Hah, Elisabeth Hasselbeck was calling Joe the Plumber an ignoramus.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/07/elisabeth-hasselbeck-diso_n_199152.html

Didn't you hear? He left the GOP over issues with their overspending - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/07/joe-the-plumber-quitting_n_198920.html

I like how the Sift's *Geek Squad shows up every time for these videos. You guys realize that most people actually do believe this shit, don't you? Just because you and your geek friends know this is bullshit doesn't mean that Joe the plumber knows it. Of course you and your geek friends probably know plumbing better than Joe does too.

Joe the Plumber is a cunt.

>> ^blankfist:
^No. No. Absolutely not. That's my point. No collusion to create unfair legislation.


Except that Grover Norquist and his ilk are not going to stop influencing our politics, so unions have every right to be as political as they want to be.

If you talk about unions in any business here in America there is a 90% chance that you will be fired within the week.

The only way the working class is going to get ahead is by organizing.

Shouldn't that be "Joe" the "Plumber".

Since his name isn't Joe...

>> ^blankfist:
^No. No. Absolutely not. That's my point. No collusion to create unfair legislation.


Who decides what's unfair legislation, and how do I become one of those people?

>> ^blankfist:
Mainly I don't agree with collusion to create legislation to restrict and regulate the rights of either the individual worker, the unionized workers, or the business owner(s).


But it's okay for the business owners to "collude" by way of lobbying, but not the working class?

>> ^rougy:
>> ^blankfist:
Blah, who cares if people want to join unions or not, as long as they don't affect legislation.

Why not?


Mainly I don't agree with collusion to create legislation to restrict and regulate the rights of either the individual worker, the unionized workers, or the business owner(s).

>> ^blankfist:
Blah, who cares if people want to join unions or not, as long as they don't affect legislation.


Millions and millions and millions of people, their families, friends, and the neighborhoods they all live in, the stores they shop at, the banks they borrow from, the industries they support, and .... oh fuck it.

Joe is an idiot, and apparently he canceled his appearance later that day, probably because he realized he has no fucking clue of anything and should probably just stfu.

>> ^blankfist:
Blah, who cares if people want to join unions or not, as long as they don't affect legislation.


Why not?

Your video, Obama and "Joe the Plumber", has made it into your personal Highest Rated Videos listing. Congratulations on a job well done. For you contribution you have been awarded 1 Power Point.

(You're right. Its a global conspiracy perpetrated by the Discovery Channel and National Geographic magazine to boost revenue. Just like the microbial theory of disease, there's no possible way for you to prove that we're lying about global warming! Muahahah!!!... well, except you could actually fairly easily test the assumption of either of those in your backyard... but I'm not telling how! Muahaha!)

In reply to this comment by Winstonfield_Pennypacker:
The problem being that newspapers (or 'the media' nowadays) has abdicated its objectivity - much like the scientific community abdicated its objectivity in regards to the whole global warming debate. In so doing it has become unworthy of trust and severely damaged its credibility. In time past the media was able to keep its mask of objectivity even if it really wasn't objective. Now the mask has not just slipped, it is completely off and what has been carefully hidden for years has become an in-your-face bias. When the media acts in such a manner it cannot be viewed as 'news' any longer. It has to be seen for what it is...

Propoganda.

Yup - the whole thing smacks of hypocrisy. Fake outrage from a guy that is just upset that some PLUMBER has the gall to go out and prove that the profession of 'journalist' today is nothing but a complete and utter joke. Joe the Plumber. Proving that any blue-collar ignoramous can do the so-called 'work' of being a journalist. All it takes is the ability to string together a sentence. Oh - and a bunch of prejudices and bias that you don't mind trying to pass off as 'news'.

This guy is the best thing to ever happen for the Democratic party since Sarah Palin.

Joe the Plumber^TM, never go away, you make clear to the American people what conservatives really stand for in this country.