An Oldie but a Goodie: Joe Republican

[jgraz]

I heard this today for the first time in a year or so. I thought it might be a good time to repost it.

Day in the Life of Joe Middle-Class Republican

By John Gray Cincinnati, Ohio - [e-mail] - July - 2004
As read by Thom Hartmann, Dec 19th, 2006

Joe gets up at 6:00am to prepare his morning coffee. He fills his pot full of good clean drinking water because some tree-hugging liberal fought for minimum water quality standards.

He takes his daily medication with his first swallow of coffee. His medications are safe to take because some stupid commie liberal fought to insure their safety and work as advertised.

All but $10.00 of his medications are paid for by his employers 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 this day. Joe’s bacon is safe to eat because some girly-man liberal fought for laws to regulate the meat packing industry.

Joe takes his morning shower reaching for his shampoo; His bottle is properly labeled with every ingredient and the amount of its 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 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. You see, 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, medicals benefits, retirement, paid holidays and vacation because some lazy liberal union members fought and died for these working standards.

If Joe is hurt on the job or becomes unemployed he’ll get a worker compensation or unemployment check because some stupid liberal didn’t think he should lose his home because of his temporary misfortune.

Its noon time, 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 Republican 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 life-time.

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 to dad's; 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. He 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 electric until some big government liberal stuck his nose where it didn’t belong and demanded rural electrification. (Those rural Republican’s would still be sitting in the dark)

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

After his visit with dad he gets back in his car for the ride home. He turns on a radio talk show, the host keeps saying that liberals are bad and conservatives are good. (He doesn’t tell Joe that his beloved Republicans have fought against every protection and benefit Joe enjoys throughout his day) As he hears Rush say, "Roosevelt is dead. His policies may live on but we're in the process of doing something about that as well," Joe agrees, saying, “We don’t need those big government liberals ruining our lives; after all, I’m a self made man who believes everyone should take care of themselves, just like I have”.

[KingFlorez]

1. Words of truth

A lot of these Republican supporters have benefited from liberal ideas and policies

[Sherman A1]

2. Perfect and Thank You!

I was looking for a response to the latest goofy Happy Holidays email about Democratic Holiday Greetings and Republican "Merry Christmas & Happy New Year"... THANK YOU!!!!!

[jgraz]

3. Just to be clear -- I didn't write this

Even though jgray and jgraz are very close!

[Canuckistanian]

4. An oldie but a goodie

Of course, they forgot to mention the Interstate Highways project of the 1960s or the GI Bill or the Social Security provisions that made it possible to live the modern middle-class life.

All opposed by conservatives.

[jgraz]

5. Understandable -- it's almost impossible to list ALL the good things liberals have done

The list is almost as long as the BAD things conservatives have done.

[Canuckistanian]

6. THAT list will never make the nightly news

It does here, but that's another story....

[flamin lib]

7. Joe votes Republicans into power.

Joe once enjoyed fishing and the outdoors. Now the fish he catches exceed the mercury levels set by the FDA because of de-regulated coal fired electric plants.

Joe's paying for his health insurance now because his employer can't afford to pick up the cost after the industry was de-regulated and tort reform capped damages. That expense really cuts into the budget.

Joe doesn't visit his dad very often because gas is too expensive what with the uncertainty of the Middle East and all the wars going on over there.

Joe's dad had to give up the homestead when Social Security was privatized and his stock portfolio lost most of it's value.

Joe comes home in the evening to a home with a sweltering 85 degrees because the electric bill is too high for him to pay because of the cost of oil and natural gas used to generate his electricity.

Joe's father is begging for a lethal cocktail of drugs because he feels abandoned in the nursing home. Joe doesn't have time to visit what with the second job to make his mortgage payment after predatory lending laws were repealed and he got screwed when he cashed out his equity to avoid bankruptcy.

Joe's kid is in Iraq on his third tour. They used to exchange emails every day but when net neutrality was defeated his ISP jacked up the charges for his DSL so high he had to drop it. Now the letters come once every few weeks if at all.

Joe's street is full of pot holes and the sidewalks are falling apart because his city can't get help from Federal grants and the last city tax increase was defeated. Three houses on his street were vandalized because of the cutback in the police force.

Joe's depressed because his wife left him after all the fights over money. He can't afford counseling because he dropped his insurance after his employer cut his pay to compete with the illegal aliens.

Joe's gained 50 pounds and a heart condition. He can't afford the blood pressure medication because his drug benefits under Medicaid have been slashed.

Joe's talk radio is on endless repeat and he still thinks everybody should just take care personal responsibility.

Joe sits alone in the dark fondling the gun he bought with his instant background check and no psychological profile.

[jgraz]

8. Now THAT is good!

You should post that on its own thread. :thumbsup:

[OhioChick]

9. Yes

That is deserving of it's own thread. :thumbsup: