And Your Toys Don’t Trump My Children
Joe the Plumber was always a joke.
His name isn’t Joe and he’s not a plumber. He was just your average doofus who thought his lack of eduction made him Forest Gump.
Until today. Today he drew the line in the sand to tell the parents who lost children in Santa Barbara that his hobby trumps their children’s lives.
He wrote an open letter to those parents, and found this the right time and place to say —
“In conclusion, I cannot begin to imagine the pain you are going through, having had your child taken away from you,” he wrote. “However, any feelings you have toward my rights being taken away from me, lose those.”
If the devil lives at the very bottom of hell, he’s gonna have to lift his foot to reserve a place for this guy.
If Joe the Plumber (Samuel Wurzelbacher) wants to make that the choice: his personal weakness and fetish or our kids, I’ll be happy to make that the battle.
The one thing he got right – he doesn’t know that pain. He doesn’t even come close to knowing.
Sorry guys, but I just had to get this off my chest.
A completely irrelevant sub-human making super stupid comments. If he is not condemned by the rank and file of every political faction, every religious faction then those politicians and religious who do not belong in the same irrelevant part of hell he does.
1This is the attitude which so rankles those of us who demand more control of guns: “Your lives and those of your children do not matter.
2My gun rights are much more important than your right to life.”
It is absolute insanity and MUST be eliminated if our country is to survive.
Whose brilliant idea was this to bring attention to this creep?
3This is what moral bankruptcy looks like. Pitiful excuse for a human being.
4He’s a real stinky one he is. I’m blaming all the Republicans who nominated John McCain who selected Sarah Palin who gave prominence to this steaming heap of groat clusters. Oh, and then there’s us who just can’t seem to ignore the trolls when they spew such venomous swill.
5Note to Piyush, your “GOP stop being the party of stupid” needs a little more work. Stupid and insensitive is spewing out Santorum froth in all 50 states. The Tea Bag and fringe wings of the party have more nuts than a forest full of acorn pine and oak. It’s somewhat surprising that the whack-o-birds haven’t been replaced by Acorn woodpeckers.
6I will take your word for the quote, Susan. I will not click the link. Traffic is what keeps troglodytes in their trade.
7SW has never been exposed to tact, discretion and basic sensitivity. McCain created a blowhard.
8Some (deservedly) obscure wingnut website called barbwire.com was where (not) Joe, (not) the plumber had his vomitous screed published.
Unfortunately, that’s all it takes for traditional media outlets to give this vile carbuncle the media coverage that results in me having to hear, yet again, about him.
Memo to the media: stupid people say stupid stuff. It’s a “dog bites man” type of story. It’s not newsworthy.
I really hope the day will come when the media stops covering crap like this. But I know my hope is in vain. The only true solution is for another Chicxulub scale meteorite strike.
PS – I can never forgive Grumps McCain for foisting Wurzelbacher and Palin onto the American political scene. What were you thinking? Never mind….
9My comments about this critter are not Momma approved so I must remain silent.
10Joe the Plumber is not a plumber.
A real plumber would recognize the open letter Joe wrote is full of s**t. He’d fix the problem, then flush that rambling mess away before anyone else had a chance to see it.
11RP, Wurzelbacher sounds like a name for a defunct organ (with apologies to the functioning Wurzelbachers.)
Rick, do you really expect anyone ‘elevated’ to .05 seconds of fame by the Snowflake Grifter to have skills? A child in potty training can be expected to flush a toilet, the GOP, not so much.
As for the senior senile Senator from AZ, I’m disappointed that a combat veteran and POW survivor would lay down and let the mega donors foist that aberration on him.
Note to Grumpy, before you next call President Obama weak, please reflect when you genuflected to the Dubya crowd and passively moved aside to pave the way for war criminals occupying the White House. But sir, torpedoing your own campaign with the now Scottsdale Scammer, suggest retirement is in your tea leaves. Have a heart dude and call off your paramour with the vapors from SC.
12Hey Joe the Plumber! Any feelings you have toward actually having a brain, lose those. You always were and always will be a brainless rightwing moron. Now go fondle your guns.
13The problem Joe has is that if Rodger was crazy, which seems likely, he didn’t have a right to own a gun at all. At least that’s what Scalia said in Heller at about page 54. I would be willing to bet that if Scalia doesn’t believe you should have a gun, nobody else does either. So you either believe that crazy people should have guns or you don’t. What do we do about it?
