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Biden speaks out about his "vetting" process on Twitter. He still has a great sense of humor: (Original Post) George II Aug 2020 OP
Really ❤️ Joe. LakeArenal Aug 2020 #1
I met Joe during both Obama campaigns and once during a Hillary campaign...he is the best. Demsrule86 Aug 2020 #3
Did you work on those campaigns or just volunteer? jorgevlorgan Aug 2020 #6
I worked on 12 and volunteered the other times...I prefer to volunteer. Demsrule86 Aug 2020 #39
You just made my day. Thank you mahina Aug 2020 #46
Envy. But I did see him speak from the front row of the VIP seats. LakeArenal Aug 2020 #11
In 2016 I went to a small rally for Hillary Clinton - speakers were Bill, Gabby Giffords, and.... George II Aug 2020 #37
I was lucky to be this close to this guy. LakeArenal Aug 2020 #38
Great picture!!!! Demsrule86 Aug 2020 #41
I think Biden can be a more productive president. Pres. Obama tried to work with Demsrule86 Aug 2020 #40
Ah! Now I get it. "Vett." Tommy_Carcetti Aug 2020 #2
Thanks! Now I got it too lunatica Aug 2020 #12
I just love his chuckle.❤️ bamagal62 Aug 2020 #4
Love it. jorgevlorgan Aug 2020 #5
That's a SWEET ride!! AZ8theist Aug 2020 #7
Let's hope he can't drive it after 1/20/2021 dsp3000 Aug 2020 #49
AGREED!!! AZ8theist Aug 2020 #50
Great Ad! NonPC Aug 2020 #8
He pretended to drive a semi truck once. lunatica Aug 2020 #16
I don't believe DJT could pass a CDL medical. mwooldri Aug 2020 #43
LOL! Trumpy just hates electric cars. Good ad!! DippyDem Aug 2020 #9
I love a good pun. I'm a vet lover, too. And, I'm all in for President Joe Biden. ❤ nt littlemissmartypants Aug 2020 #10
Rt! Best of Luck with your Vetting, Joe Biden! Cha Aug 2020 #13
Oh, I love this! PatSeg Aug 2020 #14
F ya! That is great. What a SWEET ride! DIVINEprividence Aug 2020 #15
His first father-in-law owned a car dealership. Mr.Bill Aug 2020 #17
What a cool thing about him that I didn't know! leftieNanner Aug 2020 #20
Duh, it took me a second. ffr Aug 2020 #18
I'm ridin with Biden. SammyWinstonJack Aug 2020 #19
Trump doesn't even drive, does he? forgotmylogin Aug 2020 #21
Yes, I think I've seen videos of him behind the wheel in NYC, years ago. nt Ilsa Aug 2020 #24
Love the 'VETTE. Ridin' with Biden!! onetexan Aug 2020 #22
Joe is so cool. Dump Trump. Joinfortmill Aug 2020 #23
Perfect--make Joe the cool Presidential vote! Auggie Aug 2020 #25
Totally agree, he's genuinely cool PNW-Dem Aug 2020 #29
Love this ad gademocrat7 Aug 2020 #26
You know, Biden looks about a thousand times better and healthier than PatrickforO Aug 2020 #27
A happy marriage and close friends make a big difference. But after a few years as president, BComplex Aug 2020 #45
Yeah, that's for sure. Obama got gray too. PatrickforO Aug 2020 #48
It will work on some democgraphics. Scruffy1 Aug 2020 #28
1.2 million views in 2 hours. ffr Aug 2020 #30
IT'S THAT BIDEN KID AGAIN! NBachers Aug 2020 #31
This is such a great jibe at all the breathless media nonsense mcar Aug 2020 #32
I'd love to see Trump try to drive a stickshift muscle car. CaptainTruth Aug 2020 #33
There are still a few Republican trolls pushing the "dementia" crap about Joe DFW Aug 2020 #34
I might buy an electric Vette. Haven't had one since 1990. sinkingfeeling Aug 2020 #35
Reminds me of a local shop, Undercover Restorations, that specializes in Corvettes. CaptainTruth Aug 2020 #36
LOL! K&R! Love that clip. highplainsdem Aug 2020 #42
If Joe wasn't running for president... mwooldri Aug 2020 #44
Nice ad in the opinion of this auto enthusiast. Nt BootinUp Aug 2020 #47

Demsrule86

(68,620 posts)
3. I met Joe during both Obama campaigns and once during a Hillary campaign...he is the best.
Wed Aug 5, 2020, 05:01 PM
Aug 2020

And his hugs are great.

