Oct 31, 2008

Attempts to discredit Joe the plumber

The Columbus Dispatch has the story of attempts to discredit Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher aka Joe the Plumber (pictured).

A state agency has revealed that its checks of computer systems for potential information on "Joe the Plumber" were more extensive than it first acknowledged.

The child-support system was checked as well as a computer search to determine whether he was receiving welfare assistance or owed unemployment compensation taxes.

Wurzelbacher became a household name when Republican presidential hopeful John McCain frequently referred to "Joe the Plumber" during his Oct. 15 debate with Democrat nominee Barack Obama.

The checks began the next day.

Joe the Plumber exposed Barack Obama’s ‘spread the wealth’ socialist agenda in a way that resonated with average working people and especially with others hoping to buy a business sometime soon.

Joe the Plumber had to be discredited.

Wurzelbacher, who has endorsed and campaigned for McCain, had been caught on videotape challenging Obama about his tax proposals during a campaign visit to "Joe's" neighborhood in the Toledo suburb of Holland.

By contrast, many checks have been made into the background of Barack Obama that are either not reported by the media or reported as acts of discrimination against their chosen candidate.

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