Joe Biden is so compassionate and firm in this Anderson Cooper interview.

[nolabear]

Oh my God. A kind, caring, consoling and intelligent human being. He’s a tad testy over his son’s death, and all the deaths we’re experiencing. He can help us heal. He’s also advocating purpose and stopping the proliferation of these killing machines.

[mobeau69]

1. Disappointed that he wouldn't call rump a white nationalist when he was asked by Cooper because

he fucking is.

BTW, what happened to Joe's right eye?

[nolabear]

7. It doesn't negate the strength of everything he said.

[mobeau69]

10. Did you see Beto's interview after Joe's?

Now that was strength.

[nolabear]

12. That was anger. Strength in a different package.

Beto has been stellar. So was Joe.

[Cha]

18. Joe Biden had amazing strength, too.. this is NOT a contest, mobeau.

[MustLoveBeagles]

19. I stand with both of them

[Cha]

22. Of course, Beagles! We

need them all! No time to be divisive.

[MustLoveBeagles]

30. I agree

[Cha]

11. Mahalo for that, Nola

[nolabear]

13. I would love to see them all draw on their strengths together.

Beto was great. Kamala was good. Joe was wonderful. In this case I won’t compete. We need them all.

[MustLoveBeagles]

29. I don't have it in me right now to be critical of any of the candidates

Even the ones that annoy me. I just can't do it.

[nolabear]

34. I hear ya. I'm so sick of rage. Even outrage.

[emmaverybo]

37. Every ugly racist is not, officially, a white nationalist. Trump enables many hideous movements

from neo-Nazis to white supremacists to anti-immigration populists. You name it. He personally is
not as motivated by ideology as by power and money. He is amoral. He has no real allegiances.
He is a sociopath. He is actually due to the lack of a purely ideologically-driven motive very dangerous.

Biden said whether or not he is a White Nationalist...

If the label is that important to you, go for it.

I think Joe knows who and what Trump is. Biden was the first candidate to make Trump’s embrace of our worst angels, of the white supremacists and new-Nazis among us, the central theme of his candidacy when he launched.

Likewise, organized crime does not have an ideology. But it does anything and everything to get and keep power and money. Trump would endorse Hitler and satan himself to feed his hunger.

I honestly do not think it does a thing for Democrats to label his brand of corrupt malignancy. You better bet if it serves him he’s for it.

[Celerity]

42. looks light a slight bruise or inflammation nt

[mobeau69]

43. Ya think?

Looks like Jill gave him a bruiser or something! LOL. His eye was half shut during the Cooper interview yesterday.

[Cha]

2. Mahalo, Nola

[highplainsdem]

3. Overwhelming interview. He couldn't be more different from Trump.

[nolabear]

9. Were you going to post it when you could?

Or was that someone else?

[highplainsdem]

15. That was me, and I've posted the only clips available so far, but they're most if not all

the interview, and include that final section on surviving grief:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1287229037


If I can find complete video of the interview later, all in one piece, I'll post that as well.

[nolabear]

16. Thanks!

[mobeau69]

44. I hope so! Being different than trump is a low bar!

To be honest, Joe does have some vanity issues himself.

[highplainsdem]

45. Please read more carefully. I didn't just say he's different from Trump.

I said HE COULDN'T BE MORE DIFFERENT FROM TRUMP.

As for your second line there -- do you really want to start sniping at our candidates over "vanity issues" when we'll be running against the Malignant-Nacissist-in-Chief?

[mobeau69]

46. Trumps ridiculous hair job is reflective of his inability to accept the things he cannot change.

Points to how small he is. A real man says fuck it, I'm bald and sports a Bookeresque look.

[Big Blue Marble]

4. He is an authentic inspiring leader who

has the ability to help us recover the soul of our nation

[Cha]

5. Thank You for that, Big Blue Marble!

[Cha]

6. KICK!

[peggysue2]

8. Just watched the interview

Biden was excellent in the interview, direct, firm and absolutely clear about the danger that is all things Trump. It also struck me-- having watched this and a speech Joe delivered to military families--that there's no one better to speak to the issue of personal loss, the terrible weight of it and then how to regain your footing in the aftermath. In fact, that part of the interview almost made me cry. Nearly had Biden weeping, too. Anderson Cooper seemed genuinely moved by those last few minutes. He lost a brother and said quite truthfully, 'you never get over it.' Glad I caught the program.

[Cha]

14. I'm seeing many people did cry, Peggysue..

Thank you for that vivid description of Biden's interview.

Highplainsdem has some Tweet Clips of the interview here..

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1287229037

[peggysue2]

23. It was a very genuine moment

That loss is just beneath the surface for Biden. You can see it in his face, hear it in his voice. And then, the final thought on healing--to find purpose.

