USekela-Mongameli wase-US uJoe Biden uyancuma ngexesha lomsitho eRonald Reagan Building ngoSeptemba 6, 2013 eWashington, DC. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI / AFP / imifanekiso kaFetty)
KwiNew York Times yakutshanje ikholamu , UMaureen Dowd wakhetha ukuba uSekela Mongameli uJoe Biden kufuneka abalekele umongameli kwaye waqaphela ukuba unyana wakhe, uBeau Biden wamcela ukuba abaleke ebhedini yakhe yokufa. Ngokucacileyo, andazi imithombo kaNks Dowd kodwa ndingenasizathu sokuthandabuza ubunyani bekholamu yakhe. I-Joe Biden ye-candidacy buzz yafumana ubushushu xa iinkqubo zangeCawe zikwabonisa ukuba uSekela Mongameli uxoxa ngale ndlela kunye nabacebisi kunye nabanikeli bexesha elide.
Bendi ngumlandeli kaJoe Biden iminyaka emininzi kwaye ndiwongekile ukuba nenkxaso yakhe xa ndandingumbambeli weFreeholder, kodwa andizukucinga ngokusibiza ngokuba ngabahlobo; ngakumbi njengabantu abanobuhlobo kwezopolitiko. NjengeNdlu yeeNgwevu evela eDelaware owayegxile kumaqela ezemidlalo ePhiladelphia kwaye wabelana ngeembono zaseSouth Jersey kwimiba emininzi yomgaqo-nkqubo, samkela uJoe Biden njengeSenator yethu yesithathu e-United States. Ndacatshulwa ndisitsho njalo kwi-2007 Inqaku lezopolitikoNJ inqaku. Ngo-2007, emva koko uSenator Biden wenza i-fundraiser eCumberland County kwaye emva koko sathetha kuloliwe amaxesha ambalwa xa kwenzeka ukuba sabelane nge-Acela expression kwaye wandibiza xa wayecinga ngokubaleka kuka-Mongameli kwaye ndandinguSihlalo weDemokhrasi kwiDolophu yaseCumberland. Undimemele endlini ukuba ndithethe ngayo kwaye ndiyazisola kuba ndingazange ndimthathe malunga nelo thuba. Kodwa ngelo xesha uHillary wayenenkxaso yokusekwa kweDemokhrasi yaseNew Jersey kwaye u-Obama wayenomlingo kwaye nangona uJoe Biden wayeyindoda ekrelekrele ngexesha leengxoxo eziphambili, wayengenakufumana traction, kuzwelonke okanye eNew Jersey.
Ndingomnye wezihlalo zokugqibela zedolophu ukuxhasa uHillary kwisikolo saseprayimari sika-2008. Ayisiyo into yokuba uClinton juggernaut ukhathalele kakhulu ngosihlalo weCumberland County kodwa iRhuluneli uCorzine wayefuna ukuba zonke izitulo ezingama-21 zixhase uHillary, kwaye kwimeko eyayingafani nam, ndandingahambi nesihlwele. Ndandimthanda uJoe Biden kwaye ndachukumiseka kakhulu nguBarack Obama. Ndandidikidiki nje kuHillary kodwa ngeloxesha ndandingazange ndadibana naye. Ndityala uMongameli uBill Clinton impumelelo yam enkulu kumgaqo-nkqubo xa wathiya indawo yethu njengenye ye-15 ye-Federal Empowerment Zones kwaye oko kwakunzima engqondweni yam xa ndithatha isigqibo. 
Isizathu esinye sokuba uBiden abaleke kukuba ugqatso lokhuphiswano luya kumenza uHillary Clinton abe ngumgqatswa ongcono. (UNICHOLAS KAMM / AFP / imifanekiso kaFetty)
Umhlobo wam emva koko waba nguSihlalo weDemokhrasi kaRhulumente, uJoe Cryan, walungiselela enye noHillary kunye nam xa uSenator uClinton wayethetha kwinkomfa yombutho yonyaka eAtlantic City. Ndandinonyana wam uJoe kunye nam, owayengu-14 okanye u-15 ngelo xesha. Kolo tyelelo lufutshane, uSenator Clinton wayengafani nomfanekiso wakhe esidlangalaleni. Wayenobubele kwaye enobubele kwaye enomdla kakhulu kunyana wam, eyandithethisa ngokungafihlisiyo. Kananjalo, wathembisa ukwenza konke okusemandleni akhe ukuba abe sisithethi kwinkomfa yesizwe elandelayo yoMbutho weSizwe weMibutho yeNqila apho ndasebenza khona kwiBhodi. UNkosk. Clinton uhloniphe eso sicelo, wathetha kule nkomfa kwaye wayenolwazi olunzulu nolunzulu ngemicimbi yasekuhlaleni. Njengomphumo wazo zonke ezi zinto zingasentla ndavuma uHillary Clinton kunye noBarack Obama emva koko baphumelela ukutyunjwa. (Abagqatswa bexesha elizayo balumke!)
