This is the most elitest rambling I have ever read. I am proud of my fellow Ohioan, Joe the Plumber.
Posted on 12/09/2008 5:53:29 PM PST by GOP_Lady
The unlicensed pipe fitter known as Joe the Plumber is out with a book this month, just as the last seconds on his 15 minutes are slipping away. I have a question for Joe: Do you want me to fix your leaky toilet?
I didn’t think so. And I don’t want you writing books. Not when too many good novelists remain unpublished. Not when too many extraordinary histories remain unread. Not when too many riveting memoirs are kicked back at authors after 10 years of toil. Not when voices in Iran, North Korea or China struggle to get past a censor’s gate.
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This is the most elitest rambling I have ever read. I am proud of my fellow Ohioan, Joe the Plumber.
Joe didn’t write the book....
says so right on the cover.
Then again, Obama didn’t write his and Hillary sure didn’t write hers.
He was working for a licensed contractor Im so sick of seeing that crap
Did Joe the Plumber have to take out a second mortgage on his house in order to write his book?
Like the New York Times is.
Yes, let the book burnings begin ...
Without a doubt the JTP Book will be a Number 1 Best Seller and a classic.
Samuel J. Wurzelbacher is Joe the Plumber.
How do you know they are good if they haven't been published and therefore you haven't read them?
I'm wondering what he wrote about Pelosi's idiotic book, or Madonna's porn books, or any other bloviation by a liberal...any liberal. Actually, I'm not wondering. It's clear what he thought about them.
(Iowahawk has a little fun at Mr. Egan’s expense)
...Because it will almost certainly be #1 on my papers' best seller list.
when you see a co-author then the second name is the one who is actually writing it. Wurzelbacher provides the content and the writer pulls it all together.
It isn’t an uncommon practice.
The craft of elitism is the continuous refinement of hatred and anger to a form often expressed in speech and writing.
Nothing like the lure of shiny objective to draw the elitist from its hole.
“The unlicensed pipe fitter known as Joe the Plumber is out with a book this month, just as the last seconds on his 15 minutes are slipping away. I have a question for Joe: Do you want me to fix your leaky toilet?”
What he is truly pissed about is that Joe could get a book published, but there is every likelihood the NYT snot couldn’t fix the toilet.
Besides, who ever heard of this schmuck? At least Joe had 15 minutes of fame. He is 15 minutes ahead of a catty NYT columnist.
The elite media is still mad that a prole had the audacity to ask Obama a pertinent question about Obama’s views on economics. A question that the press wouldn’t ask Obama.
Joe the Plumber. Doing the job that the MSM won’t do.
“Not when too many good novelists remain unpublished”
That depends on what you mean by “good.” If by good you mean of high artistic value, then they probably wouldn’t care about reaching an audience anyway. If by good you mean full of hidden popular potential, then the publishing companies are making a mistake. Because for them, it’s all about money. If a book can sell, they’ll publish it.
with all the grim news of layoffs and staff cuts at the venerable houses of American letters, can we set some ground rules for these hard times? Anyone who abuses the English language on such a regular basis should not be paid to put words in print.
oh the wailing and gnashing of teeth...he's a 'journalist' and he's terrified of losing his job, while the 'plumber' looks like he's got a best seller on his hands...
I hope the book flies off the shelves, I hope he makes MILLIONS!
You all missed the irony of the note at the end of this article - “Maureen Dowd is off today”.
The NYT bathhouse boys can’t stand a real man.
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