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	<title>Comments on: Joe the Plumber: &#8216;I think media should be abolished&#8217; from reporting on war.</title>
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		<title>By: Kgri818</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/11/joe-plumber-media/comment-page-6/#comment-5444896</link>
		<dc:creator>Kgri818</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2009 13:30:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hey Joe I am A code officer where&#039;s your permit
secound thought...set an example QUIT reporting from war zone idiot</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey Joe I am A code officer where&#8217;s your permit<br />
secound thought&#8230;set an example QUIT reporting from war zone idiot<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5444896', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: logsplitter</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/11/joe-plumber-media/comment-page-6/#comment-5427824</link>
		<dc:creator>logsplitter</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 02:22:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>After reading a few of the first comments posted here, I now understand how Barack Obama won the election.  Calling people names, wishing them ill and dismissing them because they don&#039;t say what you believe shows you don&#039;t have any intelligent rebuke for their opinions.  In WWI, the saying was &quot;loose lips sinks ships&quot;; that&#039;s what Samuel &quot;Joe&quot; Wurzelbacher sees our media doing.  He sees them as exposing our military men and women to further harm.  Our media does not give positive reports on our military; they only give negative. They do not give them credit for the sacrifices they have made for all of us or the battles they have won.  Have we been attacked here on the homeland since 9-11?  Have YOU appreciated the fact that we have been safe; free to write the way you do; free to bash our President with obscenties that in Iraq would have had your head removed (actually it would take alot less than what has been said).  Maybe someday you will appreciate Mr. Wurzelbacher&#039;s first question to Mr. Obama. Maybe when Mr. Obama &quot;spreads the wealth&quot; and you have given 50% (or %70 as it was before President Reagan lowered the income tax rate) of your earnings to the government to spend how they see fit, as Mr. Obama wants to do, instead of you using it to provide for your own family, you will understand where Mr. Wurzelbacher is coming from, and you&#039;ll understand his concerns. The trillion dollar ($1,000,000,000,000) &quot;stimulus&quot; plus the bailouts will have to be paid back; it will be the younger generation&#039;s bill. Our fear is that Mr. Obama&#039;s government spending will NOT help our Country; his ideas have put fear into the hearts of hard working Americans, who are the backbone of this Country, NOT the government! Our Congress has put less concern toward Mr. Geithner&#039;s (Treasury Secretary appointment) $34,000.00 income tax debt than the disgust by the media of Mr. Wurzelbacher&#039;s $1200.00 income tax debt. Mr. Wurzelbacher is just an ordinary citizen who asked a politician an important question, and Mr. Obama&#039;s answer should have been the subject of conversation, NOT MR. WURZELBACHER! Another minus for our media, who should have done more questioning of Mr. Obama instead of so much campaigning for him.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>After reading a few of the first comments posted here, I now understand how Barack Obama won the election.  Calling people names, wishing them ill and dismissing them because they don&#8217;t say what you believe shows you don&#8217;t have any intelligent rebuke for their opinions.  In WWI, the saying was &#8220;loose lips sinks ships&#8221;; that&#8217;s what Samuel &#8220;Joe&#8221; Wurzelbacher sees our media doing.  He sees them as exposing our military men and women to further harm.  Our media does not give positive reports on our military; they only give negative. They do not give them credit for the sacrifices they have made for all of us or the battles they have won.  Have we been attacked here on the homeland since 9-11?  Have YOU appreciated the fact that we have been safe; free to write the way you do; free to bash our President with obscenties that in Iraq would have had your head removed (actually it would take alot less than what has been said).  Maybe someday you will appreciate Mr. Wurzelbacher&#8217;s first question to Mr. Obama. Maybe when Mr. Obama &#8220;spreads the wealth&#8221; and you have given 50% (or %70 as it was before President Reagan lowered the income tax rate) of your earnings to the government to spend how they see fit, as Mr. Obama wants to do, instead of you using it to provide for your own family, you will understand where Mr. Wurzelbacher is coming from, and you&#8217;ll understand his concerns. The trillion dollar ($1,000,000,000,000) &#8220;stimulus&#8221; plus the bailouts will have to be paid back; it will be the younger generation&#8217;s bill. Our fear is that Mr. Obama&#8217;s government spending will NOT help our Country; his ideas have put fear into the hearts of hard working Americans, who are the backbone of this Country, NOT the government! Our Congress has put less concern toward Mr. Geithner&#8217;s (Treasury Secretary appointment) $34,000.00 income tax debt than the disgust by the media of Mr. Wurzelbacher&#8217;s $1200.00 income tax debt. Mr. Wurzelbacher is just an ordinary citizen who asked a politician an important question, and Mr. Obama&#8217;s answer should have been the subject of conversation, NOT MR. WURZELBACHER! Another minus for our media, who should have done more questioning of Mr. Obama instead of so much campaigning for him.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5427824', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: mfpdx</title>
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		<dc:creator>mfpdx</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 17:36:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Astounding!  Truly baffling how some guy who hasn&#039;t even got the license for the job he SAID he did (BTW Joe, hae you paid those taxes yet???), could, just because the GOP USED HIM, get a journalists job reporting on the war, LMAO!  Never seen anything more ludicrous in my life.

