Vice-President Joe Biden may yet run for the office of President.  Here is some background information about him.

News and commentary about former Vice-President Joe Biden

'Middle-Class Joe' rakes in millions.  "Middle-Class Joe" Biden has a $2.7 million vacation home.  He charges more than $100,000 per speaking gig and has inked a book deal likely worth seven figures.  Since leaving office in 2017, the 76-year-old former vice president has watched his bank account swell as he continues to cultivate the image of a regular, Amtrak-riding guy.  He's repeatedly referred to himself as "Middle-Class Joe" on the campaign trail and in speaking engagements as he publicly mulls whether to run for president.

Blue-Collar Hero Joe Biden Is Actually Super-Duper Rich, A Bona Fide 1 Percenter.  Joe Biden likes to call himself "Middle Class Joe," but nowadays, he's anything but that.  Biden is a bona fide member of the "1 Percent," which according to the Economic Policy Institute means you make more than $421,926 a year.

Is Diversity a Root Cause of Dual Loyalty?  "We can't be divided by race, religion, by tribe.  We're defined by those enduring principles in the Constitution, even though we don't necessarily all know them."  So Joe Biden told the firefighters union this week.  But does Joe really believe that?  Or does that not sound more like a plea, a wistful hope, rather than a deep conviction?  For Biden surely had in mind the debate that exploded last week in the House Democratic caucus on how to punish Somali-American and Muslim Congresswoman Ilhan Omar for raising the specter of dual loyalty.  Rebutting accusations of anti-Semitism lodged against her, Omar had fired back:  "I want to talk about the political influence in this country that says it is OK to push for allegiance to a foreign country."  Omar was talking about Israel.

Why Uncle Joe Biden will be America's next president.  He's a career politician (he only held a "real" job for a few years in his 20s, and he's been living off the public dole for nearly half a century).  He's run for president twice, in 1988 and again 20 years later, so he knows the game inside and out.  And after a decade of political sniping, 2020 is tailor-made for a middle-of-the-road candidate, which fits Mr. Biden to a T.  Here's the simple scenario:  The entire Democratic field runs hard left, as they are now, embracing full-blown socialism.  Mr. Biden will then roll up in a yellow Corvette — maybe wearing aviator sunglasses — and say "whoa, whoa, whoa, people, let's not get crazy here."  The mainstream media will embrace him, voters is the middle will go, "yeah, I can see him as president," and that's all she wrote.

Has the Democratic Party Passed Joe Biden By?  A new poll is out in Iowa that shows former Vice President Joe Biden leading socialist Senator Bernie Sanders. [...] Biden is dithering about making a run, and who can blame him?  With 30 percent of Iowans believing his time has passed and he shouldn't run, you have to wonder if that percentage is even higher in more liberal states.  There was a time when Biden was seen as a liberal lion — about as far left a Democrat as there was in the 1980s.  But times change and so has the Democratic Party.  In fact, the party is unrecognizable compared to what it looked like in 2008 when Biden was chosen as Barack Obama's running mate.  Many on the far-left see Biden as "too conservative," if you can believe that.  The media sees him as a "centrist."

Good thing there are no statues of Joe Biden.  The Washington Post reports on an interview a Delaware newspaper conducted with Joe Biden in 1975.  On the subject of race, Biden stated:  ["]I do not buy the concept, popular in the '60s, which said, 'We have suppressed the black man for 300 years and the white man is now far ahead in the race for everything our society offers.  In order to even the score, we must now give the black man a head start, or even hold the white man back, to even the race.' I don't buy that.["]  Putting an even finer point on it, Biden added:  ["]I don't feel responsible for the sins of my father and grandfather.  I feel responsible for what the situation is today, for the sins of my own generation.[..."]

Joe Biden in the final stages of preparing for a 2020 presidential bid.  Former Vice President Joe Biden is in the final stages of preparing for a 2020 presidential campaign that is expected to launch next month, according to multiple people familiar with his planning.  A formal kickoff is expected by mid-April and would all but cement the size and scope of the Democratic presidential field that currently stands at 12 formally declared candidates, two still in the formal exploratory stage and others still mulling a bid but waiting to see what the former veep might do.  Biden sits atop various surveys of Democrats nationally and in the key early primary states and is seen by supporters as one of the contenders best-equipped to unite factions that are squabbling over the ideological future of the party and where and who exactly it should target in a bid to retake the White House.  While the 76-year old can likely expect to find support in suburban swing districts and Midwestern states key to previous Democratic presidential victories, he faces doubts about whether he can win over minority and younger voters that are fueling much of the party's current energy and success.

These Democratic voters were asked if they want Biden to run for president.  Not one raised their hands.  A handful of voters who say they backed Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election say they are unexcited by the prospect of former Vice President Joe Biden entering the 2020 field.  "How many of you would like to see Joe Biden get in?  Show of hands," CNN's Alisyn Camerota asked the panel of six Democrats, selected from Ohio, New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, on "New Day" Tuesday morning [3/5/2019].  No one raised their hands.

