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Ronald Reagan Returns in Form of Joe the Plumber: Amity Shlaes
http://news.google.com ^ | OCT 17,2008 | Amity Shlaes

Posted on 10/17/2008 11:26:03 PM PDT by Maelstorm

Forty-eight hours. That's how long it took for the ghost of Ronald Reagan to rise after some pundits declared Reaganism dead. The form the Gipper chose to take this time is that of one Ohio plumber, Joe Wurzelbacher.

You might be familiar with Joe by now, since he dominated the first part of this week's presidential campaign. Joe W. is the man who, at a routine campaign event, asked Democratic Senator Barack Obama about his tax plan and its promises to raise taxes only on the top 5 percent of earners.

As Joe pointed out, a tradesman like himself might move into that category when he buys a plumbing business. Joe's issue was pure Reagan: every American is a striver. Obama's reply ignored the universal appeal of that view.

Obama's response: ``It's not that I want to punish your success. I just want to make sure that everybody who is behind you, that they've got a chance.'' Concluded Obama: ``I think when you spread the wealth around it's good for everyone.''

Joe resonated so much that Republican Senator John McCain had to incorporate Joe into his own campaign. This weekend there will be more of Joe -- he's scheduled to be on Mike Huckabee's show, for example. Even the Bloomberg News report that Joe is a tax deadbeat probably won't undermine him with voters. Those Americans who file quarterly, a category that includes many contractors, are having trouble pulling together their December payments.

What caused all my colleagues, mostly in the media, to declare Reagan dead in the first place? Democrats and left- leaners are depicting the current market implosion as evidence of the failure of Reagan capitalism.

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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: amityshlaes; joe; joetheplumber; mccain; plumber; theforgottenman
Ahhh this lady holds a place in my heart that Peggy Noonan or Kathleen Parker could never fill. This is a real conservative. A thinking woman who doesn't confuse agreeing with her liberal friends as a judgment of her intellect.
1 posted on 10/17/2008 11:26:03 PM PDT by Maelstorm
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To: Maelstorm

Yes, Amity has been an outstanding writer for years.


2 posted on 10/17/2008 11:27:21 PM PDT by gipper81
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To: gipper81

She is an excellent writer.


3 posted on 10/17/2008 11:29:59 PM PDT by Maelstorm (This country was not founded with the battle cry "Give me liberty or give me a government check!")
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To: Maelstorm

Peggy who? V’s wife.


4 posted on 10/17/2008 11:33:29 PM PDT by ventana
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Joe Plumber will get his piece of the pie.

http://looneyleft.com/?p=458

5 posted on 10/17/2008 11:33:46 PM PDT by Taxbilly
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To: ventana


Peggy who? V’s wife.

aka “The former Reagan speechwriter that is now just The Poison Pen that
writes editorial page columns in The Wall Street Journal.


6 posted on 10/17/2008 11:37:53 PM PDT by VOA
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7 posted on 10/18/2008 1:12:11 AM PDT by backhoe (WHO IS THE REAL OBAMA?)
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To: Maelstorm; rabscuttle385; pissant; cripplecreek
Theodore Roosevelt as party hero turns out to be a luxury that recession Republicans can't afford. It took reality to remind Republicans what they are supposed to be and do.

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McCain and Joe [the Plumber] are not natural friends -- McCain is more of a Dwight Eisenhower and TR type than a Reagan one. McCain likes to rail against wealth as much as Obama. And Joe the Plumber probably won't give McCain an election victory next month. [...]

Big, whackin' Reagan Conservative FICON BUMP.
Great article, Maelstorm! Thx.


8 posted on 10/18/2008 2:23:38 AM PDT by roamer_1 (Globalism is just Socialism in a business suit.)
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What time slot on Fox does Huckabee’s show have. I ran through my channel guide and could not find the slot with his name on it. To see Joe the Plumber, I am considering lifting the Fox moratorium for this. Otherwise, Fox is off my channel list....
9 posted on 10/18/2008 4:10:20 AM PDT by Born In America (Affirmative action is no way to elect a President, now or ever....)
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To: gipper81

“Yes, Amity has been an outstanding writer for years.”

She has indeed. A very gifted writer with a clear sense of what is right and important.


10 posted on 10/18/2008 4:13:37 AM PDT by ought-six ( Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule.)
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11 posted on 10/18/2008 4:52:01 AM PDT by Grampa Dave ( I do not want to know the type of person, who does not like Sarah !)
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To: Taxbilly

bttt


12 posted on 10/18/2008 5:06:25 AM PDT by petercooper (I am a bitter clinger!)
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To: Born In America

8PM Eastern


13 posted on 10/18/2008 5:13:22 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia (Jim DeMint: "If you took the name off the top, the Senate could pass the Communist Manifesto.")
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I read Peggy’s article in the WSJ yesterday and then read the reader’s comments. Wow, they really let her have it! People are tired of these “so called conservatives” attacking Palin.


14 posted on 10/18/2008 7:53:52 AM PDT by ohiogrammy
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To: backhoe
We need that graphic blown up. That says it all. Hard work and allegiance with the Reagan image.
15 posted on 10/18/2008 7:59:21 AM PDT by Walmartian (Doesnt sound very Hopenchangey to me.)
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To: MaggieCarta; jddqr; indylindy; roamer_1; calcowgirl; djsherin; Sunnyflorida; SoConPubbie; ...
Theodore Roosevelt as party hero turns out to be a luxury that recession Republicans can't afford. It took reality to remind Republicans what they are supposed to be and do.

. . . . .

McCain and Joe [the Plumber] are not natural friends -- McCain is more of a Dwight Eisenhower and TR type than a Reagan one. McCain likes to rail against wealth as much as Obama. And Joe the Plumber probably won't give McCain an election victory next month.

McBama ping!

16 posted on 10/18/2008 8:21:30 AM PDT by rabscuttle385 (Dump the Queeg. Unleash the Sarahcuda. Defeat Bambi the Marxist.)
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Pure Socialism spilled out of the snake-charmer’s mouth........

I’M WITH JOE! This theme needs to go big very fast. I’M WITH JOE!

Freepers need to spread the word in every place there is a MAC or BO raly.

Purchase plungers and make signs in this theme to take to the rallies.

We are all plumbers now that need to unclog the system from impending over-taxation (Socialism) and the legalized ‘theft’ of our hard earned income.

Call to MAC/Palin campaigns and organize people to go with you.

If you are going to bring a plunger, remember that you can’t bring the stick part into a rally. So if you are staying outside a BO rally, that’s fine. If you are headed into the rally, you need to replace the stick with rolled corrogated paper carried separately until you’re in the rally.

This theme needs to be the universal cry against Socialism and carries the implicit message of unclogging the “waste’ from the system.

A dozen guys with plungers just freeped a stinkin’ BO rally in VA!
Support Joe, the first average Joe to stand up to the tyranny of neo-Marxism!

Plus we can shout his middle name, “JOE” without the fear of taking a lead pipe to the knees! Try and escape the wrath of the Left if you are bold enough to utter.......barack HUSSEIN obama.


17 posted on 10/18/2008 9:21:42 AM PDT by Gemsbok (Fight voter FRAUD (Acorn)(Obama) and be a poll worker or observer: Beat them at their own game!)
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