Vice President Joe Biden (Photo: AP/Mark Stahl)
DETROIT (TheBlaze/AP) — The Secret Service says a truck rented to carry equipment for Vice President Joe Biden’s Labor Day visit to Detroit was stolen outside a downtown Detroit hotel.
Agency spokesman Ed Donovan told The Detroit News that the U-Haul truck was stolen outside the Westin Book Cadillac hotel early Sunday. Donovan says the truck had equipment but no weapons.
Donovan says the theft won’t affect Biden’s Labor day plans.
Biden is addressing a union rally Monday to mark Labor Day. The rally site is near the hotel.
Detroit police spokeswoman Sgt. Eren Stephens says its officers are searching for the van that has an Arizona scene painted on it and Arizona plates.
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wilmo
Sep. 3, 2012 at 1:39pmWhen the thieves opened the back, all they found was another empty chair.
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Bobby P
Sep. 3, 2012 at 3:08pmI was thinking it contained an empty suit.
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KickinBack
Sep. 3, 2012 at 3:17pmYes!!!
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marine249
Sep. 3, 2012 at 3:24pmI think they way have got a load of pot etc,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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panache
Sep. 3, 2012 at 4:21pmEmpty suit!!!
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RJJinGadsden
Sep. 3, 2012 at 5:06pmWhatever was in the back of that truck, apparently nothing worth fencing.
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hidden_lion
Sep. 3, 2012 at 5:47pmAll the RNC needs to do is put a billboard up with a picture of Detroit that says”Jewel of Democrat governance: Coming to a neighborhood near you”
What more proof could Americans need that shows the destruction cause by the liberal disease?
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Zipit
Sep. 3, 2012 at 6:15pmRJJ! All that was in there was the contents of Biden’s mind. Of no value!
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Ray2447
Sep. 3, 2012 at 11:59pmIt wasn’t stolen. It was just R-E-D-I-S-T-R-I-B-U-T-E-D.
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Detroit paperboy
Sep. 3, 2012 at 1:25pmDetroit Detroit
A wonderful town
The democrats turned to a hole in the ground
Factory smoke was in the air
Now it’s a crack pipe full of despair
Detroit Detroit a wonderful town……………
Democrat destruction no one will care
Foodstamps and everyone on welfare….
Detroit Detroit a wonderful town…………………thank you democrats !!!!!!!! What a wonderful model of your policies on display for the world to see…….
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SCREW-WINDOWS
Sep. 3, 2012 at 2:09pmJust redistributing the wealth.
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oldduffer
Sep. 3, 2012 at 3:18pmCareful now or you’ll be called racist and another city will go on the racist chopping block like Chi–go.
lol!
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kapnkd
Sep. 3, 2012 at 3:25pmWell spoken! …DETROIT: 50 years of DEMONcRAT rule = 50 years of continuous ruin.
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The_Cabrito_Goat
Sep. 3, 2012 at 5:15pm-applause-
The perp didn’t know it was Biden’s prolly. When I heard this story, I was not surprised it was in Detroit.
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JimmyP
Sep. 3, 2012 at 5:25pmI lived in Detroit for 16 years until the riots convinced my folks it was time to go…I’ve got more experience living with black folk than Mr. Obama…
Lessee, Biden’s “equipment”……
Unlabled bags of geriatric medicines, cases of Depends (extra small), Hindi intrepreter in case he needs to stop off at the 7-11, 1 Vac-u-pump (extra small) and assorted lubricants, clown outfits, hyperbariac oxygen chamber on loan from Michael Jackson family, whoopie cushions and fake vomit and the schedule of gaffs he is required to “perform” between now and the election to deflect attention from Barry’s abject failures and not-so-hidden agenda once he is coronated.
Also, all the stuff Joe will need once Obama is elected and he sends Joe to Mars to begin colonization according to their plan…
Wait a minute, wasn’t there a van that was stolen earlier from the dems in Detroit? Hmmmmm?
Oh, merciful God in heaven, please deliver me from these ninnies!
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NancyBee
Sep. 3, 2012 at 11:02pmJimmyP…..lol…..
