A voter asks Barack Obama a question on a rope line and tells the candidate he doesn't like the answer he's hearing. John McCain picks up on his answer, and the voter -- now known universally as Joe the Plumber -- gets his 15 minutes of fame.
But wait. Now the vicious left with Obama's allies in the media are in overdrive to destroy the guy. Publishing his home address on the internet, poring over his business records, doing everything in their power to ruin him, his business and his life. Just because he asked a question of a political candidate. The KGB would be proud.
A businessman in a Washington, D.C. suburb dares to display his support for the McCain-Palin ticket and is instantly accused of disrespecting African-Americans because he is opposing Obama. He takes the sign down. Opposition will not be tolerated in the new America.
These are scary times, my friends. As usual, the voices of tolerance are the most intolerant, and they're emboldened because they know they're coming into power. These are the people who have imposed politically correct speech codes on campuses nationwide and periodically make a pass at restricting our constitutionally-guaranteed right of free speech, usually in the guise of hate crime laws. But they don't hesitate to viciously go after anyone they disagree with, posting anything online they can think of (just ask the Palin family) and circulating it as widely as they can. Then their friends in the used-to-be-respectable media pick it up as if it were gospel.
The internet gives distance and anonymity to many of these cowardly character assassins. In South Korea, these kind of postings have become such a problem that a number of recent high-profile suicides are attributed to it. Be prepared. Many of these people will stop at nothing to silence those who disagree with them.
2 comments:
I just wished some major voices on the Left would pipe up about this ... aren't there any courageous souls willing to stand up and point out the