Vice President Biden swung hard at Mitt Romney's secretly recorded remarks that 47 percent of Americans do not take personal responsibility for their lives.
President Obama was criticized by Democrats for failing to mention the remarks, which Romney made at a private fundraiser earlier this year, in last week's presidential debates.
But Biden pounced Thursday night during his vice presidential debate with GOP running mate Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), using the comments to paint Romney as a candidate more interested in helping the nation's wealthy than the middle class.
"It shouldn't be surprising for a guy who says 47 percent of the American people are unwilling to take responsibility for their own lives," he said.
"These people are my mom and dad, the people who I grew up with, my neighbors," Biden added. "They are elderly people ... they are veterans and people fighting in Afghanistan."
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