In a way, they're appropriate fits for their generation. LBJ and Biden are "throwbacks" but maintain the steady course now needed (remains to be seen if Biden has a "Vietnam" fiasco)."Every nation gets thegovernment it deserves." -- Joseph de Maistre, 1811 "I tremble for my country when Ithink that the government you electis the government you deserve." -- Thomas Jefferson (attributed)
I think Biden knew Thomas Jefferson. They are about the same age.