I’d Be There Every Day If I Could

Principles.

…Wednesday morning, advance teams for Vice President Joe Biden walked in.

“I approached her she said Joe Biden is coming to town today,” McMurray said.

“Crumb and Get It” is a mom and pop store. Literally. Chris and his wife Kelly run the place and need all the business they can get.

McMurray said the Vice President’s entourage got to the point and made its pitch.

“She said they have selected ‘Crumb and Get It” to be his stop on his way to Blacksburg and was wondering if that was ok.”

Here’s the part that might make other business owners crazy.

“This is an opportunity of a lifetime but essentially I said ‘No offense to you or the campaign but I just decline you guys coming in here. At that time she said ‘Are you sure? There’s going to be a lot of press, a lot of activity,’” McMurray said.

Why in the world would a new business owner say “no” to a photo op with the Vice President of the United States?

McMurray said it was President Obama’s recent remarks about small business and who built what.

“Very simply, ‘you didn’t build that’” McMurray said. “Speaking of small businesses and entrepreneurs all across this country and actually last night my wife was up all night. No sleep, she’s worked a full 24 hours.”

Seems some other folks immediately got where the good man was coming from…

…Here’s the back story, we’re told that shortly after Crumb and Get It told Biden’s advance people ‘no’ — the secret service walked in and told Chris McMurray ”Thanks for standing up and saying ‘no’ — then they bought a whole bunch of cookies and cupcakes.

McMurray said he’s hoping folks will understand he just didn’t want to be part of a photo op for an administration whose policies he doesn’t agree with.

How ’bout we wear “I Am Chris the Baker” pins? I still have this one of mine from our last go-round with Obama:

I wore it every day.

H/T HotAir headlines

categories Nanny State, People | | datetime August 16, 2012 9:15 am

2 Responses to “I’d Be There Every Day If I Could”

  1. JeffS says:
    August 16, 2012 at 11:54 am

    More people need to say “No” to the Obama Administration, a collective of cronies looking to rob us all.

  2. Kate P says:
    August 17, 2012 at 6:22 pm

    Love that idea, THS.

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