Joe Biden's Mother Has Some Fightin' Words!
Many pundits yesterday were predicting a big embarrassment for Joe Biden's vice presidential acceptance speech last night at the DNC. They thought he would be long-winded, or seem belligerent, or fail to repeatedly mention the fact that he was born in Pennsylvania.
But those pundits didn't know about Biden's secret weapon: his 8,000 year old mother.
OK, well she may actually only be 90, but trotting out Catherine Eugenia Finnegan Biden (she's presumably of Greek ancestry) was a slam-dunk by all reports. The lovely nonagenarian surely appealed to the major voting bloc of older women, which largely went for Hillary Clinton in the primaries, and the violent pugilist constituency, which must have been swayed by Biden's recollections of his childhood:
And when I got knocked down by guys bigger than me — and this is the God's truth — she sent me back out and said, "Bloody their nose so you can walk down the street the next day." And that's what I did.
Tough words from a lady, but certainly good advice for a political fighter like Biden. I certainly hope that the Delaware Senator will take his mother's advice and bloody the nose of whoever John McCain picks as his running mate. Even if it's a woman. Actually, even if it's an elderly woman.
RSS
Joe BIden i am very sorry about your mom i am happy i got to see her and you got to see he she is in a bett place i know how you feel my grandma died i i am only a 9 year old boy but i though about it and i notice that she does not have to suffer so be hapy she is in a better place.
P.s. LOve her and never forget her.
Senator Joe Biden proudly proclaims that he was regularly and severely beaten by his older sister as a child and as an adolescent. This is the same sister that raised his two sons after his wife and daughter were killed in an auto accident.
Biden has often claimed that the Violence against Women Act is the greatest achievement of his career. He also claims that a woman cannot be a perpetrator of domestic violence, despite the fact that hundreds of studies show that women commit acts of domestic violence as often as, or more often than men. Many studies also show that lesbian women physically attack their intimate partners at least as often as heterosexual men.
As a result of Biden's Violence against Women Act, the federal government pays states to create laws effectively requiring that innocent men be removed from their homes and families without even an allegation of violence, with no legitimate standards of evidence, when a woman makes a claim that she is afraid.
Elaine Epstein, president of the Massachusetts Bar Association (1999), has said "the facts have become irrelevant… restraining orders are granted to virtually all who apply. Regarding divorce cases, she states "allegations of abuse are now used for tactical advantage". According to Epstein, who is also a former president of the Massachusetts Women’s Bar Association, restraining orders are doled out "like candy" and "in virtually all cases, no notice, meaningful hearing, or impartial weighing of evidence is to be had."
State restraining order laws are starting to fall because they're unconstitutional. The federal law behind them, written by Joe Biden, is likely to fall as well, not because it isn’t popular, but because it is clearly unconstitutional.
There is a rapidly growing activist community dedicated to addressing this issue. One of the focal points of this community is the Glenn Sacks blog, http://www.glennsacks.com .
Supporting Documentation
Here are some of the facts regarding Biden's abuse at the hand of his sister. During senate hearings held on December 11, 1990, Biden testified to the abuse.
http://www.ifeminists.net/introduction/editorials/2006/0503roberts.html
This recent CDC study indicates that women between the ages of 18 and 28 initiate reciprocal violence against their intimate partners about as often as men. It also indicates that women initiate non-reciprocal violence against their intimate partners more than twice as often as men.
http://pn.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/full/42/15/31-a
Here is a link to a bibliography of over 200 studies indicating that women are as violent as men in their intimate relationships:
http://www.csulb.edu/~mfiebert/assault.htm
According to the US Department of Justice, women also abuse, neglect and kill their children at significantly higher rates than men. Here’s some of the data on child homicides.
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/cb/pubs/cm04/figure4_2.htm
Research clearly indicates that lesbian battery is at least as common as heterosexual battery.
http://www.glennsacks.com/domestic_violence_a_2.htm
http://www.musc.edu/vawprevention/lesbianrx/factsheet.shtml
http://lesbianlife.about.com/od/lesbianhealth/a/DVFactsMyths.htm
Cathy Young reports on the Elaine Epstein quote and the broader issue at Salon.com here:
http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/1999/10/25/restraining_orders/
and provides in depth analysis here:
http://www.iwf.org/files/50c58dda09f16c86b2c652aa047944f6.pdf
This report from RADAR (Respecting Accuracy in Domestic Abuse Reporting) provides much insight into the situation brought about, in large part, by Joe Biden.
http://www.mediaradar.org/docs/RADARreport-VAWA-A-Culture-of-False-Allegations.pdf
Did she date McCain?
Finally, a picture of Biden that doesn't remind me of that cranky ventriloquist dummy whose name I forget.
I loved that the camera switched to his mother right after he said that to get her reaction and she said to her neighbor, “That’s true”. I fell out of my chair laughing.
Mitt Romney, Joe Biden's got a right cross with your name on it.