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VP Joe Biden awarded with highest civilian honor; Medal of Freedom with Distinction
#24004552 - 01/12/17 03:41 PM (7 years, 18 days ago) |
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Obama Awards Biden With Presidential Medal Of Freedom In Surprise White House Tribute
He called Biden “the best vice president America has ever had.”
WASHINGTON ― President Barack Obama on Thursday awarded Vice President Joe Biden the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor, during a surprise event at the White House paying tribute to him.
Moving Biden to tears, Obama hailed Biden as “the best vice president America has ever had” and “a lion of American history.” When concluding his remarks, he surprised Biden by announcing the honor, a medal of freedom with distinction, a special version of the medal that has only been awarded to three other people: Pope John Paul II, former President Ronald Reagan and former Secretary of State Colin Powell, Obama said.
Biden, already teary during the tribute, began crying when the award was announced.
“I had no inkling,” Biden said, taking the podium after Obama awarded him the medal.
Obama honored Biden’s lifetime of public service, including his decades in the Senate and eight years as vice president, from championing the Violence Against Women Act, his diplomacy, his “cancer moonshot,” and his “It’s On Us” campaign to combat sexual assault on college campuses.
“That’s a pretty remarkable legacy, an amazing career in public service. It is, as Joe once said, a big deal,” Obama said, pausing between the “big” and the “deal.”
Obama’s tribute built on remarks he made during his Tuesday farewell address, when he called Biden his “brother.”
“To Joe Biden, the scrappy kid from Scranton who became Delaware’s favorite son: You were the first choice I made as a nominee, and the best,” Obama said in Chicago on Tuesday. “Not just because you have been a great vice president, but because in the bargain, I gained a brother.”
Both men have been outspoken about the deep friendship they have forged over their eight years in the White House, and Thursday’s event was no different, with both speaking in personal terms about each other and their families.
“Behind the scenes, Joe’s candid, honest counsel has made me a better president and a better commander in chief,” Obama said. “From the Situation Room, to our weekly lunches, to our huddles after everybody else has cleared out of the room, he has been unafraid to give it to me straight, even if we disagree. In fact, especially when we disagree. And all of this makes him, I believe, the finest vice president we have ever seen.”
Biden called Obama “a remarkable man.”
“I tell everybody, and I have told them from the beginning, and I am not saying this to reciprocate: I have never known a president, and few people I have ever met in my whole life ― I can count on less than one hand ― who have had the integrity and the decency and the sense of other people’s needs like you do,” Biden said to Obama.
“I just hope that the asterisk in history that is attached to my name when they talk about this presidency is that I can say I was part of the journey of a remarkable man who did remarkable things for this country,” he added later. “Remarkable things.”
Of the honor, Biden said: “I don’t deserve this. But I know it came from the president’s heart. There is a Talmudic saying that says, what comes from the heart enters the heart. Mr. President, you have creeped into our heart, you and your whole family, including Mom, and you occupy it.”
Edited by Adden (01/12/17 04:25 PM)
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Re: VP Joe Biden awarded with highest civilian honor; Medal of Freedom with Distinction [Re: Adden]
#24004562 - 01/12/17 03:44 PM (7 years, 18 days ago) |
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well deserved
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Re: VP Joe Biden awarded with highest civilian honor; Medal of Freedom with Distinction [Re: Cosmic_Flame]
#24004575 - 01/12/17 03:49 PM (7 years, 18 days ago) |
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So they just handing those things out to anyone now huh
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Re: VP Joe Biden awarded with highest civilian honor; Medal of Freedom with Distinction [Re: Herbologist]
#24004593 - 01/12/17 03:56 PM (7 years, 18 days ago) |
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Biden is pretty awesome. Obama can be hypocritical on some of his stances but Biden never was nor has been when he took a stance, at least to the best of my knowledge.
Cool dude for sure.
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Re: VP Joe Biden awarded with highest civilian honor; Medal of Freedom with Distinction [Re: Adden] 3
#24004800 - 01/12/17 05:04 PM (7 years, 18 days ago) |
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He's a tough-on-crime drug warrior. Fuck him.
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Re: VP Joe Biden awarded with highest civilian honor; Medal of Freedom with Distinction [Re: aZombie] 1
#24004802 - 01/12/17 05:04 PM (7 years, 18 days ago) |
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So now they're just giving themselves awards...
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Re: VP Joe Biden awarded with highest civilian honor; Medal of Freedom with Distinction [Re: Patlal]
#24004835 - 01/12/17 05:14 PM (7 years, 18 days ago) |
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Biden is an ice cream loving Saint.
