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2009-10-24 Home Front: Politix

Biden's Response to Cheney Criticism: 'Who Cares?'

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Posted by Fred 2009-10-24 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Cluelessness - A great alternative to knowing what is actually happening

Posted by gorb 2009-10-24 03:06|| 2009-10-24 03:06|| Front Page Top

#2 We care.

Posted by Richard of Oregon 2009-10-24 06:25|| 2009-10-24 06:25|| Front Page Top

#3 Trivia
U.S. Senator from Delaware, 1973 - present.

Son of a car dealer in Scranton, Pennsylvania.

Survived a brain tumor.

Third youngest man ever elected Senator in U.S. history (several weeks before his 30th birthday). His wife and small daughter were killed in a car crash around the same time.

Attended Syracuse University.

Sought the Democratic nomination for the Presidency of the United States of America in 1987, but had to drop out in September of that year when it came to light that he had lifted part of a speech given by British politician Neil Kinnock during his campaign. It was an aide to fellow presidential candidate (and eventual Democratic nominee for 1988) Michael Dukakis who leaked videotapes of Biden giving that controversial speech.

Attended the University of Delaware.

Was sworn in as the 47th Vice President of the United States on January 20, 2009.

Never drinks alcohol, citing a history of alcoholism in his family. Claims to be dry his entire life.

Father of Beau Biden.

Posted by Black Bart Shinetle1140 2009-10-24 08:05|| 2009-10-24 08:05|| Front Page Top

#4 Jill Tracy Biden (née Jacobs) (born June 5, 1951) is an American educator and, as the wife of Vice President of the United States Joe Biden, is the Second Lady of the United States.

She was born in Hammonton, New Jersey and grew up in Willow Grove, Pennsylvania. She married Joe Biden in 1977, and became stepmother to his two young sons from his first marriage, Beau and Hunter, whose mother and baby sister died in a car accident. Joe and Jill Biden have a daughter, Ashley, born in 1981. Jill Biden has a bachelor's degree from the University of Delaware, master's degrees from West Chester University and Villanova University and a doctorate degree from the University of Delaware. She taught English and reading in high schools for 13 years, and also taught emotionally disturbed adolescents at a psychiatric hospital. From 1993 to 2008 she was an English and writing instructor at Delaware Technical & Community College. As of 2009, she is an adjunct professor of English at Northern Virginia Community College, and she is thought to be the first Second Lady to hold a paying job while her husband is Vice President.

She is the founder of the Biden Breast Health Initiative non-profit organization, co-founded the Book Buddies program, and is active in Delaware Boots on the Ground. She participated in her husband's presidential and vice-presidential campaigns while continuing her teaching responsibilities

Posted by Black Bart Shinetle1140 2009-10-24 08:08|| 2009-10-24 08:08|| Front Page Top

#5 He's stil an idiot.

Posted by 49 Pan 2009-10-24 08:57|| 2009-10-24 08:57|| Front Page Top

#6 As far as I am aware, the wife of the nation's vice president is not call anything... even "First Lady" is an unofficial descriptor rather than a title, referring to the fact that she takes social precedence over other women in American society during her husband's term in office, regardless of any title of nobility they might have. This does not reflect the professional standing of any of the ladies involved, nor her social equality to any foreign ladies of nobility in their own homelands.

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