The Press, The Plumber And The Liberal Poster Boy

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With 15 minutes of fame comes 15 hours of “gotcha” scrutiny -- especially if you’re a voter who has dared to criticize Barack Obama, the liberal media’s Chosen One for president.

Ohio plumber Joe Wurzelbacher has had his 15 minutes of fame, capping it off with an unplanned appearance as the poster boy of populist tax policy in last night’s presidential debate. So now it’s time for the press to turn its sights on him not as a human-interest story but as an investigative subject.

Jonathan Martin of The Politico was among the first out of the gate, with blog posts noting that Wurzelbacher, affectionately known by most of America as “Joe The Plumber,” has a tax lien against him and doesn’t have a plumber’s license. Martin conveniently forgot to mention that the law doesn’t require one.) Bloomberg also has a story on the tax lien, and AP and The Washington Post did their part to make a story out of the “unlicensed” non-story.

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Liberal bloggers are swarming and smearing, too. (Via Instapundit)

Expect more of the same over coming days. In fact, don’t be surprised if all of those investigative reporters sent to Alaska after John McCain chose Sarah Palin as his running mate suddenly get reassigned to the plumber beat in flyover country. Joe The Plumber must be discredited at all costs!

The impulse to learn more about Wurzelbacher is perfectly normal. Readers and viewers are no doubt want to know more about the man now that he is all over the news. I know I do. And speaking as a journalist, let me add that reporters should be curious enough to do some basic background research.

But why is it that political reporters only get curious when a conservative Joe America storms onto the scene? Why aren’t they just as curious when liberals trot out, say, a 12-year-old boy to give a national radio address?

It has been almost a year to the day since journalists dropped the ball on telling America more about Graeme Frost, the boy who made the case for sinking billions of dollars more into the State Children’s Health Insurance Program. But when Michelle Malkin and other curious conservative bloggers did the legwork the press wouldn’t, they earned the scorn of their mainstream colleagues.

This time around, with Joe The Plumber as their target, the MSM is coming out with guns blazing. Maybe they should spend more time telling the bigger story about Wurzelbacher -- that he managed to get Obama on the public record as favoring a socialistic redistribution of wealth.

Cross-posted at Video Done Right


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It's a shame the media

It's a shame the media doesn't get it. The story isn't about him but the tax policy Obama offers!

The Magniloquent Stratospheric Media

Of course, but the MSM is so socialist it will make their a*ses burn not to see Obama win. In Magicians circles this is called "re-direction" but in politics it is called fraud.

um, they get it all

um, they get it all right

and they gotta nip this thang in the bud right quick

Journalism is the opium of the liberals

Bingo.  Nevermind the

Bingo.  Nevermind the symbolism it represents and the fact that Mr. Marxist himself was so blatantly exposed.  No no no, this story is simply about one person who says he's a plumber, so they gotta run with that and smear the guy with idiotic statements.

 

Not surprising considering

Not surprising considering the left's insatiable desire to destroy anyone they don't agree with -- so much for free speech.

The main thrust of the story is Obama's "distribution of wealth" policies, which Joe the Plumber extracted from Obama without Obama even knowing it.  Instead, let's play the politics of personal destruction -- how long before Joe gets death threats and has to move because it's not safe?

Then they say we're hateful, racist, and bigoted.  Physician, heal thyself.

or perhaps brain-dead

or perhaps brain-dead industry on life support, pull your own plug kevorkian style

they got living wills, right? 

Journalism is the opium of the liberals

Ve ar going to vatch ze,

Ve ar going to vatch ze, Joe ze plumber, verrrrily closely, und see if yer money increases. If ze money increases, dis vill be verrrrily bad for you, Joe ze plumber. Zen ve vill haf to come knock at your door late at nite, and ask that you give yer money to Obama. Ve vill also ask for yer papers, Joe ze plumber, und varn you to never, ever, try to use yer excess earnings again to increase yer position in life. Your position in life, Joe ze plumber, vill be controlled by Zenetor Government -- und you vill follow our directions verrrrrily closely. Understand? Gut! Haf a happy life, Joe ze plumber -- but vatch yer step, yah?

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English?

Vas das English?  Danke schoen.

Bitte ____________________

Bitte

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Empty Threats

"Instead, let's play the politics of personal destruction -- how long
before Joe gets death threats and has to move because it's not safe?"

It won't take long for him to get death threats. He's probably already gotten a couple. I used to represent industry while working for a consulting firm. I got death threats on a regular basis. I hung them on my office wall as sort of trophies. Some of them were downright disturbing.

I love being hated by leftists. 

Ah, yes, the left is filled with such tolerant, understanding, open-minded, peace loving people.

In 24 hours

The media has spent more time investigating a citizen than they have spent in 2 years investigating Obama. Now that's what you call journalism these days.

It's not about Joe the plumber, It's about Obama's Marxist answer.

Beware the coming thugocracy ... 

they investigated Obama for

they investigated Obama for sure - but only to find out what they had to hide from the public 

Journalism is the opium of the liberals

Man I feel sorry...

for this guy... All the things Sen. John McCain should be campaigning on, issues that need raised, comparisons drawn... fall to this poor fellow because McCain CAN'T MANAGE TO ARTICULATE A G-DAMN THING! Now he'll get torn a new one by the MSM and libloggers.

Oh, just stop it with the

Oh, just stop it with the blame McCain crying.

