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Joe The Plumber Doesn’t Know Why He’s Supposed To Be Against Employee Free Choice Act

April 1st, 2009 Conservatives 16 Comments

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16 Responses to “Joe The Plumber Doesn’t Know Why He’s Supposed To Be Against Employee Free Choice Act”

1. jr says:

   April 1, 2009 at 1:08 pm

   “Sean Hannity would never want his children to marry mine but I suck up to him anyway”-Sam the unlicensed plumber
2. Duros62 says:

   April 1, 2009 at 1:20 pm

   The fake plumber was stumped, admitting that he only knows “a little” on most issues. “I don’t know everything about everything,” he added.

   There’s the fucking understatement of the year.
3. Andrew says:

   April 1, 2009 at 3:46 pm

   I think on the 15-minute of fame scale, he is on 14:59.

   His usefulness as a GOP useful idiot is drawing to a close.
4. Duros62 says:

   April 1, 2009 at 3:55 pm

   GOP:Joe the not-plumber :: Taco Bell:chihuaha
5. Repack Rider says:

   April 1, 2009 at 3:58 pm

   Someone should hand him a pipe wrench and ask him if he knows the name of the tool.

   He’s probably say, “Joe.”
6. News Reference says:

   April 1, 2009 at 5:16 pm

   The way I understand it is that EFCA legislation makes the card check for unionization potential SECRET FROM THE EMPLOYER and that’s what is freaking out the right.

   As it is, if employees want a union the EMPLOYER controls a great deal of what happens. The employer is told well ahead of time that the employees are considering voting for a union and that provides the employer the ability to call in each employee individually (and without anyone advocates besides them) to “explain” to the employee why a union would be bad for the employee.

   It’s usually just a mild form of workplace harassment but at some of these “explanations” some of the THREATS BY THE EMPLOYER are very real.

   Often the employer will tell employees that their jobs will disappear (move away, go south of the border) if they unionize. That’s a serious threat to an employees job.

   There’s also a long record of employees who have lost their job after the employer learned they were advocating for unions.

   If I’m understanding correctly, card check means that if enough employees sign to join a union the employer doesn’t have the opportunity for the kind of heavy handed intimidation.

   Unless an employee decides to inform the employer that a card check movement is going on, an employer might not find out until the employees have already chosen to unionize.

   Does anyone understand differently?

   Googling [EFCA legislation] just seems to bring up a LOT of anti-union websites.

   The text of the proposed legislation would be useful.
7. Randy Brown says:

   April 1, 2009 at 5:50 pm

   I think on the 15-minute of fame scale, he is on 14:59.

   How ’bout 55:11?
8. White Whale says:

   April 1, 2009 at 6:22 pm

   GOP:Joe the not-plumber :: Taco Bell:chihuaha

   YA Voll! LMFAO

   Joe Six Pack doesn’t get something….you don’t say!
9. Quaker in a Basement says:

   April 1, 2009 at 6:23 pm

   As has been thoroughly documented, Mr. Wurzelbacher is not actually a plumber. However he did work for a plumbing company.

   Does that make him Joe the Plumber’s Helper?
10. Duros62 says:

    April 1, 2009 at 6:27 pm

    If I’m understanding correctly, card check means that if enough employees sign to join a union the employer doesn’t have the opportunity for the kind of heavy handed intimidation.

    Hm. Well, that’s very different isn’t it? Jay, your thoughts?
11. Recon-Team says:

    April 1, 2009 at 6:57 pm

    You damn liberals are like a bunch of animals attacking some average man who DARED to question the OBAMESSIAH.

    Oh and just because he is not part of a union does not mean he is a “fake” plumber. Does everybody have to be a unionized asshole to be “real” to you people?
12. C.S.Strowbridge says:

    April 1, 2009 at 7:40 pm

    “Hm. Well, that’s very different isn’t it? Jay, your thoughts?”

    J.G.Thayer and Jay Caruso are still fighting the mob. The mob was kicked out of unions around the same time they were kicked out of Vegas.

    On the other hand, according to the feds, 91% of the time employees try to unionize, employers use illegal tactics. I wonder what their thoughts on that are? Probably, ‘The fed numbers are lies. Lies!’
13. ed says:

    April 1, 2009 at 9:23 pm

    Joe The Plumber Doesn’t Know Why He’s Supposed To Be Against Employee Free Choice Act

    It’s because he’s an idiot.
14. Jaim says:

    April 1, 2009 at 10:04 pm

    “Oh and just because he is not part of a union does not mean he is a ‘fake’ plumber.”

    He’s a fake plumber because he isn’t legally certified to be a plumber.

    But thank you for making us all dumber with your contribution here.
15. C.S.Strowbridge says:

    April 1, 2009 at 10:14 pm

    Recon-Team: “You damn liberals are like a bunch of animals attacking some average man who DARED to question the OBAMESSIAH.

    Oh and just because he is not part of a union does not mean he is a ‘fake’ plumber. Does everybody have to be a unionized asshole to be “real” to you people?”

    When you act like an asshole, make sure you are correct on the fact.

    As it has been pointed out, he is not a licensed plumber, therefore, he is a ‘fake’ plumber. It has nothing to do with unions.

    Secondly, the man is speaking out against the EFCA when he doesn’t know what it does. That deserves ridicule no matter what his political affiliation is.
16. Duros62 says:

    April 3, 2009 at 5:34 pm

    And he didn’t DARE to QUESTION the “OBAMESSIAH LGARGLEGLARGLE”

    He asked a question on the campaign trail, which he got a very specific answer to.

    Come to find out his question was bogus, as was his reaction to the answer. Thus, the attention-whore was born.