Joe Biden was raised to hate bullies. His mother told him time and time again that he was no better than anyone else and that no one else was better than him. She taught him to treat everyone with respect and that the worst kind of person uses their power to make others feel bad.
When he was a kid, Biden’s parents came home from a Christmas party and young Joe learned that his dad had just quit his job. Evidently, Joe’s dad’s boss, drunk with power, had dumped a bucket of silver dollars on the floor and then laughed at his employees as they scrambled to collect them. Joe Sr. quit on the spot.
When Biden got bullied by kids bigger then him and came home crying and bloody, his mom sent him back out to fight them. She told him that Biden’s never back down from bullies. There was nothing worse than someone who used their power over those weaker and they would never let those people stand unchallenged.
When a nun made fun of Biden’s stutter, his mom marched right into the school, confirmed the story and then turned to that nun and -- despite being a devout catholic -- told that nun that if she ever made fun of Joe again she would rip that bonnet off her head.
Biden still hates bullies and still believes in fighting for their victims. Biden was horrified by the slaughter in Bosnia and called it what it was — genocide. He pushed both Bush and Clinton to stand up against tyranny. When he met with Milosevic, Milosevic tried to convince him that there was no ethnic cleansing. “What do you think” asked Milosevic. “I think you are a damn war criminal,” said Biden.
Biden can’t stomach people using their power to harm or belittle others.
Joe Biden will be a great president
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This is Day 47 in my series 100 Days of Loving Joe Biden
Did you miss any of the 100 days? Here are links for all of them:
Day 1: Biden’s Tax Plan
Day 2: Biden and Gay Marriage
Day 3: Biden’s FDR Sized presidency
Day 4: Biden is a mensch
Day 5: Biden has a Covid-19 plan
Day 6: Biden ran the Obama economic recovery
Day 7: Biden’s Housing Plan
Day 8: Biden knows love and commitment
Day 9: Biden knows exactly who Republicans are
Day 10: Biden understands America
Day 11: Biden will bring smart, progressive policies to help Americans
Day 12: Biden has felt pain and found empathy
Day 13: Biden and the Violence Against Women Act
Day 14: Biden was endorsed by John Lewis
Day 15: Biden will protect teacher’s unions
Day 16: Biden will be a steady hand in the White House
Day 17: Biden cares about people in the dawn and twilight of life
Day 18 Biden has a great economic plan
Day 19: Biden would yank the Keystone XL Pipeline permit
Day 20: Biden has plans to help Americans with disabilities
Day 21: Biden sponsored the very first climate bill when in the senate
Day 22: Biden is a person of great character
Day 23: Biden has a great plan for saving the planet
Day 24: Biden has a great healthcare plan
Day 25: Biden will increase housing equality
Day 26: Biden loves dogs
Day 27: Biden has foreign policy swag
Day 28: Biden will work to increase the minimum wage to $15
Day 29: Biden will stand against gun violence
Day 30: Biden will protect, empower, and expand unions
Day 31: Biden knows commitment, love, and patience
Day 32: Biden is a person of faith
Day 33: Biden will listen to experts
Day 34: Biden will protect and expand social security
Day 35: Biden picked Kamala Harris
Day 36: Biden has an expansive plan to empower Latinos
Day 37: Biden will address income inequality in his economic agenda
Day 38: Biden will protect at risk communities from climate change
Day 39: Biden has great pro-worker plans for his presidency
Day 40: Biden was for civil rights before civil rights were cool
Day 41: Biden has a childcare plan to help parents and children
Day 42: Biden will reboot our foreign policy
Day 43: Biden is a genuinely kind man
Day 44: Biden takes the steps to help people
Day 45: Biden protected us from a SC justice Bork
Day 46: Biden is not afraid to take the side of good over evil
