(The Root) -- Joe Biden is no George Jefferson. But by the way Mitt Romney reacted to the vice president's inexcusable line Tuesday -- that Romney and Rep. Paul Ryan might "put y'all back in chains" -- you could be forgiven if you thought, somehow, that Biden had gone off and called Romney a "honky." It was the go-to epithet of Jefferson, the '70s TV character played by the late Sherman Hemsley.Although Biden is famous for campaign-trail gaffes -- and while the "back in chains" riff isn't even close to dropping an "h" bomb -- you can see why it pissed Romney off: There's no way he can prove it, but it's a pretty safe bet that he feels like it's racial.It's the same way African Americans feel about the last couple of years in American politics.
for those who haven't noticed the only ones that are railing against the Biden reference wall street locking us down in debt and credit cards etc. are the right wing Whites who once again presume to tell Black people and others what we feel and think. no NAACP or other groups just them.
Even if Biden was only referring to Republicans' promise to "unchain Wall Street" -- the three words he spoke right before he launched into "y'all"-- there's really still no excuse. He's the vice president of the United States, and he has to know that every word counts when he's out stumping for Barack Obama, the nation's embattled first black president.
IMO the only mistake was not realizing the white right would a cause they felt they could make hay from, they weren't concerned about any racial tone hell they do it on a hourly basis, once again we have found the fraud,now leave our voter rights alone, YOU ARE NOT OUR CHAMPIONS. recognize
