“Operation Destroy Joe the Plumber” by Michelle Malkin
My syndicated column today reports on Team Obama and the Obamedia’s mission to tear down Joe the Plumber. Yes, we are in the midst of a new contagion: Joe The Plumber Derangement Syndrome. JTPDS.
Now, pay close attention to how the MSM rushes to uncover every last bit of gossip and dirt about Joe Wurzelbacher’s life. Some of it is relevant to the public policy questions he posed to Obama. Much of it is not. Danny Glover notes the behemoth double standards of the media mavens who call it journalism when they investigate, but consider it “stalking” when those of us on the Right perform the same tasks on Democrat poster families:
“The impulse to learn more about Wurzelbacher is perfectly normal. Readers and viewers are no doubt want to know more about the man now that he is all over the news. I know I do. And speaking as a journalist, let me add that reporters should be curious enough to do some basic background research.
But why is it that political reporters only get curious when a conservative Joe America storms onto the scene? Why aren’t they just as curious when liberals trot out, say, a 12-year-old boy to give a national radio address?
It has been almost a year to the day since journalists dropped the ball on telling America more about Graeme Frost, the boy who made the case for sinking billions of dollars more into the State Children’s Health Insurance Program. But when Michelle Malkin and other curious conservative bloggers did the legwork the press wouldn’t, they earned the scorn of their mainstream colleagues.
This time around, with Joe The Plumber as their target, the MSM is coming out with guns blazing. Maybe they should spend more time telling the bigger story about Wurzelbacher — that he managed to get Obama on the public record as favoring a socialistic redistribution of wealth.
As I note below, there’s also a feeding frenzy over Wurzelbacher’s tax lien. Patterico wonders where the media hounds are on the story of Obama’s treasurer’s tax liens. Bet you hadn’t heard about that. Bet you never will again.
Here’s the NYTimes’ latest on Joe vs. Team Obama. Count how many sentences are devoted to Obama’s wealth redistribution remarks and how long it takes before they mention them.No, they don’t get it.
October 18th, 2008 at 2:22 am
I say to the MSM…. keep it up! You’re absolutely right, don’t stop! Go after Sarah Palin, Joe the Plumber, and everyone else that the average American can identify with. As a matter of fact I think it might be a good idea to trivialize voter fraud and laugh at Americans that are concerned their vote might be nullified by someone who doesn’t live in the state. It’s about time the average American citizen was put in their place and was made to understand just how intelligent you are and that you’re only doing it for our own good because you know what’s best for me. I have another good idea. Trivialize the Weather Underground and Bill Ayers to minimize any negatives towards Obama. What’s a few dead cops? Right? Pay no attention to the shrinking polls. Just keep up the good work!
October 18th, 2008 at 5:49 pm
this site uses censorship…as a blue collar American…this site is anti American. Politically organized religion lives here…maybe Karl Marx Rove not God or Jesus…