Joe Biden Reveals He Wavered Until The Very End On Whether To Run For President
Source: Huffington Post/AP
WASHINGTON -- Vice President Joe Biden emphasized that family, not politics, loomed large in his decision not to pursue a third presidential run.
In an interview on CBS's "60 Minutes" on Sunday, he noted that the grief over the death of his son Beau earlier this year continues to affect him and his family.
"It doesn't follow schedules of primaries and caucuses and contributors and the like. Everybody grieves at a different pace," he said. "What I struggled with was whether or not I could emotionally handle this in a way that when I thought of Beau, it wasn't a problem."
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"Biden also denied reports that in his last days, Beau had urged his father to run, calling the notion "Hollywood-esque."
"Nothing like that ever, ever happened," he said."
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"Suggesting that politics only played a secondary role in his decision, Biden laughed off rumors that he harbors tensions toward Hillary Clinton, denying he ever doubted her viability as the Democratic presidential front-runner."
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""These must be the same guys who knew I was going to run!" he joked, referring to speculation that he would run. "That's never been the case. Go back and find anybody who says for the four years we worked together, Hillary and I weren't friends... Hillary and I get along together. The only reason to run is because I still think I could do a better job than anybody else could do. That's the reason to run. I wouldn't run against Hillary."
He insisted that he was not jabbing Clinton when he commented earlier this week that "we should look at Republicans as our enemies." Clinton had called the GOP "enemies" during the last Democratic debate.
"That was a reference to Washington," he clarified."
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So what have we learned from this?
1. Beau Biden did not make a death bed request for Joe to run.
2. VP Biden was not addressing HRC in his I'm not running speech.
3. VP Biden and HRC are friends.
4. VP Biden never considered running as a backup plan in case HRC would lose. His desire to run would only be based on his opinion that he would be best for the job.
5. HRC was clearly joking when she referenced Republicans as the enemy.
but probably the most important thing to be learned from this is that the MSM doesn't know bupkis.
They report rumors and innuendos as news, and go out of their way to mislead.
That some still seem to fall for such things at a words notice, without a healthy bit of skepticism, is unfortunate
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Response to still_one (Reply #2)
He is a real dream VEEP. Obama chose well.
The guy is authentic. Let him go in peace. He has certainly earned that respect. Again, he has been an absolutely awesome Vice President, maybe the best in my lifetime, which goes back to Truman.
Obama and Biden have been a true tag team.