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It doesn't matter.  From where I'm sitting, it appears that the Democratic Party is run from the top down.  The platform is written at the uppermost levels and handed down to the grassroots as an edict.  The elite power players in the Party select their candidate, and then make the necessary arrangements, before their national convention if possible, to install the pre-ordained candidate.  That's now Hillary got the nomination last time instead of Bernie Sanders.  The Republican Party works in the opposite way:  The party platform is developed at the lowest levels and is compiled and refined as it works its way up to the national convention.

Valerie Jarrett's third term?
Joe Biden's Potential Bid and an Obama Restoration.  In today's [3/7/2019] New York Times, Democratic Representative Cedric Richmond of Louisiana, the former head of the Congressional Black Caucus, said he believes that former vice president Joe Biden is the party's "best candidate to beat Trump."  Much of the discussion around Biden has focused on how much of love from Democrats that he enjoyed as Obama's vice president will continue when he's flying solo.  Biden's age is obvious, his gaffes are legendary, and today's Democrats aren't big fans of his old stances on crime, the death penalty, abortion, and handling of the Anita Hill case.

Biden's Betrayal of SEALs should Doom His Presidential Run.  [W]hile critics of President Trump's foreign policy accuse him of a degree of recklessness and immaturity that place the nation's security at risk, Biden's service in an administration that gave us the criminal negligence and incompetence of Benghazi, provides us with an example of why he should not be trusted with the nation's security or the lives of its heroes.

Did someone mention Benghazi?

The return of Big Ego Politics:  Joe Biden gets the backstage rock star treatment on the road.  For all his claims to being "everyman," the great grassroots candidate, fumblin' Uncle Joe all full of malapropisms, or Amtrak Joe who rides the train, news is getting out about potential Democratic presidential candidate, Joe Biden, and he doesn't quite look like the everyman he projects himself to be.

Michael Bloomberg Patiently Waits As Biden Considers A Potential WH Bid.  Former Vice President Joe Biden has yet to enter the 2020 race for president.  Some recent media reports have suggested that his son's checkered private life could be part of the reason for the Democrat's hesitation. [...] The hesitation on Biden's part is holding up process for other potential Democratic candidates.  Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, for one, is considering a run at the White House but not if he has to challenge Biden in a stacked primary.

If Biden enters 2020 race, Trump-like support is expected by Democrats.  Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden has yet to declare his presidential intentions, but if he does run, he's looking at a Trump-like coalition of support within the Democratic Party, with backing from men, the less-educated and older voters.  Mr. Biden would enter the race as the most well-known and most well-liked option, with polls consistently putting the 76-year-old first in the Democratic nomination race.

Biden's polling lead shaky ahead of 2020 decision.  Joe Biden's big lead in early Democratic 2020 polling might be a bunch of malarkey.  While most polls show the former vice president hovering around 30 percent of the Democratic primary vote, well ahead of second-place Sen. Bernie Sanders, two recent surveys paint a starkly different picture — raising the question of whether Biden is a real front-runner or just has big name-recognition.  Those polls show far more Democratic voters undecided about which candidate to support, and they pegged Biden's backing at a much less intimidating 9 to 12 percent.

Biden tells Europeans in Munich that America is 'an embarrassment'.  Speaking on German soil 75 years after the U.S. and its allies prepared for D-Day, Joe Biden described America as "an embarrassment" and its trade policies "self-defeating." [...] Biden, 76, speaking at the annual gathering of foreign policy leaders, didn't mention Trump by name.  But, despite a longstanding tradition of politics "stopping at the water's edge" and refraining from criticizing a commander-in-chief while on foreign soil, Biden took the opportunity to blast him, even veering into criticism of domestic policy as he launched into what sounded like a stump speech.

The Feeling is Mutual, Joe.  I don't think we have commented on Joe Biden's disgraceful performance at the Munich Security Conference yesterday.  I haven't seen a full transcript of his remarks, but he delivered a partisan stump speech to an audience of European leaders.  It consisted largely of an attack on the President of the United States.  I'm so old, I can remember when that was considered bad form.

Joe Biden criticizes Trump's policies in Munich speech saying they have undermined America's moral leadership.  Joe Biden isn't in the 2020 presidential race yet, but he's making clear at an international gathering that he thinks President Trump has undermined America's ability to claim moral leadership.  The former vice president says the US doesn't want to turn its back on its closest allies and cherishes democracy, the rule of law and a free press.  Biden tells the Munich Security Conference that the America he sees 'stands up to the aggression of dictators and against strongmen who rule by coercion, corruption and violence.'

