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It's just too funny.... (http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/J/JOE_THE_PLUMBER?SITE=KYB66&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT)
And why is it "just too funny" hmmm?
mookiemookie
01-07-09, 04:06 PM
The spotlight hunger that this McCain-created Frankenstein-esque monster has cannot be sated.
Question: And why is it "just too funny" hmmm?
Answer:The spotlight hunger that this McCain-created Frankenstein-esque monster has cannot be sated.
AVGWarhawk
01-07-09, 04:30 PM
Maybe he just wanted a new job? :hmm:
Plumbing wasn't working out....:lol:
AVGWarhawk
01-07-09, 04:36 PM
With the economy the way it is and his new found fame....I'm guessing not on the plumbing:rotfl:
Zachstar
01-07-09, 04:42 PM
After his cowardly attack on McCain AFTER it was all said and done. He is lucky to even get a job flipping burgers.
He is a coward and has an ego that plumbing just wont fit. He craves the drug of media slobering on him.
Well, the political career, (http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/10/24/joe-the-plumber-open-to-2010-run/)and The record deal (http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1008/15072.html), they didn't work out. So now he's a war correspondent. In Israel. And he thinks the election of Obama will mean Death to Israel. (http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/28/joe-plumber-israel/)
Why is this funny?!? :rotfl::rotfl::roll:
SteamWake
01-07-09, 04:46 PM
Glad to see the guy find some work after all the efforts to besmirch the guys charecter.
Aramike
01-07-09, 05:06 PM
Glad to see the guy find some work after all the efforts to besmirch the guys charecter.Here, here.
The only thing that's funny about this is that certain people are so shallow that they actually believe that questioning our nation's leadership should result in a man being destroyed ... the funny part is that those same people just got done bashing Bush. :doh:
Here, here.
The only thing that's funny about this is that certain people are so shallow that they actually believe that questioning our nation's leadership should result in a man being destroyed ... the funny part is that those same people just got done bashing Bush. :doh:
Where? Where? OH! You mean Hear HEAR! Got it....
Yes, this has everything to do with questioning our nations leadership. :rotfl:
Aramike
01-07-09, 05:46 PM
Here, here.
The only thing that's funny about this is that certain people are so shallow that they actually believe that questioning our nation's leadership should result in a man being destroyed ... the funny part is that those same people just got done bashing Bush. :doh:
Where? Where? OH! You mean Hear HEAR! Got it....
Yes, this has everything to do with questioning our nations leadership. :rotfl:Yeah, that's what I meant. Whoops.
Do you actually have a point in this thread?
AVGWarhawk
01-07-09, 05:57 PM
Wait a minute, you mean that Joe the Plumber even knows where Israel is ? I say hoax :D
He said it was near the Italian Deli on 5th and Main:D
mookiemookie
01-07-09, 06:34 PM
Here, here.
The only thing that's funny about this is that certain people are so shallow that they actually believe that questioning our nation's leadership should result in a man being destroyed ... the funny part is that those same people just got done bashing Bush. :doh:
Where? Where? OH! You mean Hear HEAR! Got it....
Yes, this has everything to do with questioning our nations leadership. :rotfl:Yeah, that's what I meant. Whoops.
Do you actually have a point in this thread?
I think it has to do with Mr. Plumber being a vapid and cheap political gimmick more than anything else.
Etienne
01-07-09, 07:35 PM
Why is that guy still in the news?
WHY WAS THAT GUY EVER IN THE NEWS?
I guess that given the current political and economic climate he figures that starting a small business might not be a wise move.
I mean look at it from his point of view. For the ENORMOUS gaffe of asking a candidate an ordinary voter type question, he unknowingly subjects himself to the being investigated by party paid lawyers and media investigators, then having his entire life laid bare, warts and all, on the curel alter of world wide news and internet so *******s can make disparaging comments and jokes about him.
He might as well just roll with it.