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Trash Joe Plumber and you Lose Ohio, if ACORN hasn't lost it alr

Trashing Sarah Cost MSM some viewers . . Couric got Hosed by Joe and cut him off . . .tsk tsk better leave well enough alone....
MSM...
Raise your Hands and step back from the Camera . . slowly ! or I will Expose BHO as a tax and Spend Liberal.

The Republican Revolution will not be Televised

It has been absolutely

It has been absolutely horrendous what the msm has done to this man today...everywhere...

They are going to rue what they are doing...

It will show on the 4th...big-time.

Joe the plumber has been a gift from God, he is our Oct. surprise...and the msm doesn't get it, anymore than they do about Palin.

I say..please keep it up...you are working for us and are too terrified and hate-filled to realize it.

We can all add the hypocrisy of the reporters intentionally not reporting or looking into any of the Obama BS...that is the past, they never planned on it, never will, they are going to eat their own selves up... in the meantime they are cannibalizing their messiah and not even realizing it.

...Delicious... 

"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh

BT

Good post! Yeah, this is really swelling up fast, the whole "Joe-Plumber" thing... I haven't been watching the news today, but I can imagine the MSM is doing what they can to diminish his words, and I indeed hope it all backfires on them.

Let the McCain/Palin surge begin!!! :) 

 

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Thanks MrS... I tell you,

Thanks MrS...

I tell you, they are making a huge mistake...he is one of us...how dare they think we aren't getting angry out here to what they are attempting to do to him...

They are making a big mistake this close to the election...a big one.

"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh

Bt...You and I are on the same wavelength!

I was posting a similar analysis at the same time!!

Look at my above post.

You are freaking me out.

Ster.

ps. I'm pwning uber.

McCain says: {Good morning,

McCain says: {Good morning, my friends} and the msm responds with: "That's another racist attack on Senator Obama. McCain is running nothing but attack ads, taking the low road, and the public is rejecting it."

Joe the Plumber asks: {Won't your tax policies take more of my money, even though I'm not rich, and work 10-12 hours per week for my money} and the msm attacks from all sides.

How does one spell hypocricy these days, anyway? msm? democrats? The double-standard is just too obvious, anymore.

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They spend more time examining Joe...

 Than they did examining Obama.  I found another connection between Obama and Ayers.  Obama and Dohrn were mentors for Irving B. Harris Graduate School.

http://tinyurl.com/6fz4cu

 

“Anybody gone into Whole Foods lately and see what they charge for arugula?  I mean, they’re charging a lot of money for this stuff.”

B.H. Obama

If the MSM wins this

If the MSM wins this election just like ACORN is trying to do Shame on US .  WE THE PEOPLE  NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN. MAKE YOUR VOICES HEARD!!!

leftist Misleading Sinister Media sinks to new lows

The MSM wants to squash this guy, just like the want to squash Obama's connection to voter fraud.

Hey, do you suppose Obama beat out Hillary in the primaries with voter fraud, since primaries generally have not nearly the scrutiny of the main elections, and it would have been that much easier to commit such fraud? And you would only have to do it in a few polling places in the battleground states, plus it would be a great rehearsal for voter fraud in the main election.

DUH...Olby trashing JOE!!!

Keep it up Olbydunk...

Keep it up!!! The MSM is in such a BUBBLE...

I'm really starting to think this has LEGS!!!  JOE THE PLUMBER will hold the rest of this weeks news cycle...

The Sunday Shows will cover JOE!!! 

What will they have to talk about when they mention JOE???

TAX INCREASES ON SMALL BUSINESS!!!

They will have to DEFINE what a SMALL BUSINESS is...and Olby,Crissy,MOOCOW,and Obama will not know what HIT them!!!

RELEASE THE HOUNDS!!

Ster.

Joe the Plumber...our

Joe the Plumber...our God-send, our Oct. surprise, is going to be more than a one week story...Joe the plumber is going to carry us to the voting booth...we do not have that long to go...

In fact we just got out absentee ballots today...they will be in the mail early next week.

"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh

OMG...Bt...

I gotta type faster...

You are running circles around me!!

Ster.

My absentee was sent in

My absentee was sent in yesterday.

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This is not a Joe-ke

Is Joe just biden his time before skating into the VP slot?

Or is Joe really working hard, plumbing for votes from real people?

Maybe, Joe is finally fed up with the Dim tactics in Conn and Congress, and wants to become a Republican?

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TnT... LOL... That was

TnT...

LOL...

That was good...

"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh

ThisnThat...Joe the Plumber...

Not Joe what's his face...

Biden will be nowhere to be seen OR HEARD!!!

Michelle and Biden are sequestered on a dessert island until Nov 4th!!!

Where are they???  Especially Michelle???  Where???

Ster.

Ster

Rush commented yesterday that Michelle had finally been let out of the closet....and someone had taken off the duct tape (her big rant about Barry being maligned by the vast white wing conspiracy....regarding the African election or somesuch).

Thought that was pretty good...but Rush always is!

 

In his own words (19 seconds):  This man is qualified to be VP?

Now Obama is making fun of the guy.

Obama just does not get it. He did it at a rally today and his adorring fans yukked it up. Here is the link. http://www.youtube.c... This need to get into a commercial. there are more Joe's than Obama can imagine that need to see this.

