CNN’s David Gergen Mocks Joe the Plumber, Asks Why McCain Didn’t Vet Him

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David Gergen, CNN Senior Political Analyst | NewsBusters.orgOn Thursday’s Anderson Cooper 360 program, CNN senior political analyst David Gergen followed the liberal talking points about how Joe the Plumber’s real first name is Samuel and how he doesn’t have a plumbing license. When host Anderson Cooper asked if John McCain benefitted from the attention on the Ohio laborer, Gergen replied, "Well, I think he was for a while. But I -- when we found out he was Sam the non-plumber, it changed a little bit." Gergen went on to treat Joe Wurzelbacher, who works with plumbing, as if he worked as a McCain campaign surrogate: "...I don't understand why the McCain team didn't vet the guy before they made such a -- you know, made such a focus on him on national television. I can guarantee you that the George W. Bush campaign, you know, which ran a highly disciplined campaign, would have vetted and would have known before he went out there about... his personal status."

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Gergen participated in a panel discussion with host Anderson Cooper, CNN contributor and Obama supporter Roland Martin, and Republican strategist Ed Rollins. These three played off of the analyst’s quip. Cooper asked Martin, "Roland, we just heard Obama kind of joking about McCain's support for Joe the non-plumber, or sort of the plumber, or whatever he is. Does Obama, though, need to be careful?" In his reply, Martin referred to Wurzelbacher as "Joe the fake plumber." Even Rollins got in on the act: "First of all, let me just give a little advice, unsolicited advice to Joe the Plumber. Get Joe the plumber on your truck with a 1-800 number and keep your mouth shut and go make a fortune doing plumbing work."

Cooper, in his first question to Rollins, asked about the facial expressions made by McCain and Obama during their last presidential debate. He gave examples of both, but focused on McCain in particular: "[Y]ou saw John McCain often kind of being dismissive of Obama. You saw Obama, at times, smiling and kind of laughing at some of the things John McCain was saying, kind of shaking his head. How do you think that played out, and how can John McCain have allowed himself to be caught like that?" The panelists then proceeded to talk about this subject for a good part of the segment, all the while ignoring the issue of what Obama had said in response to "Joe the Plumber:" "My attitude is that if the economy's good for folks from the bottom up, it's gonna be good for everybody ... I think when you spread the wealth around, it's good for everybody."

The transcript of the relevant portion of the panel discussion, which began 13 minutes into the 10 pm Eastern hour of Thursday’s Anderson Cooper 360:

ANDERSON COOPER: So, David, is McCain benefiting from all the attention that Joe is getting?

DAVID GERGEN: (Laughs) Well, I think he was for a while. But I -- when we found out he was Sam the non-plumber, it changed a little bit.

(Roland Martin laughs.)

GERGEN: I'm glad you had to -- give him a chance, though, to voice his opinion, because he does -- I think he does give voice to those of a lot of Americans who don't often get on national television. So, I thought that's fine. But I think we are going to move on pretty fast. I can't -- I -- it does illustrate, as well, Anderson -- I don't understand why the McCain team didn't vet the guy before they made such a -- you know, made such a focus on him on national television. I can guarantee you that the George W. Bush campaign, you know, which ran a highly disciplined campaign, would have vetted and would have known before he went out there about his status -- his personal status. You feel a little sorry for him, that he got put in this position.

COOPER: Yeah. You know, Roland, we just heard Obama kind of joking about McCain's support for Joe the non-plumber, or sort of the plumber, or whatever he is. Does Obama, though, need to be careful? I mean, he warned his own supporters today about being complacent. Does Obama need to be careful about coming off as a little bit, kind of dismissive at times?

ROLAND MARTIN: Well, I think so. I mean, again, the -- the issue is not really this individual guy and his background. It's really what this guy represents, and so, I think what Obama has to do is -- he's not getting caught playing around with Joe, you know, the fake plumber or whatever -- but, again, stay focused on the big issues. If you saw how he scored well last night -- he scored well when he got to health care. I mean, numbers were off the charts -- when he focused on education. Even when he gave a very strong answer dealing with the Supreme Court -- if he stays focused on those issues, not dealing with the small issues, he looks larger. He looks more presidential. That's where he has to remain and, again, get his people to the polls. Turnout is key.

