Biden piles on Romney's 47 percent comment, "profoundly wrong"

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http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/09/21/14017531-biden-piles-on-romneys-47-percent-comment

Vice President Joe Biden on Friday called Mitt Romney's characterization of the American electorate during a spring fundraiser "profoundly wrong" and declared "this is not a country of victims."

Listing off a series of typical Americans who benefit from government aid -- an elderly widow on Social Security, a veteran now in college because of GI Bill, or a working couple who receive a child care credit -- Biden accused Romney of labeling hard-working Americans as "dependent."

"He thinks all these folks, he thinks these folks believe they’re entitled. That they’ve become dependent, they see themselves as victims who wont take responsibility for their own lives," Biden said, raising his voice before a crowd of 1,300 at Dartmouth College. "How could he be so profoundly wrong about America. How is that possible? Not in my neighborhood. Not where I grew up. Not the people I know."

Quoting his father, Biden won cheers for professing that the majority of Americans agree with the sentiment that "I don’t expect the government to solve my problems, but at least it’s got to understand my problems."

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1. God Bless Him

"How could he be so profoundly wrong about America. How is that possible? Not in my neighborhood. Not where I grew up. Not the people I know." great statement, appeals to working clas