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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[Nosybear]

His fifteen minutes have been over for six months.

[wendy82551]

Joe would probably say he was speaking metaphorically, but there are too many syllables for him in that word.

[dillydawg]

And to think the media, so void of material, is still covering this man. Move on. Out side of the Headlines, not worth the read.

[omobob]

Staying relevant Joe?

[HAL2]

So Joe The Slummer Says

"'In God We Trust' ... too loud in some parts of America and you will be shot."

Name me just one incident of someone that believes in GOD being killed by
someone that doesn't . Just one. Also tell us where these things happen.

What a FOOL!

[AlphaDragon]

That was pretty much the very first thought I had when I read the article.

I just started reading the book 'Idiot America' and if 'Joe' is not mentioned in it I bet there will be a rewrite that has a section on him.

[Jamie Roxx]

wow! All I can say is wow!

[Ronju01]

Fifteen minutes not over yet !!!!!!

[JohninFL]

SHOT??? Are you kidding me?? It is more like if you say "There is no god" that you will get shot!!!!!!!!

[Wilburrr]

Especially if you dress like a pirate to fight global warming

[jpayne30]

Agreed ... do I know you? You look familiar.

[JohninFL]

Yes you look familiar also, I guess I have seen you at the progressive meetings where we plan the take over of the world in pirate outfits!

[Ri Miller]

Exactly! I don't know of ONE place where that would happen. Seriously. Not too many people care *that* much to do something like that.

[bogues]

This Tea-party bunch intends to hi-jack every one of our national holidays this year. They are going to use the Fourth of July to try and spread more of their hate. Main stream Americans have got to start exposing these people for what they really are. They are antagonists, instigators and hate-mongers. If we did not have a local, State and Federal tax system we would not have concrete side-walks, paved streets, city transportation, safe drinking water and sewer systems, fire departments, law enforcement, schools to educate our children, we would not have city, state or federal governments. With out these things we would be as bad off as the third world countries that we see on the news now and again. Nobody likes taxes but most people see the need for it and understand we have to do it.

[eirrac]

I'd like to see the Democrats and Independents who want a public health care option out there in rallies on the Fourth of July. Just to let the GOP and conservative Dems know that they are being watched by the majority of people who want it.

I don't know about you, but I can count six people in my own circle of friends and family who either can't afford insurance, can't have it because they have pre-existing conditions, or have been denied the treatments they need by heartless and greedy private insurance companies. This is a huge issue, and we need to make our voices heard. We have so much more of substance to say than the tea-baggers. It's a tragedy.

[Marastan11]

Seriously!!! Who is giving this chump all this air time?

[NatII]

American education at its nadir

[BikeFreak]

Why can't this man leave?

[poobah]

He's as good as they have.

[Greg Podesta]

I think he might have meant that if you don't say "In HIS God We Trust", you'll get shot.

[erinker]

Yeah, cus us liberals are the ones with all the guns...

[counselor2373]

Why in h*** did I bother to read this?