Biden and McCain: Who is Angry and Who is Passionate

Biden: McCain attacks attempt to distract voters
October 13, 2008
By BETH LaMONTAGNE HALL

ROCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — Democratic vice presidential nominee Joe Biden said Monday that Republican John McCain is falsely attacking Barack Obama to distract voters from the economy while lurching from one bad idea to another.


"Every single false charge, every single baseless accusation is a simple attempt to get you to focus on something other than what's affecting your families and your country," Biden told about 500 people at an American Legion hall.


"I've known John McCain for a long, long time," Biden added. "It's disappointing that his campaign, as a recent analysis has shown, literally 100 percent of the McCain campaign's advertisements are negative."


"I guess when you vote with the president 100 percent of the time, you can only attack 100 percent of the time," he said.

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Unafraid to raise his voice on the campaign trail, Biden bellowed about the tax breaks he says McCain would give to big corporations, including those who set-up offshore headquarters. “You know, I was criticized by Sarah Palin for talking about patriotism,” said Biden to booing from the crowd. “It's okay, for talking about patriotism and taxes. Well let me tell you what the people I grew up [with] in Green Ridge and Claymont and Wilmington think is unpatriotic: they think it's unpatriotic when you earn your money in the United States of America and you hide it offshore to avoid taxes making sure you have to make up the difference. It is unpatriotic to take a hundred billion dollars offshore and not pay your taxes.” “That is unpatriotic!” shouted Biden. “So I don't need a lecture on patriotism. I've had it up to here!” It was an example of the inflamed and passionate Biden seen often at events – a sharp contrast to the calm, pointed directness of Obama, who rarely shows the same heightened outbursts as his running-mate.

So which side is it that is inflaming issues. When Biden screams and yells, he is passionate. When McCain does it, he is angry.

And the media can claim with a straight face they are unbiased, reporting the news?











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