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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[mergina]

Palin & the Plumber. The voice of the Republican Party.

[onepotatotwopotato]

Thomas Jefferson expressed a somewhat related thought when he wrote:

QUOTATION: "The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants."

AUTHOR: Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)

ATTRIBUTION: THOMAS JEFFERSON, letter to William Stephens Smith, November 13, 1787.—The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, ed. Julian P. Boyd, vol. 12, p. 356 (1955).

[whiskeytangofoxtrot451]

You'll note that Jefferson avoided mentioning specific individuals, though.

Jefferson was one of the most eloquent and erudite political thinkers in history.

Joe the Unlicensed Plumber is no Thomas Jefferson.

[nanjemoy]

I could hardly have chosen a better spokes person for the GOP than this guy. He and Palin shine a path to permanent minority party status.

[MANK]

Why isn't John McCain speaking out?
It is HIS fault!

[MiddleRoadLiberal]

The left should endorse a spokesman named Sam the Economist and then ask the country which one we should trust.

[Joe The Bro 19]

Sam the Economist! Brilliant! lol

[DavidClaiborne]

You know conservatives hate intellectu­als... if they want economic advice they'll take it from Sam the Walmart Clerk (as long as he's conservative, of course)

[bgfsh]

The GOP could not be more pathetic. Embarrassing to say the least.

[Probus]

He can't make a dangerous comment like this and expect no repercussions. The FBI needs to investigate this. This is not covered by the 1st Amendment. It's like shouting fire in a crowded theater.

[jsgaetano]

Nothing is more fundamentally conservative than terrorism.

[ctman47]

Joe has absolutely nothing to contribute to any discussion on the future of America. For that reason he is reduced to being a cartoonish character who can only spew hatred to get attention.
He is so sad he is not even worth rebutting or even making fun of anymore.

[JoeSchmuk]

So why is this nether end of an equine vertebrate joining the violent and counter intelligent extremes of abusive rhetoric? Because Chris Dodd supports the Peace Corp? Or does he actually need a reason, being devoid of rational thought?

I fail to see his point, altho that may be based on the faulty assumption that he actually has one.

[DavidClaiborne]

Conservatives see Chris Dodd and Barney Frank as their two biggest threats in the Congress, next to of course the Demon Pelosi.... so they're doing everything they can to whip up anti-Dodd and anti-Frank sentiment. it doesn't need a point, or a reason... it's just good-old tried-and-true GOP-sponsored demonizati­on....

[pixy242a]

Isn't there something in the Bible about taking the name of the Lord in vain ?
And didn't Christ say: Not Everyone Who Says "Lord, Lord" Will Enter the Kingdom
Matthew 7:21-23 ?

[zacharywoods]

Another reason why the educated in America are shriveling away from the GOP

[jezzabella]

I agree.

[Thabit]

Chris Dodd hasn't been "strung up" for the same reason Dick Cheney hasn;t been "strung up" , because for the most part we live in a civilised society , as little as right wingers want that to be true. It seems on the Right Wing only their views are valid but any other view is to be prohibited , so much for their concept of "freedom"

[keepemhonest]

Isn't there something Anti-AMERICAN about suggesting the lynching of a US Senator?

[johnie2xs]

Evidently not, if you're a Republican thug, former non-card-c­arrying-pl­umber-all-­around-han­dyman-pitc­hman-polit­ical-analy­st-everyma­n!!!!

[zeezan]

Or maybe illegal?

[sippewissett]

Joe TP is a perfect partner for Palin on a future political ticket. They both use inflammatory language to rile crackpots ("real Americans"); together they can foment really big problems. That Joe still has speaking opps tells you that those who go to hear him are among the fringe of our society because he has been debunked everywhere else.

Somebody needs to put him back in his fake plumber's clothes and get him back to work -- or earning his plumber's license. If he keeps talking about "lynching" and guns, somebody's going to get hurt. Joe is an irresponsible speaker, at best, and traitorous at worst.