Captain Beau Biden Declined an Offer to Replace Joe Biden as Senator
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Beau Biden
The Beau Biden story really struck me as I first heard he was about to deploy to Iraq. I was a not-so-firm supporter of Senator McCain, mainly because I felt he was one of us, those of us who are serving our country and have been serving for many years.
What struck me the most was his commitment to his job as a National Guardsman was equal in fervor to his job as Delaware AG. Then, as I began to research his life even further, I realized that Beau was a natural citizen soldier, just like hundreds of thousands of us currently serving here and abroad.
The vast majority of us Guardsmen and women are contributing citizens of this nation: police, state troopers, firefighters, correctional officers, EMTs, nurses, armored vehicle drivers, school teachers, UPS, FEDEX, DHL drivers, postal carriers, train conductors, public transportation drivers, auto mechanics, locksmiths, vacuum cleaner salespersons, carpenters, plumbers, steel workers, picture frame store workers, newspaper or bread truck delivery drivers, meat department butchers, restaurant and bar managers, accountants, bank tellers and managers, airport TSA screeners, commercial airliner baggage employees, among hundreds of other careers.
But the moment we slap on our uniform, we are all alike, members of the same team, and everything else takes a back seat until the weekend or yearlong mission is completed succesfully.
I agree with you that Beau Biden is probably going to be not only the next U.S. Senator from Delaware, but probably a governor of that state, too. Let's just wait till he comes back safely from deployment.
Beau Biden
However, don't count Beau Biden out as Senator in the future. The out-going Governor (Miner- a friend of Joe Biden) appointed Joe Biden's long time assistant-advisor as a 'place-holder', rather than leaving it to the in-coming Dem Governor to make the appointment.
