Tip for WaPo: Look into young Joe Biden

Tip for WaPo: Look into young Joe Biden. From “What It Takes: The Way to the White House”, a story of the 1988 presidential election by reporter Richard Ben Cramer: “’Sheriff Joe’ was reportedly involved in a spate of anti-social activities as a child and adolescent, including but not limited to elaborate neighborhood pranks, street brawls, and even an assault on a lowly dorm employee in college.” Like “Dreams from Bill Ayers My Father” another book nobody bothered to read.

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  • Oh man, do you all remember that crazy Teddy Kennedy and some of his pranks as a young man?

    Cheating and getting kicked out of Harvard.

    Then there was that awesome one he did when he actually drove his car off the bridge to scare that Mary Jo....and then ran home to have a strategy meeting to save his political career