I noticed that too, and was

I noticed that too, and was appalled at Obama's arrogance: "How many of you know plumbers that make $250,000"? Wow. And of course, he misses the point because he's too dumb to know. Joe wants to start a business that will make him more than $250,000 -- and hire other plumbers that America will rely upon like I did recently to fix my bathtub and to install an air conditioner. That's America, and I'm happy to see people become successfull businessmen. All Obama sees is pretentious people trying to become more than Obama wants them to be, and he feels it's necessary to put them in their place -- just clinging to their religion and guns in racist Pennsylvania.

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What galls me is that Obama

What galls me is that Obama is too elitist to understand what he did.

Nuke em til they glow then shoot em in the dark.

Obama is a Stupid Man

He doesn't get it.

I knew a plumber -- poor soul died a couple of years ago -- who could've bought and sold Barack Obama. He did contract plumbing for the construction of office buildings. The guy lived in a little suburban house that he paid about $25,000 for when he bought it decades ago. His company constructed most of the plumbing for GE's Appliance Park in Louisville. Before he hung up is soldering iron, I'm sure he was knocking down $250 large a year. He never left his $25,000 house.

I grew up next door to an electrician who started out with an ancient Dodge van and a box full of tools. He made himself an expert at wiring quick-mart style gas stations, and he not only built his business into a highly profitable one (I used to assemble junction boxes for him as a summer job), but he also purchased a electrical supply wholesale company. He's probably 65 years old, and he still wires quick-marts.

I know a lot of these people. Universally, they have told me that Obama's tax policies won't hurt them. Now, listen closely because I'm not trying to defend Obama. What these guys tell me is that they will quit investing in businesses, building them, and then selling them. They will limit their tax liability by not investing in businesses.

These guys produce jobs for people. Hell, by working for my neighbor, I was able to pay my way through college. His success and hundreds of thankless hours spent in attics, basements, and construction sites, created a job for me and many others. He put his own five kids through college, too.

The Joe-the-Plumbers of the world, the Dave-the-Electricians are the ones who create wealth for themselves and in turn create opportunities for others.

Only a stupidly arrogant politician would fail to believe that a plumber could make $250,000 a year. He only thinks scumbag attorneys with Harvard degrees can do that. Wait, he probably thinks philandering, America hating preachers can and bomb-planting radicals can, but never a plumber.

I keep trying to figure out why so many people like this arrogant jerk.

Great Link!

It just proves that B. Hussein, for all his jibberish about "fighting for the middle class", actually disdains the middle class.

The arrogance of the man, disparaging a "mere plumber". 

I'd vote for my beloved plumber in a heartbeat over Obama.  Love you Dave.....couldn't exist without you!

 

In his own words (19 seconds):  This man is qualified to be VP?

Is it just me?

It was one thing to see the media attack conservative politicians, they have been doing that since the beginning of time. I have never seen them mount the same kind of attack on a private citizen before. All because he dared to question The One. Is this what we have come to?

Reaver...Yep!...and

Reaver...

Yep!

...and we had better fight back with all we have...

Screw them and the horse they think they ride on...

How the hell dare they do this to this man....

They are going to hear from me loud adn clear...they are making a big mistake with this trash tactic...they are going to eat this...I'll be sending a Mortons salt shaker to all of them to add salt to their wounds we are going to inflict on the slime-balls...

They are stupid....plain stupid...they have unleashed a monster of anger by us out here in the real world...the silent majority better unite....big time ...put the dirt over the graves they are digging for themselves with our votes!

"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh

Well said, BT, well

Well said, BT, well said.

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He!! yeah!

I'm with ya, BT. 

 

HISTORY IS BEING MADE !!!

PEOPLE !!!!!

History is being made.... McCain is TOTALY RIPPING INTO OBAMA AND THE MSM AT THIS DINNER !!!!!

This is UNREAL !!!!! WOW!!!!!!!!!!!

Chat is open, btw, to discuss this.... this is unbelievable..... 

 

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Shy... I just posted too

Shy...

I just posted too right before you did...I am watching this too..

Clinton is there and Obama of course...

Hillary was in stitches McCain got some good ones in, using Bill too and her loss...

Oh this has been so GREAT!

Ripping into msnbc was hilarious!!!! McCain...saying your Eminence to Obama ...cost him some swing states...

 He started out with Joe the Plumber which was absolutely the best...

"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh

BT

Yeah, what's key -- and brilliant by the McCain writer(s) -- was that they opened it with "Joe the Plumber"... they know how explosive this could potentially be, so great move...

 

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Obama starting off with a

Obama starting off with a reference to his ears using Alfred E. Newman...

He has got some good ones in himself...

Nothing as close to McCain's yet..

Man I can't get over this all...

Obama...I got my middle name from someone who obviously didn't think I was going to run for President...

"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh

CHAT!

The chat is now here .... we're discussing all the funny and possible corner-turning developments today!!

 

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That upset me ...  Obamas

That upset me ...  Obamas attitude is so god damn  elitist ... I know lots of liberals ... many of them are the same way .... I have seen their progressive tolerance when they say stuff about normal everyday people as they look down their noses  ... Mc Cain needs to pump that message of what the man is really like ....Oman says he is working for the Middle Class .. BS there is a man that is middle class and wants to rise above and all you have is contempt for him because he showed you for what you really are ..

interesting experiment  Obama and Mc Cain side by side in the Hanoi Hilton  how long would it take for Obama to break and jump ships .....he is a  evasive whiny wimp elitist SOB .... sometimes I want to rise above all this crap but then I see this kind of stuff and I am filled with contempt

The heel of Obama's boot

Good point, dark. Joe is middle class. His neighbors and the world can see that -- yet, not only does Obama tell him to his face that if he starts making money, Obama is going to take it away -- the very next day he stands in an apple orchard and disses this man -- the middle class -- by flat-out stating that Joe doesn't deserve to make $250,00 -- why, he's only a plumber.

