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Can’t believe this one almost passed us by: Joe “the Plumber” Wurzelbacher went on Hannity & Colmes last week after the election and — surprise! — it turns out he was once on the dole.
The transcript of the progressively hostile conversation (the fact that it’s from Fox News makes it way more interesting):
Alan Colmes: You don’t think [Obama]’s loyal to our country?
Joe Wurzelbacher: To what, to democracy? Yeah he got democratically elected but he’s proposing a lot of changes that could change the core of America, don’t you think?
Alan Colmes: Well he may propose changes and maybe you don’t even agree with the changes but that doesn’t mean he doesn’t love his country. When you question someone’s loyalty to America, you’re really questioning whether they’re a good American. You’re questioning whether they’re patriotic. Is that the kind of dialogue we want to have in this country right now?
Joe Wurzelbacher: Didn’t Joe Biden say it was patriotic to take my money and give it to other people? That’s patriotism too?
Alan Colmes: Well, let me ask, you were on welfare once, was that taking somebody else’s money and giving it to you?
Joe Wurzelbacher: Paid into welfare. It’s something to be used, not to be abused like it often is … It goes against my principles. I stand firmly on those. Taking someone else’s hard earned money and putting it into my pocket — that’s just stealing, man.
Makes for an interesting argument against “redistribution of wealth,” no? He’s also previously credited welfare with giving his family a leg up from poverty. And his parents received welfare “a couple different times.”
Once his fifteen minutes are up (and really, we’re at sixteen minutes and counting at this point), there’s always Dancing With The Stars.