This guy can barely string a sentence together, didn&#039;t even know that Obama&#039;s cuts would include him (not something one had to be &lt;em&gt;brilliant &lt;/em&gt;to figure out, after all), sounds &lt;em&gt;nearly&lt;/em&gt; as ignorant as Palin (OK fine, JUST AS IGNORANT!) and yet he has totally cashed in on his attempt to demonize Obama!

McCain and Palin:  I hope your happy.  NEITHER of you could get anywhere and yet this ignorant nothing is making big bucks and on his way to fame, AGAIN, LMAO!  This is like a bad fantasy.  Jokes on you two!

Hey Joe, hope you don&#039;t &lt;em&gt;accidentally&lt;/em&gt; get yourself blown up!  After all, you have &lt;strong&gt;NO training&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;em&gt;EVEN LESS&lt;/em&gt;&lt;strong&gt; business being anywhere near a war zone.

And BTW, &quot;I&quot; could answer 4x more questions about BOTH the war and politics than you ever could.

Who said lifes fair.......OR LOGICAL?!&lt;/strong&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Astounding!  Truly baffling how some guy who hasn&#8217;t even got the license for the job he SAID he did (BTW Joe, hae you paid those taxes yet???), could, just because the GOP USED HIM, get a journalists job reporting on the war, LMAO!  Never seen anything more ludicrous in my life.</p>
<p>This guy can barely string a sentence together, didn&#8217;t even know that Obama&#8217;s cuts would include him (not something one had to be <em>brilliant </em>to figure out, after all), sounds <em>nearly</em> as ignorant as Palin (OK fine, JUST AS IGNORANT!) and yet he has totally cashed in on his attempt to demonize Obama!</p>
<p>McCain and Palin:  I hope your happy.  NEITHER of you could get anywhere and yet this ignorant nothing is making big bucks and on his way to fame, AGAIN, LMAO!  This is like a bad fantasy.  Jokes on you two!</p>
<p>Hey Joe, hope you don&#8217;t <em>accidentally</em> get yourself blown up!  After all, you have <strong>NO training</strong> and <em>EVEN LESS</em><strong> business being anywhere near a war zone.</p>
<p>And BTW, &#8220;I&#8221; could answer 4x more questions about BOTH the war and politics than you ever could.</p>
<p>Who said lifes fair&#8230;&#8230;.OR LOGICAL?!</strong><a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5425784', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: undertoe</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 15:45:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Lividlib, I think I can answer the question you asked in post 227:

&lt;blockquote&gt;fmoore Says: 
“Joe the plumber is a decent hard working American that never sought notariety…”

“Notariety”?
What the hell is that, moron?&lt;/blockquote&gt;

