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President Biden’s Wednesday Evening Speech the Epitome of the Word “Class”

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Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Wednesday evening was historic. Not since Lyndon Johnson in 1968 had a sitting president qualified for reelection removed himself from his party’s ticket. President Biden offered his reasons for ending his campaign for reelection in an act of pure class I seldom see in Washington. "Nowhere else on Earth could a kid with a stutter from modest beginnings in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and Claymont, Delaware, one day sit behind the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office as the President of the United States. Here I am." This was the beginning of his speech. He went on to explain that his decision was motivated by one belief, it was the right thing to do for his country. 52 YEARS OF SERVICE TO HIS COUNTRY IS ENOUGH TO ASK FROM ANY MAN OR WOMAN President Biden began his distinguished career in 1972, becoming the junior Senator from Delaware. He is the youngest person ever to be elected to the Senate. His 30 th birthday, the required age for a Senator, ca