COOPER: Ed, the reaction shots last night, side by side -- you saw John McCain often kind of being dismissive of Obama. You saw Obama, at times, smiling and kind of laughing at some of the things John McCain was saying, kind of shaking his head. How do you think that played out, and how can John McCain have allowed himself to be caught like that?

ED ROLLINS: First of all, let me just give a little advice, unsolicited advice to Joe the plumber. Get Joe the plumber on your truck with a 1-800 number and keep your mouth shut and go make a fortune doing plumbing work.

(Cooper, Gergen, and Martin laugh.)

COOPER: Get a license to be a plumber, and start doing it.

ROLLINS: Absolutely. Be a plumber. Do what you do well.

—Matthew Balan is a news analyst at the Media Research Center.


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When will 'journalists' be required to get licenses?

It seems they are hung up on the need for plumbers and other tradesmen to be licensed - why don't they look inward and do the same?

The problem is, if they get

The problem is, if they get a license, most of them would have it revoked within a few days. Journalizing while under the influence of Obama...

 "Roland, we just heard

 "Roland, we just heard Obama kind of joking about McCain's support for Joe the non-plumber, or sort of the plumber, or whatever he is."

This is rich, coming from Anderson Cooper, former host of The Mole, the non-journalist, or sort of journalist, whatever he is... 

McNotObama '08

Ok how about this...

Obama was the one who "found" Joe the Plumber. Maybe Joe is an Obama plant set out there so the MSM attack dogs have something to chew on?

I don't personally believe that, but what the heck, makes about as much sense as Cooper's conspiracy theory.  

"There are two types of people in this country; those who provide freedom and those who enjoy it." MM says...

MM,I'm not a violent

MM,

I'm not a violent person, but how I wish somebody would have burst on that set and kicked the crap out of these smirking, mocking, jerks who are trashing an ordinary citizen on national television just because he had the sheer effrontery to express worry about a candidate's tax plan that a camera and microphone happened to pick up. This is beneath contempt.

McNotObama '08

Anyone else wonder why we never get

all the personal info on the "average Joe & Susie citizens" who wax poetic about how great Obama is?  Who knew a private citizen needed to be vetted.

 Gergen is a swarmy man

You hit the nail on the

You hit the nail on the head, KatieJ -- why would McCain be expected to vet a private citizen before he asked a question? I've only seen that in communist countries and dictatorships.

And, Obama was the one who visited this person's neighborhood in the first place. What did Obama expect -- no questions? Just a photo op? If Gergen wants to ask a question, he should ask this one: "Why did Obama, the day after, stand at a campaign rally and mock a private citizen of the United States of America?" And then, "why did his supporters hoot and holler and cheer when he did that"? Those are the more relevent questions.

___________________________________ 

If you can read this, thank a teacher. If it is in English, thank a Soldier. - My barber

Joe vs Sarah

I noticed that the MSM did the same thing to Sarah, she does not have the Experience so we can't talk about BHO's experience.  Joe not licensed so his question must be discarded along with BHO answer.  I am with you, very upsetting that they attack an average guy with a dream

Oh I heard the shriveled

Oh I heard the shriveled pickle last night...well, all that I could stand until I grabbed the clicker.

WE can only say so much with all these stories here that are basically the same.

Search and destroy...this isn't going to work, this will backfire, I am furious about what they are doing to this man, the msm are going to eat this all in the end.

Nov. 4th we will speak...where even your filthy cheating won't be enough. 

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

Joe inadvertently exposed Obama's "spread the wealth" mentality

And the media are absolutely livid at Joe for "causing" it.

LET'S SPREAD THE WEALTH AROUND.

Obama's words.  Not Joe's.  Not McCain's.  Not anyone else's. 

I wish McCain had pressed Obama on what he means by "let's spread the wealth around" about 2 or 3 dozen times during the last debate. 