You could almost see the heel of Obama's boot on Joe's face as he said that.

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Too bad

Too bad the press won't spend that kind of effort examining Barack Obama and his associates. The public might actually find out who and what he really is.

I think America just found out what happens when they have the audacity to ask "The One" a question.

OMG! People..you have got

OMG!

People..you have got to catch the Alfred E. Smith dinner....it is hilarious...McCain is speaking...I have never laughed so hard in ages!!!!

You have got to catch it later on C-Span if you missed this...I am going to watch it all...

McCain is HITTING EVERYBODY...msnbc now...

Trust me....you have to watch this later...I'm begging you!

"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh

BT.. that was perfect!

That was great and he hit the media and acorn. Beautttiful.. I LOVE it too.  Don't want to listen to the one but I'll try to hang in there. 

Barak 0bama - Afraction American

Yes, The ONE is speaking as

Yes, The ONE is speaking as McCain called him...oh wait, he said as I call him in the Senate...That ONE...

"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh

McCain's bit was hilarious!

It was really great! He also said some very kind things about Obama, which showed a lot of class.  

"...peace is the highest aspiration of the American People. We will negotiate for it, sacrifice for it, we will never surrender for it, now or ever." President Ronald Reagan, January 20, 1981

Obama misses..

Scripture??  What a joke.  He's such a pompuos jerk.  McCain was real and funny. Barak fell flat... just like he's going to on Nov 4th..please God 

Barak 0bama - Afraction American

Hi Sky...I can't believe

Hi Sky...

I can't believe I am going to say this but McCain hit it out of the park tonight...whoever his writers are they deserve kudos, plus his delivery is what surprised me...

Lord we needed that after the msm last night and continuing on into today...and up to the 4th and afterwords when they have their collective nervous break-downs going... "what happened"...

Never looking in the mirror at themselves.

"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh

Bt...almost missed it!!

I had H&C recording...caught it.  I'll watch soon.

Remember...McCain on Lettermann tonight!!!

Ster.

ow wow, Ster

He's on Letterman tonight? I had no idea... cool....

 

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I don't watch Letterman...I

I don't watch Letterman...I refuse.

I will wait for the clips, and all of your opinions.

Plus they are showing some of them now...

"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh

Hi bt! I totally agree! McCain was terrific!

He is known to have a great sense of humor, and it was so good to see it tonight.

And you're right about needing the laugh...After last night's and today's reviews (which are all crap, by the way), it was very much needed. I'll try to remember moments like tonight over the next 19 days...  

"...peace is the highest aspiration of the American People. We will negotiate for it, sacrifice for it, we will never surrender for it, now or ever." President Ronald Reagan, January 20, 1981

Me too Sky... We are

Me too Sky...

We are going to need it...we ain't seen nothing yet with the msm...

"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh

Sky...by the way...didn't

Sky...by the way...didn't you love the references to all characters on msnbc and ACORN to-boot...

I just love how he started the spiel about msnbc....

"It's going to be a long night at msnbc if I manage to pull this off"...

Padded room for Olbie....among the other great zings he got it, besides all but telling him he could tell him where to stick it...

Plus the digs at thrill up my leg Matthews.... 

"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh

bt...McCain was brutal!!! And I LOVED IT!!

The MSNBC stuff was priceless!! I would love to have been a fly on the wall over there, to see the looks on the faces!!!!

It just made my day!!! 

"...peace is the highest aspiration of the American People. We will negotiate for it, sacrifice for it, we will never surrender for it, now or ever." President Ronald Reagan, January 20, 1981

Bt!!! I spilt my BEER..It was worth it!!

<gets new keyboard>

WOW!!!

McCain will win humility points for this!!!

Unfortunately...the MSM will not play ANYTHING funny!!!

At least we saw the real McCain!!!

Ster.

another thing

their treatment of Joe reminds me of what the Chicago Cub fans did to Bartman when  he grabbed that foulball ..they harrased him and they ran him out of town ... but the truth (who needs truth) was the Cubs lost that game becuse their shortstop made an error ....interesting that was Chicago (fans) that did that .. if someone reads this and they arent a baseball fan ask a friend

 This coupled with Murtha calling Western PA racist might go along way towards making this race close but at the minimum it opens some eyes to who we are dealing with

All thats missing is for

All thats missing is for someone from the black caucus to call him racist

I see Obama's Black Shirts

I see Obama's Black Shirts are at it again.  Ol' Joe is going to get filleted over a comment made by the Dictator-in-waiting Obami.  Joe needs us to stand up with him.  Flood Obami's website with emails is one answer.

A Collection Maybe

"Jonathan Martin of The Politico was among the first out of the
gate, with blog posts noting that Wurzelbacher, affectionately known by
most of America as “Joe The Plumber,” has a tax lien against him and doesn’t have a plumber’s license."

Maybe a tax lien collection is in order...hmmmmm

 

News Flash!!!!

"Blue Collar Plumber Trips Up Harvard Educated Lefty"

Priceless!

Is everyone free to use

Barack "Hussein" Obama without impunity since "the One" spoke of it?

Did you notice...

 that "the one" couldn't even say his own middle name?  How pathetic.

