Well, everyone, it's time to talk about Joe Biden.
We weren't intending to do this, because we suspect that the recent rash of Biden-is-touching-me stories are part of a nefarious ruse to get Democrats to say negative things about each other. And we do have some negative things to say about our former Vice President, mostly having to do with Clarence Thomas and Anita Hill.
We've refrained, though — trusting that the 2020 primary process will naturally sort all these matters out. It probably still will. But we have to say that we're not impressed by the latest kerfuffle over Biden's, shall we say, exuberance.
The latest stories' timing is definitely suspicious, but even if it wasn't, our immediate reaction would still be: This is silly. We've seen Joe Biden up close and personally, and well before George H.W. Bush, Donald Trump and yes, Al Franken were exposed as gropers, we witnessed Biden handle a racy, bring-the-house-down joke from — GASP! — a woman with humor and grace. Biden is a guy who understands the moment. We don't know how else to describe it.
On the other hand, you wouldn't have this the-candidate-is-touching-women-inappropriately problem with, say, Pete Buttigieg. Or with Kamala Harris, Amy Klobuchar, Elizabeth Warren or Kirsten Gillibrand. (We left out Tulsi Gabbard on purpose.) So there's that.
Joe Biden is not our first choice for 2020. He has many flaws — but #MeToo is not one of them. We cats HISS and PURR at the same time.
(IMAGE: Wow, talk about the shoe on the other paw: He lets dogs kiss him. Now, that's taking one for the team.)
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