 

I swear if I didn't have a

I swear if I didn't have a family and had nothing to look forward to in life, I'd turn into a berserker.

Only problem is I wouldn't know where to start.

Cooper: can we see your official Homosexual Registration Card before you head out to the Stallions Club tonight to meet that guy dressed up as a plumber?

Don't mess with BO or Gergen

Don't mess with BO or Gergen and the other attack dogs will pop up on Obama TV and ruin your life. Just to leave a little message for anyone else out there that is thinking about getting out of line. BEWARE!!

 "Well, I think he was for

 "Well, I think he was for a while. But I -- when we found out he was Sam the non-plumber, it changed a little bit.""

Typical lib, they always know better than you do. Poor Joe, who believes his name is Joe, and who goes by Joe, is terribly confused. His name is Sam, and that's what he should go by. Gergen said so. Aren't you glad these libs are looking out for us? If not for them, we wouldn't even know what our own names are.

And why would Joe need to be vetted? Obama, who has managed to keep it mostly secret, is the one who let his socialist ideology slip. Sounds to me like HE'S the one who hasn't been properly vetted for the American people. If he were, this race would have been over long ago. 

 

Obama's Economic plan: more taxes, more spending, more regulation. Prosperity here we come.

Obama doesn't know Joe Plumber

Obama doesn't know Joe Plumber.

Obama only knows creeps like TERRORIST Ayers, Kenya's Odinga, Anti-American Rev. Wright....Seriously, has ANYONE seen anyone but creeps in Camp Obama????

Joe The Plumber doesn't want to pal around with Obama.

Attacking Joe is an attack on all decent working class Americans

This mocking of Joe the "unlicensed" plumber is a mockery of all decent, working American middle class.  The elitists attitude of the Communist News Network's so-called analysts just shows you who really is "out of touch."  But then again since the alphabet networks and print journalism is all in the tank for the NObama campaign, I'm not surprised that Reagan holdover Rollins is "secretly" hoping for a Kenyan-Indonesian POTUS.

I just hope they continue.

The media is in such a bubble of like minded imbeciles, the have no clue how ridiculous they look. You should be able to ask a simple question in a chance meeting with a candidate, without being given a cavity search on the national stage. If the media wants to give someone a cavity search, give Bill Ayers a cavity search. They just don't get it.
It wasn't the question. I wasn't the person who asked the question. It was Obama's answer that we should "share the wealth."
This is a "where's the beef" moment and the media is flipping out. Its unscripted and they're terrified :)

 Another reason to keep Bill Ayerss up front and center. The media wants to dissect Joe the plumber and not Bill Ayers??

How stupid is the media? This stupid. 

Every time Gergen opens his mouth....

my opinion of him drops even lower....it is at whale sh*t right now.  Hey knucklehead Gergen....Joe's not running for office moron!!!  He dared to ask the messiah a tough question....ohhhhhh, how dare he!!!  How dare an average person (peon) ask a candidate (The chosen one) a question??? 

"If a man does his best, what else is there"?

General George S. Patton Jr.

and, you know what?

the darn question wasn't all that tough...it was OBAMA'S answer that was the TOUGHIE!!

I hope the McCain campaign never stops with the "spread the wealth" quote - keep it front and center right up to November 4!!!

I really think all this personal trash digging on this man by the Obama campaign and its media cohorts is driving more and more everyday Americans over to the McCain side.  And the CONDESCENDING manner of both Biden and Obama in talking DOWN a PRIVATE CITIZEN simply because his question brought out a response that cannot be taken back is HORRIBLE! 

It reminds me of the horror stories we hear about from the middle east where if a woman is seen in public without her head covered she is stoned to death - this is AMERICA folks and this man did absolutely NOTHING to deserve the scrutiny he has had from the media - nor does he deserve the filthy things posted on the far left sites! 