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SolitudeBliss
Sep. 3, 2012 at 1:20pmToo funny. LOLOLOLOL
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13th Imam
Sep. 3, 2012 at 1:28pmLeave the truck
Steal Bite Me
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CatB
Sep. 3, 2012 at 1:33pmLOL .. yes they should have been guarding the truck .. instead of Biteme … leaving an unattended anything in Detroit .. LOL … HOW CUTE … don’t they know that in “progessive” cities like Detroit, Chicago etc .. if it isn’t locked down .. it will be gone in under a minute?
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Capt_Gregg
Sep. 3, 2012 at 4:43pmOne would think there would have been some security in place. Where was the Secret Service?
“Detroit police spokeswoman Sgt. Eren Stephens says its officers are searching for the van that has an Arizona scene painted on it and Arizona plates.” How convenient!!! (Hard to indicate just how much sarcasm goes with those two words!) I’ll wager it was some Detroit moron that’ll vote for Obama/Biden.
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NancyBee
Sep. 3, 2012 at 11:04pmIsn’t this the 2nd time his equipment has gotten stolen???
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Tom70
Sep. 3, 2012 at 1:10pmCouldn’t have happened to a nicer guy.
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HOOT_OWL
Sep. 3, 2012 at 1:09pmSomewhere there’s a very unhappy crook with about a hundred cases of brown shirts
and a half empty box of depends.
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teebubba
Sep. 3, 2012 at 1:30pmhahahahaha
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Ted Zeppelin
Sep. 3, 2012 at 1:06pm.
So what did they get? A rental truck they can strip and sell for parts, a couple of tons of native Delaware soil and Biden’s day time coffin.
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SCREW-WINDOWS
Sep. 3, 2012 at 2:31pmAluminum scrap will feed their crack addiction for a couple days.
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RJJinGadsden
Sep. 3, 2012 at 5:08pmDamn Ted, you just had to make me scare the cats again! I’m still laughing out loud over that one.
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mentiljewel
Sep. 3, 2012 at 1:05pmdamn y`all stole my uhaul—-too much
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Xavier_Holden
Sep. 3, 2012 at 1:02pmDidn’t this happen a year ago? Anyone recall that?
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Dinkiecb
Sep. 3, 2012 at 1:24pmYes I remember that lol
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RJJinGadsden
Sep. 3, 2012 at 5:09pmThat was 0bama’s personal teleprompter set up.
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Dinkiecb
Sep. 3, 2012 at 1:00pmDamn…the secret service can’t hold on to a uhaul truck? the truck is worth more than Bembo but we don’t want him no more they coulda stole him instead of the truck and we wouldn’t have give a crap.
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loriann12
Sep. 3, 2012 at 1:16pmYou mean Dimbo…it’s Dimbo and ODumbo…
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Tri-ox
Sep. 3, 2012 at 12:57pmOkay, so, the thieves got away with a box of adult diapers and Biden’s stupidity-filled teleprompter; I wonder what the black-market value of these items is?
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pissantno.10
Sep. 3, 2012 at 1:06pmanybody want to buy a used trailer cheap
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kenboo1
Sep. 3, 2012 at 12:56pmNow that’s funny!!!
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NO_MORE_OBAMA
Sep. 3, 2012 at 12:55pmNote to SEIU
You were suppose to steal the RNC equipment not the DNC.
Idiots!
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Dinkiecb
Sep. 3, 2012 at 1:23pmShow’s ya how bright they are..oh wait they were to stupid to build it let alone steal the other guy’s stuff..
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vtxphantom
Sep. 3, 2012 at 12:53pmThey can take Biden too. Don’t know what they would do with him, but then we don’t know what to do with him either. He might make a nice door stop.
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kenboo1
Sep. 3, 2012 at 12:57pmNo they wouldn’t take him… He’s useless!!!
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pissantno.10
Sep. 3, 2012 at 1:09pmlamp post at the end of the drive way. put him in a jockey uniform and tie your horse up to him
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Shakespear
Sep. 3, 2012 at 12:53pmForget about it! This is Detroit! This is the third most corrupt in the nation. Washington D.C. being number one, and Chicago being number two.
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Eastinfection
Sep. 3, 2012 at 1:13pmChicago is #2 alright.
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hidden_lion
Sep. 3, 2012 at 7:01pmChicago and DC have merged, so they share the number 1 spot, at least until the election.