“Anybody gone into Whole Foods lately and see what they charge for arugula?  I mean, they’re charging a lot of money for this stuff.”

B.H. Obama

Are you guys really still

Are you guys really still worked up about his middle name?

boa... He is...he just

boa...

He is...he just made a joke of it himself without using it himself.

Tells you all you need to know about this phony b#stard.

"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh

I know you hate the guy,

I know you hate the guy, but...he doesn't use his own middle name, and THAT makes him phony?

boa... Yep! Plus you

boa...

Yep!

Plus you know all the other reasons and posts I have made over time about this man..but I will advise you to look at this...and by the way, if you want to ignore that, click on the site and see Ct's simple summary of all of this.

That is my answer to you boa.

Period.

You should be fearful.

"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh

I've already seen that. Not

I've already seen that. Not scared.

boa... You say you've

boa...

You say you've already seen that...and you aren't scared, may I ask you why you aren't scared?

Did you read any of this, watch any?

If so, why aren't you afraid?

I'm done arguing with you...you have really gone over-board for Obama...I cannot believe how much you have changed in the last few months.

You must be fearful you may lose....eh?

Now, I will await the important questions I asked you above, which I rarely do, just to read your answers boa...because believe me, I am really curious how you can say you have no fear.

You are a smart cookie....wake up.

"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh

Bt...Here's 25 cents...I'm IN!!!

Hi Bal!!!

Not Scared???

Ster.

Morning, bigtimer. I read

Morning, bigtimer.

I read and watched all of it. Obviously the liberation guy is off his rocker.

But, I'm not scared because I think it's a lot of strung together associations to form fear-based conclusions.

I really haven't changed. I've voiced more opinions, perhaps. And as I've said, I don't think in any way that Obama's the perfect candidate. I'm not fearful that _I_ may lose, because I don't think I lose with either candidate. I think there's every possibility that Obama may lose, but as I said, I'll be OK either way.

Thanks for the reply

Thanks for the reply boa...

I'll just leave it at that...I respect your opinion about this...I just don't agree...

Catch you later...

"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh

Since he is ashamedof his

Since he is ashamedof his middle name he should change it like he changed his other name. Agood choice would be Merde.

LOL coco.. Sen. Govt. did

LOL coco..

Sen. Govt. did change his middle name last night at the roast..it is Steve...

"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh

Oh Puleeze!

     It's his name.  What he should have done was not fear his middle name 2 years ago when he first started running for president.  By demanding that his middle name not be spoken made it an issue.  If he's proud of his middle name, show it.  If he's ashamed of it, change it.  But don't put some moratorium on people using it.  It fans the flames for controversy.  Personally, I give a rat's behind what his middle name is. 

“Anybody gone into Whole Foods lately and see what they charge for arugula?  I mean, they’re charging a lot of money for this stuff.”

B.H. Obama

The right made his middle

The right made his middle name an issue, not Obama. 

No boa...Hussein did first,

No boa...Hussein did first, just like his ears, just like him playing the race card...he via the blow horn of the msm has told us what we can and cannot say...like nothing I have never seen, and McC bent to it..which was a mistake in my opinion...

If you tell somebody what you cannot do in a political race you are bringing attention to yourself..purposely...of course others are going to defy a leftist like Obama/

"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh

I beg to differ. It was the

I beg to differ. It was the right who started in with the  "His middle name's 'Hussein' fer Christ's sake! What more proof do you want that you can't trust him!!!'"

Then started using facetiously, like the Doocmeister, just to re-emphasize that people shouldn't trust him.  

OMG! OMG! OMG! Bal !!!

Ok...Ok...gotta thrill up my leg just talking to you!!!

OMG...Ok...Ummmm...

Ok....

Sooooo....A liberal Hillary blog supporter didn't start the "Hussein" issue??  Are you sure Bal???  Are you really sure????

OMG!! I talked to Bal !!!  wOOt!!!

Do you want to make a bet on the original source of the "H" word during the primaries???

Hmmmm....I'll Ice down my leg...while you look it up Bal...

I'll be here waiting for your reply.

Ster.

 Do you have proof that

 Do you have proof that the right made an issue of it first?  Besides, even if the right did that, he's trying to become POTUS.  You'd think he would be able to handle the spoutings of some far-right nutjob.  Instead he shows his metrosexual sappy side and whines.  Obama has no backbone.  He needs to learn hot to be a man before he can become President.

“Anybody gone into Whole Foods lately and see what they charge for arugula?  I mean, they’re charging a lot of money for this stuff.”

B.H. Obama

Saul Alinsky style

Obama and the MSM bible is Rules for Radicals by Saul Alinsky in which "hope" and "change" are themes of the book. Look at how Alinsky's rules have been applied in this campaign. This campaign has threatened free speech in horrendous ways. Obama has tried to get the Justice Department to criminalize television stations for airing advertisements criticizing him. Many stations didn't run the ads because of the threats and intimidation.

Rule 5 - Ridicule is man's most potent weapon. There is no defense. It's irrational. It's infuriating. It also works as a key pressure point to force the enemy into concessions.

Rule 11 - The price of a successful attack is a constructive alternative. Never let the enemy score points because you're caught without a solution to the problem.

Rule 12 - Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it. Cut off the support network and isolate the target from sympathy. Go after people and not institutions; people hurt faster than institutions.

