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Stuart G Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-11-11 06:43 AM
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Perfect example of national news bias. Coverage of Joe Plumber
Edited on Tue Oct-11-11 06:45 AM by Stuart G
Who gives a damn about this has been?

So, he decides to run for an office and it is important national news. Really?
Only a biased, right wing, slanted news would give this jerk the full coverage that he has been given.
To the idiots who say that the news is liberal, give them this example.
Joe is a has been who the right wing news is trying to bring back.
thanks for reading this.
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Raschel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-11-11 06:50 AM
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1. Great point.
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Lorien Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-11-11 06:55 AM
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2. Compare/ contrast MSM's treatment of 2 digit IQ Joe and brilliant Jesse LeGreca
their bias couldn't be more obvious.
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seabeyond Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-11-11 06:56 AM
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3. this would be the guy that doesnt pay taxes and lived off welfare running against any social
safety net?
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get the red out Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-11-11 07:22 AM
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6. Yes, the plumber
that isn't really a plumber.
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TomClash Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-11-11 07:31 AM
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7. Without a license . . . nt
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maxrandb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-11-11 08:11 AM
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10. Yes, but
he's white, male, CONservative and has short to no hair...so it's OK.

:sarcasm:
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Rebubula Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-11-11 07:05 AM
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4. Heh...
...the ONLY place that I have seen this guy's name in 10 months is on this site.

Of course, I do not watch TV news...keeps the blood pressure down.
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mwb970 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-11-11 07:13 AM
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5. "Has-been"? Try "never-was".
This is Joe the Plumber, whose name is not Joe and who is not a plumber. As far as I know, he has never said anything interesting or worthwhile in his life.

How long before he enters the presidential race?
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Stuart G Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-11-11 09:32 AM
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11. He will enter the race when Cain self destructs completely.
So expect his entry soon.
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ProfessorGAC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-11-11 07:34 AM
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8. What's He Running For?
Edited on Tue Oct-11-11 07:34 AM by ProfessorGAC
It better be something like county commissioner of a redneck county where nobody votes.

If he has aspirations of higher office, his tax issues will sink him like a lead weight.
GAC
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jmowreader Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-11-11 07:21 PM
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12. He's running for Marcy Kaptur's seat in Congress
Ohio's 9th Congressional District.
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maxrandb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-11-11 07:37 AM
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9. Even the use of "Joe the Plumber" is biased
Look MSM, this guy is no longer playing some Teabag Fantasy character in the SITCOM that was "The Tea Baggers", he's running for office.

Now, I know English and Literary skills are not your strong suit, but his name is "Samual Wurzelbacher". "Joe the Plumber" was an "extremely" fictional $250K a year plumber character that he played for the "wingnut" right.

We will know that the bias has stopped when they start referring to him by his "legal" name. Unless and until he files the court papers to change his name to "Joe the Plumber", he'll always just be a Wurzelbacher. Is that too many letters for ya'?
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