Oh, You've Got to be Kidding Me

Everyone's heard of Joe, the plumbing company owner-to-be who stood up to Barack Obama and told him that his tax policies would destroy his American Dream. The most stunning thing here is Obama's response. Obama said he didn't want to "punish" Joe, but instead "spread the wealth around...", which totally exposed his Marxism for all the world to see.

Joe was hailed as a hero, a symbol of the everyman who suffers under government. Once Joe was mentioned over 20 times in the last Presidential debate, I could tell that this was an October surprise worthy of George W. Bush.

Now, though, the media has sabotaged everything.

Even though he's not a politician, the media decided to "vet" him anyway, much like they did with Sarah Palin. Heh.

Now you've got hit pieces on Joe like this one, it seems as if things aren't going well for our homegrown hero. Already, prominent Democrat politicians have come out attacking Joe, some more well-known than others.

Let's dissect the posting above. It's written by Bonnie Erbe, "openly-crass liberal", as the American Spectator describes her. She starts by informing us who she is. He's simply "the plumber so often referred to by Sen. John McCain in the third and final debate." Nothing about Obama's response to his question that made him so famous in the first place. Very objective reporting.

Erbe goes into a reckless rant, starting by telling Joe that he "had better learn to shut his mouth. The more he speaks publicly, the more he looks like the GOP plant," awfully harsh criticism toward a citizen who's been rounding the talk shows, lately. There's not anything wrong with what he's saying, by the way, but it's enough to make him look like a "plant" to Erbe. This whole conspiracy theory just isn't possible. Obama descended on Joe's own neighborhood without informing anyone he was going to be there. Joe can't have been planted in his own neighborhood. Besides, there's not any evidence to suggest he's been corroborating with the McCain campaign, anyway. The fact that McCain brought him up in the debates and that GOP ads have used his and Obama's discussion as political ammo simply justifies my point; any connection between McCain and Joe was all post-Obama's-freudian-slip.

It's wishful thinking to claim he was a plant.

She accuses him of being misanthropic when she declares:

Watch him calling Social Security a "joke" on YouTube:

I'm no fan of tax hikes, but even I recognize Social Security is no "joke." It has single-handedly lifted millions of elderly and disabled Americans out of poverty and turned America's elderly from the most impoverished age demographic to one with an income more in line with that of working families.

Yes, watch him do it, he's such a naive plebian! Hah!

I'm sure that most of America knows the sorry state that social security is in... currently. It hasn't always been a joke; nobody's saying that, not even Joe. FDR advanced the well-being of Americans for years and years with this policy. What Joe (and conservatives) mean when they say that SS is a "joke" is referring to how it's so unprepared to face the gigantic influx of new users in a few years. Not only that, but the system's so fragile it appears that it could collapse at any time. It's not a "funny ha-ha" joke, it's pathetic in its current state.

But by no means has it "single-handedly" done so. Expansion of private investements have done wonders for the retired. You really shouldn't assert like that, Mrs. Erbe.

Erbe goes on to list a couple of liberal-blogger conspiracy theories, which, of course, she doesn't provide essential information to correctly assess these rumors, much like the AP always does when mentioning anything having to do with an Obama rumor, or an accusation that McCain makes against him. The reason is simple: she wants you to believe them, to damage Joe's credibility.

Now, here's the kicker; she ends with,

Keep watching this story because if it proves true that "Joe the Plumber" is the wealthy, Republican regular the liberal blogs are claiming he is, the McCain campaign could go down as the most corrupt and inept in history.

WHAT!? This is what she's saying. If Joe turns out to be a stereotypical wealthy Republican, then McCain's campaign is uber-corrupt and inept.

1. That doesn't make any logical sense, as he's not even affiliated with the McCain campaign.
2. Corrupt? For what? Bringing him up in a debate? Is that really corrupt at all? Of course not. Then that must mean that the civilian Joe Stanko (or Stanek or whoever) that Biden brought up in the last VP debate is obviously an evil partisan and has corrupted the Obama-Biden campaign, making it the most inept in history.

