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Joe Biden early life and career (view source)
Revision as of 23:11, November 7, 2020
, 23:11, November 7, 2020→Joe Biden, his struggles with grief and his unresolved emotional wounds
Biden didn’t just have to deal with grief. He had the added burden of processing it in public.
Biden didn’t just have to deal with grief. He had the added burden of processing it in public.
<ref>[https://www.apnews.com/e5a1e70314eb44219448eeb850c65f1e Biden’s prism of loss: A public man, shaped by private grief], Associated Press</ref>}}
<ref>[https://www.apnews.com/e5a1e70314eb44219448eeb850c65f1e Biden’s prism of loss: A public man, shaped by private grief], Associated Press</ref>}}
==Embarrassing or silly remarks==
[[File:Bidenbeforeafter.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Biden had a hair transplant, where hairs were removed from his buttocks and placed on his head.<ref>''[http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2008/08/bidens_hair.html Does Joe Biden Have Butt Hair on His Head?]'', By Jessica Pressler, ''The Intelligencer'', Aug. 25, 2008.</ref>]]
:{{main|Biden gaffes}}
*Biden earned the nickname '''Butthead Biden''' in 1989 when he began having hair follicle transplants from his buttocks to his scalp to relieve pressure on his [[vanity]].
*In attempting to quote the [[Declaration of Independence]] before [[Super Tuesday]], Biden misquoted, "all men and women created by" and then stumbled saying, "go, you know, you know the thing."<ref>Dominick Mastrangelo, March 02, 2020 [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/you-know-the-thing-biden-botches-declaration-of-independence-quote-during-campaign-stop 'You know, the thing': Biden botches Declaration of Independence quote during campaign stop] The Washington Examiner. Retrieved March 03, 2020</ref><ref>https://twitter.com/SteveGuest/status/1234579299652554753</ref>
*When Representative [[Gabrielle Giffords]] returned to Congress after a long hiatus (which was the result of her being shot in the head), Biden (who had a brain surgery in the past) remarked to her that "Now we're both members of the Cracked Head Club".<ref>[http://content.usatoday.com/communities/onpolitics/post/2011/08/gabrielle-giffords-joe-biden-cracked-head-club-/1 Biden jokes Giffords is in 'Cracked Head Club' ], [[USA Today]]</ref>
*When he met Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen, Biden said "God rest her soul" in reference to Cowen's mother. However, it was Cowen's father that died, not his mother.<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/7469323/Joe-Biden-loses-the-gift-of-the-gab-on-St-Patricks-Day.html Joe Biden loses the gift of the gab on St Patrick's Day - The Daily Telegraph], [[The Daily Telegraph]]</ref>
===Hostile comments===
*At one 2005 political event he said, ''"The next [[Republican]] that tells me I'm not religious, I'm going to shove my rosary down their throat."'' <ref>[http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1840965,00.html#ixzz0xxjisdkg Does Biden Have a Catholic Problem?], [[Time Magazine]]</ref>
*In March 2007, Biden was criticizing President [[George W. Bush]] for vetoing a bill that would set a timeline for troops to be removed from Iraq, saying that [[Congress]] should "shove it down his throat."<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080903080136/http://archive.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2007/5/1/144042.shtml?s=us Biden on Iraq Bill: 'Shove It Down His Throat'], [[Newsmax]]</ref>
*In February 2019, Biden criticized U.S. President [[Donald Trump]] in Germany, breaking a longstanding tradition of not criticizing the current commander-in-chief in foreign countries.<ref>Gehrke, Joel (February 16, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/defense-national-security/biden-tells-europeans-in-munich-that-america-is-an-embarrassment Biden tells Europeans in Munich that America is 'an embarrassment']. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved February 16, 2019.</ref>
===Quotations about guns===
* During a February 2013 interview, Biden said that if there was a “problem” that his wife should “walk out on the balcony here, walk out, put that double-barrel shotgun and fire two blasts outside the house.” <ref>[https://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/02/20/biden-shotgun-advice-draws-quizzical-response/ Biden Shotgun Advice Draws Quizzical Response], [[The New York Times]]</ref> Doing so is of course, illegal, and would leave his wife holding an empty shotgun while dealing with the “problem”.
