Biden: McCain looked like 'angry man' at debate David Edwards and Ron Brynaert

Published: Wednesday October 8, 2008





Print This Email This Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden had some harsh words for the opposition while speaking at a campaign event at the University of South Florida's Sun Dome in Tampa, Florida. Biden said that Republican Senator John McCain has been coming across as "an angry man" lately with his campaign's "ugly inferences" and "unbecoming personal attacks" on the Democratic ticket.



The Delaware senator said that "the questions from the people of that town hall last night I believe, personally believe, reflected what a majority of the American people are looking for, a steady hand, leadership, an optimist, not an angry man lurching from one position to another. We're looking for answers."



"You didn't hear a single question about the ugly inferences and the unbecoming personal attacks launched by the McCain campaign on Barack Obama," Biden added. "You didn't hear one single average person ask that."



Later in his speech, Biden advised the crowd not to to become "distracted."



"Those attacks don't hurt Barack Obama or me," Biden said. "They hurt you. Every single false charge and baseless accusation is an attempt to get you to stop paying attention on what is going on in this country."



Earlier today, as Raw Story reported, during an appearance on CBS's Early Show, Biden unleashed some harsh criticism on the harsh turn the McCain campaign has taken the last week. According to Biden, Alaskan governor Sarah Palin is injecting "fear and loathing" into the race with her false claim that Obama is friends with a terrorist, former Weather Underground member and founder William Ayers.



"You know, the idea here that somehow these guys are once again injecting fear and loathing into this campaign is ... I think it's mildly dangerous. I mean, here you have out there these kinds of, you know, incitements out there - guy introducing Barack using his middle name as if it's some epitaph or something," Biden said, apparently confusing the words 'epitaph' and 'epithet,' the Associated Press reported.



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