This is proof positive that the media will do ANYTHING to get Obama in the White House!  They dig and dig in Alaska against a vice presidential candidate or in Ohio against an ordinary citizen, but NEGLECT to investigate one of the most despicable domestic terrorists of our country who just 'happens' to be closely associated with Barack Obama.  Nor do they bother to investigate Rev. GD America - Nor do they bother to investigate Father Hate White People Pfleger - and yet they turn out ALL AVAILABLE RESOURCES to find something on a private citizen! 

THIS IS NOT THE AMERICA I ONCE KNEW (to paraphrase a certain Democrat presidential candidate!)

Vetting

The bigger question is why Ronald Reagan didn't properly vet you David.   Either you were a Democrat in Republican clothing or you go to whoever offers you the most money.

Joe Plumber could be any of us.

I am linking me post http://www.jeremiahf...

To this article; the media does not need to be attacking people who have a dream to retire without a government check. We need more people like him - not less.

Make Obama answer the man

MSM, you're not fooling anyone.  This is all a huge effort to distract us from the fact that ol' Joe scored a big point against Obama.  So quit the anal exam and make Obama answer Joe's point. 

When you put the clowns in charge, don't be surprised when a circus breaks out.

How the **** do you vet a

How the **** do you vet a perfect stranger?  These leftists make me want to puke...Gergen is such a hack.

So David Gergen wants campaigns to spy on Americans

 Vetting is a pretty word for invasion of privacy. So David Gergen advocates political campaigns spying on Americans.

BRAVO that Joe the Plummer is NORMAL and CHEERS for John McCain for not invading an American's PRIVACY.

David Gergen is a pathetic liberal like David Brooks and Peggy Noonan.
Noonan had another rant today at the Wall Street Journal in which she admits after 7 weeks she doesn't know what Gov. Palin stands for.

Guess the test scores are in. Peggy Noonan is not just a foul mouthed fake, but a moron as well as the tens of thousands of happy Americans at Palin events know very well who Gov. Palin is and all she stands for in American virtue.

I mailed the editor of the Wall Street Journal  the following letter. I wouldn't bother to read his reply if he came out of his Murdoch ivory tower of propaganda. I will though invest on the forever internet continuous accounts of how these "conservative"fakes are sabotaging the Reagan movement.

 

God bless.

 Alan Murray
Executive Editor

Dear Mr. Murray,

I apparently have been mistaken in coming to expect professionalism
from the Wall Street Journal as your current posting which you allowed
submitted by Peggy Noonan is instead one of spite, scorn, bias and
elitism.

I had hoped your profession of "editor" would have saved readers from
the scorn of Ms. Noonan from her mockery of using the title "Mrs.
Palin" to degrade all married women, instead of her true title of
elected accomplishment of Gov. Palin of the State of Alaska.

Spite
is a common thread of individuals like Peggy Noonan all venting some
high school grudge upon Gov. Palin seeded in their memories like Joy
Behar of being betrayed by the young male who they gave all for only to
be dumped as the cunning male was drawn to the woman of intellect,
challenge and accomplishment rather than the The View that the world is
flat and you must love me because I dictate it.

It is degrading to see the Wall Street Journal a venue now of bias
born of a woman hating all women who accomplished on their own and will
that all women follow to those same greater heights of a shining city
on a hill.

The most troublesome of Ms. Noonan rant is her pomposity couched in
past cooings over meeting two Popes and then to find her foul mouthed
diatribe against Gov. Palin caught on open mic. Then, Ms. Noonan,
instead of taking responsibility for the lie she has fathomed from the
depths of making a wealthy living off of Conservative sweat which she
never worked for. Ms. Noonan then told another lie saying like the tart
caught in bed as her husband walks in, "It's not what it looks like
darling".

Bias in Ms. Noonan runs rampant that somehow "father and mother" is
more her elitist thrill than normal people having "mom and dad" in red
state or blue state areas until the elitists decided communist red past
struck too close the Marxist Obama mania sweeping New York's spawning
coastal metropolis.

Bias is Ms. Noonan's part in her not comprehending that dropping
one's "g's" is the evolution of the Angle Saxon language in
transforming it from Indo European roots where "ha Machir" became
"Amachir" became America as Jahn Cheese became Yankee.
Speech patterns of evolution are the mark of the highest form of intelligence as peoples transform instead of stagnate.

