Here comes the spin. 
The new Democratic Vice Presidential Pick is being framed as a champion of the middle class.
A regular guy, a blue collar hero, our savior.
Well, let’s look at the record shall we?
Joe Biden championed something alright, the Bankruptcy Bill. Harvard Professor and Consumer Credit Expert Elizabeth Warren describes the the bill:
On April 20, 2005, George W. Bush signed into law a bankruptcy bill that had been pending in Congress for eight years. The bill was written by credit-industry lobbyists, shopped to their friends in Congress, and supported by tens of millions of dollars in lobbying and campaign contributions.
It might be dismissed as just one more piece of highly focused special-interest legislation except for the damaging vision of middle-class America that it reinforced: irresponsible people consumed by appetites for goods they don’t need, who think little of cost, and who would rather file for bankruptcy than repay their lawful debts. More than just a giveaway to the credit-card companies, the bill was a moral judgment against the bankrupt.
Delaware, Biden’s State, is home to thousands of credit card companies. Could the phrase be champion of working people as long as no lobbyists or corporations object? Senator…
