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Joe Biden's Story of a Pool Brawl Went Off the Deep End
https://www.elle.com/culture/career-politics/a29073037/joe-bidens-corn-pop-pool-fight-story/
This weekend, a video of Joe Biden telling a story at a pool-naming ceremony in 2017 floated up to the surface of Twitter where it was received about as well as a mysterious warm spot in the water of the deep end. Biden told a Wilmington crowd of his youthful days as a lifeguard at the site and an altercation he got into with a ne'er-do-well named Corn Pop. It starts off weirdly specific and homey and suddenly veers into a scene of violence straight out of The Warriors. Joe Biden seems to have invented a genre I can only describe as What the Folksy.
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Mr. Pop escalates the exchange by telling Biden to meet him outside. Not to belabor this already off-the-rails story, but Mr. Pop got down off the board to go outside, so I do believe this a point in favor of Biden. This is where I would freeze this video if I was showing it as a part of an after-school water crimes diversion program. "What went wrong here, class?" I would ask. "Everything!" they would answer back in unison. Biden then introduces another character to whom he goes for fight advice like The Karate Kid hitting up Mr. Miyagi. However, apparently "wax on, wax off" hadn't been invented yet, because Biden is advised to wrap a chain around a man's head.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,740 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Thekaspervote
(32,778 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
George II
(67,782 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,740 posts)We can't even tell if it was ever actually a horse; it's been not so much beaten as puréed.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Hassin Bin Sober
(26,330 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
progressoid
(49,991 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Clash City Rocker
(3,396 posts)There was already one with over a hundred posts, despite the fact that Joe last mentioned this story two years ago. It just comes across as certain people desperately wanting to find a reason to hate the guy, and the argument benefits Trump more than anyone else. Can we please just move on? Thanks.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
maxsolomon
(33,345 posts)1962 was a different world, Elle
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
BlueMississippi
(776 posts)Elle is a major fashion and lifestyle publication known for its articlees on lipstick, eyeshadow, mascara, hair color and nailpolish.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
stonecutter357
(12,697 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
ritapria
(1,812 posts)I want Bernie to defeat Biden but this story seems like a real dud ..
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
highplainsdem
(49,005 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Gothmog
(145,330 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
oasis
(49,390 posts)What's not to like?
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)"This is troubling for Bernie."
(my go-to response to vapid non-issues... inspired of course, by your own consistent use of the "this is troubling" meme)
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Gothmog
(145,330 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Joe941
(2,848 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided