Atrocious to Smear a Private Citizen

iVillage Member
Registered: 08-29-2008
Atrocious to Smear a Private Citizen
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Thu, 10-16-2008 - 4:22pm
I think it is atrocious for the press to try to smear a private citizen who merely used his first amendment rights to question a candidate! He didn't ask for all this attention, and he has not stated who he will be voting for, but since John McCain received some points in the debate last night about an exchange "Joe the Plumber" had with Barack Obama the press is out to destroy this man. Good Grief! The man is a plumber! An average citizen. Now the left wing is trying to vilify him like he's George Bush! How HORRIBLE! And the extremists on the left seem to be following in lock step. No compassion for an ordinary man UNLESS he shares their socialist viewpoint. This is about as dirty as it gets!

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iVillage Member
Registered: 08-29-2008
Fri, 10-17-2008 - 7:27pm
Since "Factcheck.org" hasn't called her out as a liar on this, what am I to think? She says it over and over...
iVillage Member
Registered: 08-29-2008
Fri, 10-17-2008 - 7:31pm

Here's what John McCain said TODAY about it:

Nonetheless, McCain elicited boos from a fired-up crowd when he said of Wurzelbacher, "People are digging through his personal life and he has TV crews camped out in front of his house. He didn't ask Sen. Obama to come to his house. He wasn't recruited or prompted by our campaign. He just asked a question. And Americans ought to be able to ask Sen. Obama tough questions without being smeared and targeted with political attacks."

http://www.wtopnews.com/?nid=213&sid=1242881

iVillage Member
Registered: 10-14-2008
Fri, 10-17-2008 - 7:38pm
Um....yeah. Senator Obama didn't "come to his house." He met Senator Obama at a rally, and - by all accounts - made his way to the front to ask Obama his questions about taxes and engage him in dialogue. Then, when McCain used his name more than TWENTY TIMES in the debate, he eagerly welcomed the media into his home for interviews and his general maunderings on the state of the country, the economy and fiscal policy. Not exactly the profile of a guy who wants to be off the radar screen.

iVillage Member
Registered: 04-04-2003
Fri, 10-17-2008 - 7:59pm

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To me, that's part of the problem.


iVillage Member
Registered: 04-04-2003
Fri, 10-17-2008 - 8:01pm

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Obama came to his HOUSE???


iVillage Member
Registered: 09-26-2008
Fri, 10-17-2008 - 8:04pm
Hey, if what I read is correct, that he is a relative of Uncle Charlie Keating - he's still alive.
iVillage Member
Registered: 10-08-2008
Fri, 10-17-2008 - 8:17pm
Um, no it's not.
iVillage Member
Registered: 10-08-2008
Fri, 10-17-2008 - 8:20pm
"Who heard it from a guy"
iVillage Member
Registered: 10-14-2008
Fri, 10-17-2008 - 8:25pm

No, it's just a coincidence. There's no relation, apparently.

Still, you'd think that if the McCain campaign knew it’s a$$ from a hot rock when it came to vetting people, they'd have realized that a guy with the last name "Wurzelbacher" - even if he WASN'T a relation - isn't the kind of association you want to make in people's minds.

iVillage Member
Registered: 10-07-2008
Fri, 10-17-2008 - 8:28pm
Oh well if Sarah Palin said it then it must be true because she is the final authority on EVERYTHING. She is so well informed because she reads EVERY newspaper that is put in front of her. Good enough for me - NOT.

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