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: 10-08-2008
Thu, 10-16-2008 - 6:14pm

Once they determined this they went after him in an effort to DESTROY HIM.


If that's right, that's just too bad.

iVillage Member
Registered: 08-29-2008
Thu, 10-16-2008 - 6:16pm
Oh, yes he definitely is.
iVillage Member
Registered: 10-08-2008
Thu, 10-16-2008 - 6:18pm

Since when did the media become the spewer of opinions and not the teller of facts?


So, the fact that Joe the Plumber is not licensed and is arrears on

iVillage Member
Registered: 08-28-2008
Thu, 10-16-2008 - 6:19pm
A victim of his own poor judgement perhaps - but nothing more.
iVillage Member
Registered: 08-29-2008
Thu, 10-16-2008 - 6:21pm
So you believe that if the press chases down an ordinary citizen and he answers questions (imagine yourself in this position - it would be flattering),and the answers that he gave were not to what the press wanted to hear, it is fair to dig into his background and try to publicly destroy him? What happened to free speech? Are they teaching Americans that as long as we say what is acceptable to the press, they will not publicly try to destroy us? That doesn't bother you at all?
iVillage Member
Registered: 10-08-2008
Thu, 10-16-2008 - 6:22pm
Then Joe should have simply refused to speak to the reporters.
iVillage Member
Registered: 10-14-2008
Thu, 10-16-2008 - 6:22pm
Didn't "Joe" meet Obama at an Obama rally?
iVillage Member
Registered: 08-29-2008
Thu, 10-16-2008 - 6:25pm
I remember a time in America when we weren't punished for speech. Free speech used to be valued. Now, to some, only speech that is acceptable will be go unpunished. Dare to answer a question incorrectly, even if you are an ordinary citizen, and it is perfectly acceptable to be smeared. That kind of thinking is truly frightening.
iVillage Member
Registered: 03-30-2007
Thu, 10-16-2008 - 6:25pm
So, I'm guessing you have the same sympathy for the people who hired this guy and his boss who
iVillage Member
Registered: 08-28-2008
Thu, 10-16-2008 - 6:26pm
Is this somehow your first experience with the press?

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