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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Yes, Amity has been an outstanding writer for years.
She is an excellent writer.
Peggy who? V’s wife.
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Peggy who? V’s wife.
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aka “The former Reagan speechwriter that is now just The Poison Pen that
writes editorial page columns in The Wall Street Journal.
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. [...]
Big, whackin' Reagan Conservative FICON BUMP.
Great article, Maelstorm! Thx.
“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.
bttt
8PM Eastern
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.
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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.
McBama ping!
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.
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