How Can Biden Have Decades of Change in D.C.?
The formal introduction of Joseph Biden as the vice presidential running mate of Barack Obama suggests to me that the Obama-Biden campaign needs to do some quick remedial work with the two candidates to get their speaking skills more finely tuned for the Democratic National Convention.
For example, Barack Obama said of Joe Biden, “For decades, he has brought change to Washington.” That line struck me as odd right away - the sort of thing that any good speechwriter would catch and toss away before it could ever leave the lips of the candidate.
How is it possible for a United States Senator to bring change to Washington D.C. for decades? If Senator Biden really has been working for change for 36 years, well, then he hasn’t been very effective in his work, has he? When you’ve had almost 40 years in a powerful position in the government to make change, and you’re still working on it, that’s not really change, is it? Moreover, having the same person occupy the same Senate seat for more than an entire generation isn’t emblematic of bringing change to Washington D.C.
This single line exposed one of the greatest weaknesses of Barack Obama’s pick of Joe Biden to be Vice President: Biden undermines Barack Obama’s claim to be the candidate of change. That’s not the sort of vulnerability that ought to be introduced on the very first day of a new political partnership.
“If Senator Biden really has been working for change for 36 years, well, then he hasn’t been very effective in his work, has he?”
It’s because any “change” has to first be sanctioned by the corporations who run D.C. It’s been going on for a long time - since WWII and the rise of the military/industrial complex. You’ll note how quickly the “changes” happened under dictator Bush, since these were exactly what corporate America wanted. Bush was the capstone in their many decades long quest.
No progressive changes will be forthcoming from Washington anytime soon. After the “election” we’ll be headin’ for consolidation of the police state that Bush/Cheney and the neocons began. Put McCain in and it’ll just happen quicker.
People who are completely unbiased, undecided, and neutral this piece writing and ask the following questions which severely weaken your case. You offer no examples with references, or facts at all. You call his career long devotion to the political process a opposition to the idea of change in D.C. Isn’t change in Washington a task which could possibly take a lifetime? Your concluding paragraph calls into question Biden’s prior remarks expressing concern for Obama. Why is it even notable that a former Democrat or Republican hopeful has previously expressed apprehensions for their competitors during their career.