Joe The Plumber Makes "Worst Person In The World" On Countdown (VIDEO)

Joe the Plumber made it back onto the political scene for, as Olbermann describes it, "fomenting violence against elected officials." According to the Wasau Daily Herald newspaper, Joe the Plumber, while speaking in Wisconsin, more than once asked about Senator Chris Dodd, "Why hasn't he been strung up?" Olbermann awarded Joe the gold in his "Worst Persons in the World" segment.

Joe also proved that his off-the-cuff public speaking needs a little more work when he told the crowd that the Founding Fathers "knew socialism doesn't work. They knew communism doesn't work." Alas, these ideologies did not exist yet.

An anonymous donor who funded ads urging atheists to reveal themselves to bolster the cause of atheism was awarded the bronze medal for, well, remaining anonymous. Rush Limbaugh took home the silver for interpreting a 5-4 Supreme Court decision reversing a case nominee Sonia Sotomayor upheld as not only indicting Ms. Sotomayor as a racist, but that the verdict, properly reflected upon, was actually a 9-0 decision instead of one that settled along rough ideological lines.

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Comments

[applescruff]

Joe The Plummer, Sarah the Governor,McCain the Maverick,. Good thing these cartoon characters include thier title because thier actions hardly imply what they really are.

[dwillisno1]

You people have it all wrong. "Strung up" is technical plumber terminology, similar to when an electrician says "Dodd should be plungered or given a swirly."

[gatboy3]

Olberman said that on his 'show?"

In that case, fortunately no body heard him.

[LauraD]

Nobody except the 1.1 million people that tune in to watch him, right?

Facts get in the way of your reality, don't they? Sorry about that.

[dwillisno1]

At least one nobody didn't hear him, you.

[gladiator777]

Got to love state run TV, very objective of course....­....wow...­.never thought i'd see TV programs that are run by the gov't.....­...easier of course to brainwash the uneducated masses....­..

[rock2casbah]

FOX is not state run.

[GreatTruthsSeeker]

I guess that depends on what state of mind your are in. The closed minded state does run Fox. Lot's of viewers and participants out there. I understand that thinking is painful or traumatic to some.

[BradGd]

Sure its state run - Fox news has been in a state of denial ever since it started calling itself "fair and balalnced"

[MrPeebles]

"Prescription For America " LOL

[BradGd]

"Big bag of mashed up Jacka.ss" - LMAO

Dont sugar coat it Keith, tell us what you really think. :)

[Solja]

I cracked up when I heard him say that. LMAO!! Hilarious!

[MrPeebles]

Whether it’s post-election cable news hangover and/or seasonal declines as the weather improves, Countdown with Keith Olbermann hit its lowest ratings of the year in May down over 30% in the cable news adults 25-54 demo target from January. LOL

[applehead]

he's still telling the truth.

[MrPeebles]

"Yeah man I swear his is " now take another toke old Joe

[rock2casbah]

The people who watch Olbermann are not the type of audience who tune in daily like automatons in group think to form their thought processes like FOX viewers.

In other words they have a life and a few original and independent thoughts.

[MrPeebles]

Oh thats how it works huh ? If the ratings were the other way around it would be a different take ... you're to obvious Lib

[modrocker]

It's a slow news year compared to 2008. And, contrary to FOX viewers, Olbermann's audience has a life and goes outside in the summer. FOXheads just pace around their houses muttering to themselves, every now and then yelling out "THAT'S RIGHT BILL!" at the tv.

[Sheldonrs]

I think the fact that his name isn't Joe and that he's not really a plumber tells you all you need to know. Why not just call him Charlene the Marsupial?

[PamperedHousecat]

Why embarrass Marsupial-­Americans?

[chavo]

The piece of how the Founding Fathers knew communism doesn't work, is really proof positive that the majority of Conservatives don't have the slightest clue what they are talking about and simply regurgitate things they hear on the right wing TV and radio shows.

[Character1st]

Those are the ones that prove the saying,
"Talk sense to a fool...and he calls you foolish" - Euripides
They are spoon-fed bias, fictional information, in complete denial of facts.
Reluctant to seek the truth.

