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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[Sara Diel]

John McCain must be so proud of his proteges..­.

[Wood]

Rocket Scientist.­..

[Bude]

Moe can't keep his mouth shut. He will eventually say the magic words and end up in hot water. Hey, maybe McCain will bail him out, seeing that he created this monster.

[Antifascist-08]

Palin and the Plumber! 2012.

[fdrwuzright]

Yes!!!!!!!

[WSKI77]

They got my vote...

[WaimeaWidow]

Ah, give him a break ... he's just another poor, misunderstood Republican advocating bigotry, murder, hatred, violence against anything they don't understand or agree with, the shredding of the Constitution, war, etc., etc., etc.

[JoandeV]

Where are these mythical parts of America wherein you'll get shot if you say "in God we trust" too loud? Is that like Palin's two Virginia's? The only one's I've ever heard threaten to do shooting are uber-conservatives.

[Bitsko]

Joe the Huh?

[Honabet]

The law says that freedom of speech ends when there is a direct incitement to violence.
The man should be charged and at the very least publicly vilified, if not jailed.

[LeaderofMen]

"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."

Joe... name one place in America where you will be shot for saying this. On the other hand, I can name half a dozen states and several dozen cities and towns where if one says just the opposite, or if one announces one is a gay American, they can be shot.

Joe... name one place. Just one.

[Durango]

Don't anyone ever forget that in the South White Supremacy, and "Christian Values" were upheld until very recently, by state sponsored terrorism.

So when you hear these fools talking about lynch law, it is not funny. And it is not a mistake.

They long for the "good old days."

[RofWH]

Why does this man's utterances make news? Or make it into news media? Or into the HufPo? Why do I click on it? No more! I quit.

[Dayahka]

For inciting violence, shouldn't Joe the Plumber spend the next ten years of his life behind iron bars?

[brainpain]

How is this guy still in the media? Is there really nothing else to report than what this lobotomy patient has to say. Also sad commentary for the ’Right’ if this is who they have speaking at different venues. Scary thing is that there are folks who applaud what this pin head has to say.

[sagopalm]

It's been truly educational to watch the metamorphises of the republican party. They've gone from being a group of closeted haters of anyone different from themselves to a group of completely open haters of anyone different from themselves.

[alabaman]

I think McCain's palling around with Joe the P sunk him more than his picking Palin for VP.