Joe Biden pivots to be the voice of anti-populism to counter the populists Trump and Sanders.
After all, someone has to stand up for corporate America. And make the establishment-groomed Kamala Harris look like a champion of the people.
"In the Incarnation the whole human race recovers the dignity of the image of God. Thereafter, any attack, even on the least of men, is an attack on Christ, who took on the form of man, and in his own Person restored the image of God in all. Through our relationship with the Incarnation, we recover our true humanity, and at the same time are delivered from that perverse individualism which is the consequence of sin, and recover our solidarity with all mankind." Dietrich Bonhoeffer
"Sin has many tools, but a lie is the handle which fits them all."
Albrecht Dürer, St. Jerome In His Study
Edmund Burke
“And in the Incarnation the whole human race recovers the dignity of the image of God. Henceforth any attack, even on the least of men, is an attack on Christ, who took the form of man, and in his own Person restored the image of God in all that bears a human form.
Through fellowship and communion with the Incarnate Lord, we recover our true humanity, and at the same time we are delivered from that perverse individualism which is the consequence of sin, and retrieve our solidarity with the whole human race.”
Dietrich Bonhoeffer, The Cost of Discipleship
"For what does it profit a man, to gain the whole world, but lose his soul?"
Mark 8:36
"Even in a time of elephantine vanity and greed, one never has to look far to see the campfires of gentle people. Lacking any other purpose in life, it would be good enough to live for their sake."
Garrison Keillor, The Prairie Home Companion
“Politicians were mostly people who'd had too little morals and ethics to stay lawyers.”
George R.R. Martin
“The main problem in any democracy is that crowd-pleasers are generally brainless swine who can go out on a stage and whip their supporters into an orgiastic frenzy— then go back to the office and sell every one of the poor bastards down the tube for a nickel apiece.”
Hunter S. Thompson
"This idea that you can't be an honest man and a Washington politician is a myth, a crock made up by sellouts and careerist hacks who don't stand for anything and are impatient with people who do. It's possible to do this job with honor and dignity."
Matt Taibbi