Demsrule86

(68,620 posts)
39. I worked on 12 and volunteered the other times...I prefer to volunteer.
Wed Aug 5, 2020, 09:30 PM
Aug 2020

But in 12 I needed the money! I did data entry as well as help set up campaign events. In fact, I have told this story. I bought my daughter who had an anxiety disorder to an event in Youngstown where Pres. Obama was supposed to speak but Sandy made it so president Clinton and Vice President Biden spoke instead. Both were great. Clinton was the 'explainer' in chief as he called himself...Obama being too modest to name his many accomplishments. People don't realize the first polls in 12 were not good. It was touch and go for a while.

My daughter had been doing better and wanted to go but she had a melt down just before it began and she was about to be escorted out by Secret Service when Biden intervened and moved her to an area that wasn't crowded...VIP area. Asked her about her college and just spoke to her pleasantly...she said it really impacted her life that he had a stutter and overcame it...kind of gave her hope. In the end she did overcome the anxiety that had plagued her for years. She loves Biden and supported him the entire primary. Biden is a wonderful human being so glad he will be president! I believe we are looking at a very important presidency...akin to Roosevelt in 1932.

mahina

(17,682 posts)
46. You just made my day. Thank you
Thu Aug 6, 2020, 12:14 PM
Aug 2020

That’s the best

So glad your daughter has healed!

Lovely to read this story this morning.

Aloha.

LakeArenal

(28,829 posts)
11. Envy. But I did see him speak from the front row of the VIP seats.
Wed Aug 5, 2020, 05:55 PM
Aug 2020

Made eye contact I know. Loved him then.
Knew two years ago he would run, that I would vote for him and that he would win.

That’s why the faux gaffes, and the hugs, never swayed me. Nor the young voter thing. He had lots of younger people and a delay, some even fainted to hear him.

I know I love Obama. I don’t know if Joe can be a better president. But just as good will be just as good.



George II

(67,782 posts)
37. In 2016 I went to a small rally for Hillary Clinton - speakers were Bill, Gabby Giffords, and....
Wed Aug 5, 2020, 08:10 PM
Aug 2020

....Mark Kelly.

Was in the front row, and I couldn't believe that Clinton kept looking RIGHT at me as he spoke!

I'd love to meet Biden, he's just a great down to earth guy.

(PS - way back when he was first President, I was at Saratoga where a woman was announced as awarding the winning trophy for the stakes race. The woman? Virginia Kelley, she was a huge racing fan)

Demsrule86

(68,620 posts)
40. I think Biden can be a more productive president. Pres. Obama tried to work with
Wed Aug 5, 2020, 09:39 PM
Aug 2020

the other side but couldn't...Biden knows better. We must end the filibuster and go for policy which will be very popular...look at the ACA we created a demand for healthcare. Now folks view it as a right. Obama was a great president and saved this country but now we have a chance to really get some policy done like Roosevelt did.

AZ8theist

(5,479 posts)
7. That's a SWEET ride!!
Wed Aug 5, 2020, 05:50 PM
Aug 2020

So cool our next President can tool around in a 67 Vette......

While Doturd can't even pass a written drivers test, much less operate a motor vehicle.

"VETTE" test indeed!!!!!!!!!!!!

dsp3000

(487 posts)
49. Let's hope he can't drive it after 1/20/2021
Thu Aug 6, 2020, 01:52 PM
Aug 2020

Presidents aren't allowed to drive cars in public roads. Watched comedians in cars getting coffee with Seinfeld and President Obama and the secret service has strict rules with that!

NonPC

(307 posts)
8. Great Ad!
Wed Aug 5, 2020, 05:53 PM
Aug 2020

Well done. It shows that Joe is a red-blooded American car guy.

