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Subscribe to RSSCHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Returning to the home city of the Democratic National Convention, Vice President Joe Biden said that the two men on the GOP ticket have their wires crossed on whether or not the Obama administration has raised taxes.
"Even Romney had what we Catholics call an epiphany," Biden said of the GOP nominee's recent message slip on taxes. "Romney came out and ... said, 'they have not raised taxes on the middle class.' But apparently Paul Ryan has not gotten the memo!"
As the presidential candidates prepare for Wednesday's debate, Vice President Joe Biden spoke about the "buried" middle class, prompting the Romney campaign to suggest the President's policies are to blame. NBC's Peter Alexander reports.
Romney said last week at a campaign stop in Ohio that Obama intends to raise taxes, something the president "did not do in his first four years."
While Obama has not raised tax rates, he has signed legislation -- particularly his health care law -- that Republicans argue would yield major penalties for many middle class families.
Biden argued that the GOP, in contrast, would raise taxes on a middle class that has "been buried over the last four years."
That comment earned a scathing response from Republicans, who called it "a stunning admission" about the White House's economic policies.
"Vice President Biden made a stunning admission today and we couldn’t agree more: the middle class has been ‘buried’ under the last four years of this President’s policies," the Romney campaign wrote in a press release.
Biden, who acknowledged that riders on Air Force Two had "queasy stomachs" after a bumpy ride to North Carolina, kept the crowd of about 1000 waiting for an hour due to the inclement weather upon arrival.
His plane aborted one landing attempt In Charlotte because of storms in the area and was forced to circle the airport for about a half hour before landing without further incident.
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I need to know who is fixing to take away my tax refund for all the interest I pay on my mortgage every month.
That would be Obama when the tax cuts expire. Although I think it may be on the second house.
Ah Joe....every time you speak, I can't help to think the needle went a little deep during your hair plug proceedure! So the middle class has been buried the last four years? Wow, great observation! And who was in office those four years Joe? Oh that's right.... you!
But you don't seem to be doing so poorly being a CAREER politician that NEVER worked in the private sector. You have that beautiful house on the coast of Delaware, that the builder constructed at a deep discount, not to mention that amazing mortgage that only politicians seem to get.
You go Joe, right back to DE! I can't help to think what a landslide this election would be if you were replaced by Hillary....
Biden is bald. I think hair plugs would give him hair. Still the best part of your post though.
Wow Joe ..In case you didnt notice..you and Obama have been President and Vice President for the last 4 years. Not onlly that Joe..You had super majority for 2 years and a majority for the last two years...I guess you are saying you didnt do anything for them...
His picture looks like the Scare Crow ...it was their fault!!! Ahhh Joe ..always good for a few laughs...
Biden says middle class has been 'buried over the last four years'..... yes, we have, and it is thanks to you and Obama and that is why you will be put out.
Yep, repubs have specialized in dividing the nation into the richer and the poorer and the middle class dissppears because of that, simplest way to put their strategy and the results. You see the middle class is very expensive for the rich to develop, they just want a few poor folks around to do all the work for them while they sit back in expensive suits in CEO Board meetings figuring out how to avoid taxes and make their stocks go up whether even if it is through pure trickery and BS. Oh, there may be a few that don't do that anymore...maybe Buffet can name a few.
Really did you see the tape this morning ...Our great Racist Leader rallying his people as he likes to call them in his speech ..Letting them know how the Federal Government is screwing his people.....
I would think that he has done a good job at being the Divider
The best part Obama wants to raise taxes on Middle Class with Obama Care
Please show me where Romney wants to raise taxes on the Middle Class.. I am very sure you cant find it ..
Please dont reply with a hate filled rant in place of the answer. That is all I hear out of the Left these days ..it gets old.
If you have a good answer ..I will read it.
"Biden says middle class has been 'buried over the last four years'"
Joe you are right. And if you and BO are reelected you will make the hole for the middle class deeper.
Biden is correct that the middle class has been buried under Obama. Wonder if the WH will make the talk show circuit and blame it on an obsure video instead of Obama's failures.
As a first time poster and admittedly not as politically well read as most on this forum, I would just like to voice my average guy opinion. President Obama has made some decisions that I don't particulary agree with but overall, I support his policies and the direction he is taking the country. My 94 year old mother would disagree but she believes the Republican party is still run the same way Eisenhower ran it. There would still be a choice if that were true. I do not believe all republicans are "bad" people, (my mothers not) but I do think what we have today is not what the republican party once stood for. Hopefully the republicans can find their true values again and give us a real choice. Just my opinion.
Opinions are like buttholes. Everyone has one.
It's the economy, stupid. Obama has done very little to change the dismal economy, reduce high unemployment, stem the housing crisis, and, now, the Middle East foreign policy, if there is one, is in shambles.
If you think that Obama has us moving in the right direction and there's a light at the end of the tunnel, then what you don't know is that light is an oncoming train.
Both Obama and Romney are likeable people. The major difference is that Obama has no 'juice' in the business world or international stage, other than speech making. The jury is still out on Romney. But the verdict with Obama is a huge thumbs down.
