Real Name: Roy Mark Member Since: January 21, 2008 Last Signed In: September 21, 2008 Profile Views: 194 Blog Views: 1360 Poll: Racial misgivings of whites an Obama issue Gov Palin approval 53% and rising Media approval knee high papa and falling Clinton Administration cost us billions in lost offshore royalties Biden's mythical blue collar roots Come out, come out whoever you are SAME OL SAME OH YOU MAY BE A LIBERAL IF WILL THE ADVOCATE EVEN ADMIT IT HAPPENED? THE SKY'S NOT FALLING THE SKY'S NOT FALLIN G Hurricane study puts less blame on global warming April 08 May 08 June 08 July 08 August 08 September 08 October 08 November 08 December 08 
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Biden's mythical blue collar roots
http://townhall.com/columni... The Wall Street Journal informed readers that "Sen. Joe Biden showcased his working-class upbringing." The New York Times said he "spoke frequently, and earnestly, of his blue-collar background." No, he didn't. In fact, he did just the opposite. Anyone paying attention would have noticed as much. But the legend of Joe Biden, born in a welding shop, dies hard with political reporters, who find it easier to romanticize a gritty, hardscrabble childhood than a conventionally comfortable one. The facts are there for anyone who wants to look at them. When Joe Biden Sr. died in 2002, his obituary in the News-Journal of Wilmington reported that when he married in 1941, "he was working as a sales representative for Amoco Oil Co. in Harrisburg." It went on, "Biden also was an executive in a Boston-based company that supplied waterproof sealant for U.S. merchant marine ships built during World War II. After the war, he co-owned an airport and crop-dusting service on Long Island." Upon moving his family to Delaware, the News-Journal said, Biden "worked in the state first as a sales manager for auto dealerships and later in real-estate condominium sales." Executive, co-owner and manager? Those titles identify the jobholder as solidly middle class, if not better. They fall in the category of white-collar occupations, not blue-collar. And Biden JR clearly knew the difference. In his book, "Promises to Keep," Biden writes that his father was "the most elegantly dressed, perfectly manicured, perfectly tailored car sales manager Wilmington, Del., had ever seen." Biden notes that he himself could have gone to the best public high school in Delaware. Instead, he enrolled at Archmere Academy, a Catholic prep school that made him think he had "died and gone to Yale." He took a summer job to help pay the steep tuition, which today amounts to $18,450 a year.” OMG, Biden's father worked for big oil?! How can we trust him to be a heartbeat away from the presidency?! Father a car salesman and real estate peddler? Joe comes by prevarications honestly
Roy Mark 2 comments from 2 users
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posted by
ragman
on Aug 31, 2008 at 03:34 PM
Sound working class to me. But, I have reading comprehension skills. (Most of the time.)
posted by
BIGJ
on Aug 31, 2008 at 03:09 PM
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