Can Trump even drive a car? I've never heard of him ever driving -- except maybe a golf cart.

mwooldri

(10,303 posts)
43. I don't believe DJT could pass a CDL medical.
Thu Aug 6, 2020, 02:49 AM
Aug 2020

Whereas Joe Biden is probably fit enough to do flatbed trucking.

 

DIVINEprividence

(443 posts)
15. F ya! That is great. What a SWEET ride!
Wed Aug 5, 2020, 06:04 PM
Aug 2020

It is down to Rice and Harris I think. You can’t lose with either one.

Mr.Bill

(24,311 posts)
17. His first father-in-law owned a car dealership.
Wed Aug 5, 2020, 06:10 PM
Aug 2020

That Corvette was a wedding gift. I can well understand why he has never sold it. A few years back his kids had it restored for him.

leftieNanner

(15,137 posts)
20. What a cool thing about him that I didn't know!
Wed Aug 5, 2020, 06:15 PM
Aug 2020

Thanks for sharing this info. I'm a car person too. Had a 63 Porsche 356 rag top back in my single days.

Go JOE!

ffr

(22,671 posts)
18. Duh, it took me a second.
Wed Aug 5, 2020, 06:14 PM
Aug 2020


Damn! And Biden is as cool as Obama too!

He is going to make a fine president.

Auggie

(31,177 posts)
25. Perfect--make Joe the cool Presidential vote!
Wed Aug 5, 2020, 06:57 PM
Aug 2020

I’m serious. For simpletons who “want to have a beer with a guy,” this is great.

PatrickforO

(14,585 posts)
27. You know, Biden looks about a thousand times better and healthier than
Wed Aug 5, 2020, 07:03 PM
Aug 2020

Trump.

And he's right about electric cars, too. Look at what Polis is trying to do in Colorado.

BComplex

(8,058 posts)
45. A happy marriage and close friends make a big difference. But after a few years as president,
Thu Aug 6, 2020, 11:45 AM
Aug 2020

anybody....even Pete Buttigieg.... would look old after a couple of years. It's a huge weight to carry being the president of the USA.

PatrickforO

(14,585 posts)
48. Yeah, that's for sure. Obama got gray too.
Thu Aug 6, 2020, 01:37 PM
Aug 2020

As to Trump, though, I'm thinking his is more related to constant rage and too much fast food.

Scruffy1

(3,256 posts)
28. It will work on some democgraphics.
Wed Aug 5, 2020, 07:07 PM
Aug 2020

I was a member of SCCA for a whole lot of years when I was young. Have worked on a whole lot of race cars from Sprites to open wheeled Lolas. The corner workers called Corvettes "plastic pigs" because they were so heavy and hard to push. The Corvettes of that era were built on a ladder frame which didn't have much torsional stiffness. Even with a full welded in cage the frame twist was so bad that I remember that the inside front wheel stayed in the air on turns so long it was called in over the radio for locking brakes. It's still a cool ad.

mcar

(42,356 posts)
32. This is such a great jibe at all the breathless media nonsense
Wed Aug 5, 2020, 07:44 PM
Aug 2020

He really does have a good sense of humor. Dare I say (as a fellow native), a Scranton sense of humor?

DFW

(54,417 posts)
34. There are still a few Republican trolls pushing the "dementia" crap about Joe
Wed Aug 5, 2020, 07:52 PM
Aug 2020

A lot of them must be paid trolls, because they show up making the same comment on every article run by the Washington Post. If this is dementia, then Trump's brain activity, by comparison, is so low, you wouldn't even notice if they pulled the plug on his life-support.

CaptainTruth

(6,598 posts)
36. Reminds me of a local shop, Undercover Restorations, that specializes in Corvettes.
Wed Aug 5, 2020, 08:00 PM
Aug 2020

They do incredible work. Depending on where I'm working I sometimes drive by on the way to/from work & always slow down to look into the garage, & if they have a vehicle sitting outside I've stopped & taken pics.

[link:https://www.undercoverrestorations.com/|]

highplainsdem

(49,015 posts)
42. LOL! K&R! Love that clip.
Wed Aug 5, 2020, 09:47 PM
Aug 2020

I've never owned a Corvette, but once upon a time I dated a guy who owned a couple of them and belonged to a Corvette club, and I have to admit I liked his cars.

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