Yesterday, left-wing bloggers, the fringe-left media, Senator Obama's supporters, surrogates, Senator Biden and Obama himself made the decision to ignore the serious realities of Obama's policies that will hinder the opportunity for upward mobility and instead made the decision to attack the voice of the 'average Joe' who dared to question the Senator, launched investigations into his personal life and launched a campaign to destroy his credibility.
Now let me first say, that if you think in any manner that Joe's personal life, where he lived or how he is registered has any impact on the simple question that he asked Obama, then you are living in a fantasy world. Joe is no operative of the Republican party, his simple question to Obama was in no way planned and his personal life has no bearing on the reality that Senator Obama's tax proposals are rooted in the purely socialist belief that we should 'Spread The Wealth'. But instead of responding to Joe's charges and questions; instead of denouncing the reality that Obama's tax plan is an exercise in socialism, Obama's campaign and surrogates reacted by trying to destroy Joe the plumber.
On the campaign trail, Obama referred to Joe as 'that guy, Joe! Who makes $250,000 a year" going on to slam him, "I don't know any plumbers who make $250,000 a year". Joe Biden attacking by stating he doesn't have any plumbers making $250,000 a year in his neighborhood. Apparently, Biden and Obama need to spend more time at home depot where they will run into contractors, who own small businesses that make $250,000 a year. Instead of defending their plans, instead of stating that changes may have to be made if it turns out that their plans will hurt more small businesses, they chose to distort Joe's story and undermine his argument.
In the media the attacks from Obama surrogates were ferocious, asking what do we know about Joe The Plumber? Well he's just wrong and doesn't understand how Senator Obama's plan will really help him! He doesn't represent the vast majority of small businesses!
Online the attacks were vicious from left-wing sites such as Huffpo, Kos and others: Joe is ignorant...He just doesn't understand how Obama's plan really works! He's a liar - his name's not even Joe! This was a set-up, he's an operative of the McCain campaign or Republican Party! He's not even a plumber and doesn't even make $250,000 a year! Of course then they turned their attacks on his personal life, his family, etc...
But my favorite is from the SF Chronicle, a know left-wing publication, yet a nationally printed publication:
"He is registered as a Republican, and voted in the state's GOP primary in March". Does this really have a bearing on anything, after all I thought Obama was the post-partisan politician.
"He has lived in McCain's home state of Arizona - in both Mesa and Tucson.
-- He lived in GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin's home state of Alaska - in North Pole, from September 1992 to July 1993." Again, anything to do with the Obama's policies? Oh wait, he must be an operative under Todd Palin's control because he live in Sarah Palin's home stat 13 years before she became Governor.
"And as for that unscripted moment that ended up on Fox News, the one at a rally where he questioned Sen. Barack Obama about the American Dream - and whether he'd have to pay higher taxes under Obama's plan?" Back to the Fox News - McCain Campaign operative conspiracy theory...You got him chronicle! Joe is an operative of the Republican Party and the conspired with Fox News to set up Senator Obama. Of course, I still can't figure out how it is that they convinced Senator Obama to make the decision to make an self-described UNPLANNED DOOR-TO-DOOR Campaign stop in Joe's neighborhood. I'm sure that Joe has been planning for months and waiting for the opportunity to open up his bedroom window and see Senator Obama on the street with a flock of reporters. Oh yes, by the way...a flock of reporters, of which only one had the balls to actually replay Senator Obama's candid "Spread the Wealth" response.
" His first name isn't really Joe. It's Samuel" OK, so Samuel J. cannot be trusted because he uses his middle name.
"That's after the AP, bloggers, investigators and librarians - and The Chronicle - turned up court documents and birth records...For one, Wurzelbacher's expressed concern about paying more taxes looked a bit tarnished with the revelation that he owes Ohio about $1,200 in personal income taxes, according to the Lucas County Court of Common Pleas records. And there's a 2007 civil filing that shows a record for a $1,200 owed to a creditor, St. Charles Mercy Hospital." Seriously, again how does this have an impact on the question asked of Senator Obama? So he owes taxes? So he has had financial troubles and owes a hospital money? I would think that Joe would be the ideal voter for Senator Obama; A middle class American struggling to pay taxes and struggling financially because of health care costs!
So what is it about Joe's story that should provide an important lesson?
Joe is the average citizen, the middle class American that struggle everyday with bills and works to hopefully provide a better life for his son. Yet, when he has the tenacity to actually question the proposals of a Presidential Candidate, they set out to destroy him as though he is the epitome of everything that is wrong with this nation. When Joe exercises his freedom of speech and freedom of expression, they set forth to silence his voice by avoiding the real question at hand and resorting to infringing upon his personal life. Joe's story is a picture of what we can all expect to occur if Pelosi, Obama and Reid have total control of our government. There will be no room for dissent and no right to question our elected officials.
The reality is that Obama campaign does not want to talk about the question that Joe asked, because there is no other response that they can provide than the "Spread The Wealth" answer given by Senator Obama. The reality is that Obama does not want Americans to know that he is not interested in you achieving the American Dream, he is only interested in the idea of a society in which there is a ruling class and then a class of workers, all of whom have the same possessions and same level of wealth. There are societies that have set forth down this path before, and it hasn't worked then and it will not work now. Obama hasn't responded to Joe's statement that his policies are socialist for a reason...because the reality is that they are.
