Exclusive: Joe the Plumber suggests some members of Congress should be shot.

[stevedeshazer]

On Wednesday, Joe “the Plumber” Wurzelbacher said that if he were in Congress, he would “probably be in jail” because he’d be charged with “slapping some member.” He added, “And that’s not either.” ThinkProgress caught up with Joe at CPAC yesterday and asked him which members he would most like to slap. “Pretty much anybody that’s stood there and said anything bad about our troops, pretty much anybody who sat there and talked treasonous talk about America,” Joe said. He then implied that some members of Congress should be shot:

Back in the day, really, when people would talk about our military in a poor way, somebody would shoot ‘em. And there’d be nothing said about that, because they knew it was wrong. You don’t talk about our troops. You support our troops. Especially when our congressmen and senators sit there and say bad things in an ongoing conflict.

Link with video: http://thinkprogress.org/2009/02/27/jtp-congressmen-should-be-shot/

[Jeep789]

1. If I had my way, Joe would be committed nt

[WillieW]

16. Or taken behind the shed in the back yard.

[Jeep789]

20. Heck, the guy doesn't even know his own occupation

He is obviously in need of some serious psychiatric work.

[ellenfl]

32. and shot? eom

[madokie]

40. Dead n/t

[roguevalley]

52. what day is that poseur talking about. August 19, 1102?

Enlist, you bald-headed bastard, enlist or STFU!

[MADem]

2. Ewwww.....I think it's probably past time to FLUSH old Joe the Plumber. nt

[rateyes]

3. He's obviously unclogged too many toilets.

The fumes are getting to him.

[bdamomma]

18. but he's not even a plumber!!

[tangent90]

4. Too many lead fumes from poor plumbing practices.

:shrug:

[DrDan]

5. sooooo - perhaps someone who might say they would like to see the President fail?

Pretty treasonous if you ask me.

[ErinBerin84]

6. ugh

This is the man who a writer for the Wall Street Journal said last night (on 1600 PA Ave) that the conservative movement is looking to him because he talks like a "real American". Yeah. Right. A real fucking crazy American.

[Big Orange Jeff]

31. Wasn't Dubya also hailed as a "real" American?

How'd that work out?

[stevedeshazer]

7. Joe was the keynote speaker at CPAC

I know I shouldn't be surprised, but I am.

:eyes:

[Enrique]

8. I didn't know that

I learn something new every day:

Back in the day, really, when people would talk about our military in a poor way, somebody would shoot ‘em. And there’d be nothing said about that, because they knew it was wrong.

[sinkingfeeling]

17. I think he meant when the Native Americans said bad things about the Cavalry. Not too many 'real

Americans' got upset when they were shot and their villages burnt.

[Kansas Wyatt]

9. "Back in the day" WTF?

How the Hell does he know? Now he's a history teacher?

[Scurrilous]

10. It's the Drano fumes talking. n/t

[ixion]

11. sounds like Joe the Psycho is remembering Russia

because I don't recall a time when civilians were shot for criticizing the military. Maybe he should move to Russia. He would be happier there, it sounds like.

[tuvor]

12. "Slapping some member"?

I think I've heard plenty now.

[Enrique]

15. as long as he does it in private it's ok

he should only worry about being arrested for slapping his member if he does it out on the street or in a park.

[progressoid]

23. Or in a Minneapolis airport restroom.

[SpiralHawk]

13. He should be aiming at the Republicon chickenhawks

The infamous non-serving creeps who lied to our sons and daughters in uniform about the WMDs and the rest, and send them off to suffer and die in the Middle East on a Oil Profits Crusade for Republicon Cronies, squandering their lives and America's treasure.

These are the same Republicon Chickenhawks who denied our US troops the armor they needed to protect themselves, and who starved the VA so that our honorable veterans were getting shitty, way-below-acceptable benefits and care -- a massive scandal.

Republicon Chickenhawk Hall of Shame:

George AWOL Bush
Dick 'Five Military Deferments" Cheney
Rush 'Ass Pimple Deferment' Limbaugh
Tom 'Draft Dodger' Delay
Newt 'Draft Dodger' Gingrich
Trent 'Draft Dodger' Lott
Glen "whimp out defermnet' Beck
Sean 'Gucci Loafers Deferment' Beck
Bill "Loofah Sex Deferment' O'Reilly

etc. etc. ad nauseum

[spanone]

14. joe the ignorant plumber

[Jeep789]

19. Actually, it is Joe the non-plumber nt

[immoderate]

24. Joe was a guest on Thom Hartmann, they asked him nothing but plumbing questions.

It was a riot. Thom played it straight...wanted to stick to his area of expertise. As far as I could tell his answers were pretty good. He seemed a bit dazed by it all though.

