Joe Biden falsely claimed he “was appointed to the Academy in 1965” while speaking to Naval Academy graduates today.īiden graduated from the University of Delaware in 1965, making that impossible. I was only 29 years old when I was running,” Biden claimed.
I was appointed to the academy in 1965 by a senator who I was running against in 1972, never planned it that way. The only problem with that is that 1965 is when Biden graduated from the University of Delaware, making it impossible that he would have applied to Annapolis in that year since the academy does not provide graduate degrees. Plus, there’s the not-so-small matter of the dates which Biden provided not syncing up at all.īiden claims that he applied to the Naval Academy with a letter he received from then-Senator J. Likewise, there’s no record of him playing varsity football at the school he ultimately did attend, the University of Delaware. The only problem with it is there’s no record of Biden declining an offer to play football at Navy. Naval Academy on Friday, Biden claimed that he gained acceptance to Annapolis in 1965 but opted not to go there due to the presence of future Super Bowl champion and NFL Hall of Famer Roger Staubach.Īn exciting story, to be sure. Though, he probably never realized it because Biden just told the world about it on Saturday, and there are some very obvious flaws in the story.ĭuring a commencement address at the U.S. You may not love school, but you have to work hard at it, not skip your practices, and not give up,” said Grimes.Roger Staubach probably never realized how he altered history by going to the Naval Academy and blocking the otherwise promising collegiate football career of a young Joe Biden. “I say to kids life is a grind, we have to work hard. “One of the big lessons in the book is when Pidge’s teacher says to her ‘unspectacular preparation leads to spectacular results,’ and I took that quote from my dad, who was a football player, when I asked him to describe training camp to me.”
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The series highlights themes of family, friendship, work ethic, persistence, and discipline. The campaign, which strives to promote reading and writing, is based on Grimes’ character, Pidge from Where is Pidge?and its new sequel, Pidge Takes The Stage, both of which are illustrated by the award-winning editorial cartoonist and art director, Bill DeOre.
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