Joe The Plumber Suggests Lynching Chris Dodd

Samuel "Joe" Wurzelbacher, better known as "Joe the Plumber," has had his fifteen minutes of fame during the 2008 election and was widely expected to disappear when the candidate who brought him into the spotlight lost. But he's still a star in conservative circles -- and still saying some odd, hostile things. At an event Thursday for the Wisconsin chapter of Americans for Prosperity (one of the lead organizations behind the Tax Day Tea Parties), Wurzelbacher suggested Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) should be lynched.

Wurzelbacher has a reputation for being a blunt, politically incorrect speaker. Referring to Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., more than once, Wurzelbacher asked, "Why hasn't he been strung up?"

Wurzelbacher appeared at a Tea Party in Michigan on April 15, where he claimed that he and other protesters were wrong labeled as extremists.

"I'm here for one reason and one reason only: It's 'I love America,'" Wurzelbacher told the crowd. "Mainstream media wants to paint us as a bunch of extremists, right? We're in search of liberty and our freedoms. What's so extreme about that?" [...]

"Let me give you another extremist view, 'In God We Trust,'" he said to wild applause. "Say that too loud in some parts of America and you will be shot. It's terrible." "'In God We Trust' ... too loud in some parts of America and you will be shot."

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[Patrick McCullough]

"He stands for all the hundreds of millions of citizens who think Al Gore is a money-grubbing baffoon"

Unlike all the republican Wall Street buffoons that caused the current crisis?

""Let me give you another extremist view, 'In God We Trust,'" he said to wild applause. "Say that too loud in some parts of America and you will be shot."

Here we have the republican implying that he would be shot in San Francisco.... you are far more likely to be shot in Texas for merely stepping on someones lawn or... as a reward for opening the door for someone at the Holocaust musuem you get shot point blank by a right-wing KKK nut.

[NormDePleum]

Joe the Plumber is the voice of outraged America. He stands for all the hundreds of millions of citizens who think Al Gore is a money-grubbing baffoon, Progressives seek the destruction of the American Way, and that our citizenry need to deal harshly with traitors immediately.

A true American has nothing to fear from Joe the Plumber!

[flossophy]

Hey, |ynch Madoff, |ynch Dodd... Dodd did much worse than Madoff.

[lennykohm1]

So, his name isn't really Joe, and he really isn't a plumber? Sounds like someone that the Republican's might want to put at the top of their ticket in 2012, in case Mr. Limbaugh is unwilling to take the pay cut!

[Christine Noble]

In all seriousness, these people use the language of violence almost constantly and the so-called moderates amongst them wring their hands claiming to distance themselves. They all bully-browbeat anyone who does not agree with them. These are exactly the same sort of people that fly jet planes into skyscrapers and blow up federal buildings. I don't think religion should be banned but more serious attempts must be made to mitigate its affect on public life.

[Christine Noble]

"Let me give you another extremist view, 'In God We Trust,'" he said to wild applause. "Say that too loud in some parts of America and you will be shot."

Uhhhhmmmm...which parts of the country are those?

[NormDePleum]

Hmmm... San Francisco? NYC?

[TomUpton]

God Love Republicans. First they forgot that the Moral Majority and now that Joe the Plumber are in fact...Neither.

[chandu11]

We need his comedy in these trying times!

[ChristianSociologist]

such a wise man full of wisdom. (snark).

[Suzanne525]

I love how Repubs embrace and celebrate mediocrity

[emlr]

Treason!
In many states and jurisdictions, death threats are a criminal offense. If the threat is made against a governmental figure, it can also be treason.

Treason is the modus operandi of the republicants.

[NormDePleum]

"Treason" depends on which party you give your alligence to..

[propaganda must die]

This is an outra.... Oh, Chris Dodd? Meh.

[nimblehuman]

Errrr...I meant 'lynch' mob, not 'lunch' mob

(index finger on keyboard FAIL)

[yikes57]

Maybe his 15 years of prison will now begin.

[Mortimer2]

Palin/Plumber 2012