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Detroit paperboy
Sep. 3, 2012 at 12:53pmGood, go see what fifty years of DEMOCRAT CONTROL has done to those welfare zombies………it’s a foodstamp war zone of hopelessness and despair…….but they keep electing democrats and keep blaming republicans…………go take a good look at Detroit, and you will see ther plans for the entire NATION..”…hey Odumbass , go spend a few nights in Detroit, I dare you……….
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progressiveslayer
Sep. 3, 2012 at 12:52pmDetroit : Progressives say ‘we built this city’,I say yes indeed you sure did. Behold the Marxist utopia,a dead city,just a ghetto filled with government dependents all stamped with the union label.
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michael48
Sep. 3, 2012 at 12:52pmthe dem-wits Utopian Cit-ta…destro-it…moving FORWARD to chairman ocommies “hoax and chains”…yep I want a whole lot of this…and ya’ll?????
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RJJinGadsden
Sep. 3, 2012 at 12:48pmhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwQZZHOXkDc
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floridareader
Sep. 3, 2012 at 12:48pmWell, there weren’t any weapon. What did the burglars get then…hum
Oh, yes, I know!!! the spare brain! That’s it.
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RJJinGadsden
Sep. 3, 2012 at 12:56pmhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yH97lImrr0Q
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floridareader
Sep. 3, 2012 at 1:11pmThanks so much RJJI!!!, I really needed a laugh.
I love Young Frankenstein.
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Angel_light
Sep. 3, 2012 at 1:29pmUH oh! i don’t think he can function without it!
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RJJinGadsden
Sep. 3, 2012 at 5:12pmFLORIDAREADER, Glad to be of service. Has always cracked me up too. Really, one of those movies that I need to get on DVD.
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teddrunk
Sep. 3, 2012 at 12:46pmIt was probably stole by the Teamsters. They’re not exactly noted for being honest or good citizens.
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Apple Bite
Sep. 3, 2012 at 12:40pm(Ohhhh Whatcha Know Joe)
I Don’t Know nothin’
(Whatcha Know Joe)
tell me somethin’
(Whatcha Know Joe)
Ain’t connivin’
Just aint jivin’
I don’t know
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COFemale
Sep. 3, 2012 at 12:40pmExplain to me why the spokesman found it necessary to indicate “no weapons” were in the moving van? What are you secretly trying to tell us that Joe isn’t transporting guns to Detroit this go around? Is he secretly arming Union employees, is this his civilian army they are building up?
I think the FBI should be contacted. This sounds fishy to me.
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Eastinfection
Sep. 3, 2012 at 1:46pmI hear ya. It’s like when my mom would walk into the kitchen when i was a kid, and i’d throw my hands behind my back and say, “I didn’t take a cookie!” (with crumbs on my face). Denial in the absence of an accusation is definitely suspect. good call COFEMALE.
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LeadNotFollow
Sep. 3, 2012 at 12:39pm…
It’s DETROIT!!!
Don’t take your eyes off of your possessions.
Bet the thief is an Obama-Biden supporter.
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SCREW-WINDOWS
Sep. 3, 2012 at 2:15pmEven if you keep your eyes on it by the time police arrived they would be long gone.
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teddrunk
Sep. 3, 2012 at 12:35pmThe only thing stolen they were really worried about was his back up hair plugs.
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progressiveslayer
Sep. 3, 2012 at 12:32pmDamn Joe your ‘equipment’ was stolen eh? Well you can get taxpayers to get you a new mini bar.
All isn’t lost Joe you can still get drunk with your union pigs.
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Eastinfection
Sep. 3, 2012 at 12:50pmDang! This is getting to be like “The Blaze Presents: Joe Biden”…. You guys could probably do a separate E-zine for just VPOTUS…. or at least consolidate all this buffoon’s antics into one story so we don’t have to jump around to make fun of him. BTW Joe: ..UHAUL? really? Obama gets a fleet of bullet proof luxury buses and you have to tote your crap around in a freikin’ UHAUL? Is this his way of punishing you for the “chains” fiasco?
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michael48
Sep. 3, 2012 at 12:54pmdam there went barry’s tele-master…I’m in deep do-do now…ya’ll…
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