Zachstar
01-07-09, 09:09 PM
Um what?
#1 Asking the question did not get him the attention. Him making himself the attention of the candidates is.
#2 He was not forced to join McCain's campaign. And was too weasel to get out when he supposedly had issues.
He is slime.
He is slime.
No, I think it's pretty obvious who the real slime is here and it's not him.
Zachstar
01-07-09, 09:25 PM
Obama?
Why don't you take a look at the words Joe had to say about the McCain campaign after the election. About how he supposedly wanted to get off the bus.
He turned into an embarrassment to the McCain campaign and had to rub it in afterwards. And look what happened as soon as the news cameras starting going to Gaza instead of his house.
But go ahead. Idolize a nonlicenced plumber as some kind of symbol of America.
But go ahead. Idolize a nonlicenced plumber as some kind of symbol of America.
Well that's the whole point Zachstar. I do not idolize him.
The only symbol that Joe the Plumber represents is that of an average human being and fellow citizen, no more no less, but unlike you and the rest of your liberal elitist ilk, I don't feel inclined to repeatedly mock an innocent person in some kind of wierd Pavlovian attack dog response for daring to ask your candidate what should not have been such an embarrassing question.
Well that's the whole point Zachstar. I do not idolize him.
The only symbol that Joe the Plumber represents is that of an average human being and fellow citizen, no more no less, but unlike you and the rest of your liberal elitist ilk, I don't feel inclined to repeatedly mock an innocent person in some kind of wierd Pavlovian attack dog response for daring to ask your candidate what should not have been such an embarrassing question.
No one cares about what he asked Obama, Captain mis-characterization. His name is not Joe, he's not a plumber, and he walked around, as a former recipient of welfare who hasn't paid some taxes no less, calling Obama a socialist, saying he will be the death of Isreal, went on the frikkin campiagn trial with McCain etc, etc, etc. Then, he hired a publicist. Why? To PUT HIMSELF IN THE PUBLIC EYE. How many "average human beings and fellow citizens" do you know with publicity agents, record deals and national media attention, August? He wants the celebrity, therefore he can recieve the scrutiny a celebrity recieves. And who loves such a man? Your conservative, finger pointing "ilk". He was the attack dog, August. In the end, the only people Joe embarresed is himself, McCain, and right this minute, you. :know:
Aramike
01-07-09, 10:39 PM
Well that's the whole point Zachstar. I do not idolize him.
The only symbol that Joe the Plumber represents is that of an average human being and fellow citizen, no more no less, but unlike you and the rest of your liberal elitist ilk, I don't feel inclined to repeatedly mock an innocent person in some kind of wierd Pavlovian attack dog response for daring to ask your candidate what should not have been such an embarrassing question.
No one cares about what he asked Obama, Captain mis-characterization. His name is not Joe, he's not a plumber, and he walked around, as a former recipient of welfare who hasn't paid some taxes no less, calling Obama a socialist, saying he will be the death of Isreal, went on the frikkin campiagn trial with McCain etc, etc, etc. Then, he hired a publicist. Why? To PUT HIMSELF IN THE PUBLIC EYE. How many "average human beings and fellow citizens" do you know with publicity agents, record deals and national media attention, August? He wants the celebrity, therefore he can recieve the scrutiny a celebrity recieves. And who loves such a man? Your conservative, finger pointing "ilk". He was the attack dog, August. In the end, the only people Joe embarresed is himself, McCain, and right this minute, you. :know:Did you stop to ask yourself why you know so much about the man to begin with?
In any case, funny what brings out the left's true colors. He's a "former recipient of welfare", you say. Isn't the whole freakin' point of welfare to get the recipients off of it? People on your side of the aisle always claim to be wanting to help those people ... now you belittle them for improving themselves.
Oh, and considering how keen you are on spelling errors in an internet forum, you should spell check "embarresed". :doh:
Did you stop to ask yourself why you know so much about the man to begin with?
