Joe Biden

Joe Biden

Back in the 2000 primary season Orrin Hatch decided to throw his hat in the ring for the Republican nomination. I distinctly remember one commentator asking why would Hatch bother to run, since it didn’t appear that Hatch himself seemed to know.

Well, now Joe Biden is running again and I can’t help but think of the same thing.

All I can really come up with is that if you are in the US Senate long enough you have to run or they look at you funny on the Senate floor. It seems like since every senator thinks that they should be the next president one must at least make an attempt after a while.

But, Biden is proving to be a doof. He says stupid things. And, although some will try and spin that to say that he is not programmed and phony, it is not a positive reflection on him when they have to spin that for saying something dumb.

What will happen to the poor souls that decide to back his candidacy and slap a sticker on their car?

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From the original Shotgun Prose January 2000

Hatch 2000
I actually saw a car on I-5 with a "Hatch 2000" bumper sticker. That makes one each for Hatch, Keyes, Bradley, Gore, Bush, McCain, Forbes, and one anti-Gore. Boy, things are really heating up around here.