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Did Joe Biden Do Some Kind Of Bad Indian Accent When Discussing Call Centers?

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There’s nothing more fascinating than watching the exact moment where a person realizes they’re making a bad mistake. Like the football replay where you see the running back look down at the ball he’s fumbling or the game show clip when the contestant second guesses his “final answer.” And we got another slow motion, car wreck moment today courtesy of Vice President Joe Biden who realized, a couple words in, that the Vice President of the United States should probably not attempt an Indian accent.

Biden was giving a speech on jobs at an event in New Hampshire when he began discussing all of the outsourcing that is plaguing America. Bringing up call centers, he began talking about how you can always tell the person on the other end isn’t American. He began imitating a regular call, clearly adopting some kind of accent for a few words, when you can see him stop, collect himself, and go back to his regular voice. Whew! Saved!

Really though, the worst part of this clip is when Biden changes the subject to the Discover Card call center guy “Nancy.” Come on, Mr. Vice President. The character’s name is clearly Peggy.

Watch the clip below:

(h/t Weazel Zippers via Fox Nation)

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  • Anonymous

    The worst part really was when he opened his mouth.  He’s beyond stupid.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_ERDSZOOPOITNDF3GS45TPSRZP4 Jeff

    And people were worried about Sarah Palin being VP. Is there a more bone headed person in government than this guy and he is a heartbeat away from the presidency. If he were a republican he would have been run out of politics by now but in the liberal main stream media its just Joe being Joe and isnt he so cute.

  • Anonymous

    hahahaha  this guy is hilarious…inadvertently maybe…but hilarious 

  • Anonymous

    and why is this article not about how racist Joe Biden is? oh that’s right, he is a liberal.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_NRXU7LAJ2DLVHPGX25WOQR3RI4 chris l

    Exactly.  Something like this would cause a sh!t storm if a Republican did it.  God forbid Cheney did it.  The predictable wingnuts that make up the media would cry about it for the next month or until they found something new to cry about.  It’s those evil racistismists Republicans with they’re anti Indian blah blah blah. 

  • Anonymous

    People from Delaware do the best Indian impressions.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIT3jUrNTX0

  • Anonymous

    Liberals can’t be racist!  They only elected a black man with no credentials to the highest office in America(To be fair, I don’t think Obama can run for God, otherwise liberals would’ve put him there in a heartbeat) and routinely brag about subjecting the worst off in our society, mostly coloreds, to one of the worst educational systems in the world!  How DARE you suggest they are racist!

  • Anonymous

    zzzzzzzzzz…

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_WH3ZLMM7CUKUHUIMK4TKXW6SQE John

    Why isn’t this being played non-stop on MSNBC while they bring Goldie Taylor on to demonize Biden as a blatant racist?  Ohhh….that’s right… they are too busy trying to turn the phrase “food-stamp” into some sort of dog whistle because a Republican said it.  The absurd double standard would be funny if it weren’t so horrible for the political discourse of this country.

  • Gloves Phil Donahue

    Joe is a gladhander who has been on the wrong side of every issue in 36 wasted years in the Senate.

    So of course, Obama picks him to be VP.
     Obama also picked Little Debbie. Fine choices.

  • http://twitter.com/JohnnyDaMan Jonathan Gallo

    Well if at least Joe isn’t a half term governor, who thinks Obama is gonna kill her babies.

  • Anonymous

    He is such a racist.

    “You cannot go to a 7-11 or a Dunkin’ Donuts unless you have a slight Indian accent…. I’m not joking.” –Joe Biden

  • Anonymous

    It’s ok. To Democrats he’s the good kind of racist (a Democrat).

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jackie-Esposito/1578229894 Jackie Esposito

    Thank you for saying this so well.
    Great comment!

  • Anonymous

    The first question asked now when he pulls this stuff is…”was he sober”?

    In his classic “The Villages”, he certainly wasn’t!!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmRXH7RkCZQ

  • Jardino

    Biden jokes good-naturedly. Palin hates.

