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Biden: Trump Is More george Wallace than George Washington

October 25, 2018 Buck Banks

“No president has ever led by fear. Not Lincoln. Not Roosevelt. Not Kennedy. Not Reagan. This president is more like George Wallace than George Washington!”

— Joe Biden, quoted by CNN at a rally in Florida.

Biden: It’s Appropriate to Question His Age

October 18, 2018 Buck Banks

“I think it’s totally appropriate for people to look at me and say if I were to run for office again, ‘Well God darn you’re old.’ … Well, chronologically, I am old.”

— Joe Biden, saying that it would be “totally legitimate” to question his age if he mounts a White House bid in 2020, CNN reports.

Biden Leads Trump by 7 Points in 2020 Matchup

August 1, 2018 Buck Banks

44% to 37%

A new Politico/Morning Consult poll finds Joe Biden leading Donald Trump in a possible presidential race, 44% to 37%.

Joe Biden Doesn’t Like What the Trump White House Sniped About John McCain

May 11, 2018May 12, 2018 Trish

But we doubt this is the lowest they will go.

Sanders or Biden Would Beat Winfrey Handily

January 18, 2018 Buck Banks

46% to 37%

A new Politico/Morning Consult poll finds Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) would beat Oprah Winfrey in a head-to-head Democratic presidential primary match up, 46% to 37%. Former Vice President Joe Biden would beat Winfrey by a larger margin, 54% to 31%.

Biden: We Are Battling for the Nation’s Soul

August 28, 2017 Buck Banks

“If it wasn’t clear before, it’s clear now: We are living through a battle for the soul of this nation.”

— Former Vice President Joe Biden, writing in The Atlantic.

Biden Chides Trump on Public Television

January 6, 2017 Buck Banks

Grow up, Donald. Grow up. Time to be an adult. You’re president. You’ve got to do something. Show us what you have.

— Vice President Joe Biden, in an interview on PBS, criticizing Donald Trump’s attacks on the U.S. intelligence community and his grasp of health care policy.

Biden’s Excellent Ted Cruz Joke

March 7, 2016 Buck Banks

An inspiration to every kid in America who worries that he’ll never be able to run for president because nobody likes him. He’s running. And look, I told Barack, if you really, really want to remake the Supreme Court, nominate Cruz. Before you know it, you’ll have eight vacancies.

— The Washington Post reports Vice President Joe Biden poked fun at Sen. Ted Cruz as the Gridiron Dinner.

Biden Says Trump Could Be Nominee, but Not President

February 22, 2016 Buck Banks

I think it is very possible he could be nominated and depending on how this all plays out. I would take him seriously in terms of being able to win because he’s appealing to fear.

— Vice President Joe Biden, asserting that Donald Trump could end up clinching the Republican nomination, while adding that he “would be surprised” if Trump got elected, Politico reports.

Biden Bashes Homophobes

October 5, 2015 Buck Banks

“No president has ever led by fear. Not Lincoln. Not Roosevelt. Not Kennedy. Not Reagan. This president is more like George Wallace than George Washington!”

— Joe Biden, quoted by CNN at a rally in Florida.

“I think it’s totally appropriate for people to look at me and say if I were to run for office again, ‘Well God darn you’re old.’ … Well, chronologically, I am old.”

— Joe Biden, saying that it would be “totally legitimate” to question his age if he mounts a White House bid in 2020, CNN reports.

44% to 37%

A new Politico/Morning Consult poll finds Joe Biden leading Donald Trump in a possible presidential race, 44% to 37%.

46% to 37%

A new Politico/Morning Consult poll finds Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) would beat Oprah Winfrey in a head-to-head Democratic presidential primary match up, 46% to 37%. Former Vice President Joe Biden would beat Winfrey by a larger margin, 54% to 31%.

“If it wasn’t clear before, it’s clear now: We are living through a battle for the soul of this nation.”

— Former Vice President Joe Biden, writing in The Atlantic.

Grow up, Donald. Grow up. Time to be an adult. You’re president. You’ve got to do something. Show us what you have.

— Vice President Joe Biden, in an interview on PBS, criticizing Donald Trump’s attacks on the U.S. intelligence community and his grasp of health care policy.

An inspiration to every kid in America who worries that he’ll never be able to run for president because nobody likes him. He’s running. And look, I told Barack, if you really, really want to remake the Supreme Court, nominate Cruz. Before you know it, you’ll have eight vacancies.

— The Washington Post reports Vice President Joe Biden poked fun at Sen. Ted Cruz as the Gridiron Dinner.

I think it is very possible he could be nominated and depending on how this all plays out. I would take him seriously in terms of being able to win because he’s appealing to fear.

— Vice President Joe Biden, asserting that Donald Trump could end up clinching the Republican nomination, while adding that he “would be surprised” if Trump got elected, Politico reports.

There’s homophobes still left. Most of them are running for president, I think.

— Vice President Joe Biden, quoted by The Hill.

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

“One woman at a rally in New Jersey told me last week that she was ‘nauseously optimistic.’ That may capture a lot of people’s last-minute jitters.”

— Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), quoted by Axios, on what Democrats feel ahead of the midterm elections.

“I think Congress made a mistake not protesting turning the Rose Garden into what looks like the entrance to Liberace’s bathroom.”

— Former President Bill Clinton, quoted by The Wrap.

“Boy, they are scraping the bottom of the barrel. It feels like a real desperation play to me, because it has got zero basis in the law.”

— Republican election law expert Ben Ginsberg, quoted by Politico, on the Trump administration’s effort to invalidate Alaska’s election results.

Numerati

3,824

$1.4 billion

-35 points

31%

63% to 38%