Some Dem strategists think Joe Biden's time as a POTUS candidate has likely expired.  Three things you should know about Joe Biden's qualifications to run for the Democrats' presidential nomination this time:
  [#1]  He and his entourage once ran up a Paris hotel bill in excess of $500,000 — for one night.  So, Joe definitely knows how to spend other peoples' money.
  [#2]  As vice president, Biden charged the Secret Service rent for staying on his property to protect him.  So, he also knows how to raise money.
  [#3]  Joe once declared that John McCain was too old to become president of the United States at 72.  Joe turns 77 this year.
Democrats are in a fret right now because Joe is reported to be leaning toward a third run for the White House.  And he's not only way ahead of all other party wannabes in early polls, he's ahead of the Oval Office incumbent.

The Mythologies of 'Joe Being Joe' Biden.  Some polls put 76-year-old Joe Biden as the Democratic front-runner for the 2020 presidential election.  There is certainly some logic to that reckoning.  Biden has far more experience than any of his likely party rivals — 36 years in the Senate, eight years as Barack Obama's vice president, and two past presidential runs.  He may be the only Democratic candidate who could likely win back some of the "deplorables," "irredeemables," and "clingers" of the critical Midwestern swing states.  But all of that said, the folksy Biden is hardly the sober and judicious alternative to a supposedly reckless Donald Trump.  In many ways, Biden has been far wilder in his speech and decorum — despite nearly a half-century in politics.

Joe Biden once said Democrats needed 'a liberal George Wallace'.  Former Vice President Joe Biden, who has been emphasizing his civil rights record as he considers a 2020 White House bid, once praised notorious segregationist George Wallace and later claimed to have received an award from him.  "I think the Democratic Party could stand a liberal George Wallace — someone who's not afraid to stand up and offend people, someone who wouldn't pander but would say what the American people know in their gut is right," Biden told the Philadelphia Enquirer on Oct. 12, 1975, referring to the racist then-Alabama governor.

Democrats cast deep doubt on Biden's 2020 value.  Joe Biden is everything a Democratic political consultant should love:  He's experienced, well-liked, and his poll numbers look great against Donald Trump.  And yet many party strategists have a bleak assessment of his potential 2020 campaign:  It's a bad, bad idea.

Democrats Are Just Too Smart.  [Scroll down]  And no discussion of "smart" Democrats is complete without some mention of former VP Joe Biden.  His gaffes got so bad during the 2008 presidential campaign that candidate Obama asked his staff, "How many times is Biden going to say something stupid?"  And his braying frequently combines brainlessness with offensive racist slurs.  Take, for example, his famous racial stereotyping of his state's convenience store employees:  "In Delaware, the largest growth population is Indian-Americans, moving from India.  You cannot go to a 7-Eleven or a Dunkin' Donuts unless you have a slight Indian accent."  Even more terrifying than the apparent vacuum between Biden's ears is how little thought rank-and-file party members give to his catalogue of verbal pratfalls.  In a recent Morning Consult poll, registered Democrats ranked him as their top preference for their 2020 presidential nomination.  These people would give this guy access to our nuclear arsenal.  Nor have Democrats Johnson and Ocasio-Cortez sustained any reduction in their support pursuant to their inert gray matter.

A Biden-Trump race is shaping up for 2020: Wall Street sources.  Former Vice President Joe Biden is indicating to possible campaign contributors he is seriously considering running for president in 2020 — but only if it's against the current president, Donald Trump, because of the relatively small age difference between the two men, FOX Business has learned.  Biden has made these remarks recently in private meetings with possible Democratic contributors, many of them Wall Street executives with long ties to the former vice president under Barack Obama, according to people with direct knowledge of the matter.

And this guy claims Donald Trump isn't fit to be president?
Idiot Joe Biden Gives Away "Agent" Holding Nuclear Codes During Hillary's "Rally".  Uncle Joe may have been hitting the sauce before he spoke at Hillary's low-turnout "rally."  He was bashing Trump, when he foolishly said, "Donald Trump... He cannot be trusted.  There's a guy that follows me, has the nuclear codes.  So, God forbid anything happen to the president and I had to make a decision the codes are with me... He is not qualified."

Biden, in public and private, tiptoes toward a 2020 run.  Former Vice President Joe Biden is tiptoeing toward a potential presidential run in 2020, even broaching the possibility during a recent gathering of longtime foreign policy aides.

The Obama Years:  A Legacy Of Scandal and Deception.  On December 13, former vice president, Joe Biden, appeared on CBS with the hosts of "This Morning" where he peddled his new book and showered his former boss with praise.  During the course of the interview, he was asked about his relationship with Obama and responded with the following; "I've served with eight presidents and I've gotten to know four of them very well.  I've never met any president that has more character, more integrity, and more backbone than this guy does."  Then he went completely off the rails when he absurdly added; "And eight years, not a hint — not a hint — of a scandal.  What was perhaps even more outrageous than the statement itself was the fact that none of This Morning's hosts challenged the veracity of that statement and allowed it to pass without a scintilla of scrutiny, exposing yet again an extreme bias existing within elements of the establishment media.

