Personally, any GOP member who supports rump must NEVER be supported, but I know who Joe Biden is, and I like him.

and now he's being snarky and dismissive about it.

“8 1/2 billion dollars, to fight cancer. And it mattered, save people’s lives, and he stepped up. He and three other Republicans stepped up and helped us pass it.”

That is the bottom line. Is cancer care only for the wealthy, or who are lucky enough to work for the right company? Or should EVERYONE be able to get treated for cancer -- no matter how little money they have or what their preexisting conditions may be?

I understand you are angry, but insinuating that Biden is against universal healthcare for all Americans isn’t right.

I'm not insinuating anything. Biden's actions speak for themselves.

“Is cancer care only for the wealthy, or who are lucky enough to work for the right company? Or should EVERYONE be able to get treated for cancer -- no matter how little money they have or what their preexisting conditions may be?”

Please provide any action or statement that Biden has made that indicates he believes cancer care is only for the wealthy, or is against care for those who have preexisting conditions.

You can’t.

The end. I am a big fan of your posts but I am done talking about this with you.

I understand that you don’t want Biden to run for President in 2020, which is a reasonable thing to want. But pretending he is against universal healthcare is not right.

Biden took that I am questioning.

The Republican then took that praise and turned it into POLITICAL ADS about what a great centrist he was. Meanwhile, the Democrats were trying to contact Biden to see if he would endorse the Democrat, and he wouldn't even TALK to them.

Nope he praised him for getting over 8.5 billion dollars for Cancer research.

Have a nice night. Like I say I usually love your posts, but not this series.

The snarky, dismissive tone is grating.

Can you imagine if she’d gotten speaking fees AND during the paid speech, she essentially endorsed a Republican in a tight race?

against a perfectly good Democrat.

The local Democratic party must have been shocked. I bet they won't be endorsing Biden during the primaries.

and the “Artful Smear.”

Including a couple political operatives, one a hot-headed campaign functionary and the other a consultant who was instrumental in helping elect Putin’s puppet in the Ukraine. Neither are representative of Democrats, and neither are know for their intellectual honesty.

Where he addressed the $2200K, did I miss it? My questions for him is did you take the money? If so why? You can say nice things about someone without taking that much money!

The Cons then used his appearance as propaganda for Upton who was in a tight race against a Dem who went on to lose.

certain would of not praised him on that front. You're able to do that when you are an objective person...a trait that is sorely lacking in many.

Have been for some time, but only one side seemed to be aware.

Lots of old men in their late 70s shooting themselves in the foot lately. Maybe they should take that as a sign that their time as viable presidential candidates has finally passed.

Love the man's sense of humor.

our own.

(First, WATCH THE VIDEO. What Biden is saying is just fine. WATCH THE VIDEO!!)

Praise for some R's on some issues:

* Lincoln for being instrumental in freeing the slaves, saving the union.
* TR for the national parks and some workplace safety reforms.
* Ike for the national highway system and warning us against the military industrial complex.
* Nixon for the EPA, methodone clinics, and an arms treaty with Russia.
* Reagan for working with Tip O'Neill to shore up SS and for immigration reform and his praise of our immigrant tradition.
* A number of R's including Bill Cohen from my state of Maine for supporting the impeachment of Nixon when the smoking gun was revealed and he had to go.
* Susan Collins for strongly supporting a woman's right to choose.

Now, don't get me wrong. I have FAR more VERY harsh criticisms of Republicans than praise, especially in the Trump era, but we can find some decent acts some times, and that is ALL Biden is talking about. There are TIMES when you can work together to get something done. And it is necessary at times. Biden is also well known to be very congenial and have many Republican personal friends. He has been around a long time and was always congenial in all those years in the Senate. But make no mistake that he is a strong and very loyal lifelong Dem.

He said he was one of the finest people he’d ever worked with - and considering he’d worked with everyone from Barack Obama’s to Ted Kennedy to Paul Wellstone, that’s some pretty serious praise.

we disagree on MANY political issues.

Again, Biden has always been very congenial and has many Republican friends on a personal basis. Ted Kennedy and Orin Hatch were very good friends. Hatch praised Kennedy at his funeral. But they disagreed on most issues. We can't conflate the personal with the political.

The point is that he often lacks discretion when he gets caught up in a moment and doesn't seem to know when he should and shouldn't say certain things.

In this instance, Biden went into a community where a Democrat was running in a very tight race against a Republican and essentially publicly endorsed the Republican during a speech for which he was paid $200,000.

Ted Kennedy and Orrin Hatch were friends. But I don't think Ted Kennedy ever went into Utah during a tight race and gave a speech about how Hatch was the finest person he knew. And if you can find any proof that Upton ever returned the favor for Biden or that any of the Republicans Biden loves so much have gone out of their way to endorse him in either of his campaigns for Vice President, please share it.

He praised Upton for supporting research?

Trying to cure Cancer is a BFD

He said Upton was one of the finest people he’d ever worked with.

Trying to find a cure for cancer is great. Too bad Upton did everything he could to make sure that a cure would be available to as few people as possible ...

Link to tweet

We'll be civil when they're civil.