# Democrats, do you like Joe Biden

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrats-do-you-like-joe-biden/818617>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [July 26, 2018, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrats-do-you-like-joe-biden/818617 "2018-07-26T14:06:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
**Page:** 3

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**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2018, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrats-do-you-like-joe-biden/818617/41 "2018-07-27T13:50:03Z")

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> [@Inigo\_Montoya](#):
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> He’s human & relatable, with known flaws. Just like Trump

(snipped by me)

I’m sorry but _ **WHAT?!** _

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**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2018, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrats-do-you-like-joe-biden/818617/42 "2018-07-27T13:57:54Z")

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> [@Guinastasia](#):
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> Joe Biden is awesome, and I was disappointed he didn’t run this time around. Hell, the _Onion_ articles alone would be worth it.

We live in the onion now. I’m not sure if we can go back to minor gaffes being major issues anymore.

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**Author:** ![Pantastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3bc359/32.png) [@Pantastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pantastic)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2018, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrats-do-you-like-joe-biden/818617/43 "2018-07-27T15:28:36Z")

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> [@Lamoral](#):
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> My point relates to _the perception of age_, not the physicality of it. The majority of human beings do not automatically thing “weak, infirm, and likely to die” about someone just because he’s old. If anything, they think “wise and experienced.”

You need to cite something better than naming fictional magical beings, some of whom are immoral and not even human, to support that claim, and especially the implicit claim about the presidency.

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**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2018, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrats-do-you-like-joe-biden/818617/44 "2018-07-27T19:21:16Z")

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> [@Pantastic](#):
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> You need to cite something better than naming fictional magical beings, some of whom are immoral and not even human, to support that claim, and especially the implicit claim about the presidency.

I cited Warren Buffett and dozens of Nobel Laureates.

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**Author:** ![Pantastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3bc359/32.png) [@Pantastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pantastic)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2018, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrats-do-you-like-joe-biden/818617/45 "2018-07-27T19:58:26Z")

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> [@DrDeth](#):
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> I cited Warren Buffett and dozens of Nobel Laureates.

I agree with the rest of the thread who agrees that citing Nobel Laureates who did their impressive work decades ago isn’t exactly convincing.

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**Author:** ![Ruken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f475e1/32.png) [@Ruken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruken)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2018, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrats-do-you-like-joe-biden/818617/46 "2018-07-27T21:26:31Z")

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> [@DrDeth](#):
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> I cited Warren Buffett and dozens of Nobel Laureates.

Oh I thought the Nobel thing was a joke. You’ve already been told multiple times why it’s irrelevant.

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