...I believe &quot;Notariety&quot; is the state of being a Notary Public...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Lividlib, I think I can answer the question you asked in post 227:</p>
<blockquote><p>fmoore Says:<br />
“Joe the plumber is a decent hard working American that never sought notariety…”</p>
<p>“Notariety”?<br />
What the hell is that, moron?</p></blockquote>
<p>&#8230;I believe &#8220;Notariety&#8221; is the state of being a Notary Public&#8230;<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5425470', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: moaksey</title>
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		<dc:creator>moaksey</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:33:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hahaha... What a moron. I think media should be aboloished from reporting on morons... and the economy... If we didn&#039;t know about the recession then it wouldn&#039;t exist! I mean, the media stays away from unicorns, right? And people just leave them alone!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hahaha&#8230; What a moron. I think media should be aboloished from reporting on morons&#8230; and the economy&#8230; If we didn&#8217;t know about the recession then it wouldn&#8217;t exist! I mean, the media stays away from unicorns, right? And people just leave them alone!<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5422728', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: csuka</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/11/joe-plumber-media/comment-page-6/#comment-5422150</link>
		<dc:creator>csuka</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2009 13:27:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Well, I might not be exact in what I know but last time I checked Israel did give land back. From what I read it was land the Palestinians were so eager to get back ( I am talking about the terrorists here ). What happened. The land was given back and still the missiles keep being fired. I agree with you that they both have to grow up. But, when you give and still get attacked what are you supposed to do Israel has only so much territory, they can&#039;t give it all away. 

Also, it is not Israels&#039; fault that the terrorists hide behind the civilians in Palestine. I do not believe that Israel purposely fires upon and kills civilians. Every conflict has civilian casualties, which is very unfortunte.

I would much prefer that conflicts would be resolved in a much more civilized way. 

Human nature is not that way though. 

Anywhere you look, even a simple look these days can cause a fight. People all over the world are stressed for whatever reason and will use any excuse to start a fight.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well, I might not be exact in what I know but last time I checked Israel did give land back. From what I read it was land the Palestinians were so eager to get back ( I am talking about the terrorists here ). What happened. The land was given back and still the missiles keep being fired. I agree with you that they both have to grow up. But, when you give and still get attacked what are you supposed to do Israel has only so much territory, they can&#8217;t give it all away. </p>
<p>Also, it is not Israels&#8217; fault that the terrorists hide behind the civilians in Palestine. I do not believe that Israel purposely fires upon and kills civilians. Every conflict has civilian casualties, which is very unfortunte.</p>
<p>I would much prefer that conflicts would be resolved in a much more civilized way. </p>
<p>Human nature is not that way though. </p>
<p>Anywhere you look, even a simple look these days can cause a fight. People all over the world are stressed for whatever reason and will use any excuse to start a fight.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5422150', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Robt</title>
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		<dc:creator>Robt</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2009 07:22:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>And I think scab untrained plumbers should be giving his undiciplined untrained niave opinions to himself and his close pals (like McCain, Hannity and Palin. 

Joe, you weren&#039;t neither old enough or born that you could watch news of WWI or WWII.   As far as all &quot;those people&quot; with &quot;all their&quot; views.  
 
           Wecolme to the human race.  You view doesn&#039;t make it right nor the best opinion.  Matter of fact it is a inexperienced one as well as uneducated.

           Go back to schilling for republicans.  They like to put you up as long as they think they can use you to connect with people like me.  

           Joe, you need a date with Ann Coulter.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>And I think scab untrained plumbers should be giving his undiciplined untrained niave opinions to himself and his close pals (like McCain, Hannity and Palin. </p>
<p>Joe, you weren&#8217;t neither old enough or born that you could watch news of WWI or WWII.   As far as all &#8220;those people&#8221; with &#8220;all their&#8221; views.  </p>
<p>           Wecolme to the human race.  You view doesn&#8217;t make it right nor the best opinion.  Matter of fact it is a inexperienced one as well as uneducated.</p>
<p>           Go back to schilling for republicans.  They like to put you up as long as they think they can use you to connect with people like me.  </p>
<p>           Joe, you need a date with Ann Coulter.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5422110', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: EugeneDebs</title>
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		<dc:creator>EugeneDebs</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2009 04:04:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>csuka Says: 

