The Trouble With Good Old Joe

He IS a good old boy type of guy.  An important skill/behavior mode for a politician. 

He is certainly practiced at working the room: grabbing hands, shaking hands, keeping his hands off women's hair.  He joshs and can give and take like he was on the street-- many years ago.

But when he told a woman he doubt the veracity of her statement, he used a John Wayne line, no longer acceptable especially from a man to a woman today.  He called her a "lying dog pony soldier" if I remember correctly.  Great for moving and shaking with the good old boys-- very out of touch with the movement of where social morality is nowadays.

Joe's made mistakes in his Senatorial career:  treatment of Anita Hill before the Senate Judiciary Committee, going along to get along with some he won't chose to support today.  I hope.

But the moment that made it clear to me that Joe was NOT my candidate for the Dem nom.  When sparring with an audience member