Watch: Joe Biden Claims Obama Never Had Any Scandals, Ignores These 11 Major Scandals.  During a recent appearance on CBS' "This Morning," former Vice President Joe Biden declared that Barack Obama's presidency didn't have "a hint of a scandal."  Biden made the claim in response to a question by the show's hosts about his friendship with the former president.  After praising Obama as the most virtuous president he's met in his decades of serving the people, Biden said that not only was the former president spotless, so was his presidency.

Moore, Franken, creepy Biden and other horrendous media fiascos.  Former Vice President Joe Biden had some of the worst timing possible this week.  The creepy-grabby Biden dropped promotion of his new book, "Promise Me, Dad:  A Year of Hope, Hardship, and Purpose" to push his presidential hopes right in the midst of the sex harassment allegations.  It highlighted how journalism has downplayed or completely ignored Biden's creepy side for many years.  It didn't take long for conservatives to float images and a video around showing all sorts of nausea-inducing Biden scenes.

Al Franken is just the beginning.  How many senators and House members and elected and appointed officials at the federal, state, and local levels will be forced to resign?  And how many men will remain in these positions when it is all over?  It's far too early to say, because the floodgates have only just been thrown open.  But the possibilities are mindboggling.  Consider Joe Biden.  A few short weeks ago, the former senator and vice president seemed like he would be a leading contender to win the Democratic nomination for president in 2020 and then the favorite to challenge President Trump's bid for re-election.  But now?  Biden's polling may look good, but he has a history of wandering hands that is simply incompatible with the new normal.  He's a political dead man.

Claim: Joe Biden Likes To Swim Nude in Front of Female Secret Service Agents.  Apparently Vice President Joe Biden, who is reportedly readying a campaign against Hillary Clinton for the White House, has even creepier habits than we previously thought.  According to Secret Service expert and best selling author Ronald Kessler, Biden likes to skinny dip in front of female Secret Service agents assigned to protect him.  Naturally, they find this offensive.  "Talk about a war on women.  Biden likes to swim nude both at his Vice President's residence in Washington and also at his home in Wilmington which he goes back to several times a week, all at our expense.  By the way, a million dollars in Air Force 2 expenses, and this offends female Secret Service agents," Kessler said to Fox News' Sean Hannity Thursday night.  "You know, they signed up to take a bullet for the President as you said but they didn't sign up to...they certainly didn't sign up to see Biden naked.  It is offensive, it's abusive."

Doctor:  Joe Biden Probably Has Brain Damage.  Perhaps this doctor is being tongue-in-cheek, but if anyone's paid attention to the nonstop idiocy of Joe Biden the past several years, it appears he's spot on.

'Arrogant, insensitive, wrong': US VP Biden causes uproar with remark on Japan's constitution.  US Vice-President Joe Biden made a remark slamming Donald Trump, but ended up in deep water with Japan instead, saying that the US "wrote Japan's constitution."  His comment was slammed as "arrogant", "wrong", and "insensitive" in Japan and beyond.

Biden Embarrasses Himself, Calls Serbia 'Croatia' On Diplomatic Visit.  Vice President Joe Biden made an embarrassing flub Tuesday [8/16/2016] while at a press conference with Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic in Belgrade, referring to Serbia as "Croatia."  "This is not the first time we've met ... I think we've become friends," Biden said, according to InSerbia.  "My visit today is much too short but I believe we've accomplished a great deal.  The Prime Minister [of Serbia Vucic] and I have got to know each other over the past several years and I mean it sincerely, I along with President Obama respect the leadership you've shown in some very tough challenging moments, Mr Prime Minister, and your positive vision for the future of Croatia."

Biden's very awkward hug with Clinton as she tries to get out of his arms.  Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden shared an awkward hug this morning as they greeted each other at the Scranton airport.  'Hello my dear,' she said as he walked off his plane.  They locked in a friendly embrace, Clinton laughing for a moment, before she tried to wriggle free.  Not picking up on her cues — repeated pats on the arm — Biden continued to hold her by the waist.  The VP finally let Clinton go and they walked to his limo, entering from opposite sides.

Biden Says Trump Can't Be Trusted With Nuclear Codes, Then Tells Crowd He Has the Codes 'Right Back Here'.  Vice President Joe Biden, campaigning with Hillary Clinton in Scranton, Pa. on Monday, tried to make the case that Republican Donald Trump is temperamentally and intellectually unfit to be president.  "I have worked with eight presidents of the United States.  I have served with hundreds of senators... dozens of secretaries of state and secretaries of defense of both parties.  And I can say without hesitation, my word as a Biden, no major party nominee in the history of the United States of America, has — now, don't cheer or — quiet, just listen — has known less or been less prepared to deal with our national security than Donald Trump."

Joe Biden Exposes Military Aide with Nuclear Codes During Campaign Rally for Hillary.  Vice President Joe Biden revealed during a campaign rally that he had a military aide with the nuclear codes present at the event.  "There's a guy that follows me right back here, has the nuclear codes," Biden said, turning and pointing.

Biden: Trump 'Not Qualified to Know' Nuclear Codes.  Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump cannot be trusted with the codes that would unleash the American nuclear arsenal, Vice President Joseph R. Biden, Jr., said Monday [8/15/2016].  Biden's debut on the campaign trail alongside Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton turned into a forceful attack on her GOP opponent, whom the vice president said is already hurting America's national security.

Biden Puts Nuclear Codes At Risk, Media Laugh It Off.  For those who don't know, it's rather risky to point out the exact agent holding the nuclear football.  But this isn't the first time Biden has done this sort of thing.  In May 2011, while speaking with reporters, Biden revealed that the Navy SEALs had killed Osama Bin Laden.  The Washington Times immediately reported that Navy SEALs began warning family members to remove personal information from their Facebook accounts to avoid targeting.

Joe Biden Exposes His Military Aid Carrying Nuclear Codes At Hillary Rally.  During a campaign rally for Hillary Clinton on Monday, Vice President Joe Biden treated the audience to a master class in irony by claiming Donald Trump is unfit to have access to the nuclear codes while at the same time proving he himself is unfit to have access to nuclear codes.  The moment came when Biden pointed out the military aid who carries the closely guarded codes — also known as the Nuclear Football — to the audience.

Joe Biden: The Three Dollar Bill of American Politics.  Once I took a crisis communications course under a nationally recognized authority on the subject.  During a break I was talking to him about the power of anecdotes.  He was, he said, against manufacturing anecdotes out of whole cloth but he believed that someone of even moderate intelligence could create anecdotes by steering a conversation in a certain direction.  There is at least as good a chance of that happening as a fatally ill Beau Biden encouraging his father to run for president.  Of course, given the way Joe Biden makes stuff up, now we really have to question if this anecdote is true... or if this just the Neil Kinnock speech being recycled.

Biden's failed presidential bids, penchant for gaffes threaten campaign.  As Vice President Joseph R. Biden spends this week vacationing in South Carolina and mulling whether to get into the presidential race, he's got to be thinking about the humiliating beatings he took in his two previous bids for the top job.  It's a painful memory of campaigns that went off the rails early in the 1988 and 2008 presidential races and a poor track record mostly overlooked by unhappy Democrats clamoring for Mr. Biden to provide them an alternative to Hillary Rodham Clinton.

Biden cheers end of white majority, 'that's a good thing'.  Vice President Joe Biden welcomed a top Latin American leader to Washington by declaring that "those of us of European stock" will be the minority in less than two years, and, he added, "that's a good thing."  Biden made the comments during a State Department luncheon for Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff.

Exposing Warren and Biden.  Electing Biden would effectively be Obama's third term.  Regarding Obama's reign, Biden said, "I call it sticking with what works."  "Run on what we have done.  Own what we have done.  Stand for what we have done.  Acknowledge what we have done."  "Are we going to continue this resurgence or are we going to return to policies I would argue have failed the country in the past?"  He actually said "resurgence."  Biden wants to continue all of Obama's disastrous economic policies.

Handsy Joe's Veep Creep and the Media.  One of the clearest signs of media bias is when reporters are made more uncomfortable by the act of criticizing the Obama administration than by the behavior they're criticizing.  Case in point:  yesterday's piece in the Washington Post by Nia-Malika Henderson, in which she struggles mightily with the fact that, thanks to conservative objections, Joe Biden's incredibly creepy behavior toward women in public is getting tougher to ignore.  Handsy Joe's veep creep is by now a staple of the Obama administration's public events.

Joe Biden, the crazy uncle we never wanted.  Channeling his inner Ted Kennedy, ole Joe got a little too handsy with Stephanie Carter, the wife of incoming Secretary of Defense, Ash Carter.  He slid behind her, grabbed her shoulders and pressed his face against the side of her head.  If I didn't know better (and I don't), I'd swear he's sniffing her hair.  Or perhaps he was just innocently whispering the gate code for Number One Observatory Circle into her ear.  In any other world, this man would be a walking, talking, sexual harassment lawsuit waiting to happen.  Fellas, conduct this experiment — go to work tomorrow and creep up behind a female coworker, then grab her shoulders and press your face against her head.  See how that works for you.

The Week in Pictures: Harfing Biden Edition.  And what's up with Vice Groper Joe Biden?  Is he planning on a post-Obama career in the TSA or something?

Time for Joe Biden to creep on another woman.  The victim this time is Stephanie Carter, wife of incoming defense secretary Ashton Carter, seen here holding forth on ISIS while his better half suffers the ritual indignity of the vice presidential droit de seigneur at swearings-in.  Silver lining:  Unlike most of the females whom Biden creeped on at last month's oath-taking for the new Congress, Mrs. Carter is of age.

