What matters … what doesn’t
David M. Poole, writing for STYLE Weekly, recalls an encounter with a much younger version of Sen. Joe Biden. It’s a good read. Against all odds, one Democrat managed to stir life into the proceedings. Biden, then a 41-year-old senator from Delaware, delivered a speech that riffed on the tragic loss of fallen heroes — John […]
David M. Poole, writing for STYLE Weekly, recalls an encounter with a much younger version of Sen. Joe Biden. It’s a good read.
Against all odds, one Democrat managed to stir life into the proceedings. Biden, then a 41-year-old senator from Delaware, delivered a speech that riffed on the tragic loss of fallen heroes — John and Bobby Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr. He spoke about his belief that Americans longed for a leader who encouraged them to consider the common good. Biden wanted to know how the United States had gone from a president who challenged people to “ask not what your country can do for you” to one who pandered with the question, “Are you better off than you were four years ago?” The students gave him a standing ovation.
Click here to read Poole’s Back Page piece.
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