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Heartstrings

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Sun Apr 9, 2017, 09:31 AM Apr 2017

A day in the life of Joe republican... [View all]

Last edited Mon Apr 10, 2017, 02:49 AM - Edit history (1)


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 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.

Joes employer pays these standards, because Joe's employer doesn't want his employees to call the union.

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 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.

He 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 the beloved Republicans have fought against every protection and benefit Joe enjoys throughout his day.

Joe agrees: "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."

Credit to : http://tvnewslies.org/tvnl/index.php/editorial/guest-commentary/21099-day-in-the-life-of-joe-middle-class-republican.html
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+1000 K and R oasis Apr 2017 #1
Excellent! femmocrat Apr 2017 #2
+++ agree iluvtennis Apr 2017 #41
Sicko "self made" freaks really need to have a clue lunasun Apr 2017 #3
Every single paragraph is true Nwgirl503 Apr 2017 #4
I'd send this to my family, but they've been so Canoe52 Apr 2017 #5
Yeah, but I hate those Liberals Commies Pinkos cuz griloco Apr 2017 #6
This one comes up fairly regularly Maynar Apr 2017 #7
And it NEEDS to come up - more often than that. calimary Apr 2017 #16
Credit where credit's due SticksnStones Apr 2017 #8
Thank you for providing the credit to Mr. Gray. It's as valid now as the day he wrote it. Tatiana Apr 2017 #19
Done....:) Heartstrings Apr 2017 #42
Kick for correct attribution Cooley Hurd Apr 2017 #20
Thanks for that link to the original. Beartracks Apr 2017 #34
Can you get this out in the public more? TNNurse Apr 2017 #9
And the next day, Joe goes out to vote packman Apr 2017 #10
Truer than ... BigOleDummy Apr 2017 #11
Yep - it is all around us Cosmocat Apr 2017 #13
Same Thing At Golf Course ProfessorGAC Apr 2017 #45
Good for you! Cosmocat Apr 2017 #48
Same w my brother and mother. I don't like to be around Alice11111 Apr 2017 #22
Nonmilitary civil war - created by Limbaugh and Murdoch sharedvalues Apr 2017 #25
Assisted by Chaffetz, Gowdy, Ryan, McTurtle Alice11111 Apr 2017 #29
Cons alanbudda Apr 2017 #43
Excellent portrayal of government that helps people instead of taking rights away from them. Lonestarblue Apr 2017 #12
Absolutely....go for it! Heartstrings Apr 2017 #14
Clear as day. Damn straight. Thank you! ffr Apr 2017 #15
The philosopher John Locke wrote that IndianaDave Apr 2017 #17
I did not know that, and I was a philosophy major Alice11111 Apr 2017 #30
I definitely agree with you. IndianaDave Apr 2017 #49
Wish in real life zentrum Apr 2017 #18
No kidding. My big Repub brother took paternity leave. Alice11111 Apr 2017 #23
We need to advocate for the government. talking-liberally Apr 2017 #21
The government is us. And the rich pay the media to lie about it. sharedvalues Apr 2017 #27
Love it! Carter Johnson girl Apr 2017 #24
Love your signature line. Kath2 Apr 2017 #28
Right on! Kath2 Apr 2017 #26
Been around for years. warmfeet Apr 2017 #31
Tell it like it is! tsuukiyomi Apr 2017 #32
Thom Hartmann has been reading this for years! I applaud every time he reads it. Akamai Apr 2017 #33
AN oldie but goodie.... whistler162 Apr 2017 #35
That's a spetacular summary! Thanks!! I'm ending a copy of it to the few pubies I know. napi21 Apr 2017 #36
Did you write this, and can I pass it on, citing you? PatrickforO Apr 2017 #37
I can't take credit for writing it... Heartstrings Apr 2017 #38
Yes, I saw that, thanks! PatrickforO Apr 2017 #40
Boy I wish the Republicans now would show their true colors. Kablooie Apr 2017 #39
The proverbial Soxfan58 Apr 2017 #44
Now we are at Joe Teabagger ck4829 Apr 2017 #46
This is hilarious GallopingGhost Apr 2017 #47
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