Photo caption: Vice President Joe Biden gestures towards wife Dr. Jill Biden, after speaking during the third day of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, Wednesday, July 27, 2016. “The threats are too great, the times are too uncertain to elect Donald Trump president of the United States”, Biden said. “There has never been anyone more qualified [to be president]”, he said of Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton.
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“This year, in this election, I am asking you to join me – to reject cynicism, reject fear, to summon what’s best in us, to elect Hillary Clinton as the next president of the United States, and show the world we still believe in the promise of the great nation”.
Biden’s speech became serious when he said why Trump isn’t the right fit for president and referred to ISIS. That is a bunch of malarkey.
Just hours earlier on Wednesday, Trump encouraged the Russians to obtain Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton’s emails from her private server, a statement that shocked and anxious national security observers.
“Think about that. Think about everything you learned as a child, no matter where you were raised, how can there be pleasure in saying, ‘you’re fired'”.
Biden described her as “always there” for those in need, with an understanding of how to improve health care and lower college costs.
Biden also criticized Trump’s comments on North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, suggesting in an interview with the New York Times that he would only defend countries if they have fulfilled their obligations.
Biden recounted his hardscrabble story of growing up in middle-class neighborhood of Scranton, Pennsylvania, which he used as an opening to attack Trump. “I know Hillary. Hillary understands”. “Actually, he has no clue”. We think about the countless thousands of other people who suffered so much more than we have with so much less support.
Biden wrapped up his speech by making a forceful case for American exceptionalism.
“We can not elect a man who belittles our closest allies while embracing dictators like Vladimir Putin”, Biden said. Biden acknowledged his nickname as “middle-class Joe” in Washington, D.C. (a way of saying he is not “sophisticated”) and said he is fine with being who he is. Biden said he had made it through that loss with the help of people around him.
“The 21st century is going to be the American century”, Biden exclaimed.
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“It’s never, never, never been a good bet to bet against America”, he said. “Come on, we’re America!” We are America. Second to none and we own the finish line.
