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Joe Biden Went to Costco Today — Here Are the Hilarious Photos

Nov. 29, 2012 1:13pm Madeleine Morgenstern

Vice President Joe Biden paid a visit to Washington, D.C.’s first Costco store on Thursday where his shopping haul included children’s books, fire logs, a 32-inch TV and an apple pie.

Excited shoppers whipped out cell phones to snap photos of Biden, who was there on the day of the big-box store’s grand opening.

Joe Biden Went to Costco Today Here Are the Photos

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According to the White House pool report, Biden did a loop of nearly the entire store, including the bakery and frozen foods sections, and partook in several Costco food samples. He turned down Costco employees trying to tempt him into the tire department, telling them, “Hey man, I don’t need tires. I don’t drive anymore.”

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Biden flashed a Costco membership card at the store’s entrance, telling the crowd it was his own card.

“In all honesty, I didn’t have my own card, Jill wouldn’t let me have one,” he said, according to the pool report. “I went to get my wife’s card, and she said, ‘No, No, get your own card.’”

A White House official said the Bidens’ Costco memberships were re-activated the day before and they paid $55 to receive new cards.

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Biden called for extending tax cuts for the middle class and said the new store’s huge crowd was evidence of growing consumer confidence. He said, “consumer confidence is growing, the last thing we need to do is dash that” by imposing tax increases. The looming “fiscal cliff” will trigger a series of automatic spending cuts and tax increases unless Congress can reach a deal before the end of the year.

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Grawpy
Posted on November 29, 2012 at 1:50pm
World-class dufus. Get a haicut Joe.

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- P1gunslinger
  Posted on November 29, 2012 at 2:35pm
  FAKE! Whats with the lady pushing his cart? Reminds me of MR. Burns from the Simpsons
  
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- neffy812
  Posted on November 29, 2012 at 3:30pm
  Not only does he have someone else pushing his cart, but it’s a black woman. If a republican had a black woman pushing his cart it would be RACIST. I wonder if he has a black person drive the car for him.
  
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- Jarhead 88
  Posted on November 29, 2012 at 3:38pm
  Whole bunch of people, falling right back into slavery and are too ignorant to know it. To the ignorant people out there, I would usually say, “You know who you are”, but they don’t know who they are because they are ignorant. People from all different backgrounds have been slaves to someone or something at one point in time, get over it already.
  
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- JQuentinEvermann
  Posted on November 29, 2012 at 3:44pm
  Her name is Daisy, Ms. Daisy.
  
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- Jarhead 88
  Posted on November 29, 2012 at 3:57pm
  “Driving Mr. Lazy”
  
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- Thomas
  Posted on November 29, 2012 at 4:06pm
  Can you believe idiots actually fall for these publicity stunts. It’s kind of scary. I am going to start taking advantage of these idiots.
  
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- oneshiner
  Posted on November 29, 2012 at 4:12pm
  Well, well well. Look who’s getting a head start on the 2016 election. Hahaha! Hey, when you spend a fortune on hair plugs, you don’t cut your hair.
  Even I, hope nothing happens to obama, because I’d shutter if this joker had a chance for the WH.
  
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- maynardb61
  Posted on November 29, 2012 at 4:41pm
  did he actually buy a watch or did he steal it?
  
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- cosette
  Posted on November 29, 2012 at 6:55pm
  Is there a one single black woman in D.C who isn’t morbidly obese? Just an observation.
  
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- cosette
  Posted on November 29, 2012 at 7:10pm
  @ Oneshiner… There is, taped to a wall in a liquor store in Delaware, a bounced check written by our esteemed Veep Joe Biden, on display for all to see. He may be a gaff prone doofus, he may even be a drunken sot. But I doubt very much he is a danger to the country. Which is more than I can say about ObaMao. I would breathe a sigh of relief were he to assume the presidency.
  
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- TAXEVERYONE
  Posted on November 29, 2012 at 8:22pm
  Our Vice Moron
  
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- bonesiii
  Posted on December 1, 2012 at 11:43am
  Wow. He looks like he’s never seen a supermarket in his life. Staring at the frozen foods section like it’s a Museum exhibit… Creepy.
  
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barber2
Posted on November 29, 2012 at 1:50pm
Heard Joe was searching for that new Christmas game put out by the White House Democrats . It’s called ” Truth Or Talking Points.”

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- Secret Squirrel
  Posted on November 29, 2012 at 2:09pm
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  How many of those Costco products were made in China?
  I assume he was drunk.
  
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- Secret Squirrel
  Posted on November 29, 2012 at 2:10pm
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  How much did that “photo op” cost us?
  Biden doesn’t go anywhere without a SS detail checking it out first.
  