That of course brings this review to the elitism of Ms. Noonan who
is nothing but the scorned school girl looking for a way to bring false
witness against an innocent Gov. Palin.
You allowed to be published in paying for it a huge sum of Rupert
Murdoch's revenue a bias which Ms. Noonan states she has no idea after
seven weeks what Gov. Palin stands for.

That literal lie either means Ms. Noonan is a moron or she is what
she is a catty fake like her counterpart of David Brooks of that other
yellow rag of New York, the New York Times whose interest in the Truth
is akin to Bill Clinton's defining "is".

The question is Mr. Murray what kind of paper are you running? Are
you only now a Rupert Murdoch propaganda sheet to elect Barack Obama in
which Mr. Murdoch has found the person he is backing is an economic
imbecile?

Ms. Noonan now taints the Wall Street Journal with hypocrisy, lies
and propaganda. I noticed on your "The Coming Super Majority" defeatism
that you too also have shown the white flag or more to the point you
have enabled a saboteur in Ms. Noonan, championed defeat like Ariel
Sharon in destroying Likud for the financiers of Europe and now to keep
the Conservative readership conned, you act like you are loyal to the
American virtue of Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton and Ronald
Reagan's economic structure of a free and prosperous people for all
America.

I would dare you to publish this as a feature as the only factual
assessment appearing in your publication, but then that would spoil the
propaganda you intend as any publication of literary respect would have
fired Ms. Noonan after her foul mouthed lies were exposed.

I state none of that with malice, but remorse as being a real
Conservative and being constantly betrayed by the people one assisted
in gaining a comfortable life for is what has been typical in this
arena. I realize now that the Wall Street Journal can no longer be
trusted and joins the New York Times as the fossil media as the coming
media of Newsbusters and countless blogs will point out the growing
faults of Ms. Noonan and how she taints a once noble publication.

In closing, I will give you something to ponder paraphrased from
Henry V which I recorded in the first Noonan political rape of Gov.
Palin.

We were in awe of Sarah Palin in her greener days and you will to be in awe of those she masters now.

The difference is Mr. Murray, the Conservatives are remembering now
in our blogs to never forget those who joined the Marxists and as your
profits sink as more and more people read on the forever internet the
patrician leftist diatribes allowed on the Wall Street Journal, you
will know who is to blame for this because you promoted it without
correction or reply.

Thank you for your time and may God bless you.

 

LC

 

PS: As these liberals like vetting:

David Gergen married a woman named Gergen. How Bill Clinton Arkansas is that?

Gergen 66 lives in Cambridge, MA with his Gergen wife Anne and his two children, Christopher D. and Katherine A. 35.
Both children are middle named after their parents.

Katherine's married name is Barnett.

I think before the vetting gets disgusting as Joe the Plumer has endured in the revelations of the things Mr. Gergen says he does not want out in cocktail conversation and the things he purchases he would not want out........the vetting will stop as Mr. Gergen probably wouldn't want it out just like the things in his FBI files published.

But then in Obama fairness, please publish your FBI file prepared on you and your family's dirty secrets as you like people being vetted before they talk.

 

 

*HIC IACET ARTORIVS REX QVONDAM REXQVE FVTVRVS

Pathetic Liberals

"David Gergen is a pathetic liberal like David Brooks and Peggy Noonan."

You don't mean they're really Liberals right?  You mean that their Liberals in the sense that Liberal is the worst invective you can call anyone, right?

They are over-rated RINO's

They are over-rated RINO's that loved to be used...face time on the TV screen and all that jazz 00.

Very important people, just ask the msm....if not them first....you'll get the same answer either way.

Selling ones soul for the leftist to use in the msm is all you need to know about these critters.

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

Let 'em trash Joe

Have you guys seen the recent polls?

Obama by as little as 2 nationally?

That is a far cry from what was going on before the 3rd debate.

