Joe Biden, James Eastland, Just Getting Along, and Cutting Your Own Throat

The Backstory

“Well guess what? At least there was some civility. We got things done. We didn’t agree on much of anything. We got things done. We got it finished…But today, you look at the other side and you’re the enemy. Not the opposition, the enemy. We don’t talk to each other anymore.”

Joe Biden recalls working with segregationist senators: ‘At least there was some civility’

“We had to put up with the likes of like Jim Eastland and Hermy Talmadge and all those segregationists and all of that…And the fact of the matter is that we were able to do it because we were able to win — we were able to beat them on everything they stood for. We in fact detested what they stood for in terms of segregation and all the rest.”

Biden and Democratic Rivals Exchange Attacks Over His Remarks on Segregationists

Cue the outrage from social media and at least four of Biden’s 2020 opponents — -especially Senator Corey Booker, who…