"I need you to go out and talk to your friends and talk to your neighbors. I want you to talk to them whether they are independent or whether they are Republican. I want you to argue with them and get in their face. And if they tell you that, Well, we're not sure where he stands on guns. I want you to say, He believes in the Second Amendment. If they tell you, Well, he's going to raise your taxes, you say, No, he's not, he's going to lower them. You are my ambassadors. You guys are the ones who can make the case." - Barrack Obama

So in other words Obama is telling his followers to lie for him and the MSM is doing just that day after day.

"Push back the liberal hordes!!" - Mark Levin

Obama didn't seal the deal

 Check out this article from Karl Rove.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122411909182439021.html

“Anybody gone into Whole Foods lately and see what they charge for arugula?  I mean, they’re charging a lot of money for this stuff.”

B.H. Obama

$1200

Now they are making a big thing about how the guy owes $1200 in back taxes -- a fraction of the amount that Senator Tim Mahoney paid in hush money possibly diverted from campaign funds to one of his two mistresses -- and that he actually works for an employer & wants to buy his own business and have the nerve to work for himself.

What kind of scum hath the American people become? Working for others for such peanuts that we can't keep up with tax policies that put us in the hole, and then daring to ask a presidential candidate what he can do to fix it. How can this guy look at himself in the mirror? Speaking of mirrors, rumor has it that the guy is even BALD and has a BEER BELLY.

Translation: Joe, you are my hero. Warts and all, he stood up and criticized someone worthy of his scorn who is about to make a mockery of everything this country has held dear. I wish Joe all the best, and wish the Obamaman an inoperable peptic ulcer.

Sq... They may want to be

Sq...

They may want to be real careful wehre they tread with this...the name Charlie Rangel may come up real fast!!!!

"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh

Isn't it funny that the

Isn't it funny that the democrats always find a way to blame an election loss on something other than what really caused it.  Mondale took a bad snoopy like picture, Gore and hanging chads, Kerry got "swift boated." 

If, and I hope it happens, Obama loses they will blame this plumber (Obama got flushed, the new Dem tagline?)  They never stop to think maybe it's because of their views and policies.  They never try to fix whats broken, they blame some inane happening or person and try again four years later with more of the same.

 Truly the defintion of insanity 

Showing how much they're in the tank.

Joe the Plumber was nothing but honest.  He didn't say he owned the company, didn't say he had a plumbers license, all he did was ask a question.  All Barack Obama did was answer the question.  All that's been done, since then, is play the question and play the answer. 

The irony of this is it wasn't a media setup, like we usually see against Republicans.  Let's face it, the media would have to look into the question and the answer, if they weren't looking into this subversive plumber.  

Democrats: Stuck on Stupid since 2000.

A Defense Fund

Me thinks a defense fund needs to be setup for Joe Plumber. He is like our David, a small lone figure on a battlefield, surrounded by our enemies and facing up to confront not one, but many Goliaths of the Liberalstines. Joe slung his stone and nailed the O right between the eyes, forcing him to speak in Marxist tongues.

I wish they would vet O as hard as they've done Palin and now Joe Plumber.

Middle Americans will be quashed and there will be no more uprisings.

 

a defense fund?

what should be done is since the lib bloggers have posted his address everyone  should send him a buck or two  help him to buy his business

Chicago Schools

Off topic but this was on cbs evenin news with "catty kitty" couric about chicago schools and the canidates education positions.My question, aint this the school system the "great community organizer" bac-rac hussien o-dumb-uh-uh along with his buddy ayers and the annenberg millions was supposed to fix.?? Maybe NB will do a topic on this?? I copied and pasted the segment as follows:

The Issue

When it comes to sports, whether it's on the basketball court or on the ice, high school seniors Brit Schneiders and Raven Gary know what it's like to be the best.

Both girls star on Illinois state championship teams, but when it comes to the public schools they each attend, these two aren't even in the same league.

Raven's high school, John Marshall, is on Chicago's tough West Side. It's part of the third largest school district in the country, Chicago Public Schools, where students average a meager 17 out of 36 on the ACT - the all important college entrance exam.

But the average at Marshall is only 14. The graduation rate hovers around 50 percent. Less than 8 percent of Marshall students read at grade level and fewer than 3 percent are at grade level in math.

"I'm goin' to college," said Raven, who is an A-student. But she and her mom Sharon Williams say it's been a real struggle at a school that doesn't even have enough textbooks to send home with students.

"When look at other schools ... do you feel ripped off, and why do you think the country is letting that happen?" Bowers asked Raven.

"Maybe they don't see the big picture," she said. "We need the tools to learn."

At Brit's public high school just a half hour north, New Trier, there's no shortage of textbooks - parents buy them. And excellence is expected in this 4,000-student district, which spends $17,000 per pupil, compared to $10,000 in Chicago Public Schools.

At New Trier, some of the course offerings sound like those at an Ivy league University: Sports and Entertainment Marketing, Sequential Art and Animation, Zoology and scuba diving.

New Trier students average a 27 out of 36 on the ACT. The graduation rate is 99 percent. So is the percentage of kids who go on to college.

"How lucky do you feel when you think about what you're able to walk in and get versus what they're getting?" Bowers asked Brit.

"We're really lucky here," Brit said. "A lot of people at New Trier take it for granted - like I do sometimes. You don't think that a lot of people have it a lot worse, even in our own city, Chicago."

