Source unknown, came in one of my Clark mail lists....
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 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.
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 his 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.
It's noontime and Joe needs to make a bank deposit so he can pay some bills.
Joe's deposit is federally insured by the FDIC
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 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.
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."
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See Also:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x1818286Leaving the Left for Fun & Profit--great essay,fun but full of hard truths
By a former speechwriter for Mario Cuomo....
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/05/29...Leaving the left for fun and profit - Jeff Gillenkirk
Sunday, May 29, 2005
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