Joe the Plumber is here, and he ain't happy (Jerusalem Post)

[struggle4progress]

Samuel Wurzelbacher of Ohio, aka Joe the Plumber, arrived in Sderot at noon Sunday to show local and foreign reporters how to do it right ...

... he seemed .. intent on teaching a thing or two to the media. "Do you think this is normal, the way you cover this conflict and give away information to your enemy?" he asked the journalists that gathered around him.

"It makes me sick to see the way you behave - you guys need to be protective of your homes, your children, your family."

"I am angry," he said, "and this is why I came here."

Joe the Plumber is here, and he ain't happy
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1231424929024&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

... On Sunday, he was shown remains of rockets while an Israeli police spokesman briefed him about the situation in Sderot.

He did struggle with at one point. "I have thousands of questions, but I can't think of the right one," he said.

What he could summon up quickly was anger against Israel's critics, who are outraged by the more than 800 Palestinians killed in Israel's bruising air and ground onslaught against Gaza.

Thirteen Israelis have also died since the operation began ...

Joe the Plumber reports from Israel
http://www.necn.com/Boston/Nation/2009/01/11/Joe-the-Plumber-reports-from/1231718419.html

... Wurzelbacher said that he believes the media shouldn’t be allowed to do “reporting” on wars:

... I think media should be abolished from, uh, you know, reporting. You know, war is hell. And if you’re gonna sit there and say, “Well look at this atrocity,” well you don’t know the whole story behind it half the time, so I think the media should have no business in it

Joe the Plumber: ‘I think media should be abolished’ from reporting on war
http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/11/joe-plumber-media/ <includes video>

... Wurzelbacher said he took the job to cover the war because he was an "expert on media bias."

"I was on the short end of the stick," he said, comparing his situation to Israel's ...

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20090111/joe_reporter_090111/20090111?hub=World

... "Why hasn't Israel acted sooner?" Wurzelbacher asked. "I know if I were a citizen here, I'd be damned upset" ...

Joe the Plumber trades wrench for reporter's pad in Sderot
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3654472,00.html

[Gman]

1. Joe's a useful idiot for the RW

and they're taking full advantage of it. Of course, being an idiot, Joe doesn't mind.

[ellenfl]

2. holy crap, batman! i hope those other reporters have learned their lesson! eom

[proud2BlibKansan]

3. There's a video over in Political Videos

He is wearing an ugly gray t-shirt. Looks like a loon.

[John Q. Citizen]

4. Heh heh, those Israelis are whakos. Man, no wonder they kill kids, they are completely nuts.

Why are they giving attention to this guy?

[Idealism]

5. Even Israeli apologists should be mad at Joe comparing himself to Israel n/t

[Skittles]

6. he is making a fool of himself

spouting rightwing talking points :puke:

[liberalmuse]

7. If there ever was a target for a heat seeking missile...

Joe the Plumber would be it. What a colossal GASBAG.

[frogcycle]

8. he is an "expert on media bias."

because he can see the newsstand from his front porch

[ezgoingrl]

9. I was wrong about Joe.

I didn't think he could possibly show his a** more than he did during the election, I was SO wrong. I apologize, Joe. I'll never underestimate you again.:dunce:

[rrneck]

10. The global IQ just took a big hit. nt

[MUAD_DIB]

11. What an utter moron.

1. He can't think of anything to ask. So Why is he there?

2. He is there with temporary press credentials but wants to ban the press. So Why is he there?

3. He is no "expert" on media bias (you have to be able to cogitate to do that). So Why is he there?



Oh, yes. For the PROPAGANDA. Rat-Phuck GOPygs love that shit.

[Larkspur]

12. I'm surprised Joe Lieberman didn't go with Joe The Propagandist to Israel

[Karl_Bonner_1982]

13. I wonder if Joe was a hired RW spokesman all along...

...He obviously wasn't an employed plumber, and his main career lately has been in the web of what Paul Krugman eloquently calls "movement conservatism." Perhaps he was deliberately chosen to look and act like the "average Joe" just to make his cause seem normal and mainstream.

Well anyway, the majority of Americans didn't buy his ruse.

[lk9550]

14. Fuck that idiot

Stupid hypocritical moron.

[pbrower2a]

15. Sam the "Plumber" -- What a buffoon!

Governments don't censor war news to conceal the truth from the Enemy; they censor war news to conceal the truth from their own people, the people to whom they are supposedly responsible. The more that the government suppresses the truth, the worse things get for the people in wartime.

Does anyone expect Sam Wurzelbacher to know that?