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Sliming Joe the Plumber
RedState: Conservative News and Community —
Liberals Love Privacy -- Unless it Interferes With Political
Goals
An ordinary citizen speaks up about how federal policies affect
his family and his pocketbook, and bloggers dive into his personal
life. His finances, his address, his background and family
connections are all splashed all over the internet as bloggers line
up to debate whether the instant celebrity is all he appears to be.
Many feel he's concealing enough about his background to make his
opinion worthless.
Next the media steps in to defend the ordinary guy. Time
Magazine's Karen Tumulty says he's being 'swift-boated.' The New
York Times says he's being 'slimed.' One partisan blogger says the ...
Sliming Joe the Plumber
Weekly Standard Blog —
... Next the media steps in to defend the ordinary guy. Time Magazine's Karen Tumulty says he's being swift-boated. The New York Times says he's being slimed. One partisan blogger says the other side ought to stop 'snooping around.' Another accuses adversaries of launching 'a baseless smear campaign.' Commenters at Democratic Underground label those at Free Republic 'scum' for investigating his personal life.
That's right: Democratic Underground, Paul Krugman, DailyKos, Crooks and Liars, ThinkProgress, Time ...