In any case, funny what brings out the left's true colors. He's a "former recipient of welfare", you say. Isn't the whole freakin' point of welfare to get the recipients off of it? People on your side of the aisle always claim to be wanting to help those people ... now you belittle them for improving themselves.
He won't get it Mike...
Yeah, I won't get it Mike. Only the genius among us like you and August get highly technical information like a forum post.
Elitist? Hmmm...:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
Obama?
Why don't you take a look at the words Joe had to say about the McCain campaign after the election. About how he supposedly wanted to get off the bus.
He turned into an embarrassment to the McCain campaign and had to rub it in afterwards. And look what happened as soon as the news cameras starting going to Gaza instead of his house.
But go ahead. Idolize a nonlicenced plumber as some kind of symbol of America.
You are aware that you do not need a license if you are employed by a licensed plumber, yes?
I find it interesting and a sad example of American "Greatness and Tolerance" that people are judged and belittled by how they make a living.
Thanks to the liberal media and the smear campaigns against him from the leftist whackos, he was out of job after he met Obama.
Just in case, if you should have forgotten..
People like him, like it or not and licensed or not, are the reason that you are not drowning in your own ****.
Sigh...:nope::lol:
Guess you just have to laugh....
Sigh...:nope::lol:
Guess you just have to laugh....
Everybody loves to laugh.. ;)
Some people go from Plumbing to Journalism..
others from testing restaurants (or whatever) to presidency
Whatever floats their boat and pays the bills.
On one hand, I had a good snicker on the story, on the other, I feel pitty for him.
Aramike
01-07-09, 11:46 PM
Obama?
Why don't you take a look at the words Joe had to say about the McCain campaign after the election. About how he supposedly wanted to get off the bus.
He turned into an embarrassment to the McCain campaign and had to rub it in afterwards. And look what happened as soon as the news cameras starting going to Gaza instead of his house.
But go ahead. Idolize a nonlicenced plumber as some kind of symbol of America.
You are aware that you do not need a license if you are employed by a licensed plumber, yes?
I find it interesting and a sad example of American "Greatness and Tolerance" that people are judged and belittled by how they make a living.
Thanks to the liberal media and the smear campaigns against him from the leftist whackos, he was out of job after he met Obama.
Just in case, if you should have forgotten..
People like him, like it or not and licensed or not, are the reason that you are not drowning in your own ****.Great post.
mookiemookie
01-08-09, 09:10 AM
Obama?
Why don't you take a look at the words Joe had to say about the McCain campaign after the election. About how he supposedly wanted to get off the bus.
He turned into an embarrassment to the McCain campaign and had to rub it in afterwards. And look what happened as soon as the news cameras starting going to Gaza instead of his house.
But go ahead. Idolize a nonlicenced plumber as some kind of symbol of America.
You are aware that you do not need a license if you are employed by a licensed plumber, yes?
I find it interesting and a sad example of American "Greatness and Tolerance" that people are judged and belittled by how they make a living.
Thanks to the liberal media and the smear campaigns against him from the leftist whackos, he was out of job after he met Obama.
Just in case, if you should have forgotten..
People like him, like it or not and licensed or not, are the reason that you are not drowning in your own ****.
And you're aware that you've swallowed this "everyman, Joe the plumber" shtick hook, line and sinker? He's a tool, a piece of political propaganda. It's an act, and his spotlight grabbing has proven that he's more interested in himself than being a representative of the working class.
And you're aware that you've swallowed this "everyman, Joe the plumber" shtick hook, line and sinker? He's a tool, a piece of political propaganda. It's an act, and his spotlight grabbing has proven that he's more interested in himself than being a representative of the working class.
:yep:
And you're aware that you've swallowed this "everyman, Joe the plumber" shtick hook, line and sinker? He's a tool, a piece of political propaganda. It's an act, and his spotlight grabbing has proven that he's more interested in himself than being a representative of the working class.
