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Joe Biden: TV-era style belies long experience
June 8, 1987
By John Dillin Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
PORTSMOUTH, N.H.
THE Yugoslavian dictator, Marshall Tito, said no. But after much cajoling, American diplomat W.Averell Harriman finally got an appointment with Tito at his summer residence on the Adriatic Sea. Accompanying Mr. Harriman was a young, wide-eyed United States senator, Joseph R. Biden Jr. It was 1979. During the 2-hour meeting that ensued, the Democratic senator from Delaware sat spellbound between the two historic figures. Tito and Harriman reminisced about World War II and traded views on the cold war, communism, and Stalin.
`Every once in a while, Harriman would say,Tell him what the young people think, Joe,''' Senator Biden recalls. But mostly he was there to listen.
Tito was talking about S-t-a-l-i-n,'' Biden says, pronouncing the name as Tito did, as a low, slow growl.Every time he mentioned Stalin's name, his neck got red. It was like I was there on the program `You Are There,' with Edward R. Murrow.''
Biden told this story as we drove along a highway in New Hampshire, scene of the nation's first 1988 presidential primary. The senator was out scouting for support before the official start of his White House campaign tomorrow.
The Tito-Harriman experience was testimony to Biden's longtime interest in foreign policy. But his comment about Murrow's TV show illustrated something equally important: Biden is one of a new breed of young presidential candidates in 1988 - a group raised during the Television Age.
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https://www.csmonitor.com/1987/0608/abiden.html
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Joe Biden: TV-era style belies long experience
June 8, 1987
By John Dillin Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
PORTSMOUTH, N.H.
THE Yugoslavian dictator, Marshall Tito, said no. But after much cajoling, American diplomat W.Averell Harriman finally got an appointment with Tito at his summer residence on the Adriatic Sea. Accompanying Mr. Harriman was a young, wide-eyed United States senator, Joseph R. Biden Jr. It was 1979. During the 2-hour meeting that ensued, the Democratic senator from Delaware sat spellbound between the two historic figures. Tito and Harriman reminisced about World War II and traded views on the cold war, communism, and Stalin.
`Every once in a while, Harriman would say,Tell him what the young people think, Joe,''' Senator Biden recalls. But mostly he was there to listen.
Tito was talking about S-t-a-l-i-n,'' Biden says, pronouncing the name as Tito did, as a low, slow growl.Every time he mentioned Stalin's name, his neck got red. It was like I was there on the program `You Are There,' with Edward R. Murrow.''
Biden told this story as we drove along a highway in New Hampshire, scene of the nation's first 1988 presidential primary. The senator was out scouting for support before the official start of his White House campaign tomorrow.
The Tito-Harriman experience was testimony to Biden's longtime interest in foreign policy. But his comment about Murrow's TV show illustrated something equally important: Biden is one of a new breed of young presidential candidates in 1988 - a group raised during the Television Age.
Fewer jobs at City Hall - one way Flynn can begin to arrest the deficit
Biden talks as easily about the hottest rock groups, like U-2, or the latest Hollywood movies as he does about arms control policies or defense spending.
https://www.csmonitor.com/1987/0608/abiden.html