Middle Class Joe

Joe Biden was born in 1942 in Scranton, PA. Ten years later his middle-class family moved to Wilmington, Delaware. In 1968 he graduated from Syracuse University’s College of Law. In 1972 a miracle happened.

With no experience, no money and down 30-points in early polling, Biden was elected, by 3,162 votes, to the U.S. Senate. He was 29-years old. He served there for 36-years and then served twice as Barack Obama’s vice president. He ran for president in 1988 and 2008. His 2020 bid is his third try. Will the third time be the charm?

Middle Class Joe Cashes In

Biden says he’s known as, “Middle-Class Joe.” He says that a lot, going all the way back to 2009. In 2012 Joe said, “I’m actually tired of being called ‘Middle-Class Joe.’” He still uses the moniker despite his own counsel and recent success.

Since leaving office, Biden has made $15 million. Wealthy Joe and his wealthy wife, Jill, are putting the money to good use. They purchased a beach home for $2.7 million and are leasing a 12,000 square foot, $20,000 a month estate overlooking Washington D.C. The estate has parking for 20 cars, No more Middle Class Joe.

Gaffinator Joe

President Trump is rooting for Biden. He said, “I hope it’s Biden.” He then added, “Biden was never very smart.” Harsh? Perhaps, but Biden was 76th in a class of 85 at law school and finished 506 out of 608 in college. You decide. Biden may not be a top student, but he is a gifted gaffer.

At a 2008 rally in Missouri Biden shouted at State Senator Chuck Graham, “Stand up, Chuck, let ’em see you!” Graham, a paraplegic in a wheelchair, didn’t comply. At another event Biden thundered, “A man I’m proud to call my friend. A man who will be the next president of the United States—Barack America!”

He Said What!?

Biden doesn’t just say the wrong thing; sometimes he steals it. In law school he “used five pages from a published law review article without quotation or attribution,” according to the faculty report. During his 1988 failed presidential bid he plagiarized a speech from Brit politician, Neil Kinnoch.

Another time, Biden borrowed “verbatim passages” from a Bobby Kennedy speech. Recently Biden said, “Know what I was most proud of? For eight years, there wasn’t one single hint of a scandal or a lie.” Funny, half the country can recite the list.

Nobody Likes Uncle Joe

Amazingly, Biden is the Democrat frontrunner. Twenty or so non-frontrunners are, therefore, gunning for him. In the last debate Biden appealed for greater civility, citing his ability to work with the late Senator James Eastland, a known segregationist. Kamala Harris pounced.

She accusing Biden of “revisionist history” and coddling bigots. It was a well-prepared and effective attack. It is also becoming a common Democrat-on-Democrat tactic. Younger progressives, unwilling to wait their turn, are playing the race card to dispatch older progressives. Elections are the best.

The Coming Storm

On camera, Biden bragged about telling Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko to fire Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin or risk losing U.S. aid. Biden closed with, “Well, son of a bitch, he got fired!” Shokin was investigating energy giant Burisma Holdings and Joe’s son, Hunter, who was on their board.

Pops Biden then directed $1.8 Billion to Ukraine and sonny-boy, it’s charged, got a “sweetheart deal.” In 2018 and just 10-days after Joe and Hunter returned from China, Hunter’s private equity fund got a cool $1.5 billion from the Bank of China. DOJ investigations are warranted, said President Trump. Let’s see what’s hiding there.

Issues Smissues

To appease the progressives now running the Democrat Party, centrist Biden has been forced to free his moderate moorings. Under pressure, he caved on long-held abortion restrictions and embraced the New Green Deal. Biden’s flip-flop list is impressive, but he still can’t get Barack to endorse him.

In truth, Biden’s positions on the major issues hardly matter. They align with the rest of the Democrat field and the pre-approved progressive agenda. Biden remains the frontrunner, but his weaknesses are legion and getting worse. President Trump will not run against “Middle-Class Joe,” because that man no longer exists.