Kodwa ndandisoloko ndiziva ndinetyala. UJoe Biden wayengumfo kamakhelwane, ngokoqobo. Wayisingathe imali eyakhankanywa apha ngasentla. Wayewazi ummandla wam waseburhulumenteni. Kwaye wayengumntu olunge kakhulu; akusoloko kunjalo ngoosopolitiki besizwe. Xa mna naye sathetha ngeNew Jersey wayesoloko ekhankanya abantu abathathu; Owayesakuba yiCongressman kunye no-Ambassador uBill Hughes Sr., owayesakuba nguSenator uBill Bradley; bobabini wabahlonipha kakhulu njengabalingane bakhe bangaphambili kunye neNew Jersey Democratic Committeewoman uJune Fisher, awayenothando olunzulu nolungapheliyo kuye. Nanini na xa wayethetha ngoJuni Fisher, uSenator Biden wafumana olo ncumo lubanzi lwaseIreland wathi; UThixo uyamthanda; ukuba bendinabalobi abalishumi bakaJuni abandixhasayo ngendibenguMongameli.
Ityala lase-Italiya lilapho phezulu linetyala lamaJuda kwaye kuba andisenaso nasiphi na isihloko, ndikhululekile ukubonelela ngeemvakalelo zam malunga nonyulo luka-2016, kwaye kuloo nto ndiyithethayo: Baleka uJoe Run! Andikwenzi oko kungenxa yokungabikho kothando lukaNobhala uClinton kodwa ngentlonipho enkulu kunye nothando ngeSekela Mongameli uBiden.
Nazi ke izizathu ezihlanu zokuba kutheni uJoe Biden ebalekela uMongameli.
- UJoe Biden uya kuba nguMongameli omkhulu . Libala izinto ekuthiwa zii-gaffes kunye neziqhulo zasebusuku ezihlekisayo; UJoe Biden uhlakaniphile kwaye uzilungiselele ngokukodwa ukuba abe nguMongameli. NjengeNdlu yeeNgwevu wayephakathi kwezona zinto zibalulekileyo zomgaqo-nkqubo wasekhaya nakwamanye amazwe kule minyaka ingama-30 idlulileyo. Uya kuhlonitshwa kwakhona ngamaRiphabhlikhi. USenator uJohn McCain ubize uSekela Mongameli uBiden ngomnye wabaSekela Mongameli abaphambili. USenator uLindsey Graham wagxalathelana ukuya kwinqanaba lokuqhekeka xa wayethetha ngothando lwakhe kwi-Sekela Mongameli nangona babephikisana kakhulu. Nokuba uStrom Thurmond wayenaye uJoe Biden ukuba anike imbeko. Eli lizwe lahlulwe ngendlela emanyumnyezi. Ukuba uMongameli Biden wayenakho ubuncinci ukuthetha nobunkokheli beRiphabhlikhi kwiCongress singaqala ukuphilisa njengesizwe. Ngaphakathi, ngaphandle kuka-Mongameli u-Obama, akukho mntu uhloniphekileyo okanye uthandekayo kuno Joe Biden.
- UJoe Biden kufanelekile. Akusekho mhlobo uthembekileyo kunye nomkhuseli walo Mongameli. Kananjalo uJoe Biden ubonelele ngamava eWashington afunekayo kumongameli oluhlaza kakhulu kwiminyaka yokuqala. Bobabini abaDemokhrasi kunye namaRiphabhlikhi aseCapitol Hill bavakalise ukuba nguSekela Mongameli uBiden ngeziganeko zoLawulo ezazinokusebenza ngempumelelo neCongress.
