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An Emotional Introduction for Biden

Joe Biden's son Beau, the Attorney General of Delaware and a soon-to-deploy National Guard Captain, introduced his dad tonight. Beau gave a moving first-person version of the story we've heard so many times since last weekend, about Joe's dedicated single fatherhood after his first wife and baby daughter died in a car crash that left his two sons badly injured. Senator Biden, who had been elected but not yet sworn in at the time of the accident, took his oath of office in Beau's hospital room and commuted home to Delaware by train every night after finishing his work in the Senate.

-- Evie Stone

10:32 PM ET | 08-27-2008 | permalink

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This country needs more young men like Beau Biden. He is the son of a US Senator, and a soon to be mobilized member of the Delaware National Guard. He is a partial response to the question raised in Farinheit 9-11 about whether our leaders had any "(s)Kin in the game" in the Middle East.

Joe Biden is quoted, as saying "I don't want him going. But I tell you what, I don't want my grandson or my granddaughters going back in 15 years, and so how we leave makes a big difference." (Washington Post Aug 20,2008 - quoting a statement made at the Iowa State Fair in 2007.) As the mother of a Marine who has been to Iraq twice, I empathize.

I understand that Beau may be in line to be appointed to replace his father as Senator from Delaware. I wish this thoughtful young man (and all our troops) a safe and enlightening tour of duty.

Sent by Gail Bliss | 12:29 AM ET | 08-28-2008

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