Originally Posted by
Morgs153
This is nothing new. This is the man he's always been, an @ssclown. Joe has always been a liar, a tall tale teller, a plagiarizing b00b and it has been on display - and proven - from the start of his tenure in government. Someone once described it as FOMO syndrome. Fear Of Missing Out. We all know someone like that. When you're talking about a situation they have to interject and tell their "been there, done that" story to try and one up your story.
You got old hard scrabble Joe who grew up in the Puerto Rico part of Delaware going to the Jewish synagogues on Saturdays and being the devout Catholic on Sunday. He finished at the top of his class regardless of what it was (he didn't) and he even drove big rigs. His made up story about riding Amtrak in 2013 and talking to a conductor everyday who retired in 1993. He was an all star baseball player too (1974). Claims he hit one 358 feet when he actually went 0-2 (ground out and strike out). Claimed he was a professor at UPenn when he never taught a class. Made up a story about visiting Israel in 1967 during the Six Day War. Oh, there's more, many more.
Let's not forget how poor Beau died as a result of combat in Iraq. Now my sympathy does go out to Joe. No father should have to bury a son but Beau died of brain cancer and there has not been any definitive link to his military service. But the shameless thing Joe does is that he drags out a dead Beau story as a matter of convenience whenever he feels the need. That sucks. I have friends who buried children and they would never do such a thing. Like most politicians though, everything is a means to an end so - just do it.
My question is, where are the fact checkers? Media fact checkers might as well have their pictures put on milk cartons because they've gone missing. Back during Trump they were busy. Trump could tell some whoppers for sure. Mostly Trump was being boastful and he was prone to exaggerate but the media fact checkers would spend days and days trying to prove him wrong or point out where he wasn't accurate on details. Being a media fact checker with Joe could be a full time job as well but they just don't seem at all interested.
It's just Joe being Joe they say.