Joe Biden

Joe Biden's Opinions

Politics Should abortion be legal? Agree My position is that I am personally opposed to abortion, but I don't think I have a right to impose my few on the rest of society. I've thought a lot about it, and my position probably doesn't please anyone. I think the government should stay out completely. I will not vote to overturn the Court's decision. I will not vote to curtail a woman's right to choose abortion. But I will also not vote to use federal funds to fund abortion. Edit Pitches 01 Jan 1973    Source Is Yucca mountain the best place to store nuclear waste? Disagree I have serious concerns not only about the long-term environmental and security problems inherent in storing nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain, but the very real dangers posed by shipping 77,000 tons of high-level nuclear waste through at least 43 states, including Delaware. Edit Pitches 09 Jul 2002    Source Must we know the cause of climate change before we try to affect it? Agree If you don't understand what the cause is, it's virtually impossible to come up with a solution. Edit Pitches 02 Oct 2008    Source Was Iran's 2009 election rigged? Neutral Look--for example, 70 percent of the vote comes out of the city. That's not Ahmadinejad's strong place. The idea he could get, you know, 68 or whatever percent of the vote [...] seems unlikely. .... I have doubts [that the election was free and fair] but I--we're going to withhold comment until we have [...] a thorough review... Edit Pitches 14 Jun 2009    Source

Iraq Would invading Iraq result in a quagmire? Agree [Despite that] I happen to think the military phase of this likely conflict will move relatively well, in the sense that we will be successful and will be relatively short [I] happen to think the aftermath will be an incredible undertaking for which we have not prepared the American people, and for which we are not fully prepared. Edit Pitches 03 Mar 2003    Source Should Iraq be split into three largely autonomous regions? Agree Ten years ago, Bosnia was drowning in ethnic cleansing and facing its demise as a unified state. ...the US stepped in decisively with the Dayton Accords to keep the country whole by dividing it into ethnic federations. ...Bosniaks, Croats, and Serbs [even had] separate armies. ... With the help of US troops and others, Bosnians have lived a decade in peace. Now, they are strengthening their common central government, and disbanding their separate armies. [we] have a similar opportunity in Iraq. Edit Pitches 01 May 2006    Source Evolution Did complex life evolve through the process of natural selection? Agree [Regarding Intelligent Design] I refuse to believe the majority of people believe this malarkey! The Wake Up Pitch   Edit Pitches 07 Apr 2006    Source

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Conforming Opinions

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Projected Opinions

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