Good Morning.
So about the situation with former vice-president Joseph R. Biden. The rumors about his overly familiar interactions have been out there for years, but I assumed, or maybe hoped, that his so-called simple expressions of affection were directed at women he knew well and involved a nice old bear hug after a bad day at the office or maybe at a wedding or a funeral. Now comes this woman who says the veep came up behind her at a campaign stop, massaged her shoulders, and nuzzled around in her hair. That ain't no hug. Someone else has said that he put his hand on her leg, and another that he likes Eskimo kisses, you know, the stuff with the noses. Dear Lord help us all. I'm guessing there are scores of women out there who've had their backs rubbed and their knees patted and their waists encircled in what he says are innocent gestures of tenderness. Please. Uncle Joe is into pretty serious snuggly-buggly and I wonder what Aunt Jill has to say about it. His supporters, and there are those who absolutely adore the guy, claim there's nothing inappropriate about this pawing at unsuspecting women, but I say phooey to that one. He takes liberties to which he clearly is not entitled and wanders into something that can rightfully be called intimacy with people who do not share his inclination toward it, at least not with him.
Rich Lowry of the National Review writes that Joe's touchy-feely thing involves a fairly substantial ego and a lack of understanding that some women aren't as much into him as he is into him, especially in the current, Me Too era. Fooling around on whatever level deemed achievable was always associated with the duly elected gentlemen in Washington, and women put up with the advances, welcome or not, from the senator or member of Congress for whom they typed letters and made coffee. Not anymore. The Speaker of the House is a woman who is scaring the daylights out of virtually anyone wearing a coat and tie, there are five women running for president, and there are three women on the Supreme Court. There are female senators, congresspersons, and governors who expect to be regarded as intelligent, accomplished human beings, not targets of the lusty old boys roaming the marble halls of America. Consider for a moment if Joe sidled up to Justice Elena Kagan, Nancy Pelosi, or Amy Klobuchar. Apart from the fact that he'd get an immediate response that might harm more than his ego, the public would be aghast, and so it should be when he gets all tactile with anyone, absolutely anyone that he suddenly feels should have his special kind of attention.
Sorry, but it's just plain weird to grab at someone who is only slightly more than a passerby. Joe's x's and o's are not in the same category as the alleged assaults by the president, but they're still an uninvited invasion of space and just may derail another run for the White House. It depends on whether women voters, in particular, view him as relevant in today's political climate. He showed a terrible insensitivity toward Anita Hill during the Clarence Thomas hearings but has sponsored legislation to stop violence against women, a mission at the center of his private foundation. He appears to be sort of confused about how to regard the opposite sex in 2019 and suffice to say, if he gets the nomination, a Kamala Harris would, or should, think long and hard about going on the ticket as his running mate. Old habits are hard to break despite what he said a couple of days ago on his video.
Best regards,
Elisabeth
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