Idiot of the Day – Joe The Plumber

Joe “The Plumber” Wurzelbacher

“As harsh as this sounds – your dead kids don’t trump my Constitutional rights”  for guns. Those were the words used by former Republican candidate for Congress, Joe the Plumber, in an open letter he posted online directed to the families of victims in Friday's shooting rampage near the University of California, Santa Barbara.

In his letter, Joe the Plumber told Richard Martinez, whose son (Christopher) was among those killed that he needs “to back off” and that blaming guns “will be exploited by gun-grab extremists as are all tragedies involving gun violence and the mentally ill by the anti-Second Amendment Left.”

Joe the Plumber says his words may be “harsh”. Really? How about plain old stupid, ignorant and totally insensitive to parents and family members who have not even had a chance to lay their loved ones to rest after they were gunned down in another mindless, senseless mass-shooting. Now it seems that even offering sympathy and condolences to victim’s families is an infringement of Second Amendment rights.

Joe ‘The Plumber’ should be flushed down the toilet . He is the Idiot of the Day.