- Umgqatswa kaJoe Biden lolona hlaselo lubalaseleyo kulawulo luka-Obama. UBernie Sanders ubalekela ngasekhohlo kwilifa lika-Obama ngendlela engazukuphumelela kunyulo jikelele. U-Hillary Clinton uyakhetha kwaye uvumelana phi na apho avumelana khona noLawulo luka-Obama kwaye kweminye imiba, njenge-Keystone Pipeline, uyala ukuthatha isikhundla. NguJoe Biden kuphela onokuthi abonelele ngokuzikhusela ngokupheleleyo, ngengqondo nangomoya, wento ekubhekiswa kuyo ukuba nguMongameli obaluleke njenge-FDR kunye ne-LBJ kwiinkqubo zentlalo kwaye ibaluleke njengoReagan ekubuyiseni kwakhona ingxoxo yezopolitiko yeli lizwe. UNobhala uClinton angazama ukwahlula umahluko ekukhuseleni oluLawulo. Bobabini uMongameli Obama kunye nesizwe bafanelwe ngcono. Kanye kunye bonke abantu mababe nevoti ku-Obama-Biden xa kuthelekiswa nabakhethiweyo. Oyena mntu ubalaseleyo ukukhokela loo mpikiswano nguJoe Biden. Yiya ku-youtube kwaye ulunge kangakanani kwisikolo saseprayimari sika-2008 kunye nendlela athumele ngokulula ngayo uSarah Palin kunye noPaul Ryan kwiingxoxo zonyulo lukamongameli jikelele. Njengebhonasi, uJoe Biden uya kuba ligorha elonwabileyo ekubumbeni kukaHubert Humphrey. Ngexesha leTyump Trump ayinakuba yinto entle ukuba nomgqatswa othethe phezulu eMelika endaweni yokuthetha nabantu baseMelika?
- UJoe Biden akanazo ii-imeyile zabucala kwaye khange enze amakhulu ezigidi kule minyaka isibhozo idlulileyo. Andinalwazi ukuba i-imeyile yabucala kaNobhala uClinton yayikukwaphula umthetho wobumbano kwaye andinalo ulwazi ukuba kukho into engalunganga malunga nesiseko sikaClinton okanye iifizi zokuthetha zikaBill Clinton. Andinasizathu sokubuza phantse i-140 yezigidi zeedola ezenziwe ngabakwaClintons kule minyaka isibhozo idlulileyo (abathe bahlawula ngaphezulu kwe- $ 40 yezigidi kwirhafu). Nangona kunjalo, ndiqinisekile ukuba konke oku kungasentla kuya kuba ngamanqaku okuthetha jikelele kunyulo ngaphandle kokufaneleka. Yomibini le micimbi iyahamba ukuba uJoe Biden utyunjiwe. Akukho mntu utyunjiweyo kwiRiphabhlikhi onokuze acele umngeni kwimigaqo yokuziphatha kaJoe Biden. Kwaye ngelixa wonke umntu enenzuzo kwezopolitiko, uJoe Biden uphila ubomi obuthobekileyo. Njengoko u-Beau Biden watsho, utata wakhe akazange enze imali phambili.
- UJoe Biden uyakwenza ukuba uHillary Clinton abe ngumgqatswa ongcono ukuba ulonyulwa. Njengomgqatswa, uNobhala uClinton ngo-2015 khange abengcono kakhulu kunoSenator Clinton ngo-2007. Kodwa ke njengokuba iphulo lowama-2008 laliqhubeka laze laya kuba ngu-Obama noClinton, uHillary oshushu nobabalo endadibana naye yayinguye phambi kwesizwe kwaye u-Hillary waphantse waphumelela. ukutyunjwa. Njengokuba eli phulo lokutyumba laliqhubela phambili nanjengoko wacelwa umngeni nguSenator Obama, uSenator uClinton waphucuka ngokumangalisayo njengomgqatswa. Indlela ekukuphela kwayo yokuba uHillary Clinton aphinde axhumane nabantu baseMelika kukuba uHillary wokwenyani aziveze; ngaphandle kwenkuku okanye ngentambo. Ukuba uJoe Biden uphulukene nokutyunjwa kuNobhala uClinton, uyakumenza umgqatswa wonyulo jikelele ongcono ngendlela ekungekho namnye kubo abagqatswa bonyulo abanethemba lokulingana.
- Ekupheleni kwekholamu yakhe, UNks Dowd ubuze ukuba uBeau uza kwenza ntoni? Andikhathali ukuba ndiyazi into awathi wayigqiba uGqwetha Jikelele wayixelela utata wakhe, kodwa ndiyathemba ukuba uSekela Mongameli uzithathela ingqalelo iingcinga zam. Zombini iqela leDemokhrasi kunye nesizwe bafuna uJoe Biden ukuba balwele umongameli.
U-Lou Magazzu wayenguMgcini simahla e-Cumberland County NJ ukusukela ngo-1998-2011 kunye neyona ndawo yakhonza ixesha elide kuleya County kule minyaka ingama-50 idlulileyo. Usebenze njengoMlawuli weFreeholder kunye noSihlalo weDemokhrasi yeDemokhrasi. Usebenze kwiBhodi yabaLawuli yoMbutho weSizwe weeCommies, ebenguSihlalo wamaGosa eSizwe eDemocratic County kwaye ebenguMongameli weNew Jersey Association of Counties. Unokufikelela kuye Lmagazzu@aol.com.
