Former Vice President Joe Biden, who seems to be actively considering a run for the presidency in 2020, has largely stayed in the background during the hearings with Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and his accuser, professor Christine Blasey Ford, due to his controversial role in the Clarence Thomas-Anita Hill hearings almost 30 years ago.
According to a Monday New York Times report, Biden has publicly apologized for some of his actions as then-Senate Judiciary Committee chairman, though he privately expresses frustration that his words have been taken out of context and the political moment of the early 1990s largely forgotten.
Now, as he mulls a presidential run in two years, he needs to figure out how to deal with that part of his past.
“If he handles it right, it could be a plus; if he handles it wrong, it’ll be a minus, former Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) told the New York Times. “And handling it right means stepping up to the plate.”
I really don’t care how Biden handles this… NO WAY he should run.
Joe is man enough to recognize his mistake and apologize for it. The Rs will forever remain the biggest assholes on the planet.
Relax, he won’t run due to his age. Though he would make a great POTUS.
There is this thing among members of the GOP tribe that they can’t (not won’t) recognize that their optics on certain issues is beyond redemption.
What I am interpreting Blasey Ford’s motivation with coming forward is that she wanted the powers to be to understand the person that Kavanaugh was, and now we see that Kavanaugh was a rotter in HS who won’t apologize that he was. You can’t be forgiven if you don’t think you’ve done anything wrong. As a Catholic Kavanaugh should understand contrition, and he hasn’t shown any.
It’s the lying, the stage managing to give cover to the liar, for me it’s not about what Kavanaugh thinks about a President being above the law it’s about how he conducts himself when faced with a challenge.
Is this really to deep into the weeds for some? I thought this process was what helped one become a better person.
I wish!