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Related: About this forumVice-President Joe Biden to give the Keynote Address to NAACP Convention Thursday
(CNN) -- Vice President Joe Biden gives the keynote address at the NAACP convention in Houston on Thursday, a day after presumptive GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney spoke there and as President Barack Obama takes a pass.
It will be Biden's first time addressing the convention as vice president, the NAACP said.
"The vice president is a longtime friend to the NAACP," said Roslyn Brock, the group's chairwoman. "He has been a strong advocate for justice and equality over his decades of service in the Senate and the White House."
The president will miss the event due to a "scheduling conflict," his campaign said.
"We declined a few weeks ago, and (the) NAACP was pleased (Vice President Joe Biden) was able to attend," an Obama-Biden campaign official told CNN.
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http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/12/politics/naacp-biden/index.html
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Vice-President Joe Biden to give the Keynote Address to NAACP Convention Thursday (Original Post)
Tx4obama
Jul 2012
OP
Actually, I believe that Eric Holder already addressed that issue when he spoke there.
LiberalFighter
Jul 2012
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DCKit
(18,541 posts)1. The contrast will be amazing. nt
Tx4obama
(36,974 posts)2. This is one Biden speech that I am really looking forward to :) n/t
oldhippydude
(2,514 posts)3. what a perfect place..
to address the voter suppression issue..... Go Joe!!
LiberalFighter
(51,084 posts)4. Actually, I believe that Eric Holder already addressed that issue when he spoke there.
Of course, that doesn't mean that Biden won't too.
LiberalFighter
(51,084 posts)5. CNN just had to make up a story when they wrote it
that "President Barack Obama takes a pass". Knowing full well that there is a big difference when the President has other duties to perform.
NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts)6. This turned out to be a brilliant move. Joe can say things that Obama can't.
And he did!