will increase the appeal of the ticket which will carry over a lot of the more wishy-washy Sanders supporters.
It might end up being Trump vs Biden and I wouldn’t be surprised if we even see a Gore vs Bush-esque scenario on Election Day.
Not if you ever experienced the end stages of someone with brain cancer
Yup. The Clinton’s are certainly not above using somebody’s dead child to advance their agenda.
Biden has never missed an opportunity to use the misfortune of his family in his campaigns.
He’s talking to Warren in secret, and that can mean only one thing.
AND it’s not even the point of the article, it’s sort of just stuffed in there...
Trump is teaching the world that you don’t have to respond. And if you do, it shouldn’t be polite.
Dear Dad,
All I ask is that you please save us from the Hildebeast
This is a mafia feud between the two main crime families, the Clintons versus the Obamas for control of the Democrat party. Biden might actually be a better candidate than Hillary in terms of winning the election. Be careful of what we wish for.
Remember Hillary’s story/lie about coming under fire at an ME airport? What a lowlife. She’s totally capable of planting this story to discourage Biden from getting in the race.
Using his dead son against him.
Another reason why it’s credible one of Beau’s last wishes was to keep Clinton’s out of office. He knew what they were...
It means that Obama is conditioning his endorsement of Biden on Joe promising to make Warren his running mate.
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