And welcome to DU! :)

--imm

[SemiCharmedQuark]

48. Just "Joe the Ignorant".

[acmavm]

21. I was hoping this guy had faded back into the woodwork.

Again I misunderestimated the stupidity and staying power of Sam the Scammer.

[NorthCarolina]

22. Palin / Plumber in 2012 !!!

I hope, I hope, I hope....that obvious out-of-touch buffoons like these folks represent the future, and the end, of the GOP.

[Big Orange Jeff]

30. Palin/Plumber, huh?

There has to be some joke about a plumber and a cougar, but I can't come up with it.

[Rabrrrrrr]

25. "I want to slap some big, throbbing, hot member. A long, thick, hardshafted member"

[Triana]

26. how old is this guy? six? n/t

[Initech]

27. Joe The Psycho needs to go the fuck away.

[Oceansaway]

28. why ain't this nitwit serving in Iraq ?...n/t

[tanngrisnir3]

29. Uh, what does that even mean, "And that's not either"? Either what"?

[bvar22]

33. "Back in the day...."

What day was that, Joe?
I haven't heard anyone criticize our military in Congress.
Some have criticized how the Republican Party has misused our military and needlessly killed about 4000.
Not the same thing.

[roody]

34. Does anyone know Joe's military history?

[havocmom]

37. No, but his 'troop supporting' history is that he doesn't take taxes seriously

Does he thing the tooth fairy buys the bullets and armor?

[Blue Diadem]

51. Plumber in the Air Force according to this:

http://www.tuftsdaily.com/1.902390-1.902390

snip:
With regards to my occupation, I was a plumber in the military for the United States Air Force.
----------------
Everytime I read something this guy says I get a headache. I swear he said previously he didn't have the money to get his plumbing license,(a radio station raised the money for that and his back taxes IIRC) then in this Nov. interview he says he went to a school and it conveniently closed at 3 1/2 yrs?

[Johonny]

35. anybody who sat there and talked treasonous talk about America

So Joe by his own rule would be shot, because I'm pretty sure shooting members of congress is treasonous talk.

[nxylas]

36. What sort of comment about the troops would he have people shot for?

How about "Someone had to die in this war, so it might as well be them" (meaning poor African-Americans)? Wait a minute, that was Ann Coulter.

[Laelth]

38. Typical conservative solution to problems ...

He will join us or die, my Master.

:dem:

-Laelth

[Old and In the Way]

39. I wonder what his handle is at Free Republic?

typical myopic thinking from another RW whackjob. Can't tell the difference between criticizing the policies of the Bush administration and troops in the field. It's people like not-Joe that would be happy to condemn our troops to an eternity in Iraq if it furthered their political domestic agenda. They are the ones that could care less about the condition of our troops because they served the political interests of the Republicans.

[G_j]

41. yep, people could just shoot people

and nothing would be said.

:shrug:

[struggle4progress]

42. The 41st amendment gives us all the right to shoot people who don't agree with us!

[SmileyRose]

43. He's right

I can think of a few politicians still in office who are guilty of treason.





Of course my picks would be different than Joey's and I'd expect a trial first but still..........

[MadBadger]

44. I'd Like To Plunger him.

[MadBadger]

45. Thats what she said.

[L. Coyote]

46. Flush "Sam the Narcissist" already!

[L. Coyote]

47. If he were not the poster boy for Republican Idiot, we would just ignore him.

[LynnTheDem]

49. A promise to Not-Joe;

Dear Not-Joe;

If YOU got YOUR ass sent to war, legal or illegal, without enough food, without enough water, without enough ammo, without enough body armor...I promise you, I won't say ONE FUCKIN' WORD! I will just silently "SUPPORT" you with a fridge magnet!


As for our REAL soldiers (especially my own husband); I will CONTINUE to SUPPORT them by ensuring to the best of my ability that they are not sent into ILLEGAL easily avoidable unnecessary WARS OF CHOICE, and if I fail at that (which we all did) I will do my utmost to ensure they at least have the FOOD WATER AMMO BODY ARMOR they need to try to stay alive.

But YOU, dear Not-Joe, you are one seriously ignorant stupid piece of shit.

[and-justice-for-all]

50. Souds like a job for the Secert Service...nt