(of course, further investigation revealed that Stanko is a lobbyist, the type of person that pure reformers like Obama hate...go figure)
3. Inept? How so? The man made Obama give about the most vital Freudian slip that anyone's made yet. That's not ineptitude from Joe or McCain, that was all Obama, baby.

Of course, these pointless, bloviating attacks on Joe are all too prevalent these days. What's more disturbing is how the Obamamedia smeared Joe intensely for embarrassing their messiah. Perhaps in an Obama administration, we'll all get to deal with a thugocracy. The dissent will be silenced, much like they're trying to silence Joe by talking over him with their shrill, leftist voices.

Just Words, Just Speeches?

Barack Obama's Supreme Court remains a mystery to most voters. After all, three justices (Stevens, Souter, and Ginsberg) might have to retire in the next Presidency. So, would he pick socialists (most likely), moderate liberals (less likely), centrists (an infinitesimal amount of likeliness), or conservatives (when Hell freezes over)?

Well, how about Barack Obama in his own words:

"We need somebody who's got the heart, the empathy, to recognize what it's like to be a young teenage mom. The empathy to understand what it's like to be poor, or African-American, or gay, or disabled, or old. And that's the criteria by which I'm going to be selecting my judges."

Well, that leaves one very open possibility. Not very sure of her political affiliations, but she sure can empathize. Moreso than a whole host of people, I might add.

I'm officially kicking off the Bristol Palin For Obama Supreme Court Judicial Nomination campaign.

Just look at her credentials; she's a young, unwed teenage mom. She's stood up to intense media scrutiny on these credentials, and has managed to pull through with poise. She's got everything that an Obama SC justice could need, and then some.

I'll have graphics and such later. Maybe even bumper stickers! Things may work out for everyone just yet.

Of course, the Obamedia would probably gouge their brains out at the thought, but to them, I say:

Bristol Palin for OSCJN!

New-Partygate, Odinga-gate, Foreign-Donor-gate, Bracelet-gate...

While the mainstream media is infatuated and obsessed with the outcome of the "Troopergate" (Governor Palin's alleged misuse of power to try and fire a trooper who happened to be her brother-in-law), there's a few things I'd like to clear up.

1. Palin was ruled to have abused her power. This part is true. She was also ruled to have not broken any laws in the process, contrary to what CBS News has tried to lead readers to believe.

2. The trooper deserved to be fired. He shot an 11-year-old with a taser as punishment, drank on the job, killed a moose illegally, and (most tellingly of why Palin pressured the Police Comissioner to fire him) threatened to kill Governor Palin's father. Being a trooper with a gun, he surely was capable.

3. The investigation was an effort to tarnish Palin's reputation. The person who pushed the case was a Democratic partisan who refused to let the case go. The many, many people involved in the case didn't respond to their subpoenas simply because the case was that irrelevant.

4. The trooper (Mike Wooten) has endorsed Palin's candidacy.

I personally think this whole case is making a mountain out of a hole, which should in theory be impossible to do, but then again, the way that the press has neglected so many details in an effort to portray Palin in a negative light should, in all counts, also be impossible. But it happened, anyway. The man should have been fired, Palin was right to pressure it. This isn't some story about Hitleresque tyranny.

But that's what they want you to believe.

Meanwhile, "Troopergate" is over, and should dominate the news for at least a few days.

But what about Annenberg-Challenge-gate? Marylin-Katz-gate? Socialism-gate? Odinga-gate? Foreign-Donor-gate? Lying-About-NRLC-gate? Citibank-Lawsuit-gate? Refusal-to-Release-Documents-gate? New-Party-gate? Bracelet-gate? Silence-of-Dissent-gate? Anything? CBS? NYT? They've already shown what they'd do in response to these "gates", even if they haven't sddressed them.

After all, just look at Ayers-gate. They rushed to his defense (quoting official Obama campaign statements as "evidence") while they go on offense against Palin.

It's disgusting.