Posted on 03/20/2011 9:57:21 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
Biden: 'I don't deserve' to have train station named for me By Jordan Fabian - 03/20/11 12:05 PM ET
Vice President Joe Biden on Saturday witnessed the newly-renovated Wilmington, Del. Amtrak station be named for him, and appeared humbled by the honor.
Biden became famous for frequently traveling from his home town to Washington on Amtrak during his nearly four-decade Senate career, but said that he is not worthy of the accolade.
"The truth is, I don't deserve this, unless you reward longevity," Biden said, according to delawareonline.com.
The Wilmington station is now officially called the Joseph R. Biden, Jr. Railroad Station
A $37.7 million renovation project was recently completed at the Wilmington train station. Construction took almost two years. $20 million from the federal stimulus act, which Biden helped oversee, went toward the project.
The Wilmington station is one of the busiest in the nation, and is a part of Amtrak's heavily-traveled Northeast corridor.
Biden recalled fond memories of travelling on the train to the nation's capital, especially in tough times.
"Everything, good or bad in my career, the first people I encountered were getting on the train," Biden said. "They were the first ones there for me. I mean, literally. They would say, 'Joe, it's going to be OK.'"
Biden does not deserve so much as a public convenience named for him.
I think naming a mens restroom after him would be much more appropriate.
I’ve got to agree with Rimshot Joe. A landfill, yes, but not a train station.
I agree. An outhouse seems more appropriate.
Wow. First Time I agree with Slow Joe.
Yea - Slow Joe is absolutely correct.
LOL....Excuse me, Ladies...I have to see a man about a Biden.
Or....I cant eat Pizza Hut anymore because it gave me such a bad case of the Bidens. I was up all night.
Will you settle for a "train wreck"?
Joe: the reason you have a train named after you is simply because we don’t give names to train WRECKS and so this was the best we could do.
You do deserve a urinal sticker Joe.
How about a sewage tank truck?
I thought Biden lived on a lake. Not literally ON a lake as in a houseboat but on a lake as in he has lakefront property.
'Course I don't know where the lakefront home is in relation to Wilmington. I suppose it could be.
Bidenhouse, has a nice ring to it.
Yes and no, when you consider that both are losers supported by the tax payers, could be dead on.
How about naming a cliff after buttface and dunham.
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