Terry Mitchell

Biden's (Not So) Dumb Remarks



Posted: Thursday, January 07, 2010

by Terry Mitchell
http://commenterry.blogs.com

Vice President Joe Biden has been skewered by the media (especially those of the Fox News persuasion) for some remarks he made last year concerning the Swine Flu. When that virus (officially known as H1N1) first began to spread in the U.S. last spring, Biden said that he had urged his family members to avoid enclosed public places, such as those on trains and planes, to keep from catching it. His remarks were apparently regarded as a "gaffe" even by President Obama and other members of Biden's Democratic Party.

But I didn't get it then and, after having had more than nine months to think about it, I still don't get it now. What the heck is so awful about what Biden had to say? I probably would have said something similar myself, and I would not have backed away from those remarks. Okay, it could have caused people to panic and stop using public transportation for fear of getting H1N1. So what? People have died from this illness, and there are deaths being reported from it even as we begin the new year. Is the stability of public transportation in this country more important than people's lives? Or even one life for that matter?

In my opinion, people should do whatever they feel they need to do in order to avoid deadly diseases, no matter what the other consequences might be. I know I would, and would do so unapologetically. It's high time we stopped putting economic and political concerns ahead of people's health and safety. You go, Joe!
 
Terry Mitchell is a software engineer, freelance writer, amateur political analyst, and blogger from Virginia, USA. He posts a least one article a day to his blog - http://commenterry.blogs.com - on subjects such as current events, politics, technology, society and culture, religion, health and well-being, self improvement, personal finance, trivia, and sports. He is also the owner of a new privacy-enhanced search engine - http://www.SearchMost.com.

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