What exactly is your point? He shouldnt be allowed to work anymore? Or try to put himself into, what he might consideres a good position and income?
He's a tool, a piece of political propaganda. It's an act, and his spotlight grabbing has proven that he's more interested in himself than being a representative of the working class.
Actually I thought he was just a human being but I guess you democrats have a different standard.
SteamWake
01-08-09, 10:22 AM
Be careful what you say in the glaring eye of the public press...
That is all.
Tchocky
01-08-09, 10:38 AM
He's a tool, a piece of political propaganda. It's an act, and his spotlight grabbing has proven that he's more interested in himself than being a representative of the working class.
Actually I thought he was just a human being but I guess you democrats have a different standard.
Um, he can be both. Surprisingly. Shockingly.
Hilarious comeback, though.
He's a tool, a piece of political propaganda. It's an act, and his spotlight grabbing has proven that he's more interested in himself than being a representative of the working class.
Actually I thought he was just a human being but I guess you democrats have a different standard. Um, he can be both. Surprisingly. Shockingly.
Hilarious comeback, though.
That was funny to you? You Irish have a strange sense of humor sometimes... :up:
mookiemookie
01-08-09, 10:53 AM
He's a tool, a piece of political propaganda. It's an act, and his spotlight grabbing has proven that he's more interested in himself than being a representative of the working class.
Actually I thought he was just a human being but I guess you democrats have a different standard.
Your boy McCain is the one who made him a political sideshow. Funny how it's all fine well and good to do that, but as soon as anyone criticizes the sideshow, or even the fact that the sideshow exists, they become the bad guy.
He's a tool, a piece of political propaganda. It's an act, and his spotlight grabbing has proven that he's more interested in himself than being a representative of the working class.
Actually I thought he was just a human being but I guess you democrats have a different standard.
Your boy McCain is the one who made him a political sideshow. Funny how it's all fine well and good to do that, but as soon as anyone criticizes the sideshow, or even the fact that the sideshow exists, they become the bad guy.
In case you haven't heard McCain lost the election a couple months ago so it's your side who is perpetuating the "sideshow" now at the expense of fellow human being. Does that make you feel like a big man to do that?
mookiemookie
01-08-09, 11:40 AM
He's a tool, a piece of political propaganda. It's an act, and his spotlight grabbing has proven that he's more interested in himself than being a representative of the working class.
Actually I thought he was just a human being but I guess you democrats have a different standard.
Your boy McCain is the one who made him a political sideshow. Funny how it's all fine well and good to do that, but as soon as anyone criticizes the sideshow, or even the fact that the sideshow exists, they become the bad guy.
In case you haven't heard McCain lost the election a couple months ago so it's your side who is perpetuating the "sideshow" now at the expense of fellow human being. Does that make you feel like a big man to do that?
If you choose to make yourself a public figure, don't be surprised when you face public criticism.
And yes, it makes me feel like a big man to use my freedom of expression to point out the silliness of the political game they all play. It makes me feel STRONG LIKE BULL!
If you choose to make yourself a public figure, don't be surprised when you face public criticism.
So asking a candidate a question is choosing to make yourself a public figure? :roll:
And yes, it makes me feel like a big man to use my freedom of expression to point out the silliness of the political game they all play. It makes me feel STRONG LIKE BULL!
You're not pointing out anything but how eager your party is to disenfranchise the public. I saw the Republicans do the same thing after the 2004 election and look how it turned out for them.
Onkel Neal
01-08-09, 12:13 PM
Strange... I would have thought after all the "Joe the Plumber" publicity, he could have easily built a plumbing empire...sort of like Roto-Rooter.
mookiemookie
01-08-09, 12:19 PM
So asking a candidate a question is choosing to make yourself a public figure? :roll:
No, but giving interviews to Katie Couric, holding pressing conferences, guest spots on Fox News and Good Morning America, pimping your new book and now becoming a television journalist does.
