Joe Biden 1988 TV Ad

Narrator: The White House isn't the place to learn how to deal with

international crisis, the balance of power, war and peace, and the

economic future of the next generation. A President has got to know

the territory, but that's not enough. To win the White House, the Democratic

nominee had better have a crystal clear vision of what the Democratic Party

stands for. Of what the dream is and how we keep it alive.

Joe Biden sees the Presidency as a pulpit from which America sets an

example for the world. He believes that developing nations once saw America

as more than a place; They saw us as an idea; A goal to reach for.

He knows that they've lost confidence in us; that they see us losing our way;

our resolve; our ideals. Joe Biden thinks it's time to remind the world

of what America stands for. Freedom. Equality. Justice. Opportunity.

He thinks it's time to put courage over compromise. Time to express

 America's outrage once again towards repression, brutality, violence,

the abuse of human dignity around the world,

and if the sparks fly, so be it...