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Palin praises Joe the Plumber for ruining Obama's 'photo-op' (Spreading the Wealth Around)
CNN ^ | 101808 | Peter Hamby

Posted on 10/18/2008 10:50:16 AM PDT by Fred

LANCASTER, Pennsylvania (CNN) — Sarah Palin invoked Joe "the Plumber" once again on Saturday in Pennsylvania, needling Barack Obama for having a “staged photo-op” interrupted by a voter asking him “a simple, a straightforward question” about taxes.

“So when he left Joe’s neighborhood in Toledo, our opponent didn’t look real happy,” Palin said of Obama. “Seems that the staged photo-op there got ruined by a real person’s question. So here’s a guy working—standing there in his neighborhood when a candidate for president shows up and he wanted more than just a handshake and a campaign button. He wanted some answers.”

If that scenario sounds familiar, it’s because Palin faced a similar moment on September 27 in Philadelphia at one of her own photo-ops, when Temple graduate student Michael Rovito approached the governor at a cheesesteak shop to ask her opinions on cross-border raids into Pakistan to hunt terrorists.

Palin told Rovito the United States should “absolutely” attack within Pakistan to stop terrorists, a position at odds with McCain’s. The remark was picked up by a network camera crew and caused a headache for the GOP ticket, who were forced to explain their apparently conflicting views in a national television interview days later.

At the rally in Lancaster on Saturday, Palin said that Joe Wurzelbacher, “bless his heart,” is being “investigated” and “attacked” because the Obama campaign didn’t appreciate him asking Obama a question about his tax plan.

Though Pennsylvania is trending in the Democrats’ favor, Palin was campaigning in the heart of the state’s 16th congressional district, which went to President Bush by a nearly 30-point margin 2004.

In another reminder that the campaign is actively promoting Palin’s feminine qualities while on the stump, the vice presidential candidate took the stage to Stevie Wonder’s “Isn’t She Lovely?,”

(Excerpt) Read more at politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Politics
KEYWORDS: drivebys; ecnonomy; joetheplumber; mcain; obamatruthfile; obamatruthsquad; oboner; obozo; palin; peterhamby; rallyreport; spreadthewealth; waronjoe
A Palin swift backhand to Obozo

'Spreading the Wealth Around'

1 posted on 10/18/2008 10:50:17 AM PDT by Fred
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To: Fred
“investigated” and “attacked”

You can always tell your propagandists by their scare quotes.

2 posted on 10/18/2008 10:51:28 AM PDT by Interesting Times (For the truth about "swiftboating" see ToSetTheRecordStraight.com)
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To: Interesting Times
"SPREADING THE WEALTH AROUND'

Youtube - Obama Attacks Joe the Plumber

Youtube - Joe Biden Insults Joe the Plumber and All Small Business Owners




Youtube - Joe the Plumber - McCain/Palin Ad

Joe the Plumber Interviewed in His Front Yard

LEAVE JOE THE PLUMBER ALONE!
3 posted on 10/18/2008 10:56:35 AM PDT by Fred (The Democrat Party is the Nadir of Nihilism)
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To: Fred
Temple graduate student Michael Rovito approached the governor at a cheesesteak shop

which begs the question, why didn't this guy get the inquisition that Joe's getting ? ....Oh, that's right.

4 posted on 10/18/2008 10:57:40 AM PDT by gusopol3
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To: Fred

When you question “The One” you will be brutally attacked by the Nazi Brown Shirts, and their militia, the US Media


5 posted on 10/18/2008 10:58:42 AM PDT by realcleanguy ("I have not yet begun to fight")
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To: Interesting Times

I’m sure if we did an investigation on Michael Rovito it would be found out that he was actually a plant.

Notice the difference? Michael Rovito approached Palin, and Obama approached Joe the Plumber.


6 posted on 10/18/2008 10:58:57 AM PDT by CommieCutter ("Why DON'Y you just let PEOOPLEP make up their own MINES who listen?“ (-Candor7)
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To: Fred
Photobucket
7 posted on 10/18/2008 10:59:47 AM PDT by johnny7 ("Duck I says... ")
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To: Fred

Anyone have pictures of the Lancaseter rally?


8 posted on 10/18/2008 11:06:11 AM PDT by MrChips (MrChips)
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To: Fred

Sarah has a way of communicating the essence of truth that McCain will never approach.