Just curious. Are you talking about the Israelis or the Palestinians? Or do ONLY the deaths of the Isrealis count and the Palestinians WOULDNT feel the same way. Yeah. What if all the peace talking spends 40 YEARS of one side refusing to follow international law and continuing to STEAL YOUR LAND and OPPRESS YOUR PEOPLE? People need more than safety they need dignity as much as air and water. Until Israel is willing to give some justice to the Palestinians as long as they continue to attack THEIR civilians. I am afraid the Palestinians will continue their vile terrorism against them. Both sides have to grow up and do what is necessary to bring peace. Israel has to cough up the land they have been illegally building settlements on. The Palestinians have to stop the vile practice of making war on civilians women and children. The whole situation is one big tragedy</description>
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<p>Just curious. Are you talking about the Israelis or the Palestinians? Or do ONLY the deaths of the Isrealis count and the Palestinians WOULDNT feel the same way. Yeah. What if all the peace talking spends 40 YEARS of one side refusing to follow international law and continuing to STEAL YOUR LAND and OPPRESS YOUR PEOPLE? People need more than safety they need dignity as much as air and water. Until Israel is willing to give some justice to the Palestinians as long as they continue to attack THEIR civilians. I am afraid the Palestinians will continue their vile terrorism against them. Both sides have to grow up and do what is necessary to bring peace. Israel has to cough up the land they have been illegally building settlements on. The Palestinians have to stop the vile practice of making war on civilians women and children. The whole situation is one big tragedy<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5422008', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: dbadass</title>
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		<dc:creator>dbadass</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2009 04:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Well I probably would not send some total freak show to pretend that said dipshit might represent me or my opinion. After that I might ask myself some pretty serious questions about why my neighbor might feel the need to hurl missiles at my home...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well I probably would not send some total freak show to pretend that said dipshit might represent me or my opinion. After that I might ask myself some pretty serious questions about why my neighbor might feel the need to hurl missiles at my home&#8230;<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5422002', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: csuka</title>
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		<dc:creator>csuka</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2009 03:49:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>As far as the media reporting what is there, they are reporting what they want you to see! Any one of you can go and listen to / watch news from another country over on that side of the world. I guarantee you what you get is not the same! I don&#039;t trust the media, they are absolutely biased to the left.

Just Curious
What would any of you do if you had to worry about missiles coming over into your neighborhood? Turn the other cheak? Maybe until one of your loved ones got blown up. Then what, sit back again and wait for another missile? Your all so wise, tell me this. If all the peace talking is irrelevant because the other side simply does not care. What do you do?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As far as the media reporting what is there, they are reporting what they want you to see! Any one of you can go and listen to / watch news from another country over on that side of the world. I guarantee you what you get is not the same! I don&#8217;t trust the media, they are absolutely biased to the left.</p>
<p>Just Curious<br />
What would any of you do if you had to worry about missiles coming over into your neighborhood? Turn the other cheak? Maybe until one of your loved ones got blown up. Then what, sit back again and wait for another missile? Your all so wise, tell me this. If all the peace talking is irrelevant because the other side simply does not care. What do you do?<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5421982', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: raja</title>
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		<dc:creator>raja</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2009 01:50:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>First it was, &quot;What are the Israelis people supposed to do?&quot;

Then,

&quot;I Think Media Should Be Abolished From, Uh, You Know, Reporting.&quot;

Next, he&#039;ll say: &quot;Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we.&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>First it was, &#8220;What are the Israelis people supposed to do?&#8221;</p>
<p>Then,</p>
<p>&#8220;I Think Media Should Be Abolished From, Uh, You Know, Reporting.&#8221;</p>
<p>Next, he&#8217;ll say: &#8220;Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we.&#8221;<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5421846', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: ElBruce</title>
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		<dc:creator>ElBruce</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2009 00:52:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;a href=&quot;http://firedoglake.com/2009/01/12/joe-the-plumber-exposes-blatantly-pro-hamas-israeli-reporter/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Here&#039;s a great exchange&lt;/a&gt; from Firedoglake giving an example of Joe&#039;s &quot;reporting.&quot;  It basically amounts to trolling people in person and forcing them to agree with you by giving them straw-man questions and then shouting &quot;yes or no!&quot; in their faces.

