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Below is the video and transcript of Beau's appearance this morning--


Subject: BEAU BIDEN: Romney Proved He’ll Say Anything To Get Elected


BEAU BIDEN: Romney Proved He’ll Say Anything To Get Elected

On “Morning Joe,” Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden said that last night, Mitt Romney proved once again that he’ll say anything to get elected, even if it means hiding his true positions. He said that on Afghanistan, Romney showed “no conviction, no sense of purpose, no clarity on a fundamental issue of our day.” Unfortunately for Romney, as Biden said, “this is not a sales pitch. This is running for President of the United States.”

VIDEO: http://youtu.be/2O8Yu_jkSL0

TRANSCRIPT

BIDEN: Running for President of the United States is earning the trust of the people in this room, of this state, of this nation. And Governor Romney last night reaffirmed the concerns the people of his home state have about him – and that’s a person willing to say anything to get elected at any point. You know, when he ran against Ted Kennedy, he took the stage and tried to be more progressive than Ted Kennedy. The people of his own state know this. He's not even competing in his own state. He reaffirmed every notion people have about him – and that’s not being trustworthy. He's a good man, good husband, good father, no doubt. But he had no conviction, no sense of purpose, no clarity on a fundamental issue our day. We've been at war for ten years. This will be our nation’s longest war. Joe, you and Mika, talk about it all the time, thank you for doing it. And he's willing to say anything about anything at any time to close the deal. This is not a sales pitch. This is running for President of the United States.

GEIST: So you don't believe he wants the troops out in 2014 of Afghanistan?

BIDEN: I believe he wants to say whatever it takes to get him elected. That's not a president. That's not a Commander-in-Chief. On Afghanistan, he said up until last night, that it depends. It depends. On Iraq – he said that it was a tragic mistake to take our troops out of Iraq. That's what he said the entire campaign. He took the stage and tried to be more conservative. He's the only person I've ever seen that's actually taken two stages and tried to be more progressive than Ted Kennedy 20 years ago and more right wing than Newt Gingrich. I mean running for president is about earning the trust of the Republicans, Democrats, independents in this state and Ohio. People want a person with conviction, say what they mean, mean what they say. He says whatever is expedient at the moment.


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