Biden unspools an endless supply of 'Bidenisms'

[left-of-center2012]

Joe Biden unspools an endless supply of ‘Bidenisms’ on the campaign trail.

Joe Biden was slaloming through his stump speech here the other day when he decided to begin imparting some family wisdom, passing along a few of the aphorisms he'd learned over his 77 years. “With the grace of God and goodwill of the neighbors, as my grandfather used to say,” he began before turning to one from his father: “Don’t tell me what you value, show me your budget. I’ll tell you what you value.”

His wife, too, had a saying he wanted to share: “My wife has an expression: Any country that out educates us will out compete us.” Finally, there was his mother: “If my mother were here, she’d say, ‘Joe, hush up and start taking some questions.’ ”

These “Bidenisms,” whether by design or simply because it’s the way he talks, come tucked into his often meandering speeches in a way that speaks to the family heritage, folksiness and twinkle-eyed nostalgia that have become core elements of his political brand.

Biden quotes most often from his father, a car sales manager who died in 2002, and his strong-willed mother, who died in 2010. His expressions hark to a humble upbringing in Scranton, Pa., and Wilmington, Del., drawing attention to middle-class roots with sayings that anyone can live by: “Without your word, you’re not a man” (his dad); “As long as a person’s alive, they have the obligation to strive” (his mom).

“My dad had an expression,” Biden said in the first speech of his campaign, and almost every one since. “He said, ‘Joey, a job is about a lot more than a paycheck. It’s about your dignity. It’s about respect.’ ”

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[NYMinute]

1. wisdom is more endearing than trump's lies and Sanders' pandering to anger nt

[LongtimeAZDem]

2. +∞

[left-of-center2012]

3. I was born and grew up in PA

Biden's from Scranton, and I grew up in rural western PA.

Joe talks the way my family and neighbors talked.

Not funny; not corny; not 'put on'.

Just plain talk from the heart.

‘Joey, a job is about a lot more than a paycheck. It’s about your dignity. It’s about respect.’ ”

[floppyboo]

6. Maybe next time he could run as governor of PA?

Kidding!
Looking forward to seeing who gets motivated to go out and caucus/vote in the next few weeks. It's all been so much guessing up to now, with the centre and progressives each crossing toes and fingers.
Good luck to all!

[NYMinute]

7. Biden will be POTUS

Sanders will be the senator from vermont and name a few more post offices that he will be remembered for.

[Hortensis]

4. Here's one: Biden's never owned stock or bonds since first

being elected to office when he was 29. He decided not to to avoid the appearance of conflicts of interest.

The subsequent enormous runup of wealth over the past 50 years means that's cost him the fortunes his money "working" for him that way would have created, as it has for so many around him, but...priorities and principles.

[Walleye]

5. His net worth when he ran in 2008

Was around $300,000, and that was his house. They are swiftboating by attacking his strength, ethics.

[Hortensis]

8. Umhm. Hillary polled strongly admired and trusted as both

Secretary of State and senator, approval ratings up in the 60s and 70s, far exceeding those of ANY Republican candidate, so trustworthiness and integrity HAD to be swiftboated.

Whatever there is to admire and want is what they destroy belief in.