Former vice president Joe Biden has had a long, checkered, and inconsistent career in politics.  As a senator in the 1970s, Biden vehemently opposed school desegregation bussing, stating in one interview that it is an "asinine concept."  This, juxtaposed with the former vice president's more recent support of highly progressive racial policies, including legislation to study reparations for slavery, shows the inconsistency in his rhetoric and policies.  Biden, it seems, will endorse any legislation or position he feels will best advance his political career, regardless of whether or not that position runs contrary to his previous attitudes and statements. Biden, for example, authored the 1994 "tough on crime" law, a controversial piece of legislation meant to combat decades of rising crime.  More recently, the Biden campaign has proposed several highly progressive criminal justice reform policies, including ending cash bail, ending...(Read Full Post)