Biden, in Nevada, accuses GOP ticket of 'blackmail' for tax stand

Source: LA Times

RENO, Nev. -- Vice President Joe Biden accused the Republican ticket of Mitt Romney and Rep. Paul D. Ryan of advocating "blackmail" for insisting on continuing the so-called Bush tax cuts for the wealthy, rather than continuing them only for middle-class taxpayers.

"Folks, that's blackmail," Biden told a cheering crowd of supporters in Reno. "That's blackmail."

It was one of many tough lines Biden delivered in the course of his speech in this battleground state, where polls have shown the race tightening substantially in recent weeks. He repeatedly charged that the Republican nominees are "out of touch" with the concerns of ordinary Americans, and mocked Romney for saying he had "binders full of women" when he was hiring staff as governor of Massachusetts.

Biden noted that Romney was asked in Tuesday's presidential debate with President Obama whether he supported equal pay for women. "He started by talking about binders," the vice president said, his tone incredulous. "Binders. ... Binders! Folks, talk about out of touch. And he never did answer the question of whether women are entitled to equal pay for equal work."


Read more: http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-biden-gop-taxes-blackmail-20121017,0,6002957.story

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The GOP seems to like blackmail and extortion with candidates asking corporations to threaten to fire workers if Democrats win.