patterico.com - 1/12/2009
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[Guest post by DRJ]
PJ Media’s Joe “the Plumber” Wurzelbacher is reporting from Sderot, Israel:
“The people of Sderot “can’t do normal things day to day,” like get soap in their eyes in the shower, for fear a rocket might come in, Wurzelbacher said. ...
haaretz.com - 1/12/2009
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haaretz.com —
The Central Elections Committee on Monday banned Arab
political parties from running in next month's parliamentary elections,
drawing accusations of racism by an Arab lawmaker who said he would challenge the decision in the country's Supreme Court. ...
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Israel bans Arab parties from running in ...
jpost.com - 1/12/2009
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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 ...
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Joe the Plumber is here, and he ain't happy
juancole.com - 1/12/2009
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juancole.com —
I want to follow up today on my
postings over the weekend on how organizing to defend
progressive congressional representatives and punish reactionary ones is far superior to street protests as political action on the Israeli-Palestinian issue. ...
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Only an America First PAC Can Stop the Madness
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The Red Badge Of Plumbage
pandagon.net - we are the public option —
... on almost.
Power Line’s review of the Wurzelbacher Wurlitzer is positively glowing, especially for a guy who looked out of his element because he couldn’t find his lucky 1990 New York Giants tank top:
Is there any chance Pajamas can send Joe on to Beirut, Damascus and Tehran after he completes his assignment in Israel? I think he could teach the media reporting from those locales how to do it right as well.
Patterico takes cultural pride in Joe looking like a total moron:
I know this ...
The right's embrace of 'Joe' the 'Plumber'
Political Animal —
... , for example, is Power Line: By my estimation, [Wurzelbacher] has gotten a better handle on the situation than his supposed betters in the media. [...] Is there any chance Pajamas can send Joe on to Beirut, Damascus and Tehran after he completes his assignment in Israel? I think he could teach the media reporting from those locales how to do it right as well. And Patterico's Pontifications had this gem : I know this drives liberals crazy -- they think we're rednecks. Maybe we are but I love this guy. Atrios ...
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