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Mona Shield Payne/Special to the Sun
Vice President Joe Biden speaks at the Disabled American Veterans National Convention at Bally’s Convention Center on Saturday, Aug. 4, 2012.
Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2012 | 5:26 p.m.
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney says Vice President Joe Biden's comment that Republicans would put voters "back in chains" is a sign of an "angry and desperate" presidency.
Romney plans to tell voters Tuesday night in Chillicothe, Ohio, that the vice president's comments represent an "outrageous charge" that disgraces the office of the presidency.
Biden made the comments earlier in the day in Danville, Va., while saying that Republicans want to deregulate Wall Street — or, as Biden put it, to '"unchain Wall Street."
Hundreds of black people were in the audience when Biden added, "They're going to put y'all back in chains."
During a stop in Wytheville, Va., Biden said he meant to say "unshackled," but he did not apologize. Instead, he mocked the Romney campaign for its outrage.
C'mon... it's Biden. It's a slow news day to focus any time on this. I'd feel the same way if it was spoken by either Mitt or P Ryan. Joe got excited and out it rolled... that's Joe.
Let's get back to the real stuff... like tax-returns and blaming George Bush!!!