In addition, he baselessly accused the truck driver involved in the crash that killed his wife and daughter of doing so while intoxicated (accusing him of “drinking his lunch”). In fact, the truck driver was found to have been faultless in the crash, no alcohol involved and there was no basis for a prosecution – http://www.cbsnews.com/news/driver-in-biden-crash-wanted-name-cleared/
Before you say he made as mistake, Biden is an attorney and knows the rules about slander. He’s an embarrassment no matter how you slice it.
As I’ve said to Brian, simply identifying as one party or the other doesn’t make someone good or bad. Obama doesn’t seem to love him, but you do, so you must have the inside track :). Favorite Biden quote from 2007:
In the article published Wednesday, Biden is quoted evaluating presidential rivals Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-New York, former Sen. John Edwards, D-North Carolina, and Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois. His remarks about Obama, the only African-American serving in the Senate, drew the most scrutiny.
“I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy,” Biden said. “I mean, that’s a storybook, man.”