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- Small World
  Posted on November 29, 2012 at 2:13pm
  Love it.
  
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- DadRocked
  Posted on November 29, 2012 at 9:05pm
  Notice anything interesting at the tasting kiosks?
  Like his voters, he’s taking freebies too!
  
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- RobbieTLHughie
  Posted on November 30, 2012 at 8:04am
  You Blaze guys are so clever and witty!
  
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R0g4tum_2012
Posted on November 29, 2012 at 1:48pm
Fail to see anything “hilarious” about these photos.

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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on November 29, 2012 at 1:52pm
  SCROTUM4, Naturally, you wouldn’t.
  
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- Rothbardian_in_the_Cleve
  Posted on November 29, 2012 at 1:56pm
  Not really funny, more scary actually. This nimrod is 1 heartbeat away from running the “free” (ha, whatever that means anymore) world. Yikes.
  
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- Salamander
  Posted on November 29, 2012 at 2:05pm
  Are you kidding me? EVERYTHING about Joe Biden is funny!
  
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- Paool
  Posted on November 30, 2012 at 4:19pm
  @RJJINGADSDEN – i c wut u ded ther
  
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The-Monk
Posted on November 29, 2012 at 1:44pm
The still shots remind of of those “33 1/3″ movies with Leslie Nielsen. LOL

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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on November 29, 2012 at 1:53pm
  Hi MONK, Thought that was the name of a George Harrison album?
  
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- Eastinfection
  Posted on November 29, 2012 at 3:44pm
  Hi Monk..
  
  I love the Naked Gun movies. My favorite scene is in the first one when OJ Simpson gets shot a bunch of times!
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2_tJIgfnDA
  
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- The-Monk
  Posted on November 29, 2012 at 4:21pm
  Hi East,
  
  I never seen the movies; only the trailers.
  
  I’ve never seen that clip. OJ gets “white faced”. LOL
  
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tbacct
Posted on November 29, 2012 at 1:41pm
Seriously, who really cares? It’s not like he kept the stuff, anyway; such a blatant photo-op.

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- idahopatriot
  Posted on November 29, 2012 at 1:50pm
  The dopes are the in the crowd around him all moon eyed and stupid!
  
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- mercenary4freedom
  Posted on November 29, 2012 at 5:21pm
  The lemmings are easily amused.
  
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wrazzlin1
Posted on November 29, 2012 at 1:40pm
Hey Joe??? are those duraflame logs climate change friendly?

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Gonzo
Posted on November 29, 2012 at 1:40pm
Just a “regular guy”.

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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on November 29, 2012 at 1:47pm
  I didn’t notice. Did you see Dulcolax in his shopping cart?
  
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- biohazard23
  Posted on November 29, 2012 at 1:56pm
  No, but I think there was a box of Depends in there somewhere.
  
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- justangry
  Posted on November 29, 2012 at 5:23pm
  I don’t know, Gonzo. Fifty dudes don’t take pictures of me when I’m checking out pastries…
  
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barber2
Posted on November 29, 2012 at 1:39pm
I wondered what the token, old white guy in the White House was doing…..

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moreteaplease
Posted on November 29, 2012 at 1:38pm
Vice President Joe Biden paid a visit to Washington, D.C.’s first Costco store on Thursday where his shopping haul included children’s books, fire logs, a 32-inch TV and an apple pie.
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All paid for by you and me, the tax payer, just like we do for the other spending habits of this administration.

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- barber2
  Posted on November 29, 2012 at 1:48pm
  But, Michelle hasn’t taken a village on a vacation lately….that we know of . ( we know the Lap Dog media hides stuff just like Obama’s school records so can never tell ! )
  
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Mudd
Posted on November 29, 2012 at 1:38pm
Shouldn’t he be working? Then again, I guess it’s better for everyone if he isn’t, in which case cut his pay. How about $7.50 an hour.

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- blackbean
  Posted on November 29, 2012 at 2:22pm
  Too much, overpaid! LOL
  
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Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on November 29, 2012 at 1:37pm
Great, one more example of the idiocy of the Administration trying to look ‘normal.’ They spend over a billion dollars on their own luxuries from the taxpayers pockets, and live like royalty while seeking to end the prosperity for all other people.

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- ixmfourxi
  Posted on November 29, 2012 at 3:55pm
  @Snowleopard, Do you remember Jim Senegal (original CEO) was a guest speaker at the DNC? This was quid pro quo reaction for supporting Obama and the Dem party. Just hours after I hear this news Costco S&P rating fell from AA- TO A+. There is that spreading of the wealth. All we can do now is pray…
  
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thetruthlives
Posted on November 29, 2012 at 1:36pm
the guy is a dope and a big joke as VP, but I like it when these Washington big wigs rub elbows with us folk that work for a living

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no1hd
Posted on November 29, 2012 at 1:33pm
Is it my imagination, is that black girl pushing his cart for him – except for the one photo op..I understand costco shopping – I think I read they gave 100% of their donations to the democrats..

