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The reason I'm a Democrat is because the essence of the Democratic Party is an abhorrence for the abuse of power on the one hand, and the notion that everyone's entitled to be treated with dignity. That message never got through.

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Joe Biden
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: November 20
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