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Published 8/24/2008 at L.A. Times - Politics

'We cannot as a nation stand for four more years of this,' says Obama's newly named running mate, a direct jab at Republican candidate John McCain, whom Biden calls a friend. > Sleeves rolled up, Joseph R. Biden Jr. bounded onto an outdoor stage here Saturday and kicked off his campaign as Barack Obama's running mate with an emotional appeal to blue-collar voters and a blistering attack on John McCain. (link)

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