Opinion: Biden’s campaign might start a lot like how 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid' ends
By David Von Drehle David Von Drehle Columnist focusing on national affairs and politics Email Bio Follow Columnist April 23 at 4:41 PM In 1969, Joe Biden was a young lawyer in a big hurry, busy at home with the first of four children and busy at work on the first of his many political campaigns. But I’ll bet he found time to see the top-grossing movie of the year, “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
Fifty years later, Biden must know how many rhetorical rifles await his decision to run for the Democratic presidential nomination, and how much trouble they pose. A man who began his career as a Republican too liberal for his changing party is now too conservative for a new generation of Democrats. Through months of wrestling with the ifs and hows of a campaign, the former vice president and longtime senator has seemed stuck between ambition and dread.
I wonder whether Biden heard the news about Kate Smith the other day. Though she died in 1986, the once-beloved singer with the booming contralto was hauled before the court of proper opinion and shamed for having recorded songs with racist lyrics back when such songs were common. In short order, Smith’s iconic rendition of “God Bless America” was banned by the New York Yankees, and her statue was removed from the Philadelphia arena where the Flyers play hockey.
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