Joe is not running for anything. He is just a regular guy who happened to be on the block when Obama was stumping. I say that the more they try to destroy this guy the more that what they did to Sarah Palin wll look bad to the independent voter.

We can't change the fact that the dominant media is in the tank for Obama. But remember that every nasty thing said about Joe can be turned into a campaign commercial that shows the MSM trashing a "John Q Public" guy who just tried to ask some honest questions.

The dems and Libs are divorcing themselves from the middle class every time they attack Joe.

Let them do it.

Let them find their way to lose this election.

 

These people are morons

The question isn't Joe the Plumber (how do these people always get away with framing the issues) it's Obama's answer to his query.  Does it make a difference if Joe owns the business right now?  Does he have to have a license, if he's working for someone else?  If he doesn't have a license, can he still dream about buying this one and making $250,000 a year?  Should he be successful, at doing just that, Obama is going to take more of his money and spread the wealth around and that, my friends, is the important question.

Now, you have Gergen saying the McCain campaign didn't vet the Plumber.  My Lord, the media didn't vet Obama, he's the one running for President and talking about income redistribution.  Where in hell is the media on this?  Why didn't they know he would give such a boneheaded answer to a question like this?  Instead, they want to kill the messenger.  

Democrats: Stuck on Stupid since 2000.

Exactly

You are exactly right. In some States one is not even required to have a license to be a contractor of any stripe while in others you must be licensed to do any kind of construction type trade. Someone can be a plumber working for someone else and not be required to be licensed or even certified. Generally, but not always the owner of the company is the only one holding the license and is ultimately responsible for all work performed. That is the norm. This just illustrates perfectly just how out of touch with the real world the beltway bandits and media really are. Joe the Plumber and the men and women who make this country what it is are invisible to these people. They ARE elitists and snobs. Most of their parents and grandparents were probably working class people who did without, worked two jobs so they could send these ***holes to college so they could turn into the condescending touchholes they are. They like to refer to us as the "little people". Obama is just like them so much so they have anointed him King already. These people do not "produce" anything except noise. They are all in love with the sound of their own voices. Somewhere along the way they got the idea they know everything and tend to look down on men like Joe the Plummer. Next time the toilet gets clogged and backs up into their houses I hope the plumber they call tells them to call one of their friends like Gergen to come unplug it.

Keep Talking and Attacking MSM.....

Let's keep talking about this and make sure this doesn't go away until Election Day.  What the Malevolent Storytelling Media (MSM) is doing, attacking the average Joe, is really inflaming the heart of the hardworking, middle class Americans that NEED TO VOICE OUT THEIR CONCERN through their VOTES!  Yes, alphabet networks and your print journalism ilks, keep up your attacks on us!  Keep it up and we will fight your smears with ballots.  Remember elitists, your BHO is only 2 percent up now and we have found our new weapon against your Messiah.  So rally around the flag fellow conservatives:  Fight as if this will be the fight of our lives, the battle for American common decency rests on Election Day!  Long live this Republic that I fought for and love very much.  God bless us all!!!

That is right SF

  So rally around the flag fellow conservatives:  Fight as if
this will be the fight of our lives, the battle for American common
decency rests on Election Day!  Long live this Republic that I
fought for and love very much.  God bless us all!!!

 Got to admit, it does almost seem as if we are fighting for our liberty again? 

Lets dump the bums and start over

"Television is a freak show" Bernie Goldberg

Correct

Also...

My father was once a Mexican version of the Joe the Plumber.

He started out working in a factory with a bunch of other Mexican guys. He worked hard and eventually became the manager of a factory. He saved his money and bought that factory. He earned a small fortune and even made money in the Carter years.(!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! how was that possible?)

I didn't follow in the family business because I decided to go into classical music instead. I have however taken that free capitalistic spirit into my own profession. Instead of moaning about how the arts don't pay, I make it pay. The government didn't make my father's dreams come true nor did it make my very different dreams come true.

Both my father and I did it for ourselves.

By the way the only money my father ever put up for my musical career was my college education, for which I am very thankful.

