VP Joe Biden: "Presidential elections are first and foremost about character..."

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/03/biden-takes-a-daylight-saving-time-themed-swipe-at-romney/

Biden Takes a Daylight Saving Time-Themed Swipe at Romney
By RICHARD A. OPPEL JR.


Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. at a rally in Arvada, Colo., on Saturday.Ozier Muhammad/The New York TimesVice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. at a rally in Arvada, Colo., on Saturday.

ARVADA, Colo. – Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. took a few last swings at Mitt Romney in Colorado during two stops on Saturday before heading to a final stretch of campaigning in a pair of other crucial swing states, Virginia and Ohio, telling a crowd of 900 at a suburban Denver high school that while the Republican presidential nominee is a “decent” man, he is also “absolutely shameless” and has shown he lacks the character required of a president by preying upon the fears of desperate and worried Americans.

“Folks I want to remind you, this is the end of daylight savings time tonight,” Mr. Biden said. “It’s Mitt Romney’s favorite time of year because he gets to turn the clock back. He wants to turn that clock back so desperately. This time he can really do it tonight.”

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Mr. Biden also drew on a lesson he said he learned from his mother, whom he quoted as saying, “Joey, the measure of your character is not what you do when people are looking. It’s what you do when you think no one is looking.”

“Governor Romney revealed his character when he thought no one was looking, and he characterized 47 percent of the American people as, quote, unwilling to take responsibility for their own lives,” Mr. Biden said. “Who does he think he is? No wonder they run ads preying on the fears of the American people and those autoworkers. Presidential elections are first and foremost about character. Character is the single most important ingredient a president must possess, and it’s clear who has it, and who does not have it.”