First They Came for Joe the Plumber…

Pajamas Media ^ | October 17, 2008 | Claudia Rosett

[Ooh-Ah]

Joe’s question about taxes threw a wrench into Barack Obama’s campaign pitch. So, oh what a background check Joe got. Within days, reports were all over the news that Joe owes back taxes, he doesn’t have an Ohio plumber’s license, his real name is Samuel, and he is — shock and horror — a registered Republican. Within days, Obama and Biden were holding up Joe to [1] public ridicule, and by implication mocking any American working stiff who might have the audacity [2] to want to earn more than $250,000 per year.

Obama may be full of talk about delivering the American dream, but he apparently has enormous disdain for Americans who actually sweat to earn it for themselves. He wants to take Joe’s money and spread it around in the name of helping others get ahead — but if anyone gets ahead more than Obama deems fitting, watch out.

 

It seems that Joe’s sins are less than [3] the litany would make them. He may not have a plumber’s license, but he works for someone who does. He owes back taxes, but less than $1,200. And at least to date, it is not a crime in America to use a nickname or be a registered Republican.

But to [4] squabble over Joe’s record is to miss the real point. Obama is the one running for public office, aspiring to the country’s highest position of power and public trust. Joe is not. He’s a private citizen, who had every right to ask a very good question. He wanted to know why he was being taxed “more and more for fulfilling the American dream?”

What he got from the well-heeled Senators Obama and Biden was mockery and contempt.

Most disturbing is this: If that’s how Joe the Plumber gets dealt with while Obama is still stumping for votes, then what happens to Joe, or anyone else who dares question Obama’s plans, should Obama win the White House?

Should we expect that that the answer will be targeted investigations, a public display of whatever can be dug up in the way of private laundry, and sneers from the Oval Office?

In the interest of having an informed electorate , it would be far more valuable were the media teams working less frantically to dig up dirt on Joe, and a lot harder on filling in the gaps in the record of candidate Obama. Why won’t Obama release his Columbia transcripts? What exactly was he doing during those gaps in the bio?

How are we supposed to square the lavish praise of Obama’s intellectual powers and refined sensitivities with his professed failure during years of intimate acquaintance to notice the hate-speech of Rev. Wright? What is the real story with the ties to Bill Ayers, to Tony Rezko? What does that say about his judgment in choosing friends and advisers and associates?

Would Obama appoint similar pals to high office in Washington? Would he bring similarly blinkered perceptions to the job of making policy? Would his critics receive the kind of savaging just dished out to Joe? If there’s any chance that the answer is yes, then the drubbing of Joe the Plumber is a warning to us all.

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URLs in this post:
[1] public ridicule: http://washingtonindependent.com/13122/obama-revisits-joe-the-plumber-on-the-stump
[2] to want : http://campaignspot.na tionalreview.com/post/?q=MWM3M2M4MGJkOGY5MGFhZGU0ZGNkMGY3YzEyYTM1MzU=
[3] the litany : http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/10/17/feeling-plumber-fatigue-media-turns-joe/
[4] squabble over Joe’s record : http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/10/17/MNQ013J6JV.DTL

[Wil H]

Why won’t Obama release his Columbia transcripts? What exactly was he doing during those gaps in the bio?

I'll tell you exactly what he was doing..

He was Palling around with William Ayers who was at Bank Street College next door to Columbia University and who had mutual friends with Obama.

THAT'S why he won't reveal anything about Columbia.

[cpforlife.org]

Thought provoking thread...PING

They'll take my guns and my plungers...FROM MY COLD DEAD HANDS!!!!!!!!!!

[cpforlife.org]

"I think when you spread the wealth around, it's good for everybody." B Hussein Obama

"From each according to his ability, to each according to his need." Karl Marx

[Lexinom]

Ammo. As much as you can afford.

[Lexinom]

BTTT

[Lexinom]

Is this the treatment an Obama administration would use against critics?

Ask Jessica Hughes what she thinks.

I am becoming increasingly convinced that these people are not merely political adversaries, but our enemies.

[U S Army EOD]

This is just the start.

[Merta]

It is simple, the Media and Obama hate real Americans. The same thing they tried on Joe, they also tried on Sarah. Yet any dumpster diving in Chicago or Hawaii?

[ViLaLuz]

Odinga the homocidal dictator.

[ViLaLuz]

I think you’re right.

[Grampa Dave]

The problem is about 40 to 50% of our low life, blood sucking Americans want to share our wealth and could care less if it is called socialism, communism, fascism or whatever.

[Godsgirl]

Change this American is not ready for.

[Godsgirl]

You’re Exactly Right! they want a free handout. Why learn to fish when people keep shoving fish down your throat. It creates a selfish, irresponsible, lethargic, you owe me type of response in americans and snuffs out the ideals of capitalism which is to be- to do- to own. To reach past mediocracy and attain excellence. Not just excellence in wealth, but in character also. Hard work and serving others creates and adds to a persons charcter that special something that you can not get any where else. When you start out with just about nothing, and go through the trials and hardships that come in life and you overcome and succeed, It builds endurance, gratitude, respect and humility into a person. It also gives people the desire and compassion to reach out to their neighbor and give a helping hand. These free handouts that the government continue to give are crippling more people than they are helping. God knew what he was doing when He wrote His word. He knew these things we face would give us a grater dependence on Him and a grater love for Him and His faithfulness. The only problem is that government continues to try and remove God from our nation and implement their own incompetent ideas and senseless wisdom, as if their wisdom exceeds that of our God. Thank God for Sarah. I believe she will help to restore this nation as she seeks the wisdom of God for this great nation. God will use her to expose corruption and bring down this beast of a government system that has been built by corrupt hearts and hands. Praise God for being so merciful to us. We now have the opportunity to put government back on the side of GOD and the people.

[Godsgirl]

Sorry, should be greater not grater. Not sure how I missed that twice.

[Obama the facade]

Here’s some more radical or corrupt associates of Obama:

Raila Odinga - the condoner of Christian murders in Kenya
Franklin Raines - the “Ken Lay” of Freddie Mac
Frank Marshal Davis - the sex pervert and communist
Father Flagler - extremist
Khalib tariq al Mansour - radical muslim who mentored “black panther” leaders.
Sheik Abdullah Abdi
Louis Farrakhan
Al Sharpton
“Ludicris”

Does Obama have any “NORMAL” friends at all ??????