A Confused Old Man Wanders On To a Stage and Begins Yelling About "Colored Kids"

Biden is back, baby.

Former President Joe Biden referred to black children as "colored kids" Tuesday as he explained what motivated him to get involved in politics during his first public remarks since leaving office.

Biden, 82, used the outdated and offensive term while telling an anecdote about his childhood move from Scranton, Pa., to Wilmington, Del., in which he noted that before his family relocated to The First State, he'd "never seen hardly any black people."

"I was only going in fourth grade," he said as he recalled his mother driving him to Catholic school in Wilmington. "And I remember seeing kids going by, at the time called 'colored kids,' on a bus go by -- they never turned right to go to Claymont High School."

Biden said learning that black children were not allowed to attend public school with white students "sparked my sense of outrage as a kid."

Biden's origin stories have as many variations as the Joker's.

Remember when he was six years old, in 1941 or whenever, and he and his dad saw two guys kissing (in the border state of Delaware) and Biden claims his dad told him that that was what loved looked like?

Biden famously argued against integration in schools when he was an adult serving and voting in Congress.

But sure, he was "outraged" that black kids went to another school in 1946.

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"Social Security is more than a government program. It's a sacred promise," Biden argued, before accusing Republicans in Congress of wanting to "cut and gut" the program that provides benefits to retired Americans.

"Who the hell do they think they are?" an enraged Biden said before pulling back.

"I will not go further. I'll get in trouble," he said.

He was yelling. As usual.

Remember when we had to endure that? Biden showing his "passion" by yelling like a decrepit lunatic?

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The speech got off to an awkward start, as Biden took the podium and spoke for several seconds as a Bruce Springsteen track -- his introduction music -- blared in the background, drowning out his opening lines.

When he wrapped up his remarks, a wide-eyed Biden stood at the podium and looked at both ends of the stage before identifying the stairs, pointing at them, and making his exit.

That's my Biden. He's not just cogent -- this is the best version of Biden, mentally, intellectually, that we've ever seen.

posted by Ace at 01:52 PM

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