Radford business owner declines request from Joe Biden's entourage to stop in store

**Team Sergeant** · 08-16-2012, 07:54

Funny how this didn't make the MSM........ Well done Chris McMurray, well done. If I lived within 10 hours of this guys restaurant I'd be pruchasing one of everything......

TS

Radford business owner declines request from Joe Biden's entourage to stop in store

The owner of Crumb and Get It says he doesn't agree with the Obama administration's policies.
Orlando Salinas

WDBJ7 New River Valley Reporter

5:59 p.m. EDT, August 15, 2012
RADFORD, Va.—
Would you say no to the Vice President?

One New River Valley business owner turned Vice President Joe Biden down. To see video of the story, click here.

This might happen more than you think from both political parties, most businesses just don't talk about it. The owner of "Crumb and Get It" - did.

Chris McMurray's bakery has been open only since May, barely three months.

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."

When "Crumb and Get It" said 'no', “River City Grill,” just around the corner, said 'yes' and has the pictures to prove it, and didn't care about the politics.

"If you want to throw in some libertarians as well that's fine too. Stop in as well,” Chris Bell said. “Just bring your money. Sure, right!

Back at the bakery, a couple of guys said they'd hoped to see Biden and didn't care that the VP had been turned away.

"I mean it really doesn't matter to me. Everyone has their own views so I love the food here anyway. I agree. Everybody's different so I could care less," said Spenser Critterton of Radford.

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

Stargazer · 08-16-2012, 08:03

Thank you for sharing this story.

Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/CrumbGetItCookieCompany

Website: http://www.crumbandgetit.com/

Badger52 · 08-16-2012, 08:45

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Originally Posted by Stargazer

Thank you for sharing this story.

Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/CrumbGetItCookieCompany

Website: http://www.crumbandgetit.com/

Hopefully the 'Chick-Fil-A' law of Unintended Consequences is invoked.

bandycpa · 08-16-2012, 09:45

Radford is just a couple hours up the road from where I live. I may need to go to Crumb and Get It and give them some business myself.

On one hand, you have a business owner who stood by his principles, damn the consequences. Down the road, you have another business who would take in the devil himself if it meant more publicity.

There's winning, and then there's winning with integrity. Crumb and Get It won with integrity in my book.

booker · 08-16-2012, 09:57

We are heading there tonight for dessert. That business needs all the help it can get, especially since Radford is a liberal stronghold - you can throw a rock and hit a moron about anywhere in town. We've been there before, it really is a family business, with his kids playing in the corner and his parents or in-laws working in the back.

tonyz · 08-16-2012, 12:19

Additional contact info from web page:

phone: 540.838.2288

e-mail: crumb@crumbandgetit.com

mail:
Crumb & Get It Cookie Company
1154 East Main Street
Radford, Virginia 24141

Cobwebs · 08-16-2012, 13:26

Quote:

Originally Posted by tonyz

Additional contact info from web page:

phone: 540.838.2288

e-mail: crumb@crumbandgetit.com

mail:
Crumb & Get It Cookie Company
1154 East Main Street
Radford, Virginia 24141

Thanks for posting the address. Gonna see if they ship. We could make them very happy they stood up for what they truly believed.

Badger52 · 08-16-2012, 14:04

Every little round downrange helps. If The Weekly Standard picked it up, might get interesting. Updates here:
http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/...ce_650065.html

And this:
LINK to rest of Fox story

Quote:

Deli owner wears anti-Obama shirt while catering Obama campaign stop

Published August 16, 2012
FoxNews.com
An Iowa deli owner agreed to serve President Obama's team and the reporters covering him Wednesday -- but not without donning a shirt poking fun at one of the president's most infamous lines.

According to The Washington Post, Ross Murty, co-owner of the Village Corner Deli, wore a shirt emblazoned with the words

"Government didn't build my business. I did" as he served up food to the White House press corps.

"No one from the government was there when we were sweating it, when we were building this business," Murty reportedly said, explaining his choice of attire. The shirt referenced Obama's "you didn't build that" comment.

booker · 08-16-2012, 15:29

Went by the shop, the line was out the door, the phone was ringing off the hook, and the wait was around an hour. I couldn't even find a spot to stand inside, and I am pretty sure that is the most people that have ever been in that place. Good for them. Just heard they had to close because they ran out of everything!

mark46th · 08-16-2012, 16:00

First Chick Filet, now Crumb and Get It. Who says Obama can't build a business?

Gypsy · 08-16-2012, 17:31

Quote:

Originally Posted by booker

Went by the shop, the line was out the door, the phone was ringing off the hook, and the wait was around an hour. I couldn't even find a spot to stand inside, and I am pretty sure that is the most people that have ever been in that place. Good for them. Just heard they had to close because they ran out of everything!

That's cool! Hope it keeps up.

tonyz · 08-16-2012, 17:45

Quote:

Originally Posted by mark46th

First Chick Filet, now Crumb and Get It. Who says Obama can't build a business?

Many local gun stores say the same thing - business has never been so good.

Somehow, these warm hearted stories just never make it to the dem talking points.

miclo18d · 08-16-2012, 17:50

That's the "Silent Majority", I just hope they show up to the polls!!!!!!!!

**The Reaper** · 08-16-2012, 19:11

Quote:

Originally Posted by Badger52

Hopefully the 'Chick-Fil-A' law of Unintended Consequences is invoked.

An excellent read.

I recommend picking the book up at a show though, rather than ordering it.

TR

Utah Bob · 08-22-2012, 15:53

If I owned a business I believe I would post a "No Political Candidates" sign on the door.