"Joe you are my brother"

[LynneSin]

[tymorial]

1. That is a powerful image.

I didn't see this. Thank you for sharing that.

[Rex]

2. I wish I could rec this a million times.

Heartwarming and heartbreaking...my love goes out to the Biden family and everyone at that service. Beau Biden talked the talk and walked the walk.

Thank you for your service as a military vet, a leader of people and a father to a family.

A huge loss of potential. Got something in my eyes now.

[Ilsa]

3. Makes me wish I had grown up in the Biden family.

They love one another, no bitterness, envy, no malice.

[AngryOldDem]

4. Emotionally exhausted after watching this.

Obama's and Hunter's eulogies were some of the most powerful I have ever heard.

May the Bidens find strength and peace in the days ahead.

[TNNurse]

5. So hard to type with tears in your eyes.

I love and admire these men.

[AikenYankee]

6. Love to Joe

and his family.

[calimary]

31. Welcome to DU, AikenYankee.

Good to have you with us. Comforting to have you with us on a day like this. I've never met ANY of the Bidens, but I'm intensely struck by the loss of Beau Biden, and I'm hurting for the whole Biden family. PARTICULARLY Joe Biden himself. He is truly a beloved figure in this country. Friendly, genuine, lovable, goofy, warm, good-hearted, totally authentic, amiable as all-get-out, just plain DEAR. He's SO human, and he's paid such heavy dues.

I'm so proud to see a President/Vice President team that's THIS strongly, securely, and sincerely connected. I can remember quite a few teams, but never teams who were also friends, who weren't just cobbled together for purely strategic political purposes. It's not just President Obama. It's his Vice President, too. I genuinely love them BOTH. Together and separately. They clearly like and respect each other. They're clearly brothers-in-arms. You can tell. No wonder, even in the face of such constant obstruction, they've still managed to get this much done. Can't help but love Joe Biden. Can't help it. Little warts and all. Those little warts are just part of what makes him lovable.

I texted a friend earlier today re: the band "not sure how much I'll get done today..." But I'm attending a very reverential wake for Beau Biden here on DU, and it is giving me great comfort. Reading through all the threads and kind of meditating on it all - it's comforting and reassuring. It's inspiring to savor the words here. DUers are tremendously insightful and eloquent!!! It's salve for the sorrowful soul. Glad you're here. I hope it's doing the same for you.

[mountain grammy]

33. +1

The threads have been comforting to me too. Like you said, calimary, salve for the sorrowful soul.

[AikenYankee]

36. It is calimary ...

and thanks for the welcome. Couldn't agree more with your kind words.

[DFW]

57. I've met Joe Biden

He's every bit what you think he is. No charade or play-acting. He's the real thing.

[calimary]

60. I believe it, DFW.

Heard similar things from too many different directions not to believe it. From friend and enemy alike.

[Hekate]

7. Every single day I have thought how well Obama chose when he took Biden for his VP

Both men have such heart -- but Joe is the one who wears it on his sleeve.

[calimary]

25. Okay, THAT got me, too.

You took the words right out of my handkerchief, Hekate.

[Tarheel_Dem]

28. +1

[Aerows]

41. I can't help but love Joe Biden

He's a good man. It's not fake with him - it's who he is.

[DFW]

58. I quite agree, though I remember different sentiments right before he was chosen

I knew of the choice before most did. Stupid me, I broke the news on DU, got blasted for it.

He turned out rather well, didn't he? After all he has had to endure, too.

[MissDeeds]

8. Wow

Very powerful and moving.

Love and prayers to the Biden family today and in the days and weeks to come.

[nirvana555]

9. R.I.P. Beau Biden.

[Scarsdale]

53. Family values

The Bidens personify family values. They have never preached about them, just live them daily. Joe is a great guy, naturally warm. My heart goes out to them. I have lived what they are now going through, and it hurts to your very core. Togeher they will find the strength to overcome this tragedy. Taken much too soon.

[MissDeeds]

59. I am so sorry, Scarsdale

Losing a child must be horrible; it goes against the logical order of things. I hope you were blessed with a strong, devoted family like the Bidens to help get through the loss.

[TantaLois]

10. This indeed is the DREAM

When relationships are built, nourished and lived across divisions of age, race and all other barriers - humanity is enriched. This was the Dream. Not just that those who were oppressed would be lifted and those who were isolated would be brought into community; but that society together would be able in unity to reach for better things, higher hopes and more powerful impact. I am personally thankful for demonstration of the rich friendship between these two men; partially because I can imagine what a rich oasis it is for Our President amidst the desert of hate and criticism he experiences and also for the picture of the balance of friendship to give and receive love not in parsed equal measure but in extravagant grace.

[mountain grammy]

14. Well said..

welcome to DU.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

26. eloquent. Thank you.

_/\_

[calimary]

27. Welcome to DU, TantaLois.

Glad you're here. Beautifully said. Feels like we're all kind of sitting together at a national wake. What do Jewish people call it? Sitting shiva? We do not mourn alone here, as you've probably noticed. A whole nation seems to be grieving. We sure are, in our own little "nation" online here. I'm so touched reading all the comments, all the expressions of grief - every one of them magnificent, stirring, consoling. Glad you're here. Here's to pondering it (and shouldering it) together.

[Tarheel_Dem]

29. I hope you're a writer. If not, what a tragedy. Excellent post. You expressed what we're feeling.

[sheshe2]

42. beautifully said.

Thank you for your words, TantaLois.

[Gothmog]

11. This was a great eulogy

[Paladin]

12. I can't say I've been honestly proud to be an American, for some time.

Today's services for Beau Biden changed that. Feels pretty good. Blessings to those family members and friends who are hurting.