There's no question American schools are falling behind. The national graduation rate is only 70 percent, less than 50 percent for students of color. American 15-year-olds rank 19th out of 40 countries in science and 28th in math.

kilrod

Remember, only two defining forces have ever offered to die for you, Jesus Christ and the American Soldier

I have used this as a resource for

Joe Public meet your neighbor Joe Plumber

 

I try to teach other children what I have tryed to teach my children. When you grow up you can
make something of yourself. Most kids who believe this want to be an owner of a small company,
say about 10 employees; that would place them in the $250,000 tax bracket. Although some want
to be teachers or fireman. I tell them it does not matter what you do you will be successful if
you work hard enough to be one of the best; And, it is easiest to be the best if you do something
you like.

http://www.jeremiahf...

Bottom line is that it is not the job of journalist to go after Joe Public, who could be any of us,

 

 

Silence the Critics

Seems like there is a passive aggressive attack on any speech that does not conform with the socialist state.  Most people will not say anything if they think their life or that of their family will come under scrutiny.  Communists don't have to kill the first amendment, just make it uncomfortable to exercise it.

DAMN IT!!!

 Joe is going to lose his job. 

http://hotair.com/archives/2008/10/16/good-news-toledo-moves-to-shut-down-joe-the-plumber/

“Anybody gone into Whole Foods lately and see what they charge for arugula?  I mean, they’re charging a lot of money for this stuff.”

B.H. Obama

miz...Worry not, Joe is

miz...

Worry not, Joe is going to end up with more money by people who are outraged by what the msm is doing to him than he will ever believe, there will be sites with donations for him, I believe even people like Rush will start some kind of a fund for him, something will be done, they will not win...any more than what the msm/paper ads and the Senate tried to do with Gen. Petraeus...this will backfire with the likes of which they have never seen, plus lets drag this all the way to election day!

thank you for the info..now we have to get busy with emails and ideas to those in the msm, like the radio air waves and blog sites for a donation...now. 

"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh

Sabotage!

      I guess Obama wanted to make sure Joe would qualify for his socialist programs.  Why on earth would he want to achieve as Joy Blowhard calls it, his "fantasy"?!

“Anybody gone into Whole Foods lately and see what they charge for arugula?  I mean, they’re charging a lot of money for this stuff.”

B.H. Obama

Um, Obama, I mean, the

Um, Obama, I mean, the great Obama will be the greatest thing to happen to a country that needs his help. I believe, I believe!!!!

(Leave me alone, I want a gulag with a cot dammit!!!!) 

"This
liberal would be all about socialize -- uh, uh, would be about
basically taking over and the government running all of your companies."-Maxine Waters 2008

I DECLAIR WAR!!! JOE IS GETTING FIRED??

I DECLAIR WAR!!!

I CALL ON NB...MATT, NOEL, EVERYBODY TO MAKE THIS PUBLIC!!!

I WILL NOT LET THIS GO!!

I'M SENDING RUSH AN INSTANT E-MAIL ON THIS!!!

WHAT WILL YOU DO TO HELP JOE???

THIS IS IT!!!  ARE WE GOING TO TAKE THIS???

Ster.

Here are some reinforcements

 http://blogsforjohnmccain.com/category/tags/joe-wurzelbacher

“Anybody gone into Whole Foods lately and see what they charge for arugula?  I mean, they’re charging a lot of money for this stuff.”

B.H. Obama

miz... ..and there will

miz...

..and there will be plenty more...

...the msm doesn't understand the ire of the regular Joe's they have unleashed out here in the real country.

"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh

Bt..I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MAD I AM!!!

I'M GOING POSTAL!!!

YES...I'M YELLING!!!

Ster.

 The McCain camp needs to

 The McCain camp needs to know about this.

“Anybody gone into Whole Foods lately and see what they charge for arugula?  I mean, they’re charging a lot of money for this stuff.”

B.H. Obama

miz... If we do...they

miz...

If we do...they do.

We shall see what happens, lets hope they don't stay silent.

In the meantime, we the people all together, one way or the other will take care of this....I just hope this outrage carries on into the 4th...this is one of the biggest mistakes the msm has made.

"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh

 Yes, I know that the

 Yes, I know that the McCain camp knows this.  But that didn't stop me from sending them an email expressing my outrage.  The more emails they receive expressing out outrage, the more ammo they will have against the Obamanation camp and the MSM.  There are Millions of us "Joes" out there that won't stand for this and the McCain camp will know that his constituents will not lay down for this injustice.

“Anybody gone into Whole Foods lately and see what they charge for arugula?  I mean, they’re charging a lot of money for this stuff.”

B.H. Obama

Thanks Miz!!!

WHO ELSE IS GOING TO DO SOMETHING?!?!?

I JUST POSTED ON PJ'S FOURM!!!

I JUST SENT RUSH THIS INFO!!!

I'M PISSED OFF!!! I'M NOT TAKING THIS BS!!!

Ster.

Hi Ster, quick question for ya.

Out of curiosity could you tell me how many Red Bulls you drink a day?

Real life video games are cool

 FOX News needs to get a

 FOX News needs to get a copy of this.

“Anybody gone into Whole Foods lately and see what they charge for arugula?  I mean, they’re charging a lot of money for this stuff.”

B.H. Obama

Anybody can email this to

Anybody can email this to Fox...but I bet you they already know too.

We shall see what all happens tomorrow...but heck, others just email them.