He might be pretty good with his own FAUX News show someday, but he ain&#039;t doing anything like reporting.  So I guess his thing about how reporting from war zones should be &quot;abolished&quot; isn&#039;t as hypocritical as it seemed at first.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://firedoglake.com/2009/01/12/joe-the-plumber-exposes-blatantly-pro-hamas-israeli-reporter/" rel="nofollow">Here&#8217;s a great exchange</a> from Firedoglake giving an example of Joe&#8217;s &#8220;reporting.&#8221;  It basically amounts to trolling people in person and forcing them to agree with you by giving them straw-man questions and then shouting &#8220;yes or no!&#8221; in their faces.</p>
<p>He might be pretty good with his own FAUX News show someday, but he ain&#8217;t doing anything like reporting.  So I guess his thing about how reporting from war zones should be &#8220;abolished&#8221; isn&#8217;t as hypocritical as it seemed at first.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5421746', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: enough</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/11/joe-plumber-media/comment-page-6/#comment-5421676</link>
		<dc:creator>enough</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2009 23:52:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hey Saturday Night Live,

How about a whole evening dedicated to Samuel J. Wurzelbacher, AKA Joe the Faux Plumber. 

Please. Please. Please.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey Saturday Night Live,</p>
<p>How about a whole evening dedicated to Samuel J. Wurzelbacher, AKA Joe the Faux Plumber. </p>
<p>Please. Please. Please.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5421676', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: enough</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/11/joe-plumber-media/comment-page-6/#comment-5421664</link>
		<dc:creator>enough</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2009 23:43:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I, personally, think that faux janitors should be jailed to answer for the sewer lines job they botched in this country before they are allowed to apply their snakes to Republican ears abroad.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I, personally, think that faux janitors should be jailed to answer for the sewer lines job they botched in this country before they are allowed to apply their snakes to Republican ears abroad.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5421664', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: EugeneDebs</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/11/joe-plumber-media/comment-page-6/#comment-5421488</link>
		<dc:creator>EugeneDebs</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2009 22:49:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>undertoe Says: 

I am NOT a Democrat. I left the Democratic Party when they ran Joe Lieberman for VP. I figured they had taken liberals like me for granted about long enough.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>undertoe Says: </p>
<p>I am NOT a Democrat. I left the Democratic Party when they ran Joe Lieberman for VP. I figured they had taken liberals like me for granted about long enough.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5421488', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: EugeneDebs</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/11/joe-plumber-media/comment-page-6/#comment-5421476</link>
		<dc:creator>EugeneDebs</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2009 22:47:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Uidiot Says: 

Perhaps you didn’t understand I am a life long democrat and voted for Obama.
&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;

First is that supposed to make you immune to criticism for being a moron? I dont think it does. Second I find it hard to believe a lifelong Dem comes in here and calls others on the left sheep. Then again you are pretty dense.

Your thought process shows your ignorance.
&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;

Your very nick is calling others idiots. Normally when someone starts off that way something monumentally stupid follows. You did not dissapoint. You are truly a moron of gargantuan dimensions. Good luck with that.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Uidiot Says: </p>
<p>Perhaps you didn’t understand I am a life long democrat and voted for Obama.<br />
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<p>First is that supposed to make you immune to criticism for being a moron? I dont think it does. Second I find it hard to believe a lifelong Dem comes in here and calls others on the left sheep. Then again you are pretty dense.</p>
<p>Your thought process shows your ignorance.<br />
&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;</p>
<p>Your very nick is calling others idiots. Normally when someone starts off that way something monumentally stupid follows. You did not dissapoint. You are truly a moron of gargantuan dimensions. Good luck with that.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5421476', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: EugeneDebs</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/11/joe-plumber-media/comment-page-6/#comment-5421468</link>
		<dc:creator>EugeneDebs</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2009 22:43:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>undertoe Says: 

Please accept my apologies then, EugeneDebs. ;)
&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;


(although I will point out that the republican talking points network is still far more advanced than that of the democrats,
&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;

Oh yeah. That is an understatement of massive proportions</description>
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<p>Please accept my apologies then, EugeneDebs. ;)<br />
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<p>(although I will point out that the republican talking points network is still far more advanced than that of the democrats,<br />
&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;</p>
<p>Oh yeah. That is an understatement of massive proportions<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5421468', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: EugeneDebs</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/11/joe-plumber-media/comment-page-6/#comment-5421466</link>
		<dc:creator>EugeneDebs</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2009 22:41:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Uidiot Says: 
&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;

Oh good stupidity and projection in the same post. I just love the free clown shows.

EugeneDebs Says
Just get back from Gaza did you?