You're not pointing out anything but how eager your party is to disenfranchise the public. I saw the Republicans do the same thing after the 2004 election and look how it turned out for them.
He's not the public. He's a cardboard stand up character.
Aramike
01-08-09, 02:03 PM
I think some people have confused the order in which things have happened.
First, Joe asked a candidate a question. Then, a CAMPAIGN used Joe the Plumber as essentially a tag line. THEN, the Democrats sought out to destroy Joe the Plumber. THEN, Joe decided to use his newfound fame for personal gain.
Joe the Plumber didn't seek out the spotlight - he was thrust into it.
Digital_Trucker
01-08-09, 02:08 PM
I think some people have confused the order in which things have happened.
First, Joe asked a candidate a question. Then, a CAMPAIGN used Joe the Plumber as essentially a tag line. THEN, the Democrats sought out to destroy Joe the Plumber. THEN, Joe decided to use his newfound fame for personal gain.
Joe the Plumber didn't seek out the spotlight - he was thrust into it.
You left out one step, IMO, and that was the candidate's answer to the question. If "the candidate" had not uttered the words "spread the wealth", then perhaps the Democratic party would have used the film to it's advantage. Joe didn't make himself a celebrity, the "chosen one" did, and we should all give "thanks" to him for it.
But wasn't it staged from the very beginning including that question ?
:rotfl:I suppose McCain's staff staged Obama's reply?:D
SteamWake
01-08-09, 02:19 PM
But wasn't it staged from the very beginning including that question ?
No it was not, thats what made it so sweet. Here this everyday Joe asked in a 'off the cuff' manner the questions that were being purposuly avoided by the media.
So the expected result was a media blitz to tear down Joe's charecter and divert attention from the real issue.
Heh... Rush had a good idea.. Send Palin along with him :p that should get the presses rolling !
He won't get it, Mookie. :rotfl:
I think some people have confused the order in which things have happened.
First, Joe asked a candidate a question. Then, a CAMPAIGN used Joe the Plumber as essentially a tag line. THEN, the Democrats sought out to destroy Joe the Plumber. THEN, Joe decided to use his newfound fame for personal gain.
Joe the Plumber didn't seek out the spotlight - he was thrust into it.
Notice that none of our forums partisan democrats are challenging this....
Tchocky
01-08-09, 04:46 PM
The campaign that carried him was the McCain campaign. Witness McCain's performance in the debates, constantly mentioning him. It's not unusual for campaigns to adopt mascots, happens all the time.
The standard response is to challenge the campaigns narrative, its version of events. Notice the fact that his original question to Obama was in error.
When a person becomes central to a news cycle, any and all information sources are immediately called upon. Not all of it will be respectful, but neither will all of it be partisan. This is a natural consequence of the world we inhabit. *insert vague reference to Google*
Honestly, I believe the "media persecution" of this person to have existed more in the mind of Tucker Bounds and Steve Schmidt than it did in reality. Notice "more". Persecution was there, but by mainstream media outlets (ie, not DailyKos) and official Democratic party statements/interviews? I think not.
THEN, the Democrats sought out to destroy Joe the Plumber
"The Democrats" - party or supporters?
It's important.
Sea Demon
01-08-09, 05:00 PM
"The Democrats" - party or supporters?
It's important.
Uh-huh. Well, the supporters are the party. Do you mean party leadership in official DNC posts or just party members(voters)?
Uh-huh. Well, the supporters are the party. Do you mean party leadership in official DNC posts or just party members(voters)?
In other threads you have shown a complete inability to distinguish between either. All are "Idiots on the left". :88)
Aramike
01-08-09, 05:14 PM
You know, there's something even more pathetic about this whole situation. Let's say that Joe the Plumber WAS indeed out for publicity via making his political views known...
SO WHAT???
