I certainly didn’t expect Obama supporters to keep the story alive by their rabid character assassination of a man who did nothing more than ask a question — at random.
The MSM and Obamaniacs have gone into a feeding frenzy to destroy Joe “the Plumber” Wurzelbacher — with a single-minded mission: to destroy him.
And in doing so, to send out a very clear message — not a subtle one either; one they want you to get loud and perfectly clear — DO NOT QUESTION OR CRITICIZE OBAMA. Or they will dig through your garbage, poke through your tax and divorce records, contact your employer, and anything else it takes to ruin your life.
If you make their Messiah look bad, if you are an agitator — you will be silenced or you will be torn down.
The message is loud and clear — if you can’t at least support Obama, sit down and shut the fuck up (and hand over your guns and taxes, too).
Michelle has a great post about it. Lots and lots of details over at Memeorandum. And Ace has a post that indicates that Obama’s intimidation tactics are already having a chilling effect on dissent (which, i remember not too long ago was supposed to be patriotic).
The MSM has spent more time over the last 24 hours vetting Joe the Plumber than they have spent vetting Obama over the last 24 months. It took the MSM less than 12 hours to reveal that Joe the Plumber has a tax lien…but they still haven’t reported the fact that so does Obama’s own campaign treasurer.
Hypocrisy much? In the pocket of Obama much? Yes, you are.
Journalism as we once knew it is dead. “Journalist” is now on par with “personal injury lawyer”, “loan shark”, and “pimp”, and is spiraling down to the career level of “gutter-fucked crack whore” (that should elicit some interesting Google search hits).
Protein Wisdom nails it:
Had the media spent half the energy vetting Obama as they have digging into Trig Palin’s conception, Sarah Palin’s tanning habits, or Joe the Plumber’s licensing status, we may not be near electing a President who would be better suited to run Venezuela.
Remind me again why the media is spending so much time vetting a guy who simply asked a question and not the Senator and his answer? Especially since the answer is the real story here, as it clearly shows Obama’s well known but under reported Marxist intent.
[...] Malkin on Joe the Plumber. Bob Krumm on Joe the Plumber. UPDATE: I do hate when they call them “Goon Squads”, not that they aren’t. [...]
“intimidation tactics are already having a chilling effect on dissent”. Oh come on now. You are starting to sound very PrisonPlanet.
I resent how Obama and Biden keep lying and saying he’s a plumber making 250k and complaining about taxes. He said he wanted to buy a business and that if he built it up to making 250k a tax increase would hurt the small business owners. Biden’s b.s. about plumbers and cops who live in his neighborhood… no plumber or cops live in Biden’s exclusive multimillionaire community.
It is clear that neither Obama nor Biden have any idea about small businesses. To take in 250k, he would have to hire employees, he would have to pay payroll taxes, workman’s comp., insurance. He would have to rent space and buy/rent vehicles. He would hardly get rich from this business.
Forgot that he would have to pay federal and state taxes and possibly local taxes, too.
Gotta agree with you about the media vetting poor Joe. As the Daily Show’s John Oliver said last night, nowadays people like Joe are surprised to learn that out of their 15 minutes of fame, 12 of them will be spent getting a rectal exam.
Don’t go public.
As for Malkin, she needs to move out of that glass house of hers:
Patty, is that all you got? Joe was in his front yard playing ball with his son when Obama approached him. You disgusting moonbats then decided to publish his full name, address, telephone number and that of his ex-wife. Also his employer. Both Biden and Obama have lied repeatedly about what the man said which I found shocking. But, since they lie about just about everything, I don’t know why I am.
You dug up a tax lien while ignoring the fact that obama’s campaign treasurer has personal tax liens and multiple business liens. If campaign money goes missing, we’ll know where to look. Another example of obama’s lack of judgment. ..
The parents of Graeme Frost volunteered themselves and their son to be falsely portrayed by the democrats as a poor working family, while owning a home, commercial property that they received rental income from , private school for the kid, and two working parents and they wanted a handout from the taxpayer. That is fraud.
JTP asked for nothing. He gave his opinion on obama’s tax plan. Of course, disgusting people like you who are more representative of a totalitarian regime went batshit crazy. No differences of opinion will be allowed in the new obama world order. Any differences of opinion will be severely punished.
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Gee Annie, unhinge much?
Now that’s rich coming from someone who has unflinchingly cheered on every authoritarian impulse emanating from Dick Cheney’s various dark orifices, from Abu Ghraib to Habeas Corpus to Guantanamo to telecom immunity to waterboarding to executive signing statements. Let freedom ring!
HAW-HAW!
But fear not wingnuts, McCain will get Joe’s vote after all. Fair elections forever, yippee!!
Gee Annie, unhinge much?
Me, never. You – when are you not, patricia?
Mr. Wurzelbacher was playing football in his front yard with his son, Joey, on Sunday afternoon when Mr. Obama made an unscheduled stop to go door to door greeting voters and asking for their support.
In his conversation with Mr. Wurzelbacher, Mr. Obama tried to justify his plan tax breaks to 95 percent of Americans and raise taxes on incomes above $250,000.
http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081016/NEWS09/810160418
Word to the wise, patty: Never get your news from a nyt blog.
people like you who are more representative of a totalitarian regime went batshit crazy
Now that’s rich coming from someone who has unflinchingly cheered on every authoritarian impulse emanating from Dick Cheney’s various dark orifices, from Abu Ghraib to Habeas Corpus to Guantanamo to telecom immunity to waterboarding to executive signing statements. Let freedom ring!
Oh, really? Prove it, jackass. What’s rich is your glee over this man being publicly trashed because he asked an “unapproved question” of your thug candidate. Obama and his flying monkeys have repeatedly tried to stop anyone from expressing contrary views by threats of phony law suits, blatant lies (think phony complaints of death threats) and other forms of intimidations, including physical assaults.
So, yeah, you and your ilk are totalitarian assholes.
HAW-HAW!
It turns out that one of the present Ohio voters who could have fallen into this category is Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher – or is it Worzelbacher? – otherwise known as Joe the Plumber.
HAW-HAW!
No, he couldn’t. As usual you demonstrate your lack of reading comprehension and non-existent analytical abilities.
But fear not wingnuts, McCain will get Joe’s vote after all. Fair elections forever, yippee!!
If you were for fair elections, moonbat, you and your fellow thugs would not spend so much time and tax payer money committing voter fraud, now would you?
The Supreme Court sided Friday with Ohio’s top elections official in a dispute with the state Republican Party over voter registrations.
Ah, no, the USSC did not side with Brunner. It ruled that the respondent did not have standing. But, thanks for mis-representing the facts once again, patty. Lying and misrepresenting is what you do best.
The only honest post patty ever made!
Seriously, patty, stop wasting people’s time. You never get away with your shit and it just makes you look stupid and childish.
I’ve been battling this on a local Kc blog. I believe there’s going to be a backlash. People don’t like to see an ordinary guy being torn to shreds by these liberal goons.
Loud angry male obama supporter attacks frail small middle aged woman because she held a McCain sign.
And unlike the false charges of ‘kill him’ by the obamabots — this really happened.
Typical democrat thuggery. The’ll smash your cars and then they’ll smash you.
hey, dianne, send us a link, maybe we can help out. Dims do it, cruise conservative websites, put up a bunch of crap, move on. except patty.
Pattyckes comes on here every few minutes and re-affirms why we should fear a bomma presidency. why we damn sure better go vote…….
Artruen, notice the novice troll, Pat, and the times he posts. Never on weekends, and only during school hours.
Computer lab at the Ol High School, methinks.