I'd say Joe Biden has found his in this fight for the soul of the country, reminding us who we strive to be, even when we stumble. It's a message of hope which has been in short supply over the last three years. We need more of this.

Good one on him!

[Cha]

28. Sigh.. I think you're

absolutely right.. Joe Biden is going through the worse kind of grief himself.. losing his son Beau. He knows what families and loved ones are going through on his own level.

Not as shocking and horrific as losing them to a hateful-racist killer, with an automatic assault gun, while they were out shopping, of course, but your loved ones are still gone.

He is the epitome of hope who has found his purpose, and encourages others to find theirs in this time of deep, unfathomable despair.

As Biden stated in his launch Vid..

Joe Biden: “We are living through a battle for the soul of this nation”

https://www.vox.com/2017/8/28/16211422/joe-biden-trump-charlottesville

[emmaverybo]

21. Anderson also just lost his mother.

[peggysue2]

24. That's true, emmaverybo

And Cooper gave a very moving video memorial celebrating his mother and her life.

He's been there.

[emmaverybo]

26. Yes, indeed. Read her memoir and she really moved me in talking about her son's death.

[Cha]

33. I didn't know..

Thank you

[emmaverybo]

35. Aloha, Cha!

[highplainsdem]

17. Video:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1287229037

[nolabear]

20. ❤️❤️❤️

[Thekaspervote]

25. It was a really good interview for sue, yes kind and compassionate

[emmaverybo]

27. I don't think he has real competition when it comes to the ability to communicate those qualities

to an audience.

[SunSeeker]

31. And he gave really excellent advice about dealing with the loss of a loved one.

Made me choke up.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

36. Like what? Didn't see

[SunSeeker]

38. He said you have to have hope for tomorrow, so you can be there for the loved ones you still have.

He said the pain of the loss never completely go away, just the really bad days get further apart.

He suggested you plot a point on a piece of graph paper where you are at on the "bad day scale" of 1 to 10. At first do it every day. You will see as the months go on, the 10s diminish in number. He cautioned they never go away completely, and you just need to understand that and plan for it. But as you see their frequency diminishing, it will give you hope. And when you catch yourself smiling through tears, you will realize you can do it. That you will be ok.

Then he told a story about Beau, when everyone knew he only had a few months left, including Beau. Beau told him "I'm going to be ok. I want to know, are YOU going to be ok?" (That's when I teared up!!!) The point of that story is your loved ones want you to be ok. They want you to be there for their other loved ones.

Joe also said that it really helps to deal with your grief if you find a PURPOSE in life, and pursue it.

He said a lot of other, often personal stuff, but that's all I can remember off the top of my head.

You can watch the video here: https://www.democraticunderground.com/1287229037

With that specific portion here:

Link to tweet

[randr]

32. His claim that the magnets are winning the soul of our nation disturbs me

They have no souls to start with and evil hatred will never conquer love.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

39. The reason he is my nominal favorite.

No disrespect at all to the others (with the exception of Gabbard)—Warren and Harris and everyone else have been great, and I loved Beto’s righteous anger.

But after 3 years of this monster, I just want someone who exhibits kindness and fundamental decency. And Biden is the best of the best IMHO in that department.

[Peacetrain]

40. He was exactly what we needed at this time.. and people will turn to him.. the center

that fluctuates back and forth and gives us our eventual President.. our bases are locked in ..

[nolabear]

41. I agree. I wish he was being more out there.

Maybe it’s tactical but we could use that sane, kind but firm presence.

[Gothmog]

47. This was a great interview

[Gothmog]

48. Biden plays a unique role amidst tragedy

Biden is our national grief counselor

Link to tweet

Speaking to those who’ve endured unimaginable loss, Biden said, “Find a purpose, something that matters, particularly if it’s something connected to the loss you just had. . . . I get up in the morning and I think to myself every morning, is [Beau] proud of me? Am I doing what he wants? And I’m sure that it’s the same way with you and a whole lot of other people.”

He added that “at a moment there will come a time when you think of the person you lost, and it takes a long while. But you’ll get a smile before you get a tear, and that’s when you know you’re going to make it. And so many people have gone through what I’ve been through without the help I had.”

Often chided for gaffes, Biden, we see, can be downright profound when discussing loss. Wrapping up, he explained, “Sometimes it’s really dark, but there is hope. And think about what it means for those family members you have left — they need you. They need you. And look, folks, that’s why I think that it matters the stories of these people, for the public to understand that this is not just a statistic. This is — this is who we are, who they are. I mean, it’s a — and it really is about, you know, sort of reweaving that social fabric that holds a society together— honesty, decency, hope, leaving nobody behind, giving hate no safe harbor.”