"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh

I Agree BT. Joe Is The Game-Changer

I agree with BT and most everybodies sentiments here.  This is the inadverdent and unexpected "game-changer" that the McCain camp was waiting for.  This is what the media elites can't seem to understand.  Joe "The Plumber's" story is our story.  He's the Joe "Six-Pack" that Sarah Palin relates to on the stump.  Joe and people like him are one of the cogs that keeps this great nation running.  This is just like "Bittergate" in Frisco.  To the elite, anyplace between CA and NY is flyover country littered with those bible-thumping, gun-clinging bitter racists.  With the MSM on attack mode, I believe, this is going to blow up in their faces.  Read the transcript I posted below.  This is one of the reasons why they hate him.

Here is Joe responding to a question on what kind of a future he wants for his son.

Wurzelbacher:  I want him to live in an America that he's proud of.  I'm tired of people downing America, saying that we're this bad country.  I mean, that upsets me and my friends greatly.  You know, we are the greatest country in the world.  Stop apologizing for it! I mean, really. It just... (sigh) I get real mad about that.  I'm not sorry for being an American, I'm not sorry for having the things I have.  I'm not sorry for any of those things.  I'm not sorry that we're in Iraq.  Has it kept us safe?  Absolutely! I believe in that 100%.  WMDs or not, I don't care. You know, we took the fight to them. We've done a pretty good job there.  Could we have done better?  Yeah, sure.  But, you know, it's easy to be an armchair quarterback. You know, and hindsight they say is 20/20.  I call it X-ray vision.  You know, my friends in the military that come back and tell me the thanks that they receive for us being there, it doesn't get enough play.  I mean we've liberated another country.  I mean, you know, freedom, things that every one of you guys take for granted, everything that Americans take for granted, I mean these guys haven't had it; now they got it?  I mean that's an incredible thing.  You know, our guys here that are poverty stricken have cell phones.  Those old people over there, you know, they have one pair of pants and a shirt.  You know, so what we've done over there is an incredible, incredible thing.

Amen, brother.  I couldn't have said it better myself

"What do Barack Obama and Osama bin Laden have in common?  They both have friends who bombed the Pentagon." - Rush Limbaugh

"Joe" post of the day, Asian Con

Best I've seen.  Rock on.

Would you mind linking your source for that quote?  I'd love to have it in my ammo belt.  Gracias!

 

In his own words (19 seconds):  This man is qualified to be VP?

This get's scarier by the

This get's scarier by the day. It's almost as if Obama uses telepathy to get liberals and the liberal loving media to attack anyone that dares to question him. I'm convinced, Obama is the worst thing that could EVER happen to this country.

The Case For Not Voting Obama

 

 

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Joe and Ayers ...

It really is amazing that they are spending all this time researching Joe when they wouldn't lift a finger to find out anything about Ayers. They wrote nothing about what the Weather Underground was responsible for in the 60's ... just that they were a "radical anti-war group". PLEASE. As if that explains what their intentions were, how many people they tried to kill, etc. 

But it's great to know every single detail about someone who asked Obama a tough question!  

I read this on yahoo this

I read this on yahoo this morning. By JOHN SEEWER, Associated Press Writer

 Anybody else see the problem with what the article claims O said in reply to Joe?

"In Toledo on Sunday, Wurzelbacher told Obama that he was preparing to buy the plumbing company, which earns more than $250,000 a year, and said: "Your new tax plan is going to tax me more, isn't it?"

Obama said that under his proposal taxes on any revenue from $250,000 on down would stay the same, but that amounts above that level would be subject to a 39 percent tax, instead of the current 36 percent rate.

 That is NOT what he said! Instead of telling the reader what was said about punishing success and the redistribution of wealth, they just give another dem campaign talking point.

MSM and Plumber Joe

We've heard that quite often as we get older, our hearing becomes selective. Well, the MSN has gotten much older and have developed a chronic case of selective journalism. The criteria is simple. If it tarnishes or destroys a Christian, a conservative, or a Republican, you print it as truth. If there is any good, you state that it needs to be fact checked. On the other hand if its about a Democrat or liberal, you dismiss it as right propaganda. If its good, you put it out as a wonderful example of achievement! I guess you can't expect much more. After all, what would you expect from people who received their training at Pravda and Isvestia!

Obama's treasurer, Martin

Obama's treasurer, Martin Nesbitt has tax liens, on himself and his businesses...bet you won't see that on ABC,NBC, CNN!!

 

 

This WILL BACKFIRE ON OBAMA!

This is gonna BACKFIRE ON OBAMA!  By attacking Joe the Plumber, obama just lost mega votes! 

Joe Plumber's story will be told, not by MSM, but via 'word of mouth' around kitchen tables all across the nation tonite; they do not like/trust obama, now they ALL have the excuse to go vote against him.

There are far MANY more Joe Plumbers and Joe SixPacks than there are MSM!  Just look in your own Yellow Pages!!

 

Howdy TMom... I don't

Howdy TMom...

I don't know about him losing mega votes from his side, probably some, but what this has done is angered people like me to vote a straight ticket because of my dislike for McCain, his apologizing all the time, throwing others under the bus...and sticking us in he eye with hings like his vote for the bail-out bill, that is the reason he dropped in the polls, plus keeping Sarah off the campaign trail..

Now with this BS search and destroy a good man like Joe the Plumber from the Obama wrecking crew via the msm 24/7 they do not know the anger they have wrought out here in the real world...we are going to fight back with all our might...

Plus Obama and his Marxist ties are spooky enough, let alone how he would rule this country...which goes without saying.

Well, just my rant... 

"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh