Vice President Joe Biden was caught on camera calling a Glendale, Wisconsin custard shop manager a “smartass” after the man asked the White House lower his taxes.
Biden visited Kopps Frozen Custard, a popular Milwaukee-area restaurant the vice president mistook for an ice cream parlor, to chat with employees and patrons. Biden’s rebuke, which was captured on film by a local ABS News affiliate, came after he asked the manager what he owed.
“Don’t worry, it’s on us,” the store’s manager replied to the vice president. “Lower our taxes and we’ll call it even.”
Minutes later Biden is heard chiding the employee, saying: “Why don’t you say something nice instead of being a smartass all the time?”
Some have already said the Kopps manager is to Joe Biden what Joe “The Plumber” Wurzelbacher is to President Barack Obama, who gained national attention after he questioned the Democratic presidential candidate’s tax policies.
The Vice President was in town to campaign for Senator Russ Feingold, who polls show running even with Republican challenger Ron Johnson. At a Friday fundraiser, Biden told a crowd of donors “there’s no possibility to restore 8 million jobs lost in the Great Recession.”
No doubt Kopps’ manager has some suggestions for the administration.
Steve Maley
KnightsofMalta
How dare the proles speak up?!
redcometchar2010 (Diary) Sunday, June 27th at 11:01AM EST (link)They should all be all on bended knee in supplication and gratitude to be blessed by having the One and His minions runs things for them.. Is this example 1256 of the Democratic party showing contempt for the people they rule… I mean serve? I’d like to say I’m shocked at such behavior, but I’m not. Well, I guess I’ll go cling to my gun and my Bible.
Yeah, they should be grateful that O is lowering the tax rates by letting the Bush tax cuts expire.
Xasteius (Diary) Sunday, June 27th at 12:05PM EST (link)(i.e. Big Brother getting praised for raising the chocolate ration from 33 g to 30g).
Don’t leave the party, hijack it back!
The only poll that counts is the one at the ballot box.
I don’t want to be Reagan. I want to be a Chance/Soros hybrid.
The manager better be prepared to have his
throwback59 Sunday, June 27th at 11:03AM EST (link)whole life examined by the press and Obie’s IRS goons. God forbid he took an extra penny of tax deduction, he will be labeled a hypocrite coast to coast.
He should call “Joe the Plumber” for some tips on handling the coming firestorm.
That One Should Have Been Easy For Biden
BigGator5 (Diary) Sunday, June 27th at 11:03AM EST (link)That one should been an awesome pick-up for Biden:
“Of course we want to lower your taxes! We are after all looking out for guys like you!”
Instead, Good Old Joe called the manager names. Sometimes I wonder if Biden isn’t altogether with us in the real world.
On another note, every Republican running for office should be using that quote about the Eight Million Jobs. That’s a gold star freudian slip right there!
Educated (About The Issues Facing Us Today), Dedicated (To Making A Difference), And Highly Motivated (To Getting Things Done)

Hard to Keep The High Command Isolated from the Plebes ALL the Time...
reaganiterepublicanresistance Sunday, June 27th at 11:10AM EST (link)Opps- reality intervenes, they hate when that happens…
And doesn’t that mgr know you’re just supposed to lay back and learn to enjoy it?
The Reaganite Republican
Don't Look For Joe To Be Part of the 2012 Campaign!
IJB Sunday, June 27th at 11:25AM EST (link)Slobama will be looking for a V.P. upgrade, and ol’ Joe is going to be buried under the floorboards, and all historical references to him ever being part of the Obama Admin. will be deleted.
It’ll be like ol’ Joe never existed!
The obama bus is still a hungry creature two years later -nt
Joliphant (Diary) Sunday, June 27th at 12:14PM EST (link)nt
“Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.”
-Thomas Paine: The American Crisis, No. 4, 1777
yeah, and even his pictures will start
cactusjack Sunday, June 27th at 1:37PM EST (link)disappearing out of any official photos and videos of him with the Dear Glorious Leader. There will just be this airbrushed space of a couple of feets’ width to Obama’s right, and then the next person like Napolitano or Salazar standing in their place looking nonchalantly the other direction.
Biden is insurance...
jcincy Sunday, June 27th at 2:05PM EST (link)Joe Biden is insurance for Obama. A promise that if Obama leaves office early, we’ll be stuck with one of the worst VPs in American history as president. (For most of us, that’s not really much of a change from BHO as president).
“Providence has given to our people the choice of their rulers, and it is the duty, as well as the privilege and interest of our Christian nation, to select and prefer Christians for their rulers.” — John Jay
Absolutely
hoootie Monday, June 28th at 6:47AM EST (link)You can change the name of a rose but there ain’t nothin you can do about the smell !
while it may be a tad over-used...
Russ Martin (Diary) Sunday, June 27th at 11:26AM EST (link)I think the term “out of touch” applies nicely here. It shows Biden’s total inability to understand or even respect the small business owner and jobs creator. A perfect snapshot of the political elite.
“Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.” George Washington
Between O's "kick some a**"
dwintnf (Diary) Sunday, June 27th at 11:31AM EST (link)and biden’s smart a** I think that WE conservatives will be doing both..IN NOVEMBER!
A smart a** kicking!!!
DW in Tahoe
But did he still get the custard for free?
jazzycmk (Diary) Sunday, June 27th at 11:35AM EST (link)I would have made him pay for it.
Although I think Joe was clever enough to make the comment several minutes after the purchase.
jcmk
“90% of people don’t care about your problems…..and the other 10% are glad you have them” – former football coach Lou Holtz
I would have charged him more. "Progressive" pricing policy, you see. [nt]
cwilson (Diary) Sunday, June 27th at 1:07PM EST (link).
If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude than the animated contest of freedom — go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains sit lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen! –Samuel Adams
Custard $3; Photo Op $20...
CSUFBomb (Diary) Sunday, June 27th at 1:27PM EST (link)…Sergeant Smart Ass and Captain Kick Ass both sticking their feet in their mouths every time they have to mingle with the masses . . . Priceless!
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“We want great men who, when fortune frowns, will not be discouraged.” – Colonel Henry Knox
It's clearly the manager's fault
raydawggie Sunday, June 27th at 11:50AM EST (link)He really should have known better than to question the representative of Glorious Leader.
No, it's Bush's fault
Wine Country Dog (Diary) Sunday, June 27th at 4:16PM EST (link)Or something.
Change we can step in!
woof!
ATTITUDE IS EVERYTHING
reelman (Diary) Sunday, June 27th at 11:59AM EST (link)Biden Calls Custard Shop Manager a ‘Smartass’ After Taxes Comment
Vice President Biden called the manager of a custard shop outside of Milwaukee, Wis., a “smartass” after the man asked him to lower taxes.
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Govt can’t do with a dollar less and all demo-socialists have are distractions, lies and smears…so which is this??? Did I mention in 8 months the Repub tax cuts expire so your checks will be smaller? Guess not.
“Ignore what is said, watch what is done”
The problem is congress…is congress…
Secular Socialism is never the answer…
“This is where we hold them, this is where we fight”
The “reelman” in central Louisiana
Can't have thin skin folks
jdp Sunday, June 27th at 12:01PM EST (link)I think it’s healthy to have a little edgy bantor in our politics. From listening to the edited tape it sounded like good natured ribbing on both sides to me. I have no love for Joe Biden or his politics but this one made me chuckle rather than angry, frankly. He probably would have gotten much worse from Winston Churchill.
"a little edgy bantor" (sic)
edintexas Monday, June 28th at 7:39AM EST (link)A politician calling a citizen a “smart a**” isn’t “edgy” banter, it is showing your lack of respect for the citizen (and his voiced opinion).
Since you say this made you chuckle, I think you have an odd sense of humor. You might be right that BFD Biden thought he was being humorous, but that would simply prove the man has totally lost touch with reality.
If the guy had said that to Biden...
minncon (Diary) Sunday, June 27th at 12:18PM EST (link)…he’d have been half-right.
“When I was crossing the border into Canada, they asked if I had any firearms with me. I said, “Well, what do you need?” -Steven Wright
"It's a BFD when you're in my store...
tngal (Diary) Sunday, June 27th at 12:23PM EST (link)your worshipfulness. Yesseree Joe, today is a BFD day for my shop. you want nuts with that, Joe? That’s what the storeowner should have said.
After all, if Joe can say it, so can the unwashed masses.
Raising taxes is patriotic.
SoFiMil (Diary) Sunday, June 27th at 12:24PM EST (link)It’s how to spread the wealth around.
Biden – $369 worth of compassion
http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2008-09-12-biden-financial_N.htm
Gore – $353 worth of compassion
http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1998/04/15/gore.taxes/
Obama – 1% of income worth of compassion from 2000-2004
http://philanthropy.com/article/BarackMichele-Obama/62820/
www.suvstrategery.blogspot.com
Yes, shame on the peons
aesthete (Diary) Sunday, June 27th at 12:31PM EST (link)for deigning to whisper indolences about keeping more of their own livelihood! Don’t they know that they’re
on the king’s hunting groundsdriving on public roads?The act of defending any of the cardinal virtues has today all the exhilaration of a vice – G.K. Chesterton
I'd rather be
momo Sunday, June 27th at 1:48PM EST (link)a smartass than a dumbass Joe!!!
This stuff is just a
dwintnf (Diary) Sunday, June 27th at 2:42PM EST (link)distraction from the g8 / g20…
Send JA Joe out to ‘get some press’ to take the heat off of obomba’s failures in everything…
Fiat money needs a bit of trustworthiness and that is falling apart with this jackass party running things. November might be too late, pray for America!
Ya, Well, Ya Know, it
77redcounties Sunday, June 27th at 3:31PM EST (link)is something he cannot help, because, we all know that somehow, this must be Bush’s fault, like everything else. What a waste he & BHO.
