“Joe the Plumber” is lashing out at the media for analyzing his personal life since he suddenly became a focal point of the presidential race last week.
Joe Wurzelbacher, a plumber from Holland, Ohio, told Mike Huckabee on his Fox News talk show Saturday that he is upset by the attention and has been unable to work with reporters crowded on his front lawn.
“The media’s worried about whether I’ve paid my taxes, they’re worried about any number of silly things that have nothing to do with America,” Wurzelbacher told the former Republican presidential hopeful on his show, “Huckabee.”
Wurzelbacher said he felt terrible after reading some of the criticism of himself posted online.
“I felt about that small,” he said. “I mean I really did.”
Republican presidential candidate John McCain has been portraying Wurzelbacher as emblematic of people with concerns about Obama’s tax plans.
Welcome, Joe, to the political hate machine. It is meant to destroy you. Thank Karl Rove for bringing these techniques into common usage. And shame on the people that fall for them. Dumbasses.
From our obsession with devouring the paparazzi’s 24/7 coverage of Hollywood bimbo train wrecks to our complicit participation in grossly unfair and untruthful political ad hominem attacks that are gleefully picked up by our media and broadcast in lieu of actual journalism, it seems our culture has become so mean spirited and hellbent on crushing people in the limelight that it’s become acceptable to perform character assassination on anyone who dares speak up. We love dirty laundry.
Is it any wonder that usually the only ones able to ascend to positions of influence in government are the slimiest double-talkers?
Tim,
An outstanding reply to this ongoing media destruction of a man who is the common American.
This is what happens when you stick yourself in the political scene. Enjoy the limelight!