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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[NormDePleum]

People and the media listen to him because he is the angry voice of hundreds of millions..

[SharedHumanity]

You seem to have issues with basic math (counting for instance). You are in the minority and elections have consequences.

[pfc1369]

Hundreds of millions of confused and duped tools.

[John Warren Gotsch]

"Hundreds of millions" of what, a "superorganism" of ants, perhaps.?

[serialcoma]

Republicans seem to have serious difficulties with not only basic science but basic math as well.. hundreds of milliions? bwahahahah­aha... Joe doesn't even speak for hundreds.

[dochemlock]

Well I'd give him the "hundreds". Remember there's only 300 million in the USA right now. The majority of those aren't angry.

[questionsquestions]

Those are some very foolish people. Please name one time when someone has been shot for saying "In God We Trust".

[clearpepsi]

I do see this guy as a bit of the american dream that has died; you know kind of sad, disinfrancized, -- being used by these right wing people... I kind of feel like it's to cheap to make fun of him anymore - like it's to easy and a bit of a cruel joke...

[daddyG56]

Maybe it would be sad if the guy didn't want to be used. Now, however, he has to try to keep his 15 minutes going as long as possible, so he gets what he gets.

[erinker]

He can decide to go away at any time. He chooses not to. Therefore, it's open season.

[clearpepsi]

hmmm... do you think he's getting paid for these gigs?

[ladyvader]

My state has an In God We Trust plate.

[SusanStoHelit]

Oh my - do you have a bulletproof vest?

[stunsitfel]

I have one.

[gnorrfa]

i have that on the plate in my head. ain't joe great?

[BPCentrisAmerican]

Must be Florida.

[deepintheheartoftejas]

We have a 'God Bless Texas' one. I love it, been thinking of getting it for the pure kitsch value.

[MixinUpMedicine]

Yeah!!

cuz all those gun control liberals, who also want to take away your guns, are just the people to go around shooting people for exercising the right to free speech. Does he even know what "liberal" means?

wing nut. Spreading lies, but it makes a nice soundbite (you notice how the quote has him repeating the lie for effect?), and just like the phone number in that jingle for that stupid carpet company, I'll always remember that saying "In God We Trust" will get you shot.

[takk]

Exactly! Lots of critical thinking going on over there on the right.

Not.

[RuWii]

If anyone had ever been shot in the USA for saying "in God We Trust" EVER, you can be sure we'd all know his name.

[Walter Balkwill]

Dr Tiller trusted in God, in fact he was in church worshiping his God when he was gunned down by, you guessed it, an extremist. Saying you want to protect a woman's health in certain parts of this country will get you shot.

[Dez3]

Even worse, he was shot down by someone of "Joe's" mentality, someone who paints themselves in the flag and believes they themselves know what God wants and how things should be handled. It is tragic.

[erinker]

Very nicely said!

[denicci1977]

Hypocrisy rears it's ugly bald head. He shouts in God We Trust, but yet under the same Christian extremist breath he wants to have someone hung for having a view he doesn't like. GOP hypocrisy at it's finest.

[Grasmere]

Hypocrisy seems to be a GOP platform.

[wariscoming]

don't worry Obama will protect you, probably.

[QuietNetworker]

Unless he's a "fierce" advocate for you
in which case he'll do nothing.

Cheers,

Paulie Sabol

[junior111]

It won't be surprising anymore if a new rising star of the GOP will be "Jack the Painter".

[b93950]

Alternatively, Flush, the Honeydipper.

[minusjason]

What parts of America do you think he's talking about?

[decolonizeme]

The parts that I don't need to go to.

[ArthurTwoShedsJackson]

Maybe South America? :-)

[trisha08]

Probably the parts of America that Palin deemed un-America­n...or not the real America.

[lordmi]

I do not think there is anything American in Palin.

[PamperedHousecat]

The parts of America where you can see Russia from your kitchen window.

[lordmi]

he is not strong in parts.
Actually in anything

[egan182]

How about " I am a gay man and proud " in a bar in Georgia.

[ArthurTwoShedsJackson]

Or how about "Stop shouting you want to kill President Obama!" at a Palin clan rally

[NormDePleum]

Do you have a death wish?

[QuietNetworker]

Norm I think that was the point.

Religious irrationals are protected and safe
in America, not so much with gay Americans.

Cheers,

Paulie Sabol

[atexasdem]

I get this feeling that when he advocated for killing a united states senator the crowd cheered. What's next? Advocating for killing the president? Nothing would surprise me from these folks. That the republican party supports them surprises me. I never dreamed a major political party could get that bad in this country. I only thought that political parties advocated killing the opposition in third world violent countries. Please secret service, work hard, protect our leaders from these crazies. Protect our president. Republicans may admire third world politics but I still believe that most Americans are better than that.

[TxAggie]

Do you really think this guy was advocating an actual hanging? Come on now, really....­Do you also REALLY think this bozo is reflective of the entire republican party or is this just wishful thinking on your part??

[QuietNetworker]

I'm not sure "Joe" is a Republican.

[factotem]

Never question any of the hundreds of ridiculous thoughts that comes into your head, Joe.

[Kenji]

I mean, opwessed for his spiwitual bewiefs.

[dancucich]

Joe, the unlicensed plumber, is not exactly the most quotable person
in the world.

Why does the media hang on this angry man's ever word?

For Joe I suggest some benign neglect from the media.

[ZiggyZipgun]

I think the Republican party is wishing the media would stop quoting him, but you have to admit - he is the old-fashioned, "We don't want yer damn Walmart around here! but now that it's here I can by everything I need in one place! Ammo! Thank you, Jesus, for a supermarket that sells guns and camo pants! " Republican stereotype. Not all Republicans are like that, but I have known a frightening number of them that are, and it's good that we can hear their thoughts on current issues, if only to illustrate a worst case scenario in US policy-making.

[ArthurTwoShedsJackson]

The far right aka mainstream repubs hang on his every word.

Here, it's for both comic relief as well as being aware what depths of neanderthal thought these people are capable of.

[Mykal]

"Joe The Plummer" is not a Joe nor is he a plummer. I am more of a plummer because I can see my drainpipes from my basement.

[Craig1982]

Plumber it's spelled Plumber.

[callmemara]

no biggie, ok?

[ZiggyZipgun]

Unless you are Christopher Plummer (Capt. von Trapp in "The Sound of Music").