# Axis of Assholitude: An Evening with the Joe's

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/axis-of-assholitude-an-evening-with-the-joes/575875
**Category:** The BBQ Pit
**Created:** [March 24, 2011, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/axis-of-assholitude-an-evening-with-the-joes/575875 "2011-03-24T18:36:27Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author: ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)
#### Post date: [March 25, 2011, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/axis-of-assholitude-an-evening-with-the-joes/575875/21 "2011-03-25T06:01:45Z")

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They left out Joe Biden. Then again, Neil Kinnock hasn’t had much to say of late so Joe’s a little short on material.

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### Author: ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)
#### Post date: [March 25, 2011, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/axis-of-assholitude-an-evening-with-the-joes/575875/22 "2011-03-25T06:31:12Z")

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> [@tomndebb](#):
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> They can’t even get their claim right. Arguably, the most influential conservative Joe, (as opposed to most knee-jerk right wing Joe), is Lieberman.

You’re wrong. It’s GI Joe. The man’s a real American hero.

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### Author: ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)
#### Post date: [March 25, 2011, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/axis-of-assholitude-an-evening-with-the-joes/575875/23 "2011-03-25T06:36:12Z")

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Joe Momma!

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### Author: ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)
#### Post date: [March 25, 2011, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/axis-of-assholitude-an-evening-with-the-joes/575875/24 "2011-03-25T14:42:02Z")

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> [@joebuck20](#):
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> :eek:
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> Wow, that’s just a major lawsuit waiting to happen.
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> And what the hell is Seagal doing in Arizona? I thought he was a deputy in Louisiana.

Apparently, Arizona has developed some sort of powerful douchebag magnet: a “douchemag”, if you will. It’s also equipped with an asshat attractor and a skeeve-quotient meter.

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### Author: ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)
#### Post date: [March 25, 2011, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/axis-of-assholitude-an-evening-with-the-joes/575875/25 "2011-03-25T15:55:36Z")

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Joe Arpaio  
Joe Miller  
Joe the Plumber  
…  
Joe Palma  
Joe Besser  
Joe DeRita

Coincidence? I think not.

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### Author: ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)
#### Post date: [March 25, 2011, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/axis-of-assholitude-an-evening-with-the-joes/575875/26 "2011-03-25T16:31:00Z")

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Joe Pesci

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### Author: ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)
#### Post date: [March 25, 2011, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/axis-of-assholitude-an-evening-with-the-joes/575875/27 "2011-03-25T16:33:43Z")

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> [@VinylTurnip](#):
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> Top of the agenda: screwing in a light bulb.

How will they all fit?

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### Author: ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)
#### Post date: [March 25, 2011, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/axis-of-assholitude-an-evening-with-the-joes/575875/28 "2011-03-25T16:37:18Z")

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> [@El\_Kabong](#):
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> How will they all fit?

Brains first.

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### Author: ![MysteryFellow63427](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e4f/32.png) [@MysteryFellow63427](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysteryFellow63427)
#### Post date: [March 25, 2011, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/axis-of-assholitude-an-evening-with-the-joes/575875/29 "2011-03-25T17:05:50Z")

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> [@Mach Tuck](#):
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> That’s the worst name I’ve ever heard.

That was my father’s name!

:sobs inconsolably:

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### Author: ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)
#### Post date: [March 25, 2011, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/axis-of-assholitude-an-evening-with-the-joes/575875/30 "2011-03-25T19:45:27Z")

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> [@VinylTurnip](#):
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> Top of the agenda: screwing in a light bulb.

Not out of wedlock.

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### Author: ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)
#### Post date: [March 25, 2011, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/axis-of-assholitude-an-evening-with-the-joes/575875/31 "2011-03-25T19:56:56Z")

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How did someone like a plumber get invited to a GOP event? I thought unions were against the rules now. Is he a non-union plumber?

Oh wait, he’s not even really a plumber is he?

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### Author: ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)
#### Post date: [March 25, 2011, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/axis-of-assholitude-an-evening-with-the-joes/575875/32 "2011-03-25T20:24:28Z")

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> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#):
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> I see that Sharron Angle will also be there! How could this event get any better?!??!!!

All four of their Second Amendment solutions accidentally go off at the same time?

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### Author: ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)
#### Post date: [March 25, 2011, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/axis-of-assholitude-an-evening-with-the-joes/575875/33 "2011-03-25T20:30:58Z")

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> [@Chefguy](#):
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> Not out of wedlock.

Wedlock, schemdlock, if I catch them in a lightbulb, I’m throwing the switch!

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### Author: ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)
#### Post date: [March 26, 2011, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/axis-of-assholitude-an-evening-with-the-joes/575875/34 "2011-03-26T01:11:25Z")

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Joe Goebbels? Joe Stalin? I think we have a winner!  
(Arapaio – ah, the guy who thought “adequate nutrition” was moldy bread and rancid meat. Great guy.)

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### Author: ![Raygun99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Raygun99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raygun99)
#### Post date: [March 26, 2011, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/axis-of-assholitude-an-evening-with-the-joes/575875/35 "2011-03-26T01:13:15Z")

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> [@ZipperJJ](#):
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> How did someone like a plumber get invited to a GOP event? I thought unions were against the rules now. Is he a non-union plumber?
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> Oh wait, he’s not even really a plumber is he?

Also, his name isn’t even really Joe.

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### Author: ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)
#### Post date: [March 26, 2011, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/axis-of-assholitude-an-evening-with-the-joes/575875/36 "2011-03-26T01:39:02Z")

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> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#):
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> I see that Sharron Angle will also be there! How could this event get any better?!??!!!

Meteor strike? Tunguska-esque blast? Earthquake?

Sandworms?

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### Author: ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)
#### Post date: [March 26, 2011, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/axis-of-assholitude-an-evening-with-the-joes/575875/37 "2011-03-26T02:02:47Z")

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Zombies. Starving for brains.

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### Author: ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)
#### Post date: [March 26, 2011, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/axis-of-assholitude-an-evening-with-the-joes/575875/38 "2011-03-26T02:10:39Z")

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> [@elucidator](#):
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> Zombies. Starving for brains.

If they show up at this event, they’ll likely remain hungry.

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### Author: ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)
#### Post date: [March 26, 2011, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/axis-of-assholitude-an-evening-with-the-joes/575875/39 "2011-03-26T02:18:33Z")

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> [@joebuck20](#):
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> If they show up at this event, they’ll likely remain hungry.

Nonsense, I’m sure they can whip up some sloppy Joes.

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### Author: ![jesuslynch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e99b99/32.png) [@jesuslynch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jesuslynch)
#### Post date: [March 26, 2011, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/axis-of-assholitude-an-evening-with-the-joes/575875/40 "2011-03-26T06:37:19Z")

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> [@elucidator](#):
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> Wedlock, schemdlock, if I catch them in a lightbulb, I’m throwing the switch!

Well look. Here come de Judge.

Go ahead. Socket to me.

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