[mountain grammy]

13. I can't look at a thread about Beau Biden

without sobbing...

[wordpix]

17. I feel the same way

[one_voice]

15. Seems so inappropriate to knr..

something so heartbreaking.



knr

[LynneSin]

18. I know. But when is the last time we had a President and VP that truly showed us

true friendship?

There is a bond between these two I don't think we have ever seen in the modern years of the presidency. It will be something I know I will miss after 2016.

[one_voice]

20. You're right...

you can tell they care about each other so much. Like you I will miss it too.

My cousin knew Beau via the military--said he was one of the nicest people you'd ever meet. She's so upset by his passing. I have a friend that worked for Gov. Markell and she got to know him that way and was very upset too.

He really did touch people's lives....

[asjr]

16. That is a beautiful picture of true friends. I hope

to goodness no snark-minded Republican monster makes fun of it.

[flamingdem]

19. The consoler in chief hugs again

sniff..

[George II]

21. It was the first time since becoming President that I heard his voice crack and get teary.

They've really developed a very close relationship - more than any President and Vice President I've every seen.

[katmille]

40. Two other times that I remember

Sandy Hook and when he told of his grandmother's passing. This one was palpable, though. You know how much it hurts him. And as a parent you can only imagine this pain, unless you have lost a child. I can't even go there.

[WillyT]

22. :( :::::::::::::::::

& Rec !!!

[Iwillnevergiveup]

23. So, so moving

The sustained devotion Joe Biden showed his family throughout his life is truly exemplary. I get the feeling that he and Barack have sustained each other throughout their terms, as well. They are a team for life...broad shoulders, indeed.

Peace to the Biden family as this very sad time.

[calimary]

24. Oh man, there go the waterworks...

I am feeling so melancholy today. Feel so terrible for the Bidens and for all of Delaware and, for that matter, the rest of us in this country who ALSO have lost the kind of exquisite-quality human being that Beau Biden was.

[George II]

30. And after that long hug, he kissed Biden on the cheek

[Cha]

39. Yes, here's the pic.. so precious..

MOre..
http://theobamadiary.com/2015/06/06/the-presidents-eulogy-in-honor-of-beau-biden/

Beau Biden~RIP

[sheshe2]

43. Now that made me cry.

I just got home from work, Cha. I have missed all this and will have to catch up.

Such a heartbreaking yet beautiful image of two great men in their hour of grief.

RIP ~ Beau Biden

[Cha]

44. Beau's Memorial and Eulogy from President Obama was so unbearably sad, she...

They have such strength..











MOre..
http://theobamadiary.com/2015/06/06/the-presidents-eulogy-in-honor-of-beau-biden/

Beau Biden

[sheshe2]

45. I just finished reading

The eulogy, no words. Only tears~

Thank you for the link to TOD.

Cha

[Cha]

46. You're Welcome,she~

Beau

[Thinkingabout]

47. You know, she, I thought today about the father Joe Biden has been to his children and then

I think about President Obama did not have the relationship with his father but I do believe he found this great father in Joe Biden.

President Obama is very busy but he still has time for his daughters, I know he is elated to be a part of the Biden Family and his family has been blessed by this relationship.

[sheshe2]

49. This!

I think about President Obama did not have the relationship with his father but I do believe he found this great father in Joe Biden.

Thinkingabout, that embrace and kiss embodies a deep love and respect.

[awoke_in_2003]

32. They have a relationship...

that I have not seen between a POTUS and VP. Clinton and Gore were good together, but I don't think they were this close. They genuinely appear to enjoy each other's company. I can't blame them- who wouldn't want to hang out with Joe?

[mountain grammy]

34. I wish our nation could find the love and respect these two men have for each other..

It's a beautiful thing, and has been since the beginning. Great choice, President Obama.

[MineralMan]

35. Thank you, Mr. President!

Truly.

[Paka]

37. Great Picture.

Great friendship. A true team that worked well together. Unlike a few past Administrations in my lifetime.

[Cha]

38. Here are some more precious pics from Beau's Memorial~

MOre..
http://theobamadiary.com/2015/06/06/the-presidents-eulogy-in-honor-of-beau-biden/

Mahalo Lynne~ Beau Biden~RIP

[herding cats]

48. This broke my heart with its beauty and honesty.

This was a a glimpse of two people being there for each other in a raw moment of loss, heartache and support. If that isn't what brotherhood and sisterhood are about, I don't know what is.

I've dealt with my share of personal loss, but what Joe Biden has had to endure over his lifetime no person should ever have to experience. I'm glad he has true friends who care, and are there for him.

[world wide wally]

50. LOVE

Conquers all

The most powerful force in this world

[Dr. Xavier]

51. And this is why I am honored to be a Democrat

The Repugs claim to be the party of Lincoln but they are also the party of Ronnie Rayguns, Harding, Silent Cal Coolidge, Hoover, Nixon, Ford, the Bushes, and the current idots controlling Congress. We on the other hand are the party of Roosevelt, Truman, Kennedy, LBJ, Carter, the Big Dog, and this man, Barack Obama. Say what you will, look at this photo, that is true love and compassion...

[fadedrose]

55. Just looking at that picture

makes me proud to be a Democrat, and happy about it. Like somebody said, bad things happen so that a good thing can happen. The picture would never have been taken and the world would not know that we are not a racist society, and that our President and Vice President are very special people admired by most Americans.

[lovemydog]

52. Oh man.

That's two really good people right there.

Here's the eulogy in case anyone wants to watch it here.

[whathehell]

56. Beautiful..

Thank you.

[stonecutter357]

54. .