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Congratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: This message was self-deleted by its author [View all]JonLP24
(29,322 posts)10. I think the issue was desegregation and who he invited
Biden, who would go on to lead the Judiciary Committee a decade later, got his start on the panel under Eastland. Few senators were more virulently outspoken against desegregation than the Mississippi senator, who was known for incendiary floor speeches on race.
Yet Biden invited Eastland to speak on the Senate floor in support of his anti-busing bill.
"I want to personally ask your continued support and alert you to our intentions," Biden wrote on Aug. 22, 1978. "Your participation in floor debate would be welcomed."
The letters, which are filed away in Eastland's archives at the University of Mississippi, offer a window into the robust nature of Biden's support of anti-busing bills.
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Not at all... under the "Bernie standard," it's called vetting, no worries!!
InAbLuEsTaTe
Apr 2019
#12
Yes, I didn't know this new information about Biden... surprising to say the least.
InAbLuEsTaTe
Apr 2019
#46
Why so afraid of the truth? I don't get it. Better to get this info out now
InAbLuEsTaTe
Apr 2019
#58
Facts are smears?! Is that the standard?? Please lay out the standard that should be equally applied
InAbLuEsTaTe
Apr 2019
#71
If one is honest, can anyone say they belive Biden continued to hold those beliefs anytime
hlthe2b
Apr 2019
#2
And yet we are on a board called, oh fuck it, what is the point anymore
Eliot Rosewater
Apr 2019
#16
Expect every little sin to become big new scandal the criminal in the White House who has
kimbutgar
Apr 2019
#5
This is meant to PREVENT ANY DEMOCRAT from winning WH ,when will people figure this out?
Eliot Rosewater
Apr 2019
#7
I thought you were all about vetting? Shouldn't we address this stuff now rather than later?
Hassin Bin Sober
Apr 2019
#39
Better this comes out in the primary than the general... at least that's what they say about Bernie!
InAbLuEsTaTe
Apr 2019
#15
And don't forget Joe's IWR vote...why he'll not get my vote in the primary under any circumstances.
InAbLuEsTaTe
Apr 2019
#22
Before you know it we'll be seeing OPs about a tan suit he once owned back in 1968.
George II
Apr 2019
#37
I think CNN just uncovered some old letters rather than anything associated with Sirota
JonLP24
Apr 2019
#34
Biden was way ahead of the times It's now almost universally agreed that school busing doesn't work.
George II
Apr 2019
#32
My support for Joe is unwavering and even stronger when i read these attacks on him
samnsara
Apr 2019
#50