Joe Biden caught 'snuggling' with Defense chief's wife.  In a move straight out of the stalker handbook, Biden appeared to be sniffing Stephanie Carter's hair at a swearing-in ceremony for her husband in Washington.  Biden, who kept his hands on Mrs. Carter's shoulders for 10 seconds, looked as if he was whispering sweet nothings in her ear.  Hands folded in front of her, she gazed stiffly in the direction of her husband during the grope.

Joe Biden's Hands Across America.  Vice President Joe Biden can't keep his hands to himself when women are around.  The latest woman to fall into the Biden snare was Stephanie Carter, wife of new Defense Secretary Ashton Carter.  Biden laid hands on her shoulders and whispered in her ear as Carter spoke about his new job Tuesday [2/17/2015], and the moment went viral. Biden also made bad headlines for himself in January when, during a day of trying to charm incoming members of the U.S. Senate and their families, he bestowed a rather unwanted kiss on the head of Sen. Christopher Coons' (D., Del.) daughter.

Joe Biden's woman-touching habit.  Vice President Joe Biden left some observers in and out of Washington aghast with his whisper-in-ear embrace of new Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter's wife Stephanie at Carter's swearing-in Tuesday [2/17/2015].  As Carter was delivering his first speech as Pentagon chief, Biden, standing in the background, put his arms on Stephanie Carter's shoulders and his face to her ear, apparently telling her something in what could reasonably be interpreted as an intimate embrace.

Biden is a VERY hands-on Vee-Pee.  Vice President Joe Biden has become well known for his love of close talking, and he was at it again on Tuesday [2/17/2015].  Biden was at the swearing in ceremony of new Defense Secretary Ash Carter, and as Carter delivered his speech, Biden could be seen in the background with his arms on the shoulders of the man's wife, Stephanie, and whispering into her ear.

Joe Biden in 2000: No man has the right to touch a woman without her consent.  Vice President Joe Biden has made news — again — with his surprisingly intimate embrace of a woman not his wife in a public setting.  The incident occurred Tuesday at the Washington swearing-in of new Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter.  As Carter spoke, Biden, standing behind Carter's wife Stephanie, put his hands on her shoulders for an extended period of time and briefly buried his face in her hair.  Some critics noted that such behavior might earn a sexual harassment complaint if it were in a business setting.  And it turns out Biden himself, in his many years as a senator, supported legislation to get tough on men who touch women in inappropriate ways.

Biden gets smackdown after claiming he knows 'an awful lot' of Somali cab drivers in Delaware home town.  Vice President Joe Biden ran afoul of the nation's two most prominent fact-checkers on Thursday [2/19/2015] by claiming there's a 'large, very identifiable Somali community' in his home town, and many of them drive cabs.  He said Wednesday during the White House's 'Countering Violent Extremism' conference that riding in so many Somalis' cabs after train trips home helped him understand efforts by Minnesota officials to help Somali-American Muslims avoid turning into violent extremists.  'If you ever come to the train station,' he said of Wilmington, Delaware, 'you may notice that I have great relations with them, because an awful lot of them are driving cabs, and are friends of mine.'

Media Covers Up Biden's Latest Racist Gaffe.  Democrats sure got it good.  Louisiana Republican Governor Bobby Jindal dares to agree with CNN's own reporting about European no-go zones, and the left-wing network brands him an anti-Muslim racist.  On the other hand, when Vice President Joe Biden stereotypes Somali immigrants as nothing more than a bunch of cab drivers, the media pretends it didn't happen.  The slur is left completely out of their reporting.

'There's An Awful Lot' Of Somalis Driving Cabs, Says Joe Biden.  Vice President Joe Biden told an audience on Tuesday [2/17/2015] that he has great relationships with Somalis living in America since many of them have driven him around in taxi cabs.  The latest "Bidenism" — the name given to the Democrat's many gaffes and candid remarks — came during the opening day of a three-day White House summit on extremism and terrorism.

The Editor asks...
On what date was Joe Biden's most recent trip in a taxi?

Can we talk about how Vice President Joe Biden is being inappropriate?  I know he's crazy ol' Uncle Joe.  I know he's loveable and of a different generation, blah, blah.  I know he wears aviators.  I know he has a voting record and a party identification that make this kind of behavior suddenly charming and eccentric instead of creepy.  But while the online feminist community is fighting the scourge of men who don't cross their ankles on the subway with all it's got, the Vice President of the United States is making teenage girls actively uncomfortable by nuzzling and touching them on national TV.  This is not charming.

