Comments on: Joe Biden’s crocodile tears

By: My misspent September « THE TOOT

My misspent September « THE TOOT — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 03:28:23 +0000

[...] that Joe Biden was not upset by the death of his wife and child picked up by the wingnut blog Flopping Aces. In their defense: I was selling it pretty hard. In not their defense: how insane it is, and [...]

By: Walter M. Clark

Walter M. Clark — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 02:08:17 +0000

I’m waiting to see Obama cry when conceding defeat. That will be his defining moment.

By: Willmoore Kendall

Willmoore Kendall — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 01:37:20 +0000

Wow! Thanks for the link! I made the big time!

I swear I’m not crying right now.

By: Polywell

Polywell — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 22:31:56 +0000

Hey Joe, our adversaries are watching.

If Putin ever cries, he won’t do it in front of the entire world.

By: Scott Malensek

Scott Malensek — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 18:47:14 +0000

LOVED when he stumbled and ran-home-to-momma and gave his old Presidential stump speech. I think it was in the “what would you do as vice president” part. That was too funny. Would love to see the Youtubes of that.

By: thebronze

thebronze — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 18:28:04 +0000

“Stand-up Chuck!”

By: Kathy

Kathy — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 18:15:28 +0000

Biden’s tears are not confidence inspiring. I think he cried for the same reason Hillary cried.

“It’s so hard to get out there everyday….” and lose.

By: Scott Malensek

Scott Malensek — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 17:31:55 +0000

America’s at war. We need warriors not lawyers. We need people in the White House who are prepared to kill other human beings, and that’s a cold, hard, ugly fact of being a commander-in-chief of the most powerful nation on the planet during a time of expanding global war.

By: Craig

Craig — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 17:29:44 +0000

I don’t know about you people, but for myself, a President or a Vice President that chocks or cries in a speech gives me goose pimples. How can a man that can’t controll his emotions in public be President or VP of this great nation? Very, very scary! Just for that reason he doesn’t qualify. United States needs a strong man to lead not a bad actor of a daily soap opera.

By: Hard Right

Hard Right — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 17:29:39 +0000

Biden has shamelessly exploited their deaths for votes. He’s even gone so far as lying. He claims the man in the other car was drunk. He was not-and that’s per the police.

By: Jewells

Jewells — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 15:46:48 +0000

I am at a loss to understand why Biden did this. Palin never even mentioned being a single parent did she? I mean I watched every second of that debate and I don’t re-call her saying anything of the sort. After his “moment”, it went back to Sarah and I thought, okay, will she mention this or pretend it didn’t happen? She pretended it didn’t happen, again showing how much class she has. I don’t think she was being mean spirited, I think she truly thought “oh boy, poor Joe just had a weak moment there remembering the child he lost, I’m just gonna shut up and move along”. Thas my take anyway.

By: Missy

Missy — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 14:06:43 +0000

Willmoor Kendall, one of our new posters, has a few clips of Biden’s campaign tears up on his blog today the first being last night’s incident.

http://conaffredux.blogspot.com/2008/10/joe-bidens-crocodile-tears.html

Perhaps, after 35 years, it’s comforting for Biden to share this experience with millions of people across this country, he must still need the sympathy or, he’s using it as a campaign issue. Guess we will have to watch and see, always the cynic.

We lost our brother 58 years ago to polio, he was four yet he lived on in our hearts like he never left us after we all went though our grieving. My parents did a lot of volunteer work through the years for March of Dimes, spoke of what they went through losing a young child, but I don’t remember any tearing up when the subject of polio came up as it frequently did. They focused a lot of energy helping to stamp out polio. My other brother left us 3/19/03 because of an asthma attack yet we are able to keep our emotions in check.

After 35 years, one should be strong enough to discuss the loss, that’s why others see it as a ploy.

By: Fallon

Fallon — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 14:01:34 +0000

Where did the “single parent” topic come from?

That was Biden’s “I have a bracelet, too!” moment.

By: Fallon

Fallon — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 13:59:29 +0000

I’m pretty sure Biden would be willing to experience what John McCain went through in Hanoi ten times over to have his child back. This post is as callous as it gets Scott. I am really ashamed people can get this crass over politics

I am as sentimental as the next person, but this is ridiculous. I noticed you didn’t say that Joe would go through McCain’s hell to get his child and WIFE back. That omission is telling. If Governor Palin had choked up at any point, she would have been crucified.

What’s odd is that we admire tears in men but not in women. Men who cry are “sensitive.” Women who cry are “weak.”

When former Congresswoman Pat Schroeder cried during her 1987 exploratory run for president, critics said she set back women’s chances for the White House by 20 years. That would pretty much make 2008 the perfect time for Governor Palin to succeed.

“For men, crying has become this mandatory rite of passage,” Schroeder says, “but for women, it’s still not O.K.”

By: Scott Malensek

Scott Malensek — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 13:27:15 +0000

Where did the “single parent” topic come from?