Oklahoma. 77 counties, all red last election, only state in the union with not a single blue county. We are not only fly over, we are fly around.
The art of government is to make two-thirds of a nation pay all it possibly can pay for the benefit of the other third.
Voltaire
unfortunately
theduck6 Monday, June 28th at 7:18AM EST (link)Voltaire missed the breakdown. We are just about at the tipping point. About 47% pay no income tax proving the adage, If you rob from Peter to pay Paul, you can always count on the support of Paul. Of course the corollary that you will end up with a pretty sore Peter!
Everyone is a smartass
Tbone (Diary) Sunday, June 27th at 3:37PM EST (link)when you are joe Biden. He was probably asking the custard if it knew what his IQ was. My bet would be that the custard is smarter.
Envisioning when all that is Left is the Right.
But wasn't Biden licking a white custard?
izoneguy (Diary) Sunday, June 27th at 3:41PM EST (link)What a racist!!!!
The point cannot be made often enough: Modern liberalism, as embodied in the Obama presidency, is the defender of the status quo. And the status quo is a road to economic ruin. Political forces cannot redistribute the wealth that the economic system does not produce.
Oh wait, Joe was licking a white custard with
izoneguy (Diary) Sunday, June 27th at 3:42PM EST (link)what looked like some chocolate sprinkled on top….
A PC Custard…..
The point cannot be made often enough: Modern liberalism, as embodied in the Obama presidency, is the defender of the status quo. And the status quo is a road to economic ruin. Political forces cannot redistribute the wealth that the economic system does not produce.
Refreshing and Encouraging
pirate55 (Diary) Sunday, June 27th at 4:26PM EST (link)….when we let the Democrats be themselves!
leave it to potty-mouth Joe
spepper Sunday, June 27th at 5:06PM EST (link)leave it to potty-mouth Joe to spew at someone making a very valid, timely, and relevant comment, perhaps revealing his and Dems in general inability to come up with a sane, logical response– instead, he and they always resort to personal attacks to evade the issue altogether………another factor may have been if Joe had turned back in the direction of the valid comment, and saw a MIRROR in his line of sight– he could have been making that retort to HIMSELF!
I once watched on C-Span ....
bobmontgomery (Diary) Sunday, June 27th at 5:07PM EST (link)…..as then-Senator Biden admonished a witness in one of the Defense Committee hearings “Don’t pay any attention to Rumsfeld. He doesn’t know what he’s talking about.” Barack Hussein Obama and Joseph R. Biden, Jr. can call.. people dumb, stupid, ignorant, liars (Lamar Alexander), smartasses. They can insult entire races and religions, condemn historical truths as mere outdated philosophies, view the founding documents of this country as negotiable, abandon friends and allies around the world.
There are people who call themselves conservative who say they genuinely LIKE Barack Hussein Obama and Joseph R. Biden, Jr. Why is that?
If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.
George Washington
Yeah, but make an offhand remark
edingerb Monday, June 28th at 9:14AM EST (link)about Obama or one of his cronies in front of a left-wing journalist and you will find yourself looking for a new career. (Just ask Gen. McCrystal.)
Plug the oil gusher
hoootie Monday, June 28th at 7:00AM EST (link)I think that instead of sending joe “the brain” biteme to a custard shop, he could be much more effective in Louisiana helping plug the run away well. After all he does have the plugs !
If that shop had been in Delaware
theduck6 Monday, June 28th at 7:14AM EST (link)would he have spoken with an Indian accent Veep BiteMe?
Burn in hell Biden
sirgwain Monday, June 28th at 8:09AM EST (link)Hey Joe, quit being so damned arrogant and PLAIN STUPID and respect the people who cast votes–the real patriots. YOU, Biden, are NOT a patriot–you are a traitor to your country! You need to have an accident along with your boss that renders you incapable of holding office.
Biden is the SMARTASS here, not the shopkeeper who is just trying to keep his “head above water” and stay in business with Biden’s communist government stealing money from his pockets! Once again, I repeat, go to hell Joe Biden and take that arrogant Kenyan muslim with you!
Uhh homer, we don't wish harm on anybody here.
gekster (Diary) Monday, June 28th at 8:19AM EST (link)Thats for the left. Go to daily kos for that.
Not here.
They say Republicans are for the rich, Democrats are for the poor.
If they need more voters,
then they have to make more of who they are for.
We are there in the various Tea Party groups, leaderless, but not rudderless.
We steer always toward the Constitutional principles this nation was founded upon.
Erick Brockway
Ok folks, 2012 is here. Get involved
If you support people long enough,
Warrior (Diary) Tuesday, June 29th at 10:02PM EST (link)for instance, politicians, welfare recipiets, labor unions, etc, they will eventually hate you for it, you smartass.
Now get back to work and quit being so selfish. I need a new Cadillac…
“Racial criteria are irrational, irrelevant, [and] odious to our way of life.” — Thurgood Marshall for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund in the 1950 Supreme Court case of McLaurin v. Oklahoma