Gary Johnson’s ‘Shovel-Ready’ Joke Stinks of a Stolen Line

Published by Julia Volkovah under , , on 8:37 AM
Republican presidential candidate Gary Johnson scored some laughs at the GOP debate Thursday with a joke about shovel-ready jobs and his neighbor’s dog. It was a bright spot for Johnson  - up to now, the candidate had flown under the radar of most national media – but in the hours since the debate, a better-known Republican has claimed the joke as his own.

Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh used a very similar line Thursday on his program.
Compare for yourself.

Limbaugh: “My dogs have created more shovel-ready work than Obama has this week alone. The new puppy. Honest to God. More shovel-ready work for me this week than Obama has created in all two-and-a-half years.”

Johnson: “My next-door neighbor’s two dogs have created more shovel-ready jobs than this current administration.”

Johnson told the Huffington Post that he had gotten the joke from former “Tonight Show” writer Jim Villanucci.

After the debate, Johnson tweeted:  “Re: the dogs, I understand Rush Limbaugh made the same point. Credit to Rush for a great and very true line.”


As it turns out, Limbaugh wasn’t the first to compare pooper-scooping to shovel-ready jobs.
Earlier this week, political blogger Jeff Carter wrote: “As many have said, ‘My dog has created more shovel- ready projects than Obama’.”




Unlike the jobs, it appears the joke has come shovel-ready.
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