Thanks for the Tweetories er...

Thanks to the Vice President, President, and a paltry few who had something of substance to say on the untimely death of Beau Biden, a young man set to follow in the footsteps of his father as a public servant. His life ended far too quickly and we will not be able to see his dreams fulfilled and the promise in which we might all have shared where he to have been fortunate enough to overcome his illness.

The fact that I who did not know him prior to his death yet had more to say of him after his demise speaks volumes.


How wonderful it is to be in politics now and throw in a fast Tweet to pay some trifling homage to a young man who had already proven his capacity to accomplish so much in his brief 46 years of life, "Beau served as a prosecutor in the US attorney’s office in Philadelphia for nine years, and a legal adviser to the US Department of Justice in post-war Kosovo in 2001 — where he helped to train judges and prosecutors. He was elected attorney general of Delaware in 2006. Although his first term was interrupted by his military service, he went on to be re-elected in 2010 with an even greater share of votes. While in office, Beau uncompromisingly pursued child sex crime perpetrators, managing to push through 180 convictions. He also put pressure on the banking sector and mortgage lenders for their involvement in the unregulated loaning that precipitated the financial crisis."-[Bustle Online]

But thanks for the Tweets, peeps (proud statesmen for your constituencies). The apps are priceless these days and you can't be accused of being callous on any upcoming political stumps. Nice. Remember pens and papers? Hand written notations of your true feelings?