* In another February 2013 interview, Biden said "[if] you want to keep someone away from your house, just fire the shotgun through the door." Coincidently, a man from Virginia Beach had done just that a few days before, and was arrested.<ref>[https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2013/02/28/biden-advises-shooting-shotgun-through-door Biden Advises Shooting Shotgun Through Door], [[U.S. News & World Report]]</ref>
===Remarks about race or ethnicity===
*In July 2006, while speaking to a group of Indian-Americans in Delaware, Biden stated, "You cannot go to a 7-11 or a Dunkin' Donuts unless you have a slight Indian accent. I'm not joking." His comment was caught on C-SPAN.<ref>[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13757367/ Biden explains Indian-American remarks], [[MSNBC]]</ref>
*In August 2006, Biden was on [[Fox News]] Sunday and bragged about his state being a former [[slave]] state. "You don't know my state. My state was a slave state. My state is a border state. My state is the eighth largest black population in the country. My state is anything from a northeast liberal state." <ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFduMuP7v-k</ref>
*Talking about his fellow Democratic presidential candidate [[Barack Obama]] he said in January 2007, "I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy, ... I mean, that's a storybook, man." <ref>[https://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/01/31/biden.obama/ Biden's description of Obama draws scrutiny], [[CNN]]</ref>
*Thanks To Japan's [[Xenophobia]], Women Are Encouraged To Stay In The Workforce.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7u1d_1V1Ekc</ref>
===Erroneous comments===
*Joe Biden once told voters that his [[helicopter]] was "forced down" on "the superhighway of terror" by Afghan extremists. When actually, snow forced the helicopter pilot to land and wait out a [[storm]].<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,431604,00.html Fact Check: Biden's Chopper Was 'Forced Down' by Snowflakes], [[Fox News]]</ref>
*In the Oct. 2008 VP debate, Biden made numerous misstatements, on topics ranging from the Constitution to the Mideast.<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,433314,00.html Did Biden Get It Wrong? You Betcha], [[Fox News]]</ref>
*He said he was second in line to be President when he was first and Nancy Pelosi was second at the time.<ref>[http://michellemalkin.com/2010/09/20/bozo-the-vp-botches-line-of-succession/ Bozo the VP botches line of succession], [[Michelle Malkin]]</ref>
*During the 2008 presidential campaign, Biden said that "When the stock market crashed, Franklin Roosevelt got on the television and didn't just talk about the princes of greed. He said, 'look, here's what happened.'"<ref>[https://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/09/22/eveningnews/main4470063.shtml Behind The Scenes With Joe Biden], [[CBSNews]]</ref> In actuality television wasn't in use for another twenty years and the president during the 1929 stock market crash was [[Herbert Hoover]], not [[Franklin Roosevelt]].
*In another erroneous remark made during the presidential campaign, Biden referred to [[Sarah Palin]] as lieutenant Governor of Alaska, when in fact she the state's Governor at the time.<ref>[http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1643290_1643292_1841625,00.html Biden's Palin Demotion], [[Time Magazine]]</ref>
*Biden made yet another deceptive claim during the 2008 presidential campaign in which he asserted that "This guy is brain-dead," referring to then-President [[George W. Bush]] .<ref>[https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2007/aug/24/joe-biden/irresponsible-claim-and-wrong-medical-diagnosis/ Irresponsible claim (and wrong medical diagnosis)], [[PolitiFact]]</ref> This absurd claim was completely unfounded and demonstrably false.
===Undecipherable===
*"Cause if you could take care, if you were a quartermaster, you can sure in hell take care runnin' a, you know, a department store uh, thing, you know, where, in the second floor of the ladies department or whatever, you know what I mean?"<ref>https://twitchy.com/brettt-3136/2020/09/15/you-know-what-i-mean-joe-biden-explains-how-a-quartermaster-could-easily-run-the-ladies-department/?utm_source=twtydaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&bcid=d53ee45cf8bf91fd2ba8c23ef9d774a9</ref>
*During the 2008 presidential elections Joe Biden gave a speech in Springfield, Illinois in which he introduced the Democratic nominee for president as "Barack America".<ref>[https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/The-Vote/2008/0823/barack-america-and-president-biden-ooops Barack America and President Biden? Ooops...], [[Christian Science Monitor]]</ref>
*Biden remarked about the 2010 Midterm “I was amazed at the amount of money, this $200 billion of money that is — where there’s no accountability.” Clearly he meant $200 million says the New York Times.<ref>[https://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/10/22/200-billion-in-ads-mr-biden-thats-real-money/?ref=politics $200 Billion in Ads, Mr. Biden? That’s Real Money], [[The New York Times]], October 22, 2010</ref> Though just a moment later. “So it really — I’ve never seen this before, so the only caveat I’d put in terms of the House is how much impact this $200 billion are going to mean.”
*During the 2005 confirmation hearings for Justice [[John Roberts]], Biden asked Roberts, "Can a microscopic tag be planted in someones body to track his every move, you will rule on that." <ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbPvWm9ZkYw</ref>
*In 2008 Biden told a wheelchair bound State Senator from [[Missouri]] to "stand up".<ref name=standupchuck>[http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2008/09/10/joe_biden_to_man_in_wheechair_stand_up_chuck_let_em_see_ya Joe Biden to Man in Wheechair: "Stand Up, Chuck. Let 'Em See Ya!"], [[Rush Limbaugh]]</ref>
*He said "Its easy being Vice President." Then a lawmaker said "It's like being the grandpa and not the parent," to which he responded "Yeah, that's it!"<ref>[http://politics.blogs.foxnews.com/2010/02/26/biden-its-easy-being-vice-president/ Biden - "It's Easy Being Vice President"], [[Fox News]]</ref>
*After [[ObamaCare]] was signed into law, Biden was caught swearing on camera while expressing his joy.<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/barackobama/7508111/US-health-care-Joe-Biden-swears-after-Barack-Obama-signs-historic-reforms.html US health care: Joe Biden swears after Barack Obama signs historic reforms], [[Daily Telegraph]]</ref>
*Biden was caught swearing again while speaking to a former Senate colleague.<ref>[https://www.cnn.com/2015/01/06/politics/biden-swearing-in/ Joe Biden swearing in senators makes great TV], [[Fox News]]</ref>
Read more: [http://politics.blogs.foxnews.com/2010/02/26/biden-its-easy-being-vice-president/#ixzz1X7ju3pUC Biden - "It's Easy Being Vice President"], [[Fox News]]