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Published October 10, 2008 03:55 pm - SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — U.S. Sen. Joe Biden, the Democratic vice presidential nominee, brought the campaign being waged by Sen. Barack Obama and himself deep into traditionally Republican territory Friday with an appearance in Springfield’s Jordan Valley Park. Democrats turn out for Biden appearance in Springfield w/ Sen. Biden campaign slide show Click the link at the left to view the slide show. By Roger McKinney rmckinney@joplinglobe.com SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — U.S. Sen. Joe Biden, the Democratic vice presidential nominee, brought the campaign being waged by Sen. Barack Obama and himself deep into traditionally Republican territory Friday with an appearance in Springfield’s Jordan Valley Park. “We need a fundamental, wholesale change in the political and economic philosophy of this country,” Biden said. Biden in his speech reminded the crowd that a manager for U.S. Sen. John McCain’s presidential campaign had recently said the campaign wants to “turn the page on the economy.” “He didn’t mean solving the crisis,” Biden said. “He meant ignoring it and attacking Barack Obama.” Biden said the page can’t be turned on the economy until there’s a better ending to the story. He didn’t repeat the claims of McCain, the Republican presidential nominee, and his running mate, Sarah Palin. He presumably was referring to the Republican campaign’s attacks related to Obama’s loose association with education professor William Ayres, a former member of the radical and violent Weather Underground, and related to Obama’s former pastor, Jeremiah Wright. Biden said the false charges don’t hurt Obama or him. “Beyond these attacks, what is John McCain really offering?” Biden said. “What about the past eight years is he going to change?” Biden said John McCain’s idea he put forward in Tuesday’s debate to spend $300 billion to buy back bad mortgages at face value simply bails out the banks engaged in risky behavior. “The banks wouldn’t lose a single penny,” Biden said. He said on Sept. 15, McCain said that “the fundamentals of the economy are strong” before two hours later saying there was an economic crisis. “The economic crisis is the final verdict on Bush’s economic policy of the past eight years,” Biden said. He said McCain’s change of tone on a single day wasn’t a religious epiphany. 
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