This is old and anonymous, but some DUers may not have seen it:

[karlrschneider]

Joe gets up at 6 a.m. and fills his coffeepot with water to prepare
his morning coffee. The water is clean and good because some
tree-hugging liberal fought for minimum water-quality standards. With his first
swallow of coffee, he takes his daily medication. His medications are safe
to take because some stupid commie liberal fought to insure their safety
and that they work as advertised.

All but $10 of his medications are paid for by his employer's
medical plan because some liberal union workers fought their employers for paid
medical insurance -- now Joe gets it, too. He prepares his morning breakfast, bacon and eggs.
Joe's bacon is safe to eat because some girly-man liberal
fought for laws to regulate the meat packing industry. In the morning shower, Joe reaches for his
shampoo.
His bottle is properly labeled with each ingredient and its amount in the total contents
because some crybaby liberal fought for his right to know what he was
putting on his body and how much it contained. Joe dresses, walks outside and
takes a deep breath. The air he breathes is clean because some
environmentalist wacko liberal fought for laws to stop industries and government from

polluting our air. He walks to the subway station for his
government-subsidized ride to work. It saves him considerable money in parking and
transportation fees because some fancy-pants liberal fought for affordable public transportation, which gives everyone the opportunity to be a
contributor.


Joe begins his work day. He has a good job with excellent pay,
medical benefits, retirement, paid holidays and vacation because some lazy
liberal union members fought and died for these working standards. Joe's
employer pays these standards because Joe's emiployer doesn't want his employees to call the union.
Its noontime and Joe needs to make a bank deposit so he can pay
some bills.


Joe's deposit is federally insured by the FSLIC because some godless liberal wanted to protect Joe's money from unscrupulous bankers who
ruined the banking system before the Great Depression. Joe has to pay his Fannie Mae-underwritten mortgage and his
below-market federal student loan because some elitist liberal decided that Joe
and the government would be better off if he was educated and earned more
money over his lifetime. Joe is home from work. He plans to visit his father this evening at
his farm home in the country. He gets in his car for the drive. His car is among the safest in the world because some America-hating liberal
fought for car safety standards. He arrives at his boyhood home. His was the third
generation to live in the house financed by Farmers' Home Administration because bankers didn't
want to make rural loans. The house didn't have electricity until-some big-government liberal
stuck his nose where it didn't belong and demanded rural electrification.

Joe is happy to see his father, who is now retired. His father lives on Social Security and
a union pension because some wine-drinking, cheese-eating liberal made sure he could take
care of himself so Joe wouldn't have to.

Joe gets back in his car for the ride home, and turns on a radio talk show. The radio host
keeps saying that liberals are bad and conservatives are good. He doesn't mention that Joe's
beloved Republicans have fought against every protection and benefit Joe enjoys throughout his
day. Joe agrees. "After all, I'm a self-made man who believes everyone should take care of
themselves, just like I have."

[MasonJar]

1. Thank you. I had not seen the piece and it is quite refreshing.

[karlrschneider]

5. Do itashi mashite. (You're welcome) *

:D

I've shown this to a few local RWers and actually gotten them to think about it.

I put in the phonetic Japanese phrase because I just got a Xmas card from my good friend in Tokyo, who I haven't seen in 10 years...we travelled my and his country together extensively in the late 1970s and 80s and last met in Wash. DC in 95. We spent 3 days in Hiroshima in 76.
A very interesting experience.

[classof56]

2. Old, but worth a re-run. If the Repugs have their way,

Joe will soon have the chance to prove what a self-made man he is once all the safety nets, financial and environmental protections are snatched away by Congress and this administration. But I'm sure Joe won't whine, now will he? Nah...no way!

Tired Old Cynic

[trotsky]

3. Easily worth posting again and again.

Totally sums up the average "lunchpail" Republican - everything he takes for granted in life was provided by liberals, and yet he blames them for everything he *doesn't* have.

[pstans]

4. Nice!

Thanks for posting. I have never seen that and printed a copy of it.

[karlrschneider]

10. You are most welcome, and also Welcome to DU!

:toast:

[Killarney]

6. I love that.

[mcscajun]

7. Excellent ammunition!

Thanks for re-posting for us newbies. :)

[karlrschneider]

9. My pleasure!

And I guess this is a bit of a self-kick...
:evilgrin:

[NYC]

8. Thanks.

I hadn't seen that before.

[Catherine Vincent]

11. Thanks for that. Goanna save this one.

[On the Road]

12. That's Basically The Thesis of

James Carville's book: "We're Right, They're Wrong." He says it very well in much more detail.

In one chapter, he quotes Rush Limbaugh's rhetorical question: "Can you name one thing the government has ever done that's helped anyone?" And proceeds to list about 25.

[catzies]

13. A Day In the Life of Joe Republican

was the title when I first got this email.

It holds up well because of the timelessness of its truth.

[knight_of_the_star]

14. Thanks!

I'll have to e-mail that to a bunch of people that I know, just to make a point.

[whistle]

15. I prefer George to Joe . . .

George gets up at 6 a.m. and fills his coffeepot with water to prepare his morning coffee. The water is clean and good because some tree-hugging liberal fought for minimum water-quality standards. With his first swallow of coffee, he takes his daily medication. His medications are safe to take because some stupid commie liberal fought to insure their safety and that they work as advertised. All but $10 of his medications are paid for by his employer's medical plan because some liberal union workers fought their employers for paid medical insurance -- now George gets it, too.

He prepares his morning breakfast, bacon and eggs. George's bacon is safe to eat because some girly-man liberal fought for laws to regulate the meat packing industry. In the morning shower, George reaches for his shampoo. His bottle is properly labeled with each ingredient and its amount in the total contents because some crybaby liberal fought for his right to know what he was putting on his body and how much it contained.

George dresses, walks outside and takes a deep breath. The air he breathes is clean because some environmentalist wacko liberal fought for laws to stop industries and government from polluting our air. He walks to the subway station for his
Government-subsidized ride to work. It saves him considerable money in parking and
transportation fees because some fancy-pants liberal fought for affordable public transportation, which gives everyone the opportunity to be a contributor.


George begins his work day. He has a good job with excellent pay, medical benefits, retirement, paid holidays and vacation because some lazy liberal union members fought and died for these working standards. George's employer pays these standards because George's employer doesn't want his employees to call the union. Its noontime and George needs to make a bank deposit so he can pay some bills.


George's deposit is federally insured by the FSLIC because some godless liberal wanted to protect George's money from unscrupulous bankers who ruined the banking system before the Great Depression. George has to pay his Fannie Mae-underwritten mortgage and his below-market federal student loan because some elitist liberal decided that George and the government would be better off if he was educated and could earn more
money over his lifetime.

George is home from work. He plans to visit his father this evening at his farm home in the country. He gets in his car for the drive. His car is among the safest in the world because some America-hating liberal fought for car safety standards. He arrives at his boyhood home. His was the third generation to live in the house financed by Farmers' Home Administration because bankers didn't want to make rural loans. The house didn't have electricity until-some big-government liberal stuck his nose where it didn't belong and demanded rural electrification.

George is happy to see his father, who is now retired. His father lives on Social Security and a union pension because some wine-drinking, cheese-eating liberal made sure he could take care of himself so George wouldn't have to.

George gets back in his car for the ride home, and turns on a radio talk show. The radio host keeps saying that liberals are bad and conservatives are good. He doesn't mention that George's beloved Republicans have fought against every protection and benefit George enjoys throughout his day. George agrees. "After all, I'm a self-made man who believes everyone should take care of themselves, just like I have."