>>>When Joe wakes up each morning, he drinks his fresh tap water and takes his daily medications. Both of these items exist because of the "stupid liberals" that fought for the country's minimum water quality standards and for the "liberal union members" that fought for the low insurance co-pays for the employer paid medical insurance.

>>>Joe then prepares his bacon & eggs, not aware that it was the "insane liberals" that fought for laws to regulate the meat packing industry.

>>>Joe then takes a shower with the shampoo, that due to some "pushy liberal efforts", has the properly listed ingredients and their amounts on the label. Now he can easily confirm what he is putting on his body.

>>>Joe gets dressed, goes outside and takes a big deep breath of the clean-air. This is the same "clean air" that the "loud liberal environmentalists" demanded from the big local industries to stop polluting our air.

>>>Joe then walks on the "big government-provided sidewalks" to the subway station for his "subsidized subway" ride to work. Joe saves lots of his personal money in parking and transportation fees because a "crazy liberal" fought for affordable public transportation.

>>>Joe starts his work day with good pay, medical benefits, retirement or a 401K plan, paid holidays and vacations because years ago, a "lazy liberal union member" fought, and possibly died for those working standards.

>>>If Joe were to become unemployed or get hurt on the job, he would receive an unemployment check or worker's compensation. Due to the "ignorant liberals" that fought for this employment insurance coverage, Joe probably wouldn't lose his home if he were to have a short-term, major personal crisis.

>>>During his lunch break, Joe goes to his local bank to make a deposit. His bank account is now FDIC insured because some "godless liberals" worked to protect Joe's savings from unscrupulous bankers such as those during the Great Depression of 1930.

>>>Joe also pays less for his Fannie Mae mortgage, his below-market student loan and he attended a state funded university because the "elitist liberals" decided that Joe would earn more and be better off if he was better educated.

>>>After work, Joe decides to see his father at his home in the country. Joe's car ride is very safe because an "America-hating liberal" fought for auto safety standards and for the safe trip on the tax-funded highways.

>>>Joe reaches his father's 3rd generation home, which is now paid for, and it was funded by the government's Farmer's Home Administration. Originally, conservative private bankers would not make loans to those that lived in rural areas.

>>>Years ago, the old rural houses also did not have electricity until some "nosy government liberals" demanded rural electrification. (Those previously rural areas now support thousands of affordable houses in the suburbs.)

>>>Joe's father is now retired. He lives on Social Security and a union pension because some "wine drinking liberals" wanted to make sure he could take care of himself so Joe's family wouldn't have to.

>>>Joe then says goodbye to his father, gets in his safe car and turns on the #1, right-wing radio talk show. The radio host says that all liberals are no good and only conservatives are good. He never mentions that the Republicans have fought against everything Joe now uses and benefits from everyday. Joe smiles and agrees with the host. Joe says to himself as he drives home; "We sure don;t need those big-government liberals." "After all, I'm a self-made man who believes everyone should take care of himself, just like I have."

You tell-um Joe.

http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/printFriendly/60696

Better Version!

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 water, he takes his daily medication. His medications are safe because some stupid commie liberal fought to ensure 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.

Joe 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 the 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 the laws to stop industries from polluting our air.

He walks on the government-provided sidewalk to 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.

It is noontime and Joe needs to make a bank deposit so he can pay some bills. Joe's deposit is federally insured by the FDIC (or the NCUA, if he's part of a credit union) 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 also forgets that his in addition to his federally subsidized student loans, he attended a state funded university.

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 to go along with the tax-payer funded roads.

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."

http://www.nobeliefs.com/RepublicanDay.htm

Pfffffffftttt ... x 3

suffice to say that this article is full of propaganda, fallacious and misleading logic, and general BS.

Ok then what part?

Better watch out , He also owns your mortage and car loan papers . If he wants he'll raise your credit card interest rates [ there is no limit on how high he wants to make them , one bank is chargeing 75% on there cards . ]
BEING RIGHT DOES NOT MAKE YOU SMART ....

A working person voteing republican is like a chicken voteing for Col. Sanders.

Every part. But to pick on just one-"Joe's father is now retired. He lives on Social Security and a union pension because some "wine drinking liberals" wanted to make sure he could take care of himself so Joe's family wouldn't have to."

Social security has been bankrupt for years because liberals and conservatives alike raided the fund and left it full of IOUs. This was part of FDR's "New Deal"(more accurately called the Raw Deal). It was never intended to "make sure Joe American could take care of himself so Joe's family wouldn't have to". It was a scam to expand the size and scope of the Federal gov't from the get-go and make Joe ever more dependent on the gov't. It's a scam that would impress old Joe Ponzi himself!

Voting in general is a waste of time (and wishful thinking if the voter thinks he'll change anything by voting)

A working person is a mule , he carries the worlds burden on his back and the liberals and the republicans don't care . They both suck the life out of them .

Its not bankrupt bro its just time to cash the IOU's

Wow....liberals sure take a lot of credit for stuff...except the trillions in debt they've created....

We all know better at least we adults do. Imagine if the whole world was full of conservatives, what a mess eh? now imagine if everyone turned liberal over night. Wht a nice liveable world that would be

...except that the IOU's are worthless, unbacked pieces of paper!

If your workplace is safe; if your children go to school rather than being forced into labor; if you are paid a living wage, including overtime; if you enjoy a 40-hour week and you are allowed to join a union to protect your rights -- you can thank liberals. If your food is not poisoned and your water is drinkable -- you can thank liberals. If your parents are eligible for Medicare and Social Security, so they can grow old in dignity without bankrupting your family -- you can thank liberals. If our rivers are getting cleaner and our air isn't black with pollution; if our wilderness is protected and our countryside is still green -- you can thank liberals. If people of all races can share the same public facilities; if everyone has the right to vote; if couples fall in love and marry regardless of race; if we have finally begun to transcend a segregated society -- you can thank liberals. Progressive innovations like those and so many others were achieved by long, difficult struggles against entrenched power. What defined conservatism, and conservatives, was their opposition to every one of those advances. The country we know and love today was built by those victories for liberalism -- with the support of the American people.

--Joe Conason

ughh...either way would be miserable. The lot of the cons and libs put together don't know WTF they're talking about.

It was a nice scam borrow money when it was worth more and then pay it back with inflated dollars. Now that its time to pay back the IOU's they claim social security is bankrupt or whatever. The fact is it was built up for the retireing baby boomers and of course "for the first time" we will take out more than we put in.. exactly as it was supposed to do.

I agree. Let's get rid of all the liberals and conservatives and keep the libertarians. THAT would be a livable world.

I disagree totaly and the facts back me up. We spend more on defence than social services.