A Day In The Life Of Joe Republican

[SnakeRat]

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 our 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 to 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 a temporary misfortune.

Its noontime and Joe needs to make a bank deposit so he can pay some bills. Joe's
deposit is federally insured by the FSLIC 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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