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Biden: 'I don't deserve' to have train station named for me
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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.'"


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To: Calvin Locke

Detroit?
“Welcome to Bidenville!”


61 posted on 03/20/2011 12:11:38 PM PDT by GnuHere
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To: Sub-Driver
'I don't deserve' to have train station named for me

Dang, I agree with Slow Joe Biden on something.

62 posted on 03/20/2011 12:16:43 PM PDT by hattend (Obama got his 3am call about Egypt. The call went right to the answering machine.- Sarah Palin)
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To: GnuHere
If only. Somehow, "Bidenville Tigers", "Bidenville Lions" just doesn't cut it.

Although, for b-ball, "The Bidenville Plugs" might fit.

63 posted on 03/20/2011 12:34:41 PM PDT by Calvin Locke
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To: Sub-Driver

“The truth is, I don’t deserve this, unless you reward longevity,”

Well, at least that is one thing that he is right about!


64 posted on 03/20/2011 1:18:48 PM PDT by Shane (When Injustice Becomes Law, RESISTANCE Becomes DUTY.----T.Jefferson)
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To: Calvin Locke

Okay, how about a wooden bridge in some third-world Banana Republic. A bridge that has rotted to the point that it can hardly bear the weight of a goat.


65 posted on 03/20/2011 3:17:07 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four fried chickens and a coke)
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To: Sub-Driver

OH......YES.....YOU.....DO...!!!!!


66 posted on 03/20/2011 4:58:33 PM PDT by noah (noah)
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To: Sub-Driver
"The truth is, I don't deserve this..."

That's why he paid cash. Our cash...

67 posted on 03/20/2011 7:43:22 PM PDT by GreenLanternCorps ("Barack Obama" is Swahili for "Jimmy Carter".)
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To: Sub-Driver
Silly me, I thought you had to be dead before they named stuff for you. Of course, in Biden’s case, how will we know when he goes room temperature?
68 posted on 03/21/2011 3:22:09 AM PDT by MasterGunner01 (To err is human; to forgive is not our policy. -- SEAL Team SIX)
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