Vice President Biden preached the gospel of President Obama’s economic recovery plan to members of Rev. Al Sharpton’s National Action Network Friday, saying the White House knows the deepest concerns of the minority community.
“When I was here in 2007, if I knew how good that Obama guy was, I would have just not wasted my time… would have just joined up right then,” Biden joked of his own failed presidential bid. The audience roared. “I should have known, you know,” he added.
After taking a moment to condemn slayings in Binghamton, Biden quickly took up the role of cheerleader-in-chief for Obama’s turnaround plan.
“The president and I, we’re positive we know what’s on your mind… I think we know what’s keeping you up at night – the same thing that’s keeping us up,” Biden said.
He spoke of unemployment rates higher in the black community than the overall population, and of how minorities have been left out of an American “bargain” – when productivity rises, everyone who works to increase it should reap the benefits.
Source: nydailynews.com
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