Libby Copeland at The Washington Post published an interesting article today on Senator Joe Biden, Barack Obama’s running mate in the 2008 presidential election. Biden is a regular Amtrak passenger and has developed good friendships with Amtrak staff:
Most often in recent years, Biden has taken the No. 2103, which leaves Wilmington at 7:35 a.m. and pulls into Union Station — barring delays — at 8:55 a.m. Amtrak has become a recurring character in the hearings Biden participates in. “Gentlemen, I apologize,” he told a Judiciary Committee hearing in 1996 when he showed up late. “One of those things that I keep telling my colleagues: If they fully funded Amtrak, I would not be late.”
Biden will be addressing the Democratic National Convention later tonight.
The Low-Tech Times may not agree with all of Biden’s politics, but like Biden, we would like to see a bright future for passenger rail service in the U.S.
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