Holy Hell Would Be Unleashed On 'Handsy' Joe Biden If He Were Conservative.  Julia Louis-Dreyfus plays a bumbling (but certainly more competent than Joe Biden) vice president in HBO's "Veep."  There's an episode in season two where it's January 6 and she is supposed to swear in senators but just can't get her act together.  She messes up small talk and doesn't have her head in the game.  Yesterday, January 6, was sort of a real-life version of this.  While the man who in real life is a heartbeat away from the presidency also messed up small talk, he was almost too locked in.  He was extremely attentive.  Particularly to underage girls.  And, well, it's not that big of a deal, I guess, but it got kind of creepy.

Joe Biden: Extremists Commit Violence 'In The Name Of The Bible'.  According to tweet by participants in the recent White House Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) Summit, Vice President Joe Biden spoke about violent extremism carried out "in the name of the Bible."  The tweet was sent out by the Muslim Public Affairs Council, which also tweeted that they pushed the White House to say so.

How do you aim this thing?  Biden has become a laughing-stock and staple of late-night comedians as a dim light-bulb who can't stop spouting gaffes.  Did you know Joe was surprised by the ending of the Lincoln movie?  And he's such a team player that Biden charges the Secret Service rent to protect him at home in Delaware.  Biden held a meeting on the administration's vaunted government transparency promise — but it was closed — two times.

Why is Joe Biden a Moron?  It almost seems impossible.  Giving Americans advice to step out their door and fire warning shots from a double barrel shotgun when they're afraid?

Pro-Abort Biden on Election of Pope: 'Catholic Church Plays an Essential Role in My Life'.  After the election of Pope Francis I on Wednesday [3/13/2013], Vice President Joe Biden issued a statement talking about the importance of Catholicism to him personally and how much he is looking forward to working with the pope.  As vice president, Biden has advanced causes directly contrary to the teachings of the Catholic Church — favoring, for example, the legalized killing of children in the womb and legalized same-sex marriage.

Another Biden gaffe.  Vice President Biden misspoke on Tuesday [3/18/2014], claiming he had led the fight for Poland to join NATO when he served as chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.  Biden, whose tendancy [sic] toward gaffes is well known, served as chairman from 2001 to 2003; Poland joined NATO in 1999.  "Fifteen years ago, I was honored, as the chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, to lead the fight for Poland's admission into NATO," Biden said in Warsaw, Poland, on Tuesday during a visit to reassure allies as Russia moved to annex Crimea.  Bloomberg News first reported the gaffe.

Joe Biden jokes that he would nominate Obama for 'sainthood'.  Vice President Joe Biden in a speech Friday [3/21/2014] joked that he should have nominated President Obama for "sainthood" after seeing his patience during the rocky rollout of the health law's new insurance exchanges.

The Editor says...
Mr. Biden apparently mistakes incompetence and narcissistic detachment for patience.

Gaffe-tastic Joe Biden thinks 'Africa' is a country, not a continent.  Vice President Joe Biden wants everyone to know that he has high hopes for the 'nation' of Africa.  Biden isn't just a walking gaffe machine — he's a walking gaffe top-ten list.  So when he goofed at Tuesday's U.S.-Africa Business Forum, and there was no F-bomb involved, it didn't make headlines.  But gaffe he did, in front of 50 world leaders and their entourages at the event held on the sidelines of President Barack Obama's U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit.

Joe Biden gaffes while Vice President

Senator Biden was Barack Obama's running mate in 2008, and he got away with a lot of blunders that would have sent Dan Quayle into political oblivion.  His voting record in the Senate was that of a statist, and back in 2008 some commentators said Joe Biden balanced the ticket (meaning he's older and has lighter skin), but I think the real reason for his selection is that he was one of the few people Obama could overshadow, at least in the press.

Joe Biden confuses Poland with Portugal.  Biden has a well-earned reputation as a gaffe-maker extraordinaire, and this speech was no exception.

Biden: 'I'm Proud To Be President'.  Joe Biden the gaffe machine was at it again Saturday [1/19/2013].  Speaking at the Iowa State Society inauguration ball, the Vice President said, "I'm proud to be President of the United States".

More advice from Joe Biden: 'Just fire the shotgun through the door'.  In an interview with Field & Stream magazine on Monday [2/25/2013], Vice President Joe Biden once again touted shotguns as the best weapon for self-defense, offering advice similar to the questionable instructions he gave during a Facebook town hall last week.

Every single bit of gun advice Biden gives will get you arrested.  These are the people who think they know better than you and should dictate your firearms choices.

New Biden brag: He desegregated movie theaters.  Vice President Biden is amazed when whites try to act like they know what blacks have been through, but given a chance this week to brag on his part to end Jim Crow laws, he offered up that he helped to desegregate movie theaters as a kid.

Biden misspeaks again: Gabby Giffords was 'mortally wounded'.  Vice President Joseph R. Biden added to his long list of verbal flubs Thursday [3/21/2013] when he said former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords had been "shot and mortally wounded."  The Arizona Democrat was critically injured by a gunshot wound to the head during an assignation attempt on her life in early 2011.

