{"id":13806,"date":"2012-09-29T21:24:00","date_gmt":"2012-09-30T02:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/?p=13806"},"modified":"2012-09-30T06:21:09","modified_gmt":"2012-09-30T11:21:09","slug":"vice-president-biden-in-fort-myers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2012\/09\/vice-president-biden-in-fort-myers\/","title":{"rendered":"Vice President <br> in Fort Myers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Kevin Gourley<br \/>\nSpecial Correspondent<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13814\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13814\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/vice-president-biden-in-fort-myers\/biden003\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-13814\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13814\" title=\"Biden003\" src=\"http:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Biden003-300x196.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"196\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Biden003-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Biden003-1024x672.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Biden003.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13814\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vice President Joe Biden \/ by Kevin Gourley<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Vice President Joe Biden visited Fort Myers today on the campaign trail in effort to rally support for President Obama in the upcoming presidential election.\u00a0 He took center stage Saturday morning at the\u00a0Wa-Ke Hatchee Park Recreation Center\/Lexington Middle School gymnasium in south Fort Myers\u00a0around 11:50 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>to the sound of Bruce Springsteen\u2019s \u201cWe Take Care of Our Own.\u201d \u00a0As he approached the podium, he was greeted by a loud, cheering assembly of supporters.Biden addressed the audience of 2,140 people to explain his thoughts on<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Mitt Romney\u2019s 47% comments<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Reducing the deficit<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Medicare &amp; Social Security<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The War in Afghanistan<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Cutting oil imports<!--more--><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Mention of Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan sparked an outcry of boos. \u00a0In response, the vice president said, \u201cI don\u2019t need your boos, I need your help.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He stated that the deficit can be reduced in 4 years by asking the wealthy to pay more.<\/p>\n<p>According to Biden, since Obama took office, \u201cyour parents and those on Medicare have more benefits than before.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The vice president also stated that we are going to end the war in Afghanistan and cut oil imports by 2020.<\/p>\n<p>While the vice president was speaking inside, there was a very small group of Mitt Romney supporters outside. \u00a0A few Romney supporters held up signs venting their current frustrations with the recession and another sign alluding to concerns of big government.<\/p>\n<p>At 12:27 p.m. Vice President Biden finished his speech, followed by tremendous cheers and applause. \u00a0REO Speedwagon\u2019s \u201cRoll With The Changes\u201d played as he walked off stage. Afterwards, he spent time visiting, shaking hands, and taking pictures with a number of people from the audience before he departed.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-13806 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2012\/09\/vice-president-biden-in-fort-myers\/biden002\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Biden002-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-13813\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-13813'>\n\t\t\t\tVice President Joe Biden \n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a 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aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-13815\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-13815'>\n\t\t\t\tVice President Joe Biden\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2012\/09\/vice-president-biden-in-fort-myers\/biden005\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Biden005-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-13816\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-13816'>\n\t\t\t\tVice President Joe Biden \n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2012\/09\/vice-president-biden-in-fort-myers\/joebiden-crowd1\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/JoeBiden-crowd1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-13817\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-13817'>\n\t\t\t\tVice President Joe Biden \r\n\/ by Kevin Gourley\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2012\/09\/vice-president-biden-in-fort-myers\/joebiden-crowd2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/JoeBiden-crowd2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-13807\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-13807'>\n\t\t\t\tVice President Joe Biden \n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2012\/09\/vice-president-biden-in-fort-myers\/joebiden-crowd3\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/JoeBiden-crowd3-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-13808\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-13808'>\n\t\t\t\tVice President Joe Biden \n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2012\/09\/vice-president-biden-in-fort-myers\/joebiden-public1\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/JoeBiden-Public1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-13809\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-13809'>\n\t\t\t\tVice President Joe Biden \n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2012\/09\/vice-president-biden-in-fort-myers\/romneysupport1\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/RomneySupport1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-13810\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-13810'>\n\t\t\t\tRomney Supporters \n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2012\/09\/vice-president-biden-in-fort-myers\/romneysupport2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/RomneySupport2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-13811\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-13811'>\n\t\t\t\tRomney Supporters \n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a 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