Did Joe Biden Do Something Wrong?

Joe Biden has been accused recently of inappropriately touching women, of making them feel uncomfortable.

It bothers me that many conservatives are belittling these accusations, claiming they are politically motivated and instigated by Biden's opponents for the democratic nomination. Well, that may be. But let's look at the accusations themselves.

Lucy Flores claims the following happened at a 2014 rally for her campaign for the Nevada Assembly:"Very unexpectedly and out of nowhere I feel Joe Biden put his hands on my shoulders, get up very close to me from behind, lean in, smell my hair and then plant a slow kiss on the top of my head." (CNN interview)

Well. In the above video Biden claims that he is always trying to connect with people in an effort to help or support them. He says he's striving for a human connection. Well, Senator Biden, there are connections and there are connections.

Biden is not denying that the above incident happened. So there is no comparison between this case and the confirmation hearings of Justice Kavanaugh.  Please. Don't even go there.

Biden claims that the boundaries protecting personal space have changed. No, they haven't. A generation or two ago, if a man did this to a woman he might have been slapped. If anything, I would say that the boundaries in many circumstances have loosened.

Mr. Biden, if what Lucy Flores says is true and, to my knowledge, you have not denied it, you were engaging in very creepy behavior. Yes, creepy. Please don't pretend that some years ago this would have been acceptable and only now that personal boundaries have changed it is not. No, this would never have been OK. And you did it in a backstage situation where you were clearly the person in power and where it would have been very difficult for her to even give you a what-the-heck-are-you-doing look.

Should Biden therefore not be nominated for president? Please. Donald Trump is the sitting president. Need I say more? But, yes, it would be my strong preference to have presidents with great personal integrity, who didn't need to make excuses for having violated a person's "personal space."