Biden Mocks the Basis of Second Amendment.  This guy is the vice president, the former chairman of the Judiciary Committee, and supposedly a leading Democratic expert on gun issues.  And yet, he doesn't understand the Second Amendment.

Joe Biden: Al Gore 'was elected president'.  In remarks made on Tuesday night [6/11/2013] at a fundraiser for Massachusetts Senate candidate Ed Markey in front of an audience of donating (doting?)  Democrats, Biden went for the jugular.  In a reference to Al Gore, who introduced Biden at the Washington, D.C., event, Biden said, "This man was elected president of the United States of America," according to the pool report.  "But for the good of the nation, when the bad decision, in my view, was made, he did the right thing for the nation," Biden continued.

Says he understands 'the Senate better than any man or women who's ever served in there.'
Biden Calls Republicans 'Neanderthals'.  Vice President Joe Biden said Repulican opposition to the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) in the House of Representatives came from the "Neanderthal crowd."  And he gave himself credit for coming up with the law almost 20 years ago.

Should Joe Biden Step Down?  Vice President Biden is being urged by liberal activists to "brush up his Shakespeare."  His friends are trying desperately to clean up the latest mess that Joe Biden has caused.  He recently told a group at a Legal Services Corporation event that his son, Beau Biden, had worked to protect our soldiers from "Shylocks" — whom he described as unscrupulous lenders.  This is only one of the oldest anti-Semitic slurs in our language.

Biden Overstates Deaths in Joplin, Missouri Tornado By 160,839.  "161,000 brothers, sisters, mothers, fathers, sons, daughters, grandparents lost," said the vice president.  But as Reuters reported in 2011, the death toll was in fact 161.

Joe Biden Tells Harvard Students China a Part of North America.  Speaking at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, Biden made yet another blunder after saying that "North America is literally — not figuratively — the epicenter of energy in the world today."  "North America will account — meaning Mexico, China and Canada — for two-thirds of the growth of global energy supply over the next 20 years," Biden said.

Biden issues second apology of weekend, after offending US allies in fight to destroy Islamic State.  Vice President Biden on Sunday [10/5/2014] issued his second apology of the weekend for remarks that offended allies that the U.S. needs in the fight to destroy the Islamic State.  Biden apologized by phone Sunday to Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, saying he never meant to imply that his country was supporting Al Qaeda fighters in Syria.

Now, a rattled Obama and Biden need help explaining what they really mean.  Remember, Obama was supposed to be the golden-tongued orator whose words would woo the masses and hold back the tides of time.  As long as he could rely on a teleprompter, that was true for a while. Now, his mis-steps with those of Pancho Biden resemble circus clowns running into each other.  Biden has said so many stupid things so often, you'd think he should have been replaced in 2012.  But he may be Obama's best insurance against impeachment.

Obama still has confidence in Biden despite gaffes.  The White House said Monday [10/6/2014] that President Obama still has confidence in Vice President Joseph R. Biden despite an escalating series of public gaffes that forced Mr. Biden to apologize to key Arab allies in the fragile U.S. coalition fighting Islamic State terrorists.  Mr. Biden "continues to be a core member of the president's national security team," said White House press secretary Josh Earnest.  "The president is pleased to be able to rely on his advice."

Nine Apologies Biden Owes Americans.  In recent days, Vice President Biden has issued apologies to the no doubt unimpeachably honorable and suitably aggrieved leaders of Turkey and the United Arab Emirates for insulting them by saying they had supported Islamists.  While Biden expressing serial regrets, I wonder, what if the thought occurred to him to apologize to the American people?  Not for silly gaffes or little blunders, but for professional-league, first-class outrages that are unacceptable coming from a vice president, even this one.

Biden Misstates Troops Wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan By 47,000.  Vice President Joe Biden misstated the number of troops wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan by 47,000 at a Veterans Day event today at Arlington National Cemetary [sic].

Biden's description of Obama draws scrutiny.  His remarks about Obama, the only African-American serving in the Senate, drew the most scrutiny.  "I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy," Biden said.  "I mean, that's a storybook, man."

The Editor says...
CNN is apparently proud to call Obama "African-American," but they are quick to deny that he was born in Africa.

This is an original compilation, Copyright © 2019 by Andrew K. Dart

By all means, Barry, let him get started today!
Obama: Biden would make 'superb' president.  President Barack Obama said Joe Biden would make a "superb" president, but questioned whether his vice president or potential rival Hillary Clinton would want to endure another campaign for the White House, a media report Monday said.  Obama, in an interview with the New Yorker, said Biden "has seen the job up close, he knows what the job entails.  He understands how to separate what's really important from what's less important.  I think he's got great people skills.  He enjoys politics, and he's got important relationships up on the Hill (in Congress) that would serve him well."