Joe Biden Rebukes the Athena of Incremetalism
Good old Uncle Joe keeping it real up in here.
“I like the idea of saying, ‘We can do much more,’ because we can,” Biden told The New York Times in an interview published Thursday.
Clinton, a former Obama administration official, has criticized Sanders on the trail for his bold proposals, suggesting that his policies aren’t pragmatic.
“I don’t think any Democrat’s ever won saying, ‘We can’t think that big — we ought to really downsize here because it’s not realistic,’” Biden said. “C’mon man, this is the Democratic Party! I’m not part of the party that says, ‘Well, we can’t do it.’”
Biden, who has said he and President Barack Obama do not plan to endorse in the primary, added that presidents are always told not to push anything they can’t be successful in because that would minimize their authority.
“I completely disagree with that proposition,” he said. “Everything I’ve ever cared about — with the exception of the president’s brilliant passage of the Affordable Care Act — takes time. The only way to get these big things done is talk about them.”
Joe is a team player but no fan of the Clinton machine….
Joe is rebuking the goddess of war? 😉
” Everything I’ve ever cared about … takes time. ”
Joe Biden blasts incrementalism with a stinging rebuke! I’m with Joe! Heck! I am Joe!
…The only way to get these big things done is talk about them.”
Quote cropper.
Speaking of the ‘goddess of war’, here’s a well-researched down-the-middle article on how Hillary became a hawk:
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/24/magazine/how-hillary-clinton-became-a-hawk.html?action=click&contentCollection=magazine®ion=rank&module=package&version=highlights&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=sectionfront
Kinda concerns me…
Thanks for the link:
As Hillary Clinton makes another run for president, it can be tempting to view her hard-edged rhetoric about the world less as deeply felt core principle than as calculated political maneuver. But Clinton’s foreign-policy instincts are bred in the bone — grounded in cold realism about human nature and what one aide calls “a textbook view of American exceptionalism.” It set her apart from her rival-turned-boss, Barack Obama, who avoided military entanglements and tried to reconcile Americans to a world in which the United States was no longer the undisputed hegemon.
Lol. The cropped part wasn’t germane to my point. Besides, I also agree with the point that that big things need to be discussed
I thought you were being sarcastic.
Well my comment about Joe rebuking incrementalism was sarcastic. But somehow it didn’t work out the way I intended.
My takeaway was that Joe was all for incrementalism when it leads to big things, because big things take time. Anyway, a discussion for another time.
Joe will be doing the American public, especially Delawareans when he leaves office and shuts his big mouth. No one loves to hear Joe speak more than Joe himself. Can you PLEASE collect your giant taxpayer funded pension and STFU, Joe?