2008 Election

Michelle Malkin: Operation Destroy Joe the Plumber

By Maegan Carberry ⋅ October 17, 2008 ⋅   Email this post ⋅  Digg This ⋅  Share on Facebook ⋅  Print this post ⋅ Post a comment

Michelle blames the excess of Joe the Plumber ’smears’ on the Obama camp and liberal media in her latest well-written (if not far-fetched) column. I do agree, however, that both campaigns and journalists have been irresponsible in allowing this private citizen to be picked apart with Ken Starr-like tenacity. More than it’s bamboozling ‘Wag the Dog’ qualities, it’s frightening how distorted our collective respect for what types of information fall within the realm of public domain. Work around the digs on Ayers, and I’m with Michelle: How is any of this relevant?

“Then, suddenly, the journalists who wouldn’t lift a finger to investigate Barack Obama’s longtime relationships with Weather Underground terrorist Bill Ayers and Jeremiah Wright sprang into action rifling through citizen Joe Wurzelbacher’s tax records. Politico.com reported breathlessly: “Samuel J. Wurzelbacher has a lien placed against him to the tune of $1,182.92. The lien is dated from January of ‘07.” Press outlets probed his divorce records. The local plumbers’ union, which has endorsed Obama, claimed he didn’t do their required apprenticeship work and didn’t have a license to work outside his local township.”