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Welfare; something Republicans don't engage in. Joe the Douche Bag must be pretty angry.

Speaking of that clown, the Daily Show got him pretty good last night. When Shepherd Smith is disgusted, you know you've done wrong.

UK wrote:

InvincibleCakeEater wrote:I'm in SWMO and just got one in the mail today that said Obama supports killing babies.

Kind of funny though, also in today's mail was a sweet ass Obama pin!

Someone got their moveon.org pin, they should've given you a larger pin for having to wait for so long.

Seriously. I ordered the thing forever ago.

I love how someone can ask a presidential candidate a question on the campaign trail and have themselves dragged through the mud by the media. The scrutiny of Joe is beyond the ridiculous level.

I did not get a pin, but I did get an e-ticket to the Obama celebration Tuesday night. I'll pass, I don't like the traffic in Chicago on normal nights and I can't imagine what this is going to be like.

btw - the tickets are "sold out".

BW23 wrote:I love how someone can ask a presidential candidate a question on the campaign trail and have themselves dragged through the mud by the media. The scrutiny of Joe is beyond the ridiculous level.

It's not like he and the GOP brought that upon him though, right?

InvincibleCakeEater wrote:

BW23 wrote:I love how someone can ask a presidential candidate a question on the campaign trail and have themselves dragged through the mud by the media. The scrutiny of Joe is beyond the ridiculous level.

It's not like he and the GOP brought that upon him though, right?

Nope.

BW23 wrote:I love how someone can ask a presidential candidate a question on the campaign trail and have themselves dragged through the mud by the media. The scrutiny of Joe is beyond the ridiculous level.

I think people are just annoyed by his self-promotion and obvious grabbing of his 15 minutes of fame.

I will freely admit that I don't like it that news outlets immediately investigate these instant celebrities within minutes. I'm sure he's just an average Joe. It's the Republicans who made him a huge story, when there's not all that much particularly interesting about his situation.

BW23 wrote:

InvincibleCakeEater wrote:

BW23 wrote:I love how someone can ask a presidential candidate a question on the campaign trail and have themselves dragged through the mud by the media. The scrutiny of Joe is beyond the ridiculous level.

It's not like he and the GOP brought that upon him though, right?

Nope.

Of course not



That must be Tina Fey.

Popeye_Card wrote:

BW23 wrote:I love how someone can ask a presidential candidate a question on the campaign trail and have themselves dragged through the mud by the media. The scrutiny of Joe is beyond the ridiculous level.

I think people are just annoyed by his self-promotion and obvious grabbing of his 15 minutes of fame.

I will freely admit that I don't like it that news outlets immediately investigate these instant celebrities within minutes. I'm sure he's just an average Joe. It's the Republicans who made him a huge story, when there's not all that much particularly interesting about his situation.

The scrutiny took place immediately...digging into his past, looking for ways to put him down. And it wasn't just the news outlets.

Did the Republicans make him a huge story? Yeah, I guess. But it was because of the answer that Obama gave that set them off. "Spread the wealth". That's what started it all. And now, the best way to get people to ignore that is to paint Joe in a bad light.

Disgusting.

BW23 wrote:

InvincibleCakeEater wrote:

BW23 wrote:I love how someone can ask a presidential candidate a question on the campaign trail and have themselves dragged through the mud by the media. The scrutiny of Joe is beyond the ridiculous level.

It's not like he and the GOP brought that upon him though, right?

Nope.

McCain mentioned "joe the plumber" two dozen times during the last debate. Then they've had him up on stage during campaign rallies. I don't know if "joe the plumber" was a republican plant, but the party latched on to him and made him a de facto spokesperson immediately after his famous question to Obama.