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RightUnite
Posted on November 29, 2012 at 1:32pm
Nice photo op… I wonder who got the job of returning all those things in the cart?? Job security I guess.

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ArmedAndReallyPissed
Posted on November 29, 2012 at 1:29pm
Stocking up on Adult Depends there, Unca Joe ? Better hurry. The prices are rising fast.

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coyote1hell
Posted on November 29, 2012 at 1:29pm
This moron should be working at costco…oh wait, you have to be intellegent to work there…sorry Joey, your out of your league…..again…..

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dealer@678
Posted on November 29, 2012 at 1:28pm
Why didnt he go to walmart where 98% of the shoppers voted for him

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- TheWhiteFalcon
  Posted on November 29, 2012 at 2:14pm
  I would think a good number of Wal Mart shoppers voted for Romney, actually.
  
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- DadRocked
  Posted on November 29, 2012 at 9:17pm
  It’s D.C. isn’t it? Fact is that the two of them took 91% of the popular vote.
  
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Tri-ox
Posted on November 29, 2012 at 1:28pm
Disgusting, lazy, freeloading POS.

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Metallicat
Posted on November 29, 2012 at 1:27pm
I guess having Joe shop at Costco is the Obama teams idea of cutting federal spending. Now Republicans will have no excuse not to raise taxes,since the Obama administration did their part to cut spending. The media will portray this as proof that government spending is not out of control. I hope our tax dollars give your family a Merry Christmas Joe, I’m sure it will be alot Merrier than Christmas for my family. Makes me sick this clown can shop at will on taxpayer money,when I cant afford anything on a tight budget.

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48Straights
Posted on November 29, 2012 at 1:26pm
Good news in digging out this news as the top political story of the day Madeline. It is something all Blaze readers need to know desperately.

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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on November 29, 2012 at 1:36pm
  48STRAIGHTS, Quite the broken record today, aren’t you? BTW, I take no offense regarding your comments, but just have to wonder why you are even here if that is about all that you can say. I did run your site name through the search engine earlier this morning. Some interesting game sites you are on as well. But the Band, that one makes me wonder. Are you one of the band members or just a fan?
  Oh yeah, go somewhere else to whine. You make yourself look like such a minuscule little pissant.
  
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- barber2
  Posted on November 29, 2012 at 1:45pm
  RJJ: 48 is our Bash the Blaze and Its Readers Troll. ( do these guys draw a permanent theme out of a big box or do they just switch names and topics on a daily basis ? ) . They are all part of the community organizational Obama crowd. Probably 5 of them in some back office posing as 100 different people. Reminds me of how the Democrats vote : early and often. Dead or alive. All have the same smart- aleck, arrogant attitude .
  
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- ArmedAndReallyPissed
  Posted on November 29, 2012 at 1:46pm
  Troll.
  
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on November 29, 2012 at 2:02pm
  BARBER2, He’s caught my attention of late, but he just seems like a one trick pony. Hasn’t the ability to offend properly yet. Maybe WANGO will come to the rescue and teach him how to a real *****.
  
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- 48Straights
  Posted on November 29, 2012 at 2:07pm
  No troll, no band, no games.
  
  Just trying to fight for what once was a great conservative hammer set up to report the news the MSM would not. As Glen says you have to fight when you see something wrong. I will fight against TheBlaze being turned into just another tabloid and hurting real people and their families. I dont think that is why Glen set up TheBlaze.
  
  TheBlaze is still reporting the news the MSM refuses to report, but that is just because ABC will not waste ink on many of these human interest “no news” stories that TheBlaze deems as newsbreaking.
  
  What was your favorite news breaking story on TheBlaze today? (hint, there were only two news stories on TheBlaze today). Good luck trying to find them.
  
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on November 29, 2012 at 2:15pm
  48STRAIGHTS, Pardon me then, but you have been exceptionally vague with regards to what you have just said. If I am wrong, then please forgive me. You have not in any way seemed to be at all conservative in anything that I have read of yours. Will look forward to your future posts then and will read them carefully.
  
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- barber2
  Posted on November 29, 2012 at 2:24pm
  RJJ: But, is it Truth or is it merely Talking Points ? Never can be sure with a Lefty .
  
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on November 29, 2012 at 2:32pm
  BARBER2, Just read one of his other posts on the Boehner story. He’s stating to the effect that Glenn started The Blaze with the claim of only doing hard hitting news. While many of have read the site administrator’s posts in the past where he stated that this site will run all sorts of stories. Regardless, I wish they would put that in their header above the opening page or if this is to be a hard hitting political site only. That would end any future confusion. Or, maybe our moderator can step in again now and straighten this out.
  
