{"id":8106,"date":"2009-06-26T13:49:32","date_gmt":"2009-06-26T20:49:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=8106"},"modified":"2009-06-26T13:49:32","modified_gmt":"2009-06-26T20:49:32","slug":"how-can-we-miss-you-if-you-wont-go-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=8106","title":{"rendered":"How Can We Miss You If You Won't Go Away?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ah, “Joe” the “Plumber,” we just can’t quit you, much as we might want to. I know you like to spend your time in quiet contemplation, but I understand you have some things to say<\/a>?<\/p>\n

“Obama right now is talking about, he can generate more revenue by taxing the top 2 to 3 percent of Americans,” Wurzelbacher said. “Well, you know, that’s immoral. Just because someone’s worked hard, gotten ahead — it’s not your money.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Ah, yes, well, you see “Joe,” progressive taxation has been a part of American law since the dawn of the income tax. Even Ronald Reagan supported progressive taxation. Are you saying our country is immoral? Why do you hate America?<\/p>\n

I kid, of course; your argument basically just proves you’re a libertarian douchebag who hasn’t thought too deeply about anything. It’s not like you called for the death of a politician.<\/p>\n

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?”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Oh. Well, you know, you still have that keen grasp of policy that led John McCain to call you his personal hero, right?<\/p>\n

And he glosses over facts. Referring to the Constitution as “almost like the Bible,” Wurzelbacher said of the Founding Fathers: “They knew socialism doesn’t work. They knew communism doesn’t work.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Of course they did! Everyone knows that Ben Franklin invented the time machine, right after he invented the vibrator.* He and Thomas Jefferson time-traveled to the Soviet Union in 1984, and decided there and then that communism would not work. And thank goodness — had they traveled to Sweden in 2006, all of history might have been different.<\/p>\n

Incidentally, “Joe” says he didn’t leave the GOP. Damn liberal media, reporting what he said as if he said it<\/a>. But I say thank goodness. The Palin\/The “Plumber” ticket is still alive for 2012. And that would be hilarious<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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*This is why Franklin was so popular with the ladies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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