I believe you missed the point - you’re a prime example of what I believe torzan was saying.
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Sure because you are an idiot. He didnt HAVE a point. He took us to task for not having FIRST HAND EXPERIENCE and actually finding things out by reading newspapers and such sources now the topic is about Joe ISNTAPLUMBER being in GAZA so where did HE get HIS information on this? IF he didnt just come back from Gaza then IT isnt firsthand either. This is actually pretty simple stuff.

You sound like an individual trying to hard go back to school
Just because you believe something doesn’t make it so.
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Please attempt to maintain a minimum level of coherence in your posts. Was that supposed to make sense? I am trying to go back to school? YOU guys are the morons that continue to just make baseless assertions and pretend that makes them true. Look at the irony in this very statement. Is it TRUE that I am trying to go back to school? Did you attempt to read my mind? Was there anything NEARING a point? Things also dont become true because YOU say them or because the poster I responded to says them. Either I AM putting facts in my posts or giving my counter opinion to THEIR opinions. In THAT particular it is called logic. I suggest you brush up on it as it was so very obviously lacking in YOUR POST.

After reading through these comments I to believe people just don’t get it BA BA BA little sheep.
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Now the classic projection. It is the rightwing that are the sheeple. It isnt US that tunes in to radio screechmonkeys to find out what WE think. In fact the conventional wisdom about the left is we have a propensity for circular firing squads and the old saying is that trying to get liberals together on anything is like trying to herd cats. Put two liberals in a room you have at least three opinions but let me guess it sounded good when RUSH SAID IT RIGHT?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Uidiot Says:<br />
&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;</p>
<p>Oh good stupidity and projection in the same post. I just love the free clown shows.</p>
<p>EugeneDebs Says<br />
Just get back from Gaza did you?</p>
<p>I believe you missed the point &#8211; you’re a prime example of what I believe torzan was saying.<br />
&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;</p>
<p>Sure because you are an idiot. He didnt HAVE a point. He took us to task for not having FIRST HAND EXPERIENCE and actually finding things out by reading newspapers and such sources now the topic is about Joe ISNTAPLUMBER being in GAZA so where did HE get HIS information on this? IF he didnt just come back from Gaza then IT isnt firsthand either. This is actually pretty simple stuff.</p>
<p>You sound like an individual trying to hard go back to school<br />
Just because you believe something doesn’t make it so.<br />
&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;</p>
<p>Please attempt to maintain a minimum level of coherence in your posts. Was that supposed to make sense? I am trying to go back to school? YOU guys are the morons that continue to just make baseless assertions and pretend that makes them true. Look at the irony in this very statement. Is it TRUE that I am trying to go back to school? Did you attempt to read my mind? Was there anything NEARING a point? Things also dont become true because YOU say them or because the poster I responded to says them. Either I AM putting facts in my posts or giving my counter opinion to THEIR opinions. In THAT particular it is called logic. I suggest you brush up on it as it was so very obviously lacking in YOUR POST.</p>
<p>After reading through these comments I to believe people just don’t get it BA BA BA little sheep.<br />
&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;</p>
<p>Now the classic projection. It is the rightwing that are the sheeple. It isnt US that tunes in to radio screechmonkeys to find out what WE think. In fact the conventional wisdom about the left is we have a propensity for circular firing squads and the old saying is that trying to get liberals together on anything is like trying to herd cats. Put two liberals in a room you have at least three opinions but let me guess it sounded good when RUSH SAID IT RIGHT?<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5421466', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: undertoe</title>
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		<dc:creator>undertoe</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2009 21:55:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>By the way, Uidiot, I never said I was a democrat, I&#039;m not. By &quot;we&quot; (as in &quot;we have much to repair&quot;), I meant 
A) Americans who value the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, and 
B) Americans who are sane</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>By the way, Uidiot, I never said I was a democrat, I&#8217;m not. By &#8220;we&#8221; (as in &#8220;we have much to repair&#8221;), I meant<br />
A) Americans who value the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, and<br />
B) Americans who are sane<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5421356', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: dbadass</title>
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		<dc:creator>dbadass</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2009 21:42:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Could he atleast tuck the stupid f ucking t-shirt in? This crap is so absurd... If this represents average America, I want the hell out.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Could he atleast tuck the stupid f ucking t-shirt in? This crap is so absurd&#8230; If this represents average America, I want the hell out.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5421322', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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