  • Anonymous

    As long as smokin’Joe isn’t telling people in wheel chairs to stand up, then it is an acceptable level of idiocy from our VP.

    But everyone knows Palin was the stupid one.

  • Anonymous

    If you use the GOP little orphan annie decoder ring, you will find that “food stamps” is in fact a racist code the GOP uses to mobilize their base to spread hate accross the land.

  • Anonymous

    But according to dems, minorities are not equal, and therefore should be provided lower standards and lots of help just to get by..

  • Anonymous

    Slow Joe is the gift that keeps on giving.

  • Anonymous

    And your non-conjecture based, quantitatively substantiated evidence to prove this can be found at which link?

  • Anonymous

    Just like Uncle Joe from the USSR in the 50′s.  Just a cuddley, quirky guy….

  • Anonymous

    Thats because Joe could never get elected to be a govorner, and he sure as hell wouldn’t get a 93% approval rating at any point in the state that he would never be govorner in. 

  • Anonymous

    Right, right.  I always forget about how minorities can’t compete on a level playing field.  I’m pretty sure their newest affirmative action choice Sonia Sotomayor admitted as much.

  • Jardino

    Google “Palin hates.” There is no point citing sources that you would argue are full of bias.

    http://www.inquisitr.com/187084/conservative-beliefs-low-iq-linked-to-racism/

  • Anonymous
  • Anonymous

    I have learned recently to bypass those whom you may have a problem  understanding is by asking to speak to someone in customer service or a supervisor – works every time.

  • DoNotMindMe

    “I’d like to talk to you about your ($&%* what am I doing!?!?!) ….. credit card” 

    I forgot that white liberals can’t be racist. They got the vaccine that makes them immune to it. 

  • Anonymous

    This isn’t the first time Biden’s done something like this.  The guy’s got some sort of issue with Indians.

  • Anonymous

    Sussman (bay area) affectionately calls him Joe Butthead.

    Sounds about right.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100003105863276 Political Dookie

    Just a half-brained chooch. Stand up Chuck!

  • Anonymous

    nowhere as foul as the food stamp red meat newt gives to his base

  • Gloves Bugsy Donahue

    When does ‘ol Joe see a counselor and start diversity training?

  • http://profile.yahoo.com/Y5EA3H47V3NL7ZE4C4XA635SUU ascrodin

    No, minorities are NOT “provided lower standards”, nor “can’t compete on a level playing field”. If you guys/gals would read a history book, there were these little things called “segregation”, and the “civil rights movement”. 40-50 years ago, the playing field was skewed heavily in favor of white people (Understatement of the century!!). Affirmative Action was created to help make a level playing field for non-white people. A lot of progress has been made since the 60s, and yes, maybe AA might need some tweaking/adjusting/reforming, but it seems to have done a lot more good than harm. As for Joe Biden, I could care less about what he says/does.

  • Anonymous

    Where are all the liberals defending this? Still think there’s no double standard? That’s what I thought.

  • Anonymous

    (Crickets)

  • Anonymous

    Hey Joe……I needed a piece of wood today for a project….”I cut it twice and it’s still short”………..hey wait…where’s my F–ing teleprompter ?………..Barry ..are you hogging it again?…(no I’m not racist……thought  a bit of levity was in order……..JB=Comedy relief)

  • Anonymous

    AGREED 100%…….If A Republican said this the world as we know it would change….for NOTHING would be of interest or importance to report on …..but this issue!……Thank god Cheney only has bad aim and isn’t a gaffe machine!

  • Jardino

    Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

  • Anonymous

    and the sincerest form of mockery

  • genius

    I work for a USA call center and I
    am FORCED to flat out lie if I am asked where I am located. How the F do I give
    directions to someone trying to locate a classroom in a state that I don’t have
    any familiarity with? I detest this practice, and I think it should be illegal!

    I never thought I would ever sink so
    low to earn a paycheck… Welcome to my world!

    This is not the same America that I
    was raised in. This corporate practice repulses me. I can’t even use “the
    facilities” unless it comes out of my break time.

    What have we come to when our bodily
    functions are tracked!

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