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...Biden story didn't end here. If it had, we could at least have given him the Milton Berle award for knowing (and stealing) good material when he sees it. His problems, unfortunately, run deeper and deservedly should KO his presidential candidacy...
Examples span settings sublime and ridiculous. The sublime: Biden simply was unimpressive in his questioning of Bork. He rarely completed sentences, and continually flashed cheesy smiles as he asked the judge to repeat himself over and over "just so I can get this straight." The ridiculous: "I think I have a much higher IQ than you do," he snapped to someone named Frank at a New Hampshire event last year...
...finger, he claimed to have gone to law school on a full academic scholarship, finished in the top half of his class, won an international moot court competition and been named the outstanding student in political science at a college he said he graduated from with three degrees. "And," Biden said, delivering the coup de grace, "I'd be delighted to sit back and compare my IQ to yours if you'd like, Frank." So there...
...wasn't exactly Ollie North challenging Abu Nidal mano-a-mano. But however Frank might fare against Biden braino-a-braino, he'd be hard pressed to lose a veracity contest to the senator. All of Biden's claims were false. "I exaggerate when I'm angry," he said by way of explanation. Similarly, his aides tried to explain away his appropriation of Kinnock's speech and ancestry by saying that he had gone on "automatic pilot...
That's not good enough. Remember his outburst against George Shultz last summer? Who wants a president who flies off the handle every time he goes on auto pilot? All candidates like Biden have going for them are their character. With few legislative accomplishments to speak of, and few issues they can call their own, that is what they must try to sell to the public...