At a stop in Liberty this afternoon, Sen. Joe Biden ripped Republican John McCain repeatedly as being out of touch with the American people.
And he urged the crowd of several hundred to ignore McCain's recent attacks on the Democratic ticket, calling the charges inadequage and misguided.
( Allen's Note ) Watch this four minute video of the McCain / Palin mob in Ohio ~ it's pretty unsettling ~ yet fairly representative of the Bush / McCain fear and hate based uninformed far right base. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjxzmaXAg9E
"The false charges are designed to get you to stop paying attention to what's going on," Biden continued .
Biden brought the crowd inside a gymnasium at William Jewell College to its feet when he accused McCain of failing to "look Barack Obama in the eye" and level those accusations during Tuesday night's debate.
"If you got something say, look them in the eye and say it," he said.
Biden also ridiculed the popular image of McCain as a maverick because the Arizona senator has voted with President Bush more than 90 percent of the time.
"You can't call yourself a maverick if all you've been is a sidekick," he said.
Biden called the eight years of the Bush administration a giant setback for the country.
"It's virtually impossible to say that things are better off than eight years ago. We are in a very deep hole," the vice presidential nominee said.
Biden also outlined a series of plans ranging from quick withdrawal from Iraq to government help for paying for college educations.
He also promised to cut taxes for 95 percent of Americans.
"The middle class needs the help," Biden said.
