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CNN's Kyra Phillips Unloads on Joe the Plumber
NewsBusters.org ^
| 1/7/2009
| Mike Bates
Posted on 01/07/2009 9:13:43 PM PST by Mike Bates
On today's CNN Newsroom, anchor Kyra Phillips let viewers know exactly what she thinks of Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher, better known as Joe the Plumber. On the 2:00 PM (ET) segment she teased the story:
PHILLIPS: Oh, Lord, Joe The Plumber's got a new gig. It's got nothing to do with the pipes, it's got everything to do with Gaza.
And later again:
PHILLIPS: You've seen the last of this guy? Not. Now Joe The Plumber wants to flush out the truth as a war correspondent. I know, there are just no words. Stay here for details on his Middle East trip.
Minutes later she reported:
Hey, Joe, what do you know? No, seriously, what do you know? Since that whole plumbing thing didn't work out, I mean. Now, Joe Wurzelbacher is decamping to the Middle East. That's right, the plumber slash author slash singer.
His latest career gambit? War correspondent. He's going spend ten days in Israel reporting for the conservative Web site pjtv.com. And he says he hopes to air Israelis' views on the Gaza offensive. Lord, help us.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: joetheplumber; kyraphillips; sarahpalin
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To: Mike Bates
She’s an insult to female dogs.
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posted on
01/07/2009 9:15:25 PM PST
by
conservative cat
("So this is how liberty dies... with thunderous applause.")
To: Mike Bates
Sounds like somebody’s askeered of a little competition.
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posted on
01/07/2009 9:15:47 PM PST
by
Texas Eagle
(If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all. -- Texas Eagle)
To: Mike Bates
Joe will probably be a better war correspondent than 90% of them
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posted on
01/07/2009 9:17:35 PM PST
by
valkyry1
To: Mike Bates
That Kyra. She’s funny. With all the plumbing related quips. That she didn’t write a damn one of.
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posted on
01/07/2009 9:17:52 PM PST
by
Texas Eagle
(If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all. -- Texas Eagle)
To: Mike Bates
But if Joe was an ugly communist lesbian, then all would be well.
Greetings Comrade, welcome to the USSA!
We have 1 TRILLION dollar deficit and POTUS MUZZIE HUSSEIN.
More Vodka please.
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posted on
01/07/2009 9:19:04 PM PST
by
Rome2000
(Peace is not an option)
To: conservative cat
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posted on
01/07/2009 9:20:03 PM PST
by
sionnsar
(Iran Azadi|5yst3m 0wn3d-it's N0t Y0ur5 (SONY)|http://trad-anglican.faithweb.com/|RCongressIn2Years)
To: Texas Eagle
She’s just another CBS 2 has been that we threw in trash. Kyra, Rick Sanchez, Keith Olbermann, all those rejects started here, and were AWFUL
To: Mike Bates
“Catty” is the only polite term I can think of to describe this. What’s the matter with Joe the Plumber leveraging his new-and-unwanted fame into something a little more exciting than plumbing?
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posted on
01/07/2009 9:20:30 PM PST
by
DieHard the Hunter
(Is mise an ceann-cinnidh. Cha ghéill mi do dhuine. Fà g am bealach.)
To: Mike Bates
I wonder how many years she spent in “college” learning how to read a teleprompter. I guess teleprompter reader is a good gig if you can get it.
10
posted on
01/07/2009 9:20:36 PM PST
by
FlingWingFlyer
(CIA Director!....So easy, a caveman can do it!)
To: Texas Eagle
No, but she read them darn well. Must have learned that in journalism school.
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posted on
01/07/2009 9:20:49 PM PST
by
Mike Bates
(Irish Alzheimer's victim: I only remember the grudges.)
To: Mike Bates
Where’s that piccie of SENATOR Al Franken in Depends...?
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posted on
01/07/2009 9:20:49 PM PST
by
sionnsar
(Iran Azadi|5yst3m 0wn3d-it's N0t Y0ur5 (SONY)|http://trad-anglican.faithweb.com/|RCongressIn2Years)
To: Texas Eagle
Bingo. Joe’s a natural speaker and he looks great on camera. The folks with the journalism degrees are vexed that a mere tradesman can ask smarter and more courageous questions than they can. He exposes them for the phonies they are.
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posted on
01/07/2009 9:21:11 PM PST
by
Huntress
(Proud owner of Norman/Norma, the transsexual attack cat.)
To: conservative cat
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posted on
01/07/2009 9:21:17 PM PST
by
sionnsar
(Iran Azadi|5yst3m 0wn3d-it's N0t Y0ur5 (SONY)|http://trad-anglican.faithweb.com/|RCongressIn2Years)
To: Mike Bates
I wonder what Phillips thinks about CNN's Michael Ware's "journalism" with CBS' Lara Logan.
-PJ
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posted on
01/07/2009 9:22:51 PM PST
by
Political Junkie Too
(You can never overestimate the Democrats' ability to overplay their hand.)
To: DieHard the Hunter
I can imagine Joe’s expletive two-word comment response.
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posted on
01/07/2009 9:23:07 PM PST
by
healy61
To: Mike Bates
Sounds like Kyra needs her plumbing checked....
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posted on
01/07/2009 9:23:13 PM PST
by
clintonh8r
(For the first time in my life I'm ashamed of my country.)
To: sionnsar
A simpler version of "Where's Waldo?" for CNN viewers - "Where's Switzerland?"
18
posted on
01/07/2009 9:23:29 PM PST
by
KarlInOhio
(On 9/11 Israel mourned with us while the Palestinians danced in the streets. Who should we support?)
To: Mike Bates
The media "made" Joe the Plumber...now, they are upset he's going on their turf?
She may be a little more upset that ole Joe gets better looking women than she does.
Who knows.
Kyra, honey....better put some ice on that.
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posted on
01/07/2009 9:23:50 PM PST
by
Thumper1960
(A modern so-called "Conservative" is a shadow of a wisp of a vertebrate human being.)
To: Mike Bates
Maybe she’s better in bed than working on television.
She’s got to be good at something, because she sure isn’t good at being a news anchor, and that is just reading a prompter.
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posted on
01/07/2009 9:24:20 PM PST
by
ConservativeMind
(What's "Price Gouging"? Should government force us to sell to the 15th highest bidder on eBay?)
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