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youtube.com - 1/12/2009

Joe Plumber: Media Shouldn't Report War (video)

— youtube.com — Samuel Wurzelbacher, also known as 'Joe the Plumber,' is in Israel working as a rookie war correspondent, where he said Sunday that he believes journalists s... (more) Joe Plumber: Media Shouldn't Report War (video)

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jpost.com - 1/12/2009

Joe the Plumber is here, and he ain't happy

— jpost.com — Samuel Wurzelbacher of Ohio, aka Joe the Plumber, arrived in Sderot at noon Sunday to show local and foreign reporters how to do it right. "You should be ashamed of yourself," he told foreign reporters. "You should be patriotic, protect your family ... (more) Joe the Plumber is here, and he ain't happy

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thinkprogress.org - 1/12/2009

Joe the Plumber: ‘I think media should be abolished’ from reporting on war.

— thinkprogress.org — Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher, aka “Joe the Plumber,” is currently in Israel covering the war for the conservative site PJTV.com . When asked what he has learned from his new experiences as a journalist , Wurzelbacher said that he believes the media ... (more) Joe the Plumber: ‘I think media should be abolished’ ...

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The right's embrace of 'Joe' the 'Plumber'
Political Animal — ... : I know this drives liberals crazy -- they think we're rednecks. Maybe we are but I love this guy. Atrios sets the record straight : "Conservatives persist with him because they wrongly believe he pisses liberals off. As with many such things, Joe the Plumber never pissed off liberals. What did piss off liberals was a mainstream news media who allowed some random dude who would benefit from Obama's proposed economic plan to become some sort of stand in for the everyman who Obama would be keeping from achieving success somehow. Now? We're just laughing at you, clowns." It's ...

Sarah The Governor
Balloon Juice — ... The only possible motivation seems like a negative one. As Atrios points out Republicans love crazy people spouting horseshit as long as it pisses off liberals. ‘Reasonable’ rightwingers love to argue that clowns like Hannity and Ann Coulter represent an embarrassing sideshow, but if that’s true, the main act keeps itself awfully well hidden. George W’s administration will die without an heir and 50% of the John McCain movement is registered Connecticut for Lieberman. Setting aside Sarah Coulter Palin, the messiah bench is pretty thin for ...

The Stupid. It Burns.
Agitprop: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Propaganda — ... luck. As American folk heroes go, Wurzelbacher ranks somewhere between Hulk Hogan and Bernie Goetz. Exhibit A: “Social Security is a joke…social security I’ve never believed in, don’t like it. I hate that it’s forced on me.” Sentence: After blowing his fifteen minutes and all his money on coke and Thai hookers, an infirm, elderly Joe finds that social security actually is a joke, and is finally forced to snake toilets for a living. As Atrios points out - Joe doesn’t piss liberals off. On the contrary, we just like to ...

Joe the Republican strategist
Political Animal — ... that journalists shouldn't be allowed to cover a war, in part because reporters "make a big deal" over events on the ground. Wurzelbacher added, "I think media should be abolished from, uh, you know, reporting." Why wouldn't Republican staffers want to seek guidance on economic policy from a visionary of this stature? As for the new round of attention for Wurzelbacher, something Atrios said a few weeks ago still resonates: "Conservatives persist with him because they wrongly believe he pisses liberals off. As with many such things, Joe the Plumber never pissed off ...