9 posted on 10/18/2008 11:14:16 AM PDT by techno
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To: techno

Because she is one of us and he isnt that simple


10 posted on 10/18/2008 11:26:34 AM PDT by italianquaker (I wish the media would investigate odumbo as much as they are investigating joe the plumber)
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To: Fred

Sarah Palin is a natural communicator. She is much more effective than the other 3 candidates in the race, which is why she draws the largest crowds.


11 posted on 10/18/2008 11:31:16 AM PDT by JJHLH1
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To: MrChips
Palin praises Joe the Plumber for ruining Obama's 'photo-op' (Spreading the Wealth Around)
 
10/18/2008 10:50:16 AM PDT · by Fred · 9 replies · 388+ views
CNN ^ | 101808 | Peter Hamby
LANCASTER, Pennsylvania (CNN) — Sarah Palin invoked Joe "the Plumber" once again on Saturday in Pennsylvania, needling Barack Obama for having a “staged photo-op” interrupted by a voter asking him “a simple, a straightforward question” about taxes. “So when he left Joe’s neighborhood in Toledo, our opponent didn’t look real happy,” Palin said of Obama. “Seems that the staged photo-op there got ruined by a real person’s question. So here’s a guy working—standing there in his neighborhood when a candidate for president shows up and he wanted more than just a handshake and a campaign button. He wanted some answers.”...
 

Sarah Palin After Action Report! Lancaster, PA. 10/18/08
 
10/18/2008 10:41:41 AM PDT · by WakeUpAndVote · 35 replies · 1,346+ views
Mc | 10.18.08 | WakeUpAndVote
Major pics. I have video too, but I have NO WAY TO POST IT. HELP! Can anyone help me? Trig was there and she carried him out. Line was over four blocks before the doors opened.

12 posted on 10/18/2008 11:32:17 AM PDT by RonDog
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To: Fred
'Spreading the Wealth Around'

The central "nerve" of this whole election that needs to be in the forefront until Nov4!!!

13 posted on 10/18/2008 11:43:22 AM PDT by danamco
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To: RonDog
Well, it has been a long time since I have done it. But once you learn, you'll be able to post all kinds of stuff. You have to use a few html commands, like those we use for bold, italics, etc. FOr pictures I think that you have to upload your pictures ot a web based site somewhere, like these:

www.Flickr.com

Flickr is a photo uploading site owned by Yahoo. You can sign into Flickr using your Yahoo login identity and password. Flickr has improved a lot as of late, and has easy uploading features. Once uploaded, photos can be added to blogs with a few clicks. The text that will accompany the photo can also be added on Flickr, thereby avoiding additional work. Flickr offers a free uploading tool that which is a good add-on. Flickr has also gone multilingual and is available in English, Chinese, Japanese, German, Spanish, French, Italian and Portuguese.

www.Photobucket.com

Photobucket is another photo uploading site with simple interfaces. You can create albums and upload movies on this site, but the size of the movie should be below five minutes’ duration. It also displays the URL of the photo. In case you would like to display the photo elsewhere, copy the URL and paste it where you want it to appear and the photo will be displayed there as well. This obviates the need to upload the photo to the site manually.

AND THEN, you have to use the posting guidelines here for pictures. Go to the main FR front page and click on HELP. Or go here:

http://www.davesite.com/webstation/html/chap04.shtml

and then scroll down to where it talks about posting pictures. As I said, I have done it in the past and it really is not very hard. ut you have to think it through with some of these html commands. Good luck. I'd love to see the pictures.

14 posted on 10/18/2008 11:45:03 AM PDT by MrChips (MrChips)
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To: MrChips
Thanks!

Actually, though, that request for help was from FReeper WakeUpAndVote -- who has posted the images of Sarah Palin's rally in Lancaster that you asked about (in your post #8, on this thread), here:

Sarah Palin After Action Report! Lancaster, PA. 10/18/08
Sorry that I was not very clear on that in my previous post.
15 posted on 10/18/2008 12:09:52 PM PDT by RonDog
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To: Fred
Any chance they'll spread some of this around??



Penetrating Insights into the Obvious
16 posted on 10/18/2008 12:57:01 PM PDT by MichaelAsher54
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To: Fred
"wealth-spreading" = (not your money, but take it, anyway.)
17 posted on 10/18/2008 3:06:25 PM PDT by 4Liberty (Discount window +fractional reserve banking = moral hazard + bank corporate welfare + Inflation tax)
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To: Fred

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18 posted on 10/20/2008 10:32:10 AM PDT by Grampa Dave ( Joe the plumber should provide his license right after Obama provides his real birth certificate)
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