Why dig into the man's past and attempt to destroy him versus simply debating his arguments? I think there are only three answers to this:
Certain individuals are just wee little people who get off at besmirching another person. These people need to make themselves feel better at the expense of others. So, we'll make fun of someone who WAS on welfare instead of celebrating the fact that he's not any longer, for example.
Certain individuals don't feel that they can discredit the arguments themselves so they have to attack the person making them. These individuals obviously are too small-minded to have enough faith in their own positions to trust using them in a debate against an individual from the other side. Therefore they resort to feeble attempts to discredit the person rather than the idea.
Elitism: what's a plumber know about politics, anyway?
Tchocky
01-08-09, 06:04 PM
"The Democrats" - party or supporters?
It's important.
Uh-huh. Well, the supporters are the party. Do you mean party leadership in official DNC posts or just party members(voters)?
I mean party leadership and elected reps.
"The supporters are the party" is a ridiculous simplification. In a general sense, it is logical, but it doesn't allow any space between voter ranting and party policy.
Aramike
01-08-09, 06:09 PM
"The Democrats" - party or supporters?
It's important.
Uh-huh. Well, the supporters are the party. Do you mean party leadership in official DNC posts or just party members(voters)?
I mean party leadership and elected reps.
"The supporters are the party" is a ridiculous simplification. In a general sense, it is logical, but it doesn't allow any space between voter ranting and party policy.True, in a sense.
But I've had a theory for quite sometime: one of the key differences between the Democratic and Republican parties is that the Democrats do nothing to shut their crackpots up. It is a generalization, of course, but I find it to be true again and again.
Tchocky
01-08-09, 06:13 PM
I'd disagree, and say that neither do. I don't really think they should, either.
Aramike
01-08-09, 06:54 PM
I'd disagree, and say that neither do. I don't really think they should, either.You're right. "Shut up" is the wrong term. More like the Republicans are more likely to openly disagree with their crackpots than the Dems.
"I think media should be abolished from, you know, reporting." :lol::lol::lol:
To be honest with you, I don't think journalists should be anywhere allowed war (sic). I mean, you guys report where our troops are at, you report what's happening day-to-day, you make a big deal out of it. I think it's asinine. I liked back in World War I and World War II, when you'd go to the theater and you'd see your troops on the screen and everyone would be real excited and happy for them. Now everyone's got an opinion and wants to down soldiers, our American soldiers, Israeli soldiers. I think media should be abolished from, you know, reporting. You know, war is hell, and if you're going to sit there and say, "Well, look at this atrocity," well, you don't know the full story behind it half the time. So I think the media should have no business in it. - Joe the Plumber.
Aramike
01-12-09, 03:40 PM
"I think media should be abolished from, you know, reporting." :lol::lol::lol:
To be honest with you, I don't think journalists should be anywhere allowed war (sic). I mean, you guys report where our troops are at, you report what's happening day-to-day, you make a big deal out of it. I think it's asinine. I liked back in World War I and World War II, when you'd go to the theater and you'd see your troops on the screen and everyone would be real excited and happy for them. Now everyone's got an opinion and wants to down soldiers, our American soldiers, Israeli soldiers. I think media should be abolished from, you know, reporting. You know, war is hell, and if you're going to sit there and say, "Well, look at this atrocity," well, you don't know the full story behind it half the time. So I think the media should have no business in it. - Joe the Plumber.I actually partly agree with his point. I don't believe that the media has any business being on the battlefield. There's just no way that an "embedded" reporter can really get the proper, large enough picture to accurately report the news. In fact, I find that it's done for more sensationalism than anything.
I mean, have you ever seen a report from Geraldo Rivera in a war zone?
SteamWake
01-12-09, 03:46 PM
I mean, have you ever seen a report from Geraldo Rivera in a war zone?
You mean the one where the dork draws out our plans for all the world to see :doh:
I say feed them a bunch of misleading erronious information and let them have at it. :p
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