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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/31/joe-biden-mitt-romney-jeep-ad_n_2050183.html
During a campaign event in Sarasota, Fla., Biden called the latest ad one of the "most scurrilous" and "most flagrantly dishonest ads I can remember in my political career." The worst part, he said, is that the ad actually caused workers to call United Auto Workers and ask if it was true.
"What a cynical, cynical thing to do," Biden said of Romney.
The ads, which are being run on TV and on the radio, state that Chrysler and GM are shipping their jeep production overseas. A GM spokesman responded Tuesday with an unusually sharp rebuke, saying Romney has "clearly entered some parallel universe" and that it reflects "campaign politics at its cynical worst." Similarly, a Chrysler spokesman said there was "no validity" to the ad. Instead, the spokesman said, the company is looking to open new factories in China to meet increasing demand there, a move that would not involve outsourcing American jobs.
Biden's comments on Wednesday marked the first time he's addressed the matter. He said he's never heard of a corporation wading into a election in the final hours of a campaign to give a description of what a presidential candidate is doing. But he said GM's response was right on the money.
LynneSin
(95,337 posts)Beau has been working hard on the campaign trail but last Saturday he had to turn in his campaigning hat for his National Guard one instead. The son of a Vice President AND the elected Attorney General of Delaware was called up for National Guard duty to help out the protection and recovery for Delaware during this storm.
So while Mitt's kids are posing for fake donation drives, Joe's kid is out there helping those hit the worst down in Sussex County near the beach town and bay.
skeewee08
(1,983 posts)Blue Owl
(50,523 posts)young_at_heart
(3,772 posts)What a huge contrast between his family and say----the Bushs (or the Romneys)!
treestar
(82,383 posts)Just tell it like it is!