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An Answer for Michelle Malkin

by Steven D
Fri Jan 9th, 2009 at 07:28:20 PM EST

Ms. Malkin asks this very serious question: Who's afraid of Joe the Plumber Journalist?

Here's my answer.

Gosh, Michelle, no one I know of is hiding under their bed shivering in fear at the thought of Joe the Plumber morphing into Joe the Journalist. Personally I think we all need a good laugh these days, and I can't think of anything funnier than a man who lied about his qualifications in one profession going off to play act at being a legitimate member of another one. Though to be fair, calling him a mere journalist is a bit demeaning don't you think? To my way of thinking you should have named him Joe the Heroic Foreign War Correspondent in your post. Much better branding.

To be honest, I hope Joe keeps his ongoing comic reality show career going as long as possible. Frankly, the other great right wing comedic talent to come out of the 2008 election is in a bit of a slump. Sarah Palin's act is getting old because she keeps giving us the same old shtick. Joe, on the other hand, why, he just keeps taking it to a new level every time I see him on TV. Or read about him. Or hear him on the radio. A guy like that doesn't come along very often. His talent as a straight man (no pun intended) is sheer comedy gold. I can't wait to see what he comes up with next after his gig as a foreign correspondent for Pajamas Media runs its inevitable course. Maybe he could run for Senator in Pennsylvania now that Chris Matthews has bowed out. I think you should talk to him about it. He's be natural in my humble opinion to lead the next great generation of Republican politicians. It's either that or a late night talk show on Fox News, but I think he should dream bigger than that, don't you? After all, what did Fox ever do to enhance your career? Not nearly enough, obviously. I'd hate to see that happen to a guy like Joe. Would you?



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Just wait til we find out Joe's also a self-hating, closeted gay porn star / prostitute. That would really fill out the Republican Guest Star qualifications.
by RandyH on Fri Jan 9th, 2009 at 08:59:03 PM EST
"I know Jeff Gannon, and you, sir, are no Jeff Gannon." (at least the superficial visual resemblance is there.)
by martini on Sat Jan 10th, 2009 at 01:12:52 AM EST
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Instead of just making heroes of the well documented phonies Joe the unlicensed plumber and Sarah the premarital sex abhorer/practioner why don't the Republicans just go all the way and endorse serial lying as the superior attribute of real conservatives?
In Minnesota we get to read and hear the party of Jeff Gannon, Larry Craig and David Vitter fulminate about how immoral Al Franken is.  Heh.

The Ownership Society: $62 trillion in CDOs based on a $10 trillion mortgage market
by Multisect on Fri Jan 9th, 2009 at 09:27:58 PM EST
Are you saying Al Franken is not immoral?

by BooMan on Fri Jan 9th, 2009 at 09:42:28 PM EST
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He'd make a better Lou Reed.
I wonder if he still has the abs..

Declaring the bottom is the only way back up..
by anarchronarchist (mincers (-at-) hotmail (-dot-) com) on Sat Jan 10th, 2009 at 09:35:59 AM EST
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