"But Biden, there's talk that the stories of your exploits are something you made up. First you said you were only 17 when you got involved, another time 22, and another time 25. Which is it?
"I-I-I'm not sure of the dates, but I did more than just work at the pool."
"Can you prove it?"
"Let him resume, Senator Sanderson," said the moderator.
"Yes, I can. If I may, can I tell the story now?" Boring looks at the moderator.
"Go ahead. This is an open debate and you have the floor."
"Thank you," Boring said.
"Well, it happened when I was the lifeguard. The pool was in an all-black neighborhood and I don't think I ever saw, maybe two or three white people there. One day this bad dude showed up. Never saw him before. Later, I found out he ran with a bunch of bad boys. He was up on the diving board without a bathing cap and in those days the kids wore a lot of pomade in their hair and we didn't want it to get in the water. It was the rules.
"I said, 'Hey, Esther Williams, you! Off the board.
He looked at me as if he couldn't believe I said it. Ya see he wasn't just any bad dude. He was Corn Pop, the baddest dude in the neighborhood. You don't mess with someone like him. But I didn't know that. He dove into the pool and I walked over. I told him to get out and stay out for the rest of the day. As he left the pool, he yelled something about getting me. The kids at the pool warned me that he carried a knife.
That night I'm closing the pool, and the dude comes around with two other guys. No one else is there and they're waiting for me. This was before 911, so I found this chain laying around and I wrapped it around my arm, and went outside.
Corn Pop wasn't very big, but the other two dudes were. I just stood there, and I guess he decided he didn't want a piece of me, and we became friends.
"And that's how you got into Civil Rights, Biden?" Sanderson asked.
"I guess so."
"Let's move on," the moderator said. We have a question for you, Mr. Vice President. It's from a member of our listening audience, a supporter in South Carolina. She writes. We all know about Corn Pop here. But didn't you leave something out. I heard you used to bring your pit bull to work with you for protection. Was that true?
"It's true. I had a pit bull but in those days we called them terriers. Never brought him to work though. At least I don't remember if I did."
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