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| Vice President Joe Biden |
Vice
President Joe Biden delivered a welcomed address to the NAACP annual convention
in Houston on Thursday, bolstering support for President Barack Obama and
drawing sharp contracts with the Republican Party on civil rights.
On
the heels of recent voter identification disputes, Biden strayed from his
typical campaign speech to zero in on voting rights, arguing that Republicans
were making it more difficult for certain group to vote.
The
issue was a hot topic this week at the NAACP convention, where Attorney
General Eric Holder spoke Tuesday and lambasted states that have considered or
attempted to implement such laws, including Texas, Florida and Pennsylvania.
"It
was about the right to vote, because when you have the right to vote, you have
the right to change things," he said.
He
called on the crowd to imagine what the Justice Department would look like
under a Mitt Romney administration.
"Imagine
the recommendations and who he's likely to pick for attorney general or head of
the civil rights division," he said, drawing scorn from the audience.
The
president did make a brief appearance in a pre-taped video that ran before the
vice president appeared.
"If
you keep standing with me ... I know we can arrive there together," the
president said after delivering a few lines from his typical stump speech on
helping middle-class Americans.
At
least the Vice President did have sense to come to the NAACP convention and
speak with common sense and on the level as the average American.
