Posted by
Bob Siegel on Saturday, October 18, 2008 2:23:37 AM
Did they have to do this? Was it really necessary? Now they're coming after him too. They're coming after Joe the Plumber. His 15 minutes of fame is about to become a nightmare that may last a whole lot longer than 15 minutes.
Obama champions himself as a defender of the middle class. That's why he's absolutely livid that a middle class businessman embarassed him by complaining about taxes. Man oh man, Joe, didn't you know? You were not supposed to do that. That was SO uncool and Obama wrote the book on cool. Get with it, Joe. Like, dude, if you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem.
Now the poor plumber wakes up in the morning to find reporters and camera crews camped on his front lawn. OK, that might have been fun for a moment, a different twist of life, a little bit of notoriety, a roller coaster ride laced with adrenaline. But then Obama started mocking him to cheering crowds, saying things like, "How many plumbers do you know who make more than 250 thousand dollars a year?" This was only the beginning. The man is being ridiculed, and degraded on the blogs and over the air. Every sliver of detail from his modest, private life is being shaved and bronzed for all to see. This ordinary fellow who dared to ask a simple question only three days ago, is already being been audited by the IRS. That ought to teach you, Joe. How dare you challenge The One? Yes, he promised to take care of us all and he decided to start by taking care of you. Yeah, he's taking care of you good!
It's bad enough that they went after Sarah Palin. When this spunky woman popped on the scene, seemingly from out of nowhere, Obama's cronies, along with the liberal media, dispatched a herd of attorneys, reporters and private investigators into Alaska faster than a polar bear on catnip! Sarah did not deserve this. She had governed with skill and humility. She was beloved by friends, family and constituents. But because she dared to run for vice-president as a Conservative rather than a male hating feminist, the woman was crucified in a manor that would have made Pontius Pilate blush.
But at least Sarah Palin knew what she was getting into. She 's a smart woman who knew today's volcanic, political climate. No, she did not deserve what came her way, but she did see what was coming her way and she made a calculated choice, despite the depressing vision of the future. With Joe, it was different. All the guy did was ask a question, for crying out loud! I just love watching the Democratic pundits defend Joe's vilifacation by saying, "Well the real problem here is McCain. He obviously never vetted Joe the Plumber properly. If he had, he'd realize that Joe doesn't even have a plumber's license yet."
I see. First we heard about how Palin wasn't vetted. McCain should have known that a governor with an 80 percent approval rating also had a husband with a traffic ticket on his record! And now, McCain was also supposed to have vetted Joe the Plumber? Excuse me? I have news for some of you clever talking heads: Joe the Plumber is not John McCain's running mate! He's a man who asked a question. He probably felt comfortable posing an honest objection to Obama. After all, Obama was claiming to be his pal. And Obama says those things with coolness, with a smile and with a presidential veneer. Little did Joe realize that a challenge to Dr. Jekyll would awaken Mr. Hyde, a dictatorial egomaniac who vents his wrath. From the beginning, Obama has claimed to be religious. I'm starting to believe him. The man seems to think he is God.
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