I Am Joe
I am going to follow the lead of one of my blogging heroes, Uppity Woman. .. and cross post Iowa Hawk 's powerful piece about the "anal exam" the MSM is giving Joe The Plumber. We all need to stand up and let the MSM vultures know: First, a pre-emptive apology for the intentional non-humor to follow. I promise that all future non-humor will be strictly unintentional. We've all witnessed a lot of insanity in American politics over the last few years. Up until the last few days, none of it has seriously bothered me; hey, just more grist for the satire mill. But after witnessing the media's blitzkreig on Joe 'the Plumber' Wurzelbacher, I can only muster anger, and no small amount of fear. Politicians -- Sarah Palin, Bill Clinton, et al. -- obviously have to put up with some rude, nasty shit, but it's right there in the jobs description. Joe the Plumber is different. He was a guy tossing a football with his kid in the front yard of his $125,000 house w...