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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[mek0123]

Joe who?

[p1thon]

Time for Joe the plumber to go back to the obscurity he came from. LOL

[puffthedragon]

How can anyone who professes to be so pro American and so Pro God advocate a lynching? Boggles one's mind!

[KriTiKiT]

he thinks jesus is a war lord

[Sirdi]

Huh? Really? Obviously you never attended a lynching back in the day.

[mfcesq]

Why haven't the in God we trust shootings made the news? haha

[argyle]

Joe who?

[espressobeans]

At a minimum, it's hate speech. At a maximum, it's terrorism. This is a free country, he can debate policy all he wants or is capable of, but when he incites violence, he crosses a line. There is no place in the country where one will be shot for saying "In God we Trust . . . " That shows you what kind of stupid we are talking about here. The Republican party should be ashamed for making this kind of lugnut its spokesperson.

[zest]

What kind of a country refers to their diety on their money?

[pfc1369]

The American sign I saw:

In God We Trust --(All Others Pay Cash)

[AntiMarxist]

Dodd certainly needs to go along with all his caucus of corruption.

[greysells2]

Someonplease suggestr to the Plumber that America needs grownups in charge not children. Thanks.

[paulrm]

Sam, the non-plumber, is long past his sell by date.

[jfor]

Joe has been to most parts of America saying that line over and over again, yet for some reason no one has shot him yet. Go figure?

[frost12]

That this Grown-Up Child is given a platform proves that Anti-Intel­lectualism is king in U.S.

[NRAherrm]

You'd say the same thing about our founding fathers?

[Grasmere]

Well said. Our culture is really starting to scare me....

[bitterliberal]

Yes he (Sam, or Joe) is the poster child for anti-intel­lectualism­. (great point)

• The far-right leaders want all the middle to lower
classes to aspire to such sheepish greatness.

• Joe perseveres mightily to promote voting against his & others own self-interest.

• Duhh

[chirps]

Thank your tv.

[sippewissett]

A leftover from the past president who was the poster child for anti-intel­lectualism­. ("I don't do nuance.")

P.S. What's fascinating is that Joe is a Repug, railing about "liberty and our freedom", yet it was the GOP who have done the most in recent history to curtail both. That is not an invitation for Joe to become a Dem. We don't want him.

[frost12]

What does my illiterate janitor think?

[SiberianRat]

Jeez, nice attitude toward hard-working people. I'd rather talk to "your" illiterate janitor than you.

[rattler99]

so, you elitist lefty, do you think janitors are illiterate?

[weebils]

lol

[RiggsMD]

Couldn't agree more!

[MajorKong]

It's part of the Christian Right's "We're a persecuted minority (but we're really the majority)" cognitive dissonance.

[ladylove114]

Sorry to disappoint you but Joe is NOT a "star" in conservative circles. It obviously makes some people feel better about the "stars" in their circle to say that.

[Patrick Ballenger]

Sure he is. He's enormously popular. And it's a sad commentary on Republican politics that he is.

[ScapeGoat]

If he is not a star, how come they keep inviting him to speak at rallies etc?

A reminder to Joey:
Ignorance is bliss
but stupidity is forever.

[Fremon]

Popular where?

[questionsquestions]

Nice try, but not gonna work.

[NCIndependant]

No, it wasn't even a nice try. It was just a lie.

[Grasmere]

Hannity treats him like he's a Star.

[mfcesq]

you think he's not a conservative "star"? then why was he the only shred of ammunitio.­n mccain had left by the end of his campaign?

[erinker]

So why do you guys keep paying him to talk at your conventions??? If you stopped paying him, he would have to go away!

[bellabeach]

Just when you thought he'd gone away, we get a dumb article like this one!

[modrocker]

You to have to appreciate this guy for the public service role that he fills. He alternates with Michelle Bachman as a constant living reminder that the Republican Party is truly still the party of wingnuts, and that the inmates have taken over the asylum. The fact that he's about as rank an opportunist as you're likely to find this side of Jon and Kate shouldn't take away from the excellent job he does in that capacity. Excellent.

[hrholmes]

you forgot Sarah also too!