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    1. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 16 May 2019

      Jeet Heer Retweeted George Blaustein

      Even if you don't support a candidate (or maybe especially if you don't support them) you should make an effort to understand their appeal. No one has explained the appeal of Joe Biden better than @blauwsteen in this splendid piece.https://twitter.com/blauwsteen/status/1129024837018619904 …

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      George Blaustein @blauwsteen
      Hello, here is a long essay about grief & mourning that happens to have Joe Biden as its protagonist and American politics as its setting, in the @newrepublic: https://newrepublic.com/article/153910/joe-biden-audacity-grief …
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      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 16 May 2019

      I think @blauwsteen is exactly right that Biden's persona is not the jovial uncle Joe of Onion legend but something deeper (although connected): the hardbitten, toughened man who has endured pain.https://newrepublic.com/article/153910/joe-biden-audacity-grief …

      8:07 PM - 16 May 2019
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      • oldladymd, democracy fan daverino (((Alex Holt))) samiali Socialist Fremenist Hudson. 🏳️‍🌈 Trump & GOP murdered 1,187,000+ 🇺🇸 🌊🇺🇦 The New Republic Adam Sherman
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        1. Leigh Silverton‏ @LeighSilverton 16 May 2019
          Replying to @HeerJeet @blauwsteen

          Yes - There's great importance of someone who has endured his kind of loss and arisen again and again -- grit, insight, empathy. It's all important.

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        1. O'Toole Is A'Stoole‏ @ConsAreCons 16 May 2019
          Replying to @HeerJeet @blauwsteen

          F him.

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        2. Michelle‏ @MidtermsPlease 16 May 2019
          Replying to @HeerJeet @blauwsteen

          Folks... love him or hate him, this is a great article. Share it.

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        3. Wanda‏ @itsWanda 17 May 2019
          Replying to @MidtermsPlease @HeerJeet @blauwsteen

          Agreed. Def enjoyed the idea he reclaimed the vice presidency by being suited for it. Biden’s attempts to cast himself as middle of the night shoulder to cry on/grieve with are consistent with his paternalistic (& IMO odious) persona. His way to be a hero and center of it all.

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        2. IrrevLyn is wearing a Bast-damned mask & BLM!  😷 😾‏ @Reverend_Lyn 17 May 2019
          Replying to @HeerJeet @blauwsteen

          Yeah, but, he's got the problem that we remember that he's a war on crime, war on drugs, corporatist. He's going to have to find a way to reconcile the utter racism of the first two and the economic fail of the latter.

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        3. Elisabeth Darcy née Bennet is fully 💉& 😷!‏ @Elisabeth_Drcy 18 May 2019
          Replying to @Reverend_Lyn @HeerJeet @blauwsteen

          Or… And hear me out… JUST VOTE FOR ELIZABETH WARREN, INSTEAD! Seriously! #Warren2020

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        1. Kelly‏ @KellAF18 17 May 2019
          Replying to @HeerJeet @blauwsteen

          He’s a man and he’s white. That’s his appeal especially to older voters. Sigh.

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        1. Debbie  🏳️‍⚧️‏ @Daedelean 17 May 2019
          Replying to @HeerJeet @blauwsteen

          I'm reading the essay now and I can't tell if you're being sarcastic.

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