The dream!

That is all that Joe wants. He wants a chance to be what my father became:

An independent small businessman who employed local workers, made his fortune and retired with comfort, independent of any needs for government handouts.

Obama arrogantly enough once claimed that people used to call him a "Hopemonger". (BS! He called himself that, or better still a speechwriter came up with the sickly sweet phrase)

Now after the political rapes of Joe the Plumber and Sarah Palin I think it is safe to say the following:

Obama is "The Dreamkiller"

(Oh BTW "....climbing of the Eiffel Tower.") 

 

Gergen - another political hack-turned-'journalist'

Mr. Gergen,

The real question is why didn't the mainstream media vet Barack Obama? In 48 hours, we could get Joe the Plumber's proctology records. It took Stanley Kurtz YEARS to get to view the Chicago Annenberg Challenge documents!

The hypocrisy is daunting...the gall, sickening.

Keep mentioning 'Joe'...the more you attack him, the more you insult other regular folks - something Sen. Obama needs with less than three weeks left before the election.

www.ArmchairEnergist...

Joe vs. David and Barry

Joe, your "average" guy. Barry and David, your typical "elitists". It's really sad. These so-called "liberals" look down their ugly noses at anyone who disagrees with them. Ironically, it's their own ignorance which is astounding. I worked with these hypocrites for 40 years. They make me and millions of Americans sick to our stomachs. Barry has an I.Q. of 124. He's no genius. Gergen-who knows? Biden, we all know, is a dolt. So who are these numb-nuts to look down on anyone?

BTW, Using your middle name is quite common. But isn't it a guy named Barry who changed his name and now uses another one altogether? Hummm.

 

NEVER,NEVER trust a "liberal"

 

To the four DNCNN

To the four DNCNN douchebags Cooper, Gergen, Rollins and Martin: The use of one's middle name and the lack of a plumber's license does not make you a "fake" plumber.  When a plumber's license is required for Joe to buy his own business, he will get that license...as long as Hussein the fake President with the help of Rodham the fake analyst on CNN the fake network don't make it impossible for legitimate businessmen like Joe to get into business through fake tax "cuts" redistributed to fake tax "payers" for the fake "common good".

"Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it." -Ronald Reagan

fitzfong.blogspot.com

They'll come for you

Joe the plumber asked Barry a question. Now they've come for him. When will they come for you? Be very afraid.

NEVER,NEVER trust a "liberal"

iveseenitall

They will come for us after they get the list of registered guns and the list made up from the neighbors who called to say we have a gun. Our doors will be kicked in at without warning three AM.

CNN’s David Gergen Mocks Joe the Plumber, Asks Why McCain Didn’t

What is wrong with msm? They should be beating Obama over the head for this, not McCain. Why should McCain have to vet a photo op that Obama screwed up on.

Of course, this benefits McCain because Citizen Joe or Citizen Samuel speaks for the rest of us. He is the average Joe, pardon the pun and is representative of what we are feeling.

According to Ohio law...

...Joe the Plumber has to work under supervision of a master plumber for five years BEFORE he can apply for a license.

He's just short of that.

If these hacks had any fairness and decency they could have discovered this and mentioned it.

Instead CNN and other media squashed poor Joe like a bug in front of the country.

This elitism has to repel average Americans like Joe. This is personal. 

NOLI PUGNARE ME OCCIDERE

MSM Show they are idiots, again

The Communist News Network along with their ultra liberal cohorts at MSNBC instead of having journalistic integrity and researching into Obama's economic plans, attack erveryday Joe.  This is why they have lost viewership and no longer have credibility.  They are a joke and will soon be out of jobs because why would networks keep paying these liars when they lose them money?

Stalinism-lite

Stalinism is coming back. Anyone who disagrees with the official party line is destroyed. The USA doesn't put people in gulags yet, but it does something worse to people who don't conform: it destroys their lives and reputations.

Notice what happens. Someone dares to disagree with the leftist establishment and hordes of lemming-like leftist operatives descend on his town, invade his life and search for something to destroy him on.