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- 48Straights
  Posted on November 29, 2012 at 2:52pm
  RJJ, I am very much a conservative and I use to follow Beck. I wanted to subscribe to the TV show, not to watch it but to help get the message out. Cant afford that right now and for probably the next four years.
  
  If TheBlaze is just a tabloid then thats cool. Beck can do what he wants. If TheBlaze keeps insisting on attacking people and destroying their lives then I have more of a problem with it than I do MoveOn, MSNBC or Obama. At least they only attack a social class and not an individual like TheBlaze likes to do.
  
  It would be interesting to know however if Beck thinks of this site as a tabloid, a news site or is to be used to support his TV show and other endeavors.
  
  It is a lousy introduction however to what Beck preaches. As I said, if the TV show and his other products are as hateful to people as TheBlaze is, I will fight Glen Beck for the individual’s right to privacy too.
  
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on November 29, 2012 at 3:22pm
  48STRAIGHTS, I understand well then. The way this nation is going hardly anybody can afford a dime’s worth of something beyond their minimum household expenses.
  No, would not reduce the Blaze to tabloid status, but they do cover a lot different types of stories. After some other sites and in particular some conservative and liberal talk shows I find this a bit refreshing. But, there are some stories that I do not bother to open. A variation of time and interest on my part though.
  I think that at least you and I can get along here then. Naturally, we will not agree on everything, but neither do my wife and I. So, that will be no big deal. I bet that you will find others who will be more friendly to you as well. I certainly hope that I and along with a couple of other guys, we have misjudged you. It was that your “Typical” remarks are exactly the same as many of the trouble making trolls here. Now that you have fully expressed yourself I offer my hand in a site friendship. I just hope that we have not angered you, or made you feel out of place. I remember back a couple of years ago, when I was here under another site name how it took me a while to fit in and then feel welcome by some. Take caution though. Now that you have declared yourself to be a conservative you will likely receive some serious attacks.
  So, welcome.
  BARBER2, let’s give him the benefit of the doubt and see what happens. I bet we have another friend after all. Although he may not like some of the st
  
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NOTMOHAMMED
Posted on November 29, 2012 at 1:21pm
“Where’s the Depends?”

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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on November 29, 2012 at 1:45pm
  I thought he had those delivered by the truck load to Number One Observatory Circle. You think he might be looking for a better deal since Costco was so party friendly with their investments…..er, ah….I mean contributions?
  
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- JACKTHETOAD
  Posted on November 29, 2012 at 2:29pm
  That’s a load of **** RJ. :)
  
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on November 29, 2012 at 3:24pm
  JACKTHETOAD, Well yeah, haven’t we known that about him for years now?
  
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Dushman Kush
Posted on November 29, 2012 at 1:20pm
Our Vice President is a dear and honorable man. He rode Amtrak to and from Washington for how many years? All patriots should sent him a Holiday Greeting card at the very least.

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- geminicontender
  Posted on November 29, 2012 at 1:33pm
  Is that the same government subsidized Amtrak that has been losing millions and millions of dollars for decades?
  
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- The-Monk
  Posted on November 29, 2012 at 1:51pm
  @geminicontender
  
  Yep, all things commie fail.
  
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on November 29, 2012 at 3:54pm
  GEMINICONTENDER, one and the same. In operation since May Day 1971. They really were a sign of what was to come.
  
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- skippy6
  Posted on November 29, 2012 at 5:28pm
  Ah Yes, the train that averages 8 MPH and still finds a way to derail……LMAO what a hunk of sh@t, Trains like that were obsolete in 1965!!!!!
  
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ONLY4UANDME
Posted on November 29, 2012 at 1:20pm
The look on his face at the cash register was priceless. Now he sees what we see. Too bad he will never feel it.

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- DougHuffman
  Posted on November 29, 2012 at 1:30pm
  And that expression is through his Botox haze! He was REALLY amazed.
  
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grimmster
Posted on November 29, 2012 at 1:19pm
This is news, because?………..

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ares338
Posted on November 29, 2012 at 1:15pm
Joe says….it’s amazing…these people are articulate and clean too!

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- eyestoseeearstohear
  Posted on November 29, 2012 at 2:44pm
  @ARES338
  
  Yep…
  Joe was so excited he borrowed that woman’s OBAMA-PHONE
  to call OBAMA to share his amazement…:)
  
  You can tell by Biden’s expression …Obama must have asked,
  ” Where are ya, Joe?
  Joe replied, ” I don’t have a clue!
  
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