Biden also praised two noted segregationists, one of whom referred to African-Americans as the “inferior race,” for their “civility”
, some of whom have views that are more than a little scary to those living in the 21st century. And a dinner last night in New York is unlikely to change the perception that Biden may be a skosh out of touch with today’s Democratic Party!himself against claims that he’s too “old fashioned.” Stressing the importance of being “able to reach consensus under our system,” he told a little story about his great working relationship with two former colleagues, the late senators James O.
“I was in a caucus with James O. Eastland,” Biden said, adopting the Mississippi lawmaker’s southern accent. “He never called me ‘boy,’ he always called me ‘son.’” Talmadge, meanwhile, was “one of the meanest guys I ever knew.
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