Vice President Joe Biden was in Syracuse, New York on Monday to talk to students at Bellevue Elementary School. During question and answer session, one of the children asked “Have you ever petted a dog?”

Biden answered, “Oh yea! Guess what? I got one that lives with me. The smartest, coolest dog in the world, his name is Champ. And he’s a German Shepherd and he is the neatest dog.”

Then after reminiscing about one of his previous dogs named Senator (another German Shepherd Dog), he went on to say, "I wish you could see my doggie. And by the way, I kid the president, my dog's smarter than Bo, his dog. Yeah I do. I think he is. But Bo's a beautiful dog too." Then he quickly moved onto the next question.

It’s really pretty funny. I bet Biden could have gone on longer, comparing his “smart” and “awesome” German Shepherd to Obama’s new Portuguese Water Dog. Of course he would never dare sling insults directly at Obama now would he? That would just be silly, they are on the same team!

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