Bill, thanks for sharing. Character is as character does when out of sight.

Hank

>>But on the point of Harris.....I think we can all agree that there is a concern about Biden, his age, and his health.
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>>Admittedly, some of this boils down to how well people come off. Trump was very much overweight, at an advanced age, and has a horrible diet. Having said that, there's one thing that even his biggest detractors have to admit - the man has incredible stamina.
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>>Biden is deteriorating. His little talk at the beginning of the Super Bowl, while inspirational, was also cringe-worthy. He does NOT look good.
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>>So the selection of the VP became even more important.
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>>I'll take a ton of heat for this, but I have a fundamental problem with Biden saying all along, "I'm going to pick a woman of color". If Harris had actual accomplishments that would serve to truly qualify her, she would have been insulted by the notion. She has a criminal justice record she cannot defend, she changes her position constantly to suit political needs....but above all, the D voters walked away from her during the primaries.
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>So.. let's stipulate all that.
>She and Joe are what we have.
>I've been around longer than most people here, and I don't recall a time when a president walked into a situation as messed up as this one.
>But I feel sure that things will be OK
>Why?
>I might have told this story before here. If so, fast forward and forgive me. At this age these things blur.
>My aunt Eunice – my mother’s youngest sister – had four children.
>Winifred - Winnie – the youngest – was a bright, vivacious, tall, stunning redhead who died tragically in her forties from breast cancer- leaving a grieving husband and three redheads.
>Aunt Eunice called and asked if I’d like to attend a memorial service for Winnie in the rotunda of the capitol in Washington, DC.
>Senators from each state had been asked to name two breast cancer victims to be memorialized at a ceremony in the capitol. Their pictures and biographies would be displayed in a carousel in the rotunda.
>Winnie’s widower, Don, had been Joe Biden’s roommate at the University of Delaware and Joe named Winnie and another victim for Delaware.
>I took the Metroliner down and met my aunt, my cousins and Winnie’s family at the rotunda. Joe was there with the family and greeted me warmly. The ceremony was heart-wrenching – children read memories of their late mothers. That’s a horrible disease.
>Afterward, Joe invited us back to his office where Aunt Eunice, being Aunt Eunice, began to tell Joe how to run the United States of America.
>Don had invited me to have dinner with the family before returning to New York, so while Joe listened dutifully to aunt Eunice, Don and I went down to the rotunda to wait for everyone.
>We waited longer than expected and then one of my cousins came and told us that my aunt had collapsed in Joe’s office. Joe had called 911 and gone to the ER in the ambulance with her.
>We learned that it was a false alarm- but they wanted her to stay the night.
>Don and I had dinner in Union station and I took the train back to New York.
>My cousins told me that Joe stayed in her room with the family till she was discharged the next morning and her children took her home.
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>I'm OK with Joe.