posted ago by kag_WI
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I seem to vaguely remember stories about Hunter telling his dad he should not run for president. That seemed weird at the time - why would Joe’s kid discourage him? I wonder why? (Not)
Does anybody remember this and have any news links that talked about that?
I seem to vaguely remember stories about Hunter telling his dad he should not run for president.
That seemed weird at the time - why would Joe’s kid discourage him? I wonder why? (Not)
Does anybody remember this and have any news links that talked about that?
I remember Obama saying that.
Me too -- maybe he knew about Joe's declining mental health too
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/16/us/politics/biden-obama-history.html
"In 2016, Mr. Obama quietly pressured Mr. Biden to sit out the race, partly because he believed Mrs. Clinton had a better chance of building on his agenda, and partly because he thought Mr. Biden was in no shape emotionally following the illness and death of his son Beau in May 2015.
By now, the line between heart and head, between the personal and political, so clear a decade ago, has blurred completely.
The two men spoke at least a half dozen times before Mr. Biden decided to run, and Mr. Obama took pains to cast his doubts about the campaign in personal terms.
“You don’t have to do this, Joe, you really don’t,” Mr. Obama told Mr. Biden earlier this year, according to a person familiar with the exchange.
Mr. Biden — who thinks he could have defeated Donald Trump four years ago — responded by telling Mr. Obama he could never forgive himself if he turned down a second shot at Mr. Trump."
His recently released text message hunter told Biden he had to run
I thought it was Beau that asked him not to when he was dying of brain cancer..
I think it might have Beau, too. But yes, there was reluctance from his family.
Now we know why. Not dementia, CRIMES.