Is this the society that middle class Americans want for themselves or their children? A society in which if you dare to question authority you are subject to personal destruction? A society in which the truth is suppressed and propaganda reigns supreme?
J Brown
October 17th, 2008
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9 comments:
I see. They got his birth certificate. And we are still waiting to see Obama's one. BA
Joe the Plumber is guilty and deserves to be attacked. He refuses to vote for Obama - and has a reason. We can't have that!
http://edgeoforever.wordpress.com/2008/10/17/the-war-on-voters/
Just so everyone knows: Edge is what Obama supporters view as one of those evil Clinton supporters that thankfully never drank the kool-aid.
Dan Wetzel is Yahoo! Sports' national columnist
FORT WORTH, Texas – If Joe the Plumber – who isn’t a licensed plumber – can become a national authority on presidential tax plans – despite owing back taxes – then certainly I can offer college football gambling advice even though I don’t gamble.
Even this turd Dan Wentzel gets in the act in a colymn about college football of all things.
After an extremely negative story about Joe was published on the front page of our home-town newspaper this morning, my husband said "Remind me never to open my door to a politician or attend a campaign rally."
Has it come to the point where we need a law to restrain media and political operatives from tearing apart the personal lives of average citizens inadvertently caught up in a newsworthy event?
To the first Anonymous I couldn't agree more. You took the words right out of my mouth. I don't think we will ever see Obama's vault certificate because he doesn't dare show it. If it came out everyone would know what a fraud he truly is and he would tank.
Joe is just a big distraction from the fact that Obama revealed his "share the wealth" philosophy a little TOO CLEARLY this time. Joe tripped him up and now Joe must suffer to distract from the real problem for Obama called 'the truth'.
The frustration I feel about it ALL has mounted to activism on on my part. I have moved ahead with email campaigns to undecideds and moderates I know who are voting for Obama because they think he is MODERATE. I have written an article with the goal of exposing his extreme agenda and I am pointing Obamam moderates and undecideds to read:
http://wellspringposts.blogspot.com
Its is basically the same article I posted at http://activated.blogtownhall.com where I include the links back to give 'politically drunk' credit. I chose to keep the post I am forwarding a little more neutral on a more neutral site on which some will be more comfortable visiting.
PLEASE join me in a campaign to intelligently and respectfully edify moderate voters for Obama and the undecided NOW. Time is of the essence
and moderate voters will and DO care about the issue when they hear about Obama's extreme social agenda presented in a respectful way. THIS HAS TURNED SOME VOTES ALREADY. PLEASE consider helping out and start emailing your contacts to get the truth out and thanks! (copy this):
Here is the post that moderate voters need to think about before November 4th. There is a conflict for fiscal moderates to resolve before casting a vote for Barack Obama. With enough discussion and thought, fiscally minded voters will need to confront this "contradiction of voting for Obama": http://wellspringposts.blogspot.com
Some will find it helpful for making a decision - some won't care about it. But if you and your friends are open to discussion it is a pretty interesting take on some issues that have changed since the start of this process.
An American citizen should be able to ask Obama
a question, without being crucified by the Obama campaign.
Obama is ahead in the polls, but are the polls
a realistic reflection of what will actually happen
in the voting booth? Obama is outspending McCain
3 to one ... He has 90% of the media in his pocket
... he has 98% of the black vote ... he has voter fraud
on his side, with groups like Acorn ... and yet the
election is still close. So far, all the conclusions by all the
pundits are totally based upon POLLS. Not a single actual vote
has been cast yet. Obama supporters gush at how
well their man has done in the debates, which proves
once again that Obama is a good debater and a good
speaker. It doesn't say anything about his character,
judgement, or what kind of a leader he would be.
I still would rather trust a man who would not sell out
his fellow prisoners, even during 5 years of torture,
than to trust a man who betrayed a 20 year friendship,
for personal ambition. And ... regarding this election,
until people actually vote ... it ain't over till it's over
I wonder if the time has come for someone to maybe post all the dirty laundry on the editors at the New York Times and anyone else that has played a part in the assault on Joe the Plumber. And by "dirty laundry," I don't mean sex scandals or illegalities. No, I just want to know their credit history, if they've ever missed payments on bills, if they've been divorced, what the contents of their divorce file say about them, what their assets are, how much they earn, what party they are registered to, if they have ever given any money to a candidate or cause, how much they give to charity, where they live (full address and home phone, please), what their Internet viewing habits are, what kind of car they drive, if they fly coach or first class, how much water they use, how much sewage they produce, how much electricity their homes use, how energy efficient their washer/dryer is, how many children they have, where their children go to school, how much they pay in tuition, what their favorite restaurants are, if they've ever had any unpaid parking tickets, speeding tickets or overdue library books. How's that for a start? I think it's time somebody makes these pompous scumbags understand how it feels. Who's with me?
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