I thought "Joe the Plumber" was a Repug Phenom...that died..why posts here on DU about him?

[KoKo]

Do folks here really watch his every move? What the hell do I care about this guy? And, frankly...how many of us care about the Palin Family :rofl: "Values" up there in Alaska?

Since the Soap Opera "Guiding Light" is now TOAST...does this mean that we here on DU are yearning for Soaps of the Repugs "Foibles and Follies?"

Who the hell is "Joe the Plumber" except some creation by the Repugs along with "Sarah the Caribou Slayer" and her Alaska Family Values (Pregnant Daughter, abandoned by her lover, Mooseburgers created for some CNN Chick who has a show) and LOTTSA CLOTHES AND SHOES billed to the Repug Party for this Looser.

Sheesh! Why do I have to wade through these posts on DU about "Repug Non-Family Values" here on DU when I know the Repugs are working day and night to infiltrate Dem Blogs hoping to create these people as the New "Rock Stars" for Repugs to get elected?

Can we get a break from "Joe the Plumber" and "Sarah the Mom" who should be on "DOC Block" on MSNBC for child abuse?

:shrug: :eyes:

[billyoc]

1. Same reason people stop to look at car accidents.

Because they're funny.

[ZombieHorde]

4. Super funny. nt

[KoKo]

5. Don't we here on "Democratic Underground" have better to do? Why not follow his antics over in

Freeperville? Why do we need this trash here. Who cares? :shrug:

[billyoc]

12. Who cares, you ask? The people who post it and the people who laugh.

And the people who bitch.

[Bluebear]

30. :)

[BrklynLiberal]

2. I am NOT going to watch Bill Maher tonight because that jackass is supposed to be a guest.

Why the hell should Maher give that nitwit -- and that is an insult to nitwits ---a platform from which to spout his stupidity and garbage?

[KoKo]

7. Good for You! If you watch Maher's ratings go up over "Joe" and do you really

want to give him some "hits" for his ratings having that "has been scum on?" No...and that's why you are not watching or posting an OP about him here.

I worry about those who post about "Joe" and "Sarah" all the time here and they are really promoting them. Pumping links and shows about them. That just feeds the Repug Machine.

I hope folks will watch those two "in private" and not spew that filth over here so that the two get ratings from the REPUG MACHINE who places them on media so we will watch an bump the ratings. Just saying.

[BrklynLiberal]

14. Sadly I am not a neilson family, so they do not count my vote.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

13. And I'm not going to watch

because I don't think Bill Maher is funny, and, oh, right, I just have basic cable, being the totally unAmerican wretch that I am.

Bill Maher will do anything to stay in the spotlight, and if that means giving Ann Coulter a platform, he does it. If it means having someone as useless and pathetic as Samuel The Non-Plumber on his show, he'll do it.

What sucks is that this is the point at which I start to feel the stirrings of pity for Samuel because he's too stupid and too needy to be able to say "Thanks, but no thanks" to an invitation like this one.

Another reason to dislike Maher ..........................

[BrklynLiberal]

15. "and, oh, right, I just have basic cable"

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

No doubt..even if you did have HBO, you STILL would not watch it. :D

[Tangerine LaBamba]

19. Now I have to think about it -

No, the really pathetic part is that I might be tempted to sneak a look and then I'd be in my familiar old self-loathing mode for the next twenty-four hours.

You're evil, you know that?

:hug:

[BrklynLiberal]

21. Oops. Didn't mean for it to be so obvious...

:evilgrin:

[Bluebear]

3. We're sorry, but you have exceeded the number of snarky "quotation marks" for one post

:hi: :)

[goddess40]

6. He's going to be in Bill Mahr's show tonight nt

[KoKo]

8. Ahhh...so we should ALL TUNE IN and give the "creep" some Ratings?

Is that why you are telling us this? Is that why there are all these posts here following "Joe's" every move?

:shrug: We have VERY SERIOUS PROBLEMS HERE IN AMERICA...Neither "Joe the Plumber" nor "Sarah the Moose Killer/Absent Mom" are addressing them.

[Bluebear]

9. Wasn't "Bush" a Republican "too"? Should "we" never have "posted" on his "actions"?

[Texasgal]

10. Maybe because it's funny?

Maybe because it points out the absolute hilarity that is the follower of the GOP?

Can we laugh anymore without having the net nannies wagging their fingers?

Geez o' peat!

[KoKo]

11. Why do you find them funny?

:shrug:

[Texasgal]

20. Are you serious?

They are hilarious!

They preach their family values and then do something stupid like get knocked up! Or they pardon turkeys LIVE on TVEEE all while showing some clueless dude in the background bludgeoning them... or perhaps they comment ( like Joe the stupid ass plumber ) about the politics he cares so much about but doesn't have a clue what's going on!

The hypocrisy is astounding, so much so that it's FUNNY!

Is that okay? Is it okay that I find their hypocrisy funny?

[Tangerine LaBamba]

22. INCOMING !!!!!!!!!!!

Beware the Mother Superiors, my friend. They are out there, trying to put people like us - you know, the ones who like to laugh - out of business.

When you have to explain to someone why something is funny, well, that's just unfortunate, especially when it's so obvious that this whole Joe the non-Plumber thing is a riot.

Beware ....................

[Texasgal]

26. Am I allowed the LAUGH at the nun zilla?

Or is that blasphemous? :P

[Tangerine LaBamba]

28. Just don't let her see you laughing ..........

Someone sent me one of those a long time ago. When you wind her up, she shuffles towards you, her eyes flash red and "flames" shoot out of her mouth.

Just like in real life .....................

[KoKo]

23. Why do you give them ratings by watching?

:shrug:

[Texasgal]

24. who said they are watching?

I'm sittin' here on DU posting and L-A-U-G-H-I-N-G is that cool?

I don't plan on watching anything, as a matter of fact, my windows are open, I am sitting here on my back porch listening to some music and posting on my laptop. My TVEEE is turned OFF.

Good lord. :eyes:

[Bluebear]

25. That sounds pleasant, wish I was there :)

[Tangerine LaBamba]

16. Some of us are what I like to think of as

"Renaissance DUers." That is, we can be interested in things that are only peripherally connected to the narrow agenda you are espousing.

We're the ones who like to watch. Sue us. We're such creeps.

The beauty is that you don't have to read any of it, and if your having to 'wade through these posts on DU" is so upsetting to you, maybe you should squint while you do it. That way, your tender sensibilities might not be as pricked.

Or you can just get with the fact that people like to laugh and celebrate, and after the past eight years, we have much to laugh at these days, much to celebrate...............................

:hi:

[parasim]

17. Wow, your computer is forcing you to click on links against your will...

that must be drag to have to click on every post that you abhor because your computer forces you to. Hopefully you will regain control over our computer soon.

[pscot]

18. You really don't have much of a sense of

irony, do you?

[NeedleCast]

27. Which Part of General Discussion was unclear?

[KoKo]

29. I dunno...you tell me...???? n/t

[NeedleCast]

34. Srs?

Ehhhh....okay, just for kicks.

See, it's the General Discussion part of the boards so it's for...General Discussion. Considering that this is, for the most part, a political board, one can assume with some certainty that anything the falls into the realm of general political discussion would belong here. Thanks to Sarah, the Palin family and associates now fall into the realm of "general politics."

That's pretty simple, right?

[Bluebear]

39. OK I will say it.

Right! :thumbsup:

[Mike 03]

31. You are right. It is for the same reason people post here about the most idiotic

trivia.

If Obama makes a slip, they will post about it.

People with nothing better to do, with no lives of their own, and an abject terror of having to actually to do anything for themselves or "give to their own" country.

[Bluebear]

32. Wow. Just having followed your posts recently, you seem to be a judgmental one.

[NeedleCast]

33. Hahaha, says the guy who has 3000 posts in six months

I'm sure all of yours are gems though...

[Bluebear]

35. My favorite was the one that said people who criticize Obama have mental problems. nt

[NeedleCast]

38. I may very well be crazy

Because you know what I do with threads that don't really interest me? I don't read them.

I should probably seek help...

[Texasgal]

36. wow... really?

Just curious...what are you doing for the democratic platform aside from posting on DU?

I see you have many posts...just curious.

[JI7]

37. he keeps showing his fug face and spewing ignorance

and i just enjoy making fun of him and hating him.

[Initech]

40. Two words: Train wreck.