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Remember Joe the Plumber? Remember the bald dude who dared, in 2008, to ask President Obama about why he had to pay more taxes if he moved into a higher tax bracket? And Obama dared to say, "I think when you spread the wealth around, its good for everybody," which caused a hategasm on the right? And then he was invited to go along with John McCain, probably so McCain could spend less time with Sarah Palin, on the campaign trail? And then he became a conservative darling, the alleged voice of the Everyman, the regular guy who got hand jobs from Sean Hannity on an almost regular basis? And he was invited to give his opinion on everything from guns to immigration because of course he had some kind of Forrest Gump-like wisdom? And he got to be the star to fuck at teabagger orgies?
Yeah, he's now a member of the United Auto Workers at a Chrysler plant in Toledo.
That's the same Chrysler that received a bailout from the federal government under Barack Obama that prevented it from going bankrupt. That's the same bailout that allowed Samuel Wurzelbacher, the artist formerly known as "Joe the Plumber," to have a job; the same bailout that Samuel Wurzelbacher, the 2012 Republican candidate for Congress, opposed and said was government overreach.
And while Wurzelbacher claims he has no problem with "private unions" if that's what workers want, his blog celebrated that workers at the VW plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee, voted down unionizing and receiving the benefits that would bring.
See, Wurzelbacher, the self-professed good and loyal conservative, is eating of the fruits of liberalism and refusing to acknowledge it. What's he getting as a UAW member at Chrysler? Shit, the 2011 contract, good for 4 years, includes higher hourly wages for new employees, yearly bonuses, profit sharing, and cheap medical care. Oh, and the right to strike. As a UAW worker, Wurzelbacher will have security in a way that he has never had in his life. All because progressive workers and politicians fought together to make sure he could have that security.
So Joe the Plumber can bullshit us. He can act all tough and say, "Its an American workers right to unionize for sure, but that being said dont expect me not to point out when or if Union leadership takes advantage of union members. And if a union member wants to complain about their union or the upcoming 2015 contract its also their right to do so would anyone argue with that?"
But he knows. He knows that right now he owes everything he has and everything he's gonna have to the leftists who got the shit beaten out of them by the very people who used him to give them street cred with the masses. He was the taint washer of the media whores and political pricks, thinking he belonged in bed with them when he was just gonna be thrown aside like a stiff jizz rag.
And for a nation that had to put up with his ludicrous aiding and abetting of the people who would crush unions out of existence, well, he can go from sucking desperately at that dry teat to giving blow jobs to and eating out all of us who made it possible for him to work so he didn't have to go back on the welfare he once took.
http://rudepundit.blogspot.com/2014/02/joe-plumber-can-blow-each-and-every-one.html
rustydog
(9,186 posts)he hates unions, unless the union can get him a good job.
He loves weenends off and holiday pay and actually refuses to believe this is thanks to union activity and countless people dying for the right to organize.
He readily uses family medical leave even though he is adamantly against it. He is the first to ask for every major holiday off paid, even though he doesn't believe unions should negotiate paid holidays.
Joe the plumber is too stupid to realize he was used then dumped by the GOP when his 30-seconds was up.
truebrit71
(20,805 posts)bluedigger
(17,086 posts)Toledo is the Jeep plant.
Gothmog
(145,291 posts)Holly_Hobby
(3,033 posts)I doubt he will be able to handle all the harassment he's going to get on the job. His co-workers are dyed in the wool union members.
louis-t
(23,295 posts)pointing and laughing at him.
Holly_Hobby
(3,033 posts)Hassin Bin Sober
(26,330 posts)TexasTowelie
(112,224 posts)if he did encounter those circumstances. As much as they like bashing tort reform, they are also among the first to show up at the court house if they feel they were mistreated. We'll see if Joe can tough it out.
There is similar hypocrisy in the Lubbock area, where Dr. Donald R. May (aka Mr. Conservative) resorted to the courts on a wrongful termination case against the University Medical Center at Texas Tech that can be found on the Internet. Dr. May is running against Randy Neguebauer for US Rep and is even more conservative than Randy. :shit:
Hassin Bin Sober
(26,330 posts)MADem
(135,425 posts)This guy wants to play both sides of the street--he shouldn't be surprised if he gets run over by a jeep while crossing the road....
Dustlawyer
(10,495 posts)legitimate!" I ask them, "Do you think that I usually represent frauds?" They are always my worst clients too since they are so entitled. They are the ones with the "entitlement" thing ingrained into their being. They are always more concerned with what other people get, I think because they want it all!
Aristus
(66,380 posts)Pretty close to the name I would have picked for a punk band - The Sex Towels.
Brigid
(17,621 posts)Diseased Cannibal Rats.
LuvNewcastle
(16,846 posts)Is there a word for these loathsome creatures that live off the fruits of union membership but bitch about their union dues and support politicians that want right-to-work laws? If there's not a word for them, there should be. Despicable fuckers.
Berlum
(7,044 posts)Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)bkanderson76
(266 posts)geckosfeet
(9,644 posts)onethatcares
(16,169 posts)that the IRA would kneecap someone by either shooting them through their pants leg in order to allow the fibers to cause an infection, or allow some people to roll their pant leg up above the knee to prevent such infection?
Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)Only if he brushes his teeth first.
Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)DinahMoeHum
(21,794 posts)is code for "Fuck You, I've Got Mine"
Blue Owl
(50,393 posts)something stinks...