A Day in the Life of Joe Republican

[ElsewheresDaughter]

A DAY IN THE LIFE OF JOE REPUBLICAN

        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 Joe's 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.
        Joe's 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.

        After work this evening, Joe plans to visit his father
        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 and
        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."

[LibDemAlways]

1. Someone sent this in as a LTTE of

the local throwaway newspaper that shows up on everybody's doorstep in my neighborhood. Sure enough some repuke in response sent in a "conservative" version published yesterday touting big business as the reason people enjoy the good life. It was laughable.

[Edwardsgroupie]

2. What is Joe's occupation?

He went to college and is employed in a union job?

[54anickel]

8. I take it you buy into the stereo-type that unions are only blue-collar

factory type grunts? :eyes:

Teachers, actors, professionals on theater sets, musicians, gov't employees, etc, etc, etc. There are unions beyond the AFL-CIO.

[Mizmoon]

10. Nurses too

They have unions AND 4-year-degrees.

[T Bone]

9. Joe is a NON UNION freeloader

Read it carefully. It states Joe enjoys the benfits because his company doesn't WANT him calling a UNION to get them for him....

He is non-union.

He gets the benefits because unions have fought for them and he enjoys them because he expects them from his company. His company understand this and that workers who aren't treated right will eventually organize a UNION.

Henry Ford said something like : "Every company that has a union did something to deserve it."

And he should have known !!!

[liberal N proud]

3. Joe would say I am safe besides they would never do anything to harm me

[liberal N proud]

4. Typical, So Typical

I know too many like Joe

[ElsewheresDaughter]

5. i'm compleetely surrounded byJoe Republican's i may be the only Liberal

in 300 square miles...my daughters school bus driver made a coment about my Kerry/Edwards lawn sign and my "Democrat Only Parking" sign in the driveway to my 13 year old yesterday, "said i can't stop here anymore to let you off the bus"

[liberal N proud]

6. I would be at the school on that one.

The bus driver should not be saying thing about politics to your kids. He is paid to stop at your house and keep his mouth shut about you or your preferences, Regardless of what they are.
This is still the land of freedom

[ElsewheresDaughter]

7. i spoke to the driver....he was speachless at what i had to say

:7 :7 :7

[Astrochimp]

11. kick n/t