Our Next Vice-President is a Man of the People

[bigtree]

Sen. Joseph Biden, D-Del. mingles with coffee shop employees at the train station in Wilmington, Del., Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2008, after arriving by Amtrak. Biden usually commutes form Delaware to Washington and back by train and is a regular customer of theirs.
(AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)



Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., arrives to board the Amtrak Acela train to Wilmington, Del. Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2008, at Union Station in Washington.
(AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)



Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del. greets Amtrak employees after arriving in Wilmington, Del., Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2008. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)



Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del. whispers to a server in the cafe car aboard the Amtrak Acela train from Washington to Wilmington, Del., Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2008. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)



Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del. mingles with passengers on his way to the cafe car aboard the Amtrak Acela train from Washington to Wilmington, Del., Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2008. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)



Democratic vice presidential candidate Sen. Joseph Biden, D-Del. mingles with people at the train station in Wilmington, Del., Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2008 upon his arrival from Washington.

[Historic NY]

1. My kinda guy, Joe....lets have a beer sometime ..

does any one here know he is President Emeritus of the De. Volunteer Fireman's Assoc.

Joe you come to NY and I will have my brother take you around...he is a wheel in the volley's. Thats not talk thats a promise.

[gateley]

4. I didn't know that about Joe - that says a lot.

And wouldn't you just love it if he could take you up on your offer? You'd have a great time! :hi:

[Historic NY]

8. You got it from all sides in Ny....I can't go any where w/o them saying hey your

-----'s brother. Could you imagine....I'd love to take Joe with my brother they would have fun....Joe, Joe come soon were going to the fireman's home.

[Historic NY]

12. from his web....

A Personal Connection: For over three decades, Senator Biden has had a personal bond with fire fighters. His local Delaware volunteer fire fighters helped in what he calls three of the most consequential events in his life. In 1972, after his wife and his three children were broadsided by a tractor trailer, the fire service was able to save his two young sons trapped in the automobile. In 1988, after the Senator was diagnosed with a life-threatening cranial aneurism, his local firefighters drove him in the middle of a snow storm from Delaware to Walter Reed Hospital, in Washington, D.C., for major surgery. And a few years ago when lightening struck his house, again the fire service was there and saved his home.


Joe Biden stands in our ranks like Ben Franklin from old...his actions in all those yrs speaks volumes to volley's, he is part of the brotherhood.

[gateley]

2. And a man FOR the people. Thanks for posting these --

it's nice to see him on the train again, I bet it meant a lot to him. He's referred to those people as 'family' since he's been traveling with them for 35 years.

[TomInTib]

3. Bankrupt people, maybe.

I will never forget that he is sucking at the teat of MBNA.

[iamjoy]

5. He Doesn't Worry About Deference

He doesn't worry about people treating him with "deference" or "respect" as a precondition for talking to them.
He knows respect has to be earned.

I've never met this man, but it seems to me, he doesn't pretend he's an ordinary man to win votes. He genuinely empathizes with people. What a shame the media doesn't cover him more. When the flashy charm of a mooseburger eating mom/governor fades, I hope Joe's earnestness and wisdom get more attention.

[Canuckistanian]

6. Can you imagine Caribou Barbie doing this?

Mingling with non-believers, liberal elites and latte-sippers?

In fact, I don't think they'll ever let her off that leash.

[bigtree]

7. not for anything more than a photo op

[Canuckistanian]

9. Yeah!

After the last flash goes off, she's outta there.

She doesn't seem the "populist" type.

[ColbertWatcher]

11. The GOP will counter with Hairdo hunting or some shit. n/t

[ColbertWatcher]

10. Atta boy, Joe! n/t