re: The student Biden called a ‘Lying Dog-Faced Pony Soldier’ says she felt humiliated

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I think he was humiliating her for lying.

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No.
She was set to be belittled regardless.
That was the point.

"Have you ever been to a caucus?" was a question designed to demean.
Regardless of the girl's answer.

If her answer is "no", then Biden's response is "See, that's why you don't know what you're talking about." If her answer is "yes", then she's a "lying dog-faced pony soldier."

Either way he is set to humiliate her as a means to avoid answering a withering question.

That was Biden's objective. "Have you ever been to a caucus?" is an otherwise irrelevant question. It doesn't matter whether the questioner has been to a caucus. The question was why Biden, who has attended more caucuses than any other two candidates in the field combined, got obliterated in Iowa.

The question was why Biden, who is so apparently hapless now, could be counted on to beat Trump. His answer told the tale. He can't.

But he can embarrass 20-somethings for asking a tough but fair question.