Democrats roto-rooting the Plumber
The MSM, always at the behest of Team Obama, have joined the leftist bloggers in the process of tearing down Joe Werzberger. Eerily similar to the immediate debarkation of planeloads of ‘journalists’ to Wasilla after Sarah Palin became John McCain’s VP nominee.
Difference being, Joe Werzberger isn’t running for anything, nor is he a Republican ‘plant’.
Obama’s conversation with Joe was simply an accident. Joe was playing football in his front yard with his son, when Obama’s handlers (see if one or more doesn’t get fired for this mistake) initiated contact. Believe me, that contact was a failure of Team Obama’s Communication-Denial Protocol…no one should be allowed to ask Obama questions that might spur him to reveal his inner thoughts. You know, thoughts that place him directly in the mainstream of Marx-loving socialists.
The MSM certainly won’t question The One. That’s beyond their pay grade, obviously.
The problematic Obama quote: “SPREAD THE WEALTH“
Did Barack “Spread the Wealth” Obama Just Blow the Election?
October 16, 2008 11:37 AM ET
No. Really. You’re kidding me. Barack Obama actually told that Joe the Plumber guy that he wants to “spread the wealth around.” What, did Obama just get done reading the Wikipedia entry on Huey “Share the Wealth” Long or something? Was he somehow channeling that left-wing populist from the Depression? Talk about playing into the most extreme stereotype of your party, that it is infested with socialists.
A while back I chatted with a University of Chicago professor who was a frequent lunch companion of Obama’s. This professor said that Obama was as close to a full-out Marxist as anyone who has ever run for president of the United States. Now, I tend to quickly dismiss that kind of talk as way over the top. My working assumption is that Obama is firmly within the mainstream of Democratic politics. But if he is as free with that sort of redistributive philosophy in private as he was on the campaign trail this week, I have no doubt that U of C professor really does figure him as a radical. And after last night’s debate, a few more Americans might think that way, too. McCain’s best line: “Now, of all times in America, we need to cut people’s taxes. We need to encourage business, create jobs, not spread the wealth around.”
And by the way, I just noticed that the IBD/TIPP poll, the most accurate in 2004, has McCain down by just 3 points. If the contest is perceived by the voters as a contest between a wealth redistributor and a wealth creator, then it could be a long night come Nov. 4. This is still a center-right country, gang.
Related:
John McCain is now calling Obama’s “Tax Cuts” for Non-Taxpayers WELFARE EXPANSION. The truth is coming out. Democrats, duck for cover!
New evidence that Ayers was closer to Barack Obama than Obama wants to admit. That ghost writing thingy? Not just a will ‘o’ wisp.
Obama and McCain speak over a Cardinal. White-tie affair…RACIST!!111!!11!
Officials: FBI investigates ACORN for voter fraud
Natiowide. Voter. Fraud. Because, Fraudulent Votes were cast in New Mexico…not just fraudulent voter registrations, anymore.
The Left’s Big Blunder Zombie’s best post (sans photos), evah?
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Democrats?
I tend to agree that Joe’s getting a bit of a raw deal here, but it was McCain who subjected him to this, not Obama. He didn’t start getting all this attention until McCain started trying to use him as a campaign prop.
And of course, Joe didn’t do himself any favors with the Sammy Davis, Jr. remark, and certainly hasn’t seemed to shun the spotlight now that it’s on him. So all things considered, my sympathy for him is limited.
Super-Classy Classics!
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Oh, and the ACORN thing isn’t the issue that the GOP seems to think it is, although it does show how desperate they’re getting. There was indeed fraud going on, but the victim of that fraud was ACORN — their employees who submitted fraudulent voter registrations committed fraud against ACORN. ACORN submitted the fraudulent registrations because they are required by law to do so!
The bottom line is that these fraudulent registrations aren’t going to translate into fraudulent votes. Nobody’s going to show up at the polls in Nevada claiming to be Tony Romo or MIckey Mouse and try to vote under that name. Not. Gonna. Happen.
Is there room for reform here? Absolutely. Is this going to result in widespread voter fraud? Absolutely not.
“Voter fraud” has become the latest stalking horse for conservatives, but once again, there’s no “there” there. Every single time allegations of voter fraud have been investigated over the last decade or so, such fraud has been found to be virtually nonexistent. The most pessimistic estimate is that less than one thousandth of one percent of votes cast are illegitimate. That’s not even close to being able to swing Florida in 2000, much less any other state.
If McCain loses, it will be because more legitimate voters voted for Barack Obama, not because of some vast left wing conspiracy to commit widespread voter fraud…
“Voter fraud” has become the latest stalking horse for conservatives, but once again, there’s no “there” there.
It’s not even that new.
The USDoJ scandal with the fired USAs centered on USAs who were not prosecuting BS claims of impropriety against Democrats, usually in one way or another having to do with tissue-paper-thin accusations of voter fraud.
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[…] his own lefty hit-piece on Joe Wurzelbacher earlier this week, and comments on my earlier post “Democrats roto-rooting the Plumber” thusly… I tend to agree that Joe’s getting a bit of a raw deal here, but it was McCain who […]
Every single time allegations of voter fraud have been investigated over the last decade or so, such fraud has been found to be virtually nonexistent.
That’s certainly true as far as Democrat allegations go, but at least 5,600 felon inmates (68% of whom were registered Democrats) voted in Florida in 2000, for example. Vote fraud is difficult to prove, and that’s why the sloppiness–arguably intentional sloppiness, of Democrats is so problematic.