14There are those even worse than Not Joe the Not Plumber. Google Todd Kincannon from SC. I can’t possibly quote him. He uses language not fit for decent people.
15In other words, the Dumber Plumber ignores the rights of the victims, especially the innocent’s right to life. Gun fetishists always seem to ignore that anyone beyond them has rights or that others’ rights may trump theirs in any way.
16Years ago I heard a quote: that went something like
Your right to swing your fist ends where my nose begins.
My father hunted. I know people today who hunt. And some who own a gun for self defense. Responsible gun ownership is one thing.
But I’m starting to think that anyone who says the Second
17Amendment trumps everything else, maybe should have theirs taken away to prevent stuff like this.
Point on, henry. The NRA gun nuts have a real problem with two basic solutions that would reduce the gun violence: waiting periods and background checks. My preference for the length of the waiting period is whatever amount of time it takes to complete a thorough background check.
Imagine this, had the UCSB shooter had to pass a check and his parents were contacted, no gun for him.
Not Mama of the Year in the CT school shooting, again gun SAFETY. You knew your kid was unbalanced, yet you didn’t secure your weapons. Wanna run that responsible gun owner meme by us, again NRA?
Remember Kip Kingle and his issues? Yet his parents seriously thought arming the kid would improve his self esteem issues. They are not here to speak for themselves. Your bad choices not only led to innocent dead children, it led to your death. Too bad you can’t come back to rethink that FUBAR.
But, enough. Let’s not violate the privacy of grieving families to discuss responsible gun ownership. Let’s go head on with war criminal Dick Cheney. Maybe when he shot his alleged ‘friend’ in the face, it didn’t rise to the level of a felony. But hot damn, Dick’s hunting days should have been finished, as the man proved he was not a responsible gun owner. Scary. This ‘responsible’ gun nut ran two wars.
Challenge to the NRA: come on with the “every dog deserves a bite argument.” Really? Kool, you are admitting that your members are dumber than dogs. However, I’d correct you. Your members are dumber than what dogs leave in the yard.
BTW Some of your NRA members smell worse.
18I am not surprised, if anyone hasn’t figured out this Joe the Plumber by now……well maybe you ought to join his club. Hell they aren’t even in dummy’s anonymous (Not that smart), in other words……it works! You can keep stupid people stupid all the time with idiots like Joe to lead! The Elite, you know the Billionaires love it when Joe, Chimes in……It works! I could go on and on why this Gun Rights issue keeps dividing Americans, but I feel very sad that it has come down to this ignorance!
19Spent most of the afternoon in a “Conversation” with a good ole boy from OK, who said, of the Video of Mr Martinez ” Feel bad for the guy but he needs to stop Sayin stupid Stuff.” I just can’t imagine living in these people’s paranoid heads??? Ever since LaPierre et al got pissed about the passage of the Civil Rights Act, It has been the sole mission of the NRA to make sure that every white man has an arsenal for the coming “War” or as my cuz says – “to protect us from the brown hordes from the south.” Bonanza and Gunsmoke were FICTION folks, Little Joe is dead, time for Mr LaPierre to take his Brownshirts and exit the public stage – and please take all these insane folks with you!
20Joe the Plumber and Sarah Palin, McCain’s Legacy.
21On the other hand, having Joe the faux Plumber as the face of gun rights is right up there with having Dan Patrick as the face of Texas Repubs.
That is his face, right?
22Well, he’s right about one thing. He cannot imagine the pain these parents are going through. Obviously.
23Seriously, what would anyone expect of Joe the Loser to say? He’s had his day and boy its gone and it doesn’t take much to piss him off cuz “his day” did not bring him that pot of gold he thought he was entitled to. So he snarls and gnashes his teeth and thrashes about as he sheds his skin. He actually doesn’t realize that he has made the Great Reveal that is behind the machinations of the NRA. Thus goes the tale of Joe the Stoooopid Loser.
24What a despicable excuse for a human being.
25Shorter Not Joe Not the Plumber: ‘It’s all about ME! LOOK AT ME!!
26LInda: that would be $carah Payme, a/k/a Caribou Barbie, Bible Spice, Tundra Tw@t, or all the other nouns and adjectives that made residents of Wasilla, AK ashamed. When she quit, the geese on Lake Lucille made more sense than she. Blame John McCain.
27Say Mule Weasel Whacker and other wingnuts all wear kneepads-not for hitting their knees and praying for forgiveness,but for kissing the NRA’s arse and looking for divine guidance from the little godalmighty Wayne Limp Pierre.
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