Vice President Joe Biden set a confrontational tone in the Thursday vice presidential debate, referring to Republican opponent Rep. Paul Ryan as a “friend” whose arguments were “malarkey” when his body language suggested those were euphemisms for words that can’t be uttered on network television.
The 90-minute duel in Danville, Ky. was heavy on aggression, but light on the details that might inspire voters to have much optimism about either of their plans to address the sluggish economy, end the Afghan War, navigate through the moral complexities of abortion, or defuse the combustive tensions in the Middle East.
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