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Chains

President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden share a laugh as the US Senior Men's National Team and Brazil play during a pre-Olympic exhibition basketball game at the Verizon Center on July 16, 2012 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images)

Obama defends Biden on 'chains' comment

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WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama is defending Vice President Joe Biden against criticism of his remarks that Republican repeal of Wall Street regulations would put voters 'back in chains'...
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Artur Davis blasts Biden as 'insulting' to blacks

Perry Bacon Jr.
theGRIO REPORT - Former Alabama congressman Artur Davis, who made a high-profile switch to the Republican Party earlier this year, Wednesday blasted controversial comments by Vice President Biden, calling them 'insulting to African-Americans'...
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Vice President Joe Biden, meets supporters after a campaign stop at the Spiller Elementary School in Wytheville, Va., Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2012. Biden traveled to southern and southwestern Virginia to discuss the choice voters have in Virginia. A choice between two fundamental differences in visions of how to grow the economy, create middle-class jobs and pay down the debt. (AP Photo /Don Petersen)

Did Biden go too far with 'chains' line?

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VIDEO - The Romney campaign won't comment on the farm bill or the devastating drought, but it raced to express outrage at the perceived racial injustice of Vice President Biden's comment that Republicans want to put people 'back in chains'...
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Vice President Joe Biden speaks during a campaign stop at the Spiller Elementary School in Wytheville, Va., Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2012.  (AP Photo /Don Petersen)

Biden on Wall Street: GOP wants you 'back in chains'

Matthew Daly, Associated Press
DANVILLE, Va. (AP) - Vice President Joe Biden sparked a campaign commotion Tuesday, telling an audience in southern Virginia that included hundreds of black voters that Republican Mitt Romney wanted to put them 'back in chains' by deregulating Wall Street...
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