[duncansdad]

Does "worst" include stupidest, or would that fall into another catagory?

[GreatTruthsSeeker]

"Worst" and "stupidist" blend together and the effect is unfortunately occasionally somewhat like unnoticed (until it's to late) fireants.

[WestofSabine]

KeithO, don't get your panties in a wad because Joe the Plumber is more popular than you.
(So is the swine flu)

[Kremfresch]

...this just in from planet stupid...

[Mattcat25]

Republicans are increasingly resorting to their Bullying, Hate, and Irrational rhetoric in sight of the major shift in political opinion of the United States. GOPees and their supporters (what's left of them) seem to be having problems coming up with any new and beneficial ideas.

[drewziGNY]

Uh....why did Joe only sell 5 copies of his book when there were only 11 people at his booksigning?

[PamperedHousecat]

There were no pictures.

[Shammie2000]

Well said, the dumbing down of America(n) is complete, we re-elect do nothing offical's at a 90% rate
and wonder out loud why nothing changes, (W) and the trickle down policies of most of the last
30 years have left people's lives in ruin, yet McSame got 50 million votes, instead of spending so
much times mourning rock star's we need to mourn for AMERICA.

[powerlift2201]

Here Here!

[Okieborn]

Quit giving this Mccain invention air time !!!

[drumz]

Struck a nerve I see.

[powerlift2201]

Yep. The gag reflex. If you like Joe, please explain how and why he is qualified to speak about politics.

[insanityfollows]

Well, this is the face of the "dumbing down" of the American education system that has taken place over the last 20-25 years. People used to know a whole lot more and could do well in society with a high school education. For those who venture out into the world with a high school education, their English skills are atrocious, their math skills are horrible, and they can't carry on any kind of sophisticated conversation (like Joe the Plumber) because their grasp of history, economics, civics and the arts are way below the standard that they used to be. As the child of two educators and as an educator myself, the lack of focus on education pains me every day. I think that is what bothers me so much about the far right of the Republican party. There was a complete intellectual vacuum in President Bush and most of his administration. There continues to be that in the Republican party. It didn't used to be true. To wit, Teddy Roosevelt was brilliant, as was Abraham Lincoln. The Republican party now has no intellectual prowess (creationism being one example) and combined with an absolute stubborness to embrace any ideas except their own, we see the Joe the Plumbers, the Glenn Becks, the Hannitys, etc... drumming information into people that isn't based on fact or argument. We need school again!!!

[mrfreeze]

Yes, thank you!!!!!! Someday, I can imagine Joe the Plumber's picture below the definition of "mediocrity" in the American Standard Dictionary. The sad fact is, it's inane buffoons like him who end up in the public scene whilst far more talented and deserving people are ignored because they might be "elitist liberals." As a good friend of mine says:

You can't fix stupid!

[FlamingLibrul]

Whomever coined the phrase "Ignorance Kills" could have been talking about the modern-day incarnation of the Republican party.

[insanityfollows]

You are both right, and you reminded me of something my father used to say. "You can't make chicken salad out of chicken sh*t." There's a lot of wisdom in that.

[maumeeone]

Sadly, the only people who can be educated are those who want to be educated..­.And obviously, Joe is not one of those people!

[MrPeebles]

I guess you can relate

[GreatTruthsSeeker]

Thank you for your words, comrad.

[Lemmy]

"Ivy League" grad is once again protecting truth, justice and the American way . . .

[Kremfresch]

Your hero GW was a graduate of Yale AND Harvard, and the only way he even got in was his daddy. Or don't you even know what "Ivy League" means?

[Lemmy]

You should really read more. KO didn't go to the Ivy League Cornell.

[Daniel Torluemke]

Republican's hate Keith Olbermann because he exposes them with their own words. Unlike the media star's of the right wing, olbermann does not make things up. He just shows what the conservatives say.

[MrPeebles]

You're pretty funny - I'll give you that :-)

[johnr49]

He's also pretty accurate.