Where's Feisty Carrottop?
Maybe she got suspended again.
I'm going to watch the debates. But, knowing how the media is they'll all be reporting on Thursday that Obama has this thing won already. I'm tired of the media bias toward Obama, it's almost laughable really. Some of the stuff CNN was reporting about a Romney speech in Ohio the other day was completely false. I had a friend who was there and read about it later and was saying none of what CNN said even happened. If you sit back and look at verything Obama has done, or hasn't done then he should be racked over the coals by the media but he isn't, just gets a free pass. If a Republican was stinking up the joint as bad as Obama is then you can bet that guy would be crucified by the press. Sorry but the whole bold face lie about Libya told me a lot about this president.
In 2004, Democrats insisted the MSM was in the tank for Bush, and the polls were all biased towards Bush. That is because Kerry was losing. You never hear the winners complain about media bias. As far as Republicans' complaint about poll bias, Nate Silver showed that polls over the decades have not shown any particular bias or inaccuracy based on the eventual results.
In other words, this is what losers do in anticipation of a loss. They prepare their excuses.
http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/29/poll-averages-have-no-history-of-consistent-partisan-bias/
It is supposed to be the job of a journalist to seek truth and report his/her honest findings. That is hardly what we now have. When mainstream media has become the state's media, we are in deep caca. Ask how that worked in Russia and dozens of other countries.
Biden has always been something of a loose cannon for the Democrats. In this case, he is right about the middle class being torched over the last four years: if you are poor, you are getting help through a variety of government aid programs; if you are rich, you don't need it; if you are in the middle, you are toasted by declining home values, dropping wages, job loss, etc.
Of course, what Biden didn't say (the party line) is that things would be much worse if someone else was President. This is all based on the notion that Obama needs "another term to finish the job." Whatever. Four years is long enough. The green shoots are turning brown. I guess Recovery Summer wasn't built to last.
Someone must have put some truth serum in one of his hair plugs.
Joe escaped again from that little room in the basement of the White House where his handlers have been keeping him.
Joe's foot-in-mouth problem has been the only bit of humor in these last disastrous 4 years.
Let's see if the Liberal media talks about this gaffe for the next month -- will NOT !!
Romney / Ryan - the ONLY hope for our country !!
knowing that this idiot is just a heartbeat away from being a so-called "president" we all have to get together and say ***** "GOD, " PLEASE" BLESS AMERICA!"
To those idiots that mean to say moron are spelling MAROON WHICH IMaroon is a bright, rich, deep, or dark red color, depending on which tone of maroon is in question; could be purplish in color.
Moron
noun 1. Informal liberal . a person who is notably stupid or lacking in good judgment. 2. Psychology . (no longer in technical use; considered offensive)
Just goes to show you about the liberals!!!!!!!!!!!!
Could be a reference to Bugs Bunny. He used to make that mistake:
"What a maroon! What a nin-cow-poop!"
Maybe.
I'll bet that along with the definition , there are pictures of Odumbo, and Biden there , also. It sure fits them to a "T" Go back to counting your food stamps, and check the classified ads, and see if anyone is hiring! GOOD LUCK, FUZZY
Don't you remember the Bugs Bunny cartoons? He would be talking trash about Elmer Fudd and he would say "What a Maroon? Meaning Moron but not wanting to say it. That was being "PC" back in the day.
Yes, and Obamas President! A failed Presidency!
Romney.Ryan-1012
I love that this article talks as much about Romney's comment as it does Biden's. He said what he believes here and not what he was supposed to say. The truth is that the middle class has been buried by the Obama administration. End of story.
Anyone Obama fan trying to justify Biden's comments are as bad as the WH blaming the terrorist attack on an obscure, anti-Islamic video. Any way you try to spin it, you lose.
Biden just admitted what everyone knows. Under Obama, the middle class has been buried.
It's the economy, stupid.
Well, there goes Plugs Biden again "helping" the President. I thought Obama was smart enough (apparently not) to keep "Bite Me Biden" off the campaign trail till after the election.
Joe Biden said what so many Americans are feeling every day. "For four years, the middle class has been buried" by Obama's failed policies from higher taxes to more debt which is why he has a difficult time explaining why he deserves another term in the White House."
Too funny...
@ Can You Spell Socialism?
Can you spell fascism? That's all the GOP has to offer. Before you begin throwing your isms around, why not look up the definitions so you'll know what you are talking about?
If there ever was any doubt in NC voters mind as to who to pick as a candidate, I guess Ol'Smokin" Joe, cleared it up for them. This guy doesn't have a clue as to where he is at., what he is doing there, or when it will leave. Watch the democrats come out and claim that he must have bumped his head, when the plane landed! Yeh, go get your democrat vote in, we don't want this one to get away (laughing!)
Obama/Biden
I'll allow Joe some slack. A rough flight and a missed approach to landing can be a little unnerving.
So can 4 years of being buried.
Biden said Obama was clean & articulate. For a what?
After the first aborted landing attempt in Charlotte they should have done everyone a favor and just gone back to Washington.