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Re: VP Joe Biden awarded with highest civilian honor; Medal of Freedom with Distinction [Re: SARAtonin] 1
#24004852 - 01/12/17 05:18 PM (7 years, 18 days ago) |
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Biden is very down to earth. The guy still takes the train back to Delaware instead of the whole Air Force two thing.
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Re: VP Joe Biden awarded with highest civilian honor; Medal of Freedom with Distinction [Re: koods]
#24004930 - 01/12/17 05:42 PM (7 years, 18 days ago) |
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isn't he the child-creeper who whispers sweet nothings into the ears of little girls?
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Re: VP Joe Biden awarded with highest civilian honor; Medal of Freedom with Distinction [Re: akira_akuma]
#24004992 - 01/12/17 05:58 PM (7 years, 18 days ago) |
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I thought michelle obama's school lunch program was a better idea
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Re: VP Joe Biden awarded with highest civilian honor; Medal of Freedom with Distinction [Re: Adden]
#24005095 - 01/12/17 06:28 PM (7 years, 18 days ago) |
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Gonna tell my grandkids the story of the best vice-president in American history
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Re: VP Joe Biden awarded with highest civilian honor; Medal of Freedom with Distinction [Re: Adden]
#24005118 - 01/12/17 06:32 PM (7 years, 18 days ago) |
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His best contribution of all was an array of amazingly hilarious memes.
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Re: VP Joe Biden awarded with highest civilian honor; Medal of Freedom with Distinction [Re: koods]
#24005148 - 01/12/17 06:41 PM (7 years, 18 days ago) |
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koods said: Biden is very down to earth. The guy still takes the train back to Delaware instead of the whole Air Force two thing.

I'd read that. That's quite admirable. I actually like Biden. I'm not sorry he was never a President though (other than his being President of the United States Senate). He's another one who can't help putting his foot in his mouth.
I read stories about his life. He's a good human being. I can't even begin to imagine the pain from the loss of his wife and daughter in the early 70's and then the loss of his son.
A decent man.
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Re: VP Joe Biden awarded with highest civilian honor; Medal of Freedom with Distinction [Re: luvdemshrooms]
#24005192 - 01/12/17 06:55 PM (7 years, 18 days ago) |
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He had two brain surgeries In the 80s to correct aneurysms as well.
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Re: VP Joe Biden awarded with highest civilian honor; Medal of Freedom with Distinction [Re: koods] 1
#24005205 - 01/12/17 07:00 PM (7 years, 18 days ago) |
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He was a real hottie too.
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Re: VP Joe Biden awarded with highest civilian honor; Medal of Freedom with Distinction [Re: koods]
#24005232 - 01/12/17 07:07 PM (7 years, 18 days ago) |
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koods said: He had two brain surgeries In the 80s to correct aneurysms as well.
Yes, and that. I don't like most politicians, but I'd enjoy sitting down and having a beer with him.
He's worth reading about.
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#24005274 - 01/12/17 07:20 PM (7 years, 18 days ago) |
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Im surprised the shroomery loves him. The dude destroyed millions of lives with his oppressive stance against drug users who are often vulnerable, mentally ill or simply expanding consciousness. Medal of Freedom? What a joke. This guy doesn't fight for freedom, he's a fascist drug warrior that would have put each and every one of us in prison if he could have.
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Re: VP Joe Biden awarded with highest civilian honor; Medal of Freedom with Distinction [Re: DieCommie]
#24005289 - 01/12/17 07:24 PM (7 years, 18 days ago) |
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The rave act. I was just watching the video of the Fox News exposé of the rave scene in DC that inspired that law. God I loved nation. Best club in the world - you could do pretty much whatever you wanted as long as nobody got killed intentionally.
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Re: VP Joe Biden awarded with highest civilian honor; Medal of Freedom with Distinction [Re: Cosmic_Flame] 2
#24005537 - 01/12/17 08:46 PM (7 years, 18 days ago) |
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Cosmic_Flame said: well deserved 
he awarded himself a medal and then awarded one to biden, he gave himself a farewell address because he mentioned how great he was 75 times, but on the subject of biden, what in the past 8 years has biden actually accomplished
no googling, if it was well deserved you should be able to name a dozen things off the top of your head that are worthy of this award, all I;m seeing is narcissistic dick stroking from the both of them
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Re: VP Joe Biden awarded with highest civilian honor; Medal of Freedom with Distinction [Re: koods] 1
#24005543 - 01/12/17 08:48 PM (7 years, 18 days ago) |
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koods said: Biden is very down to earth. The guy still takes the train back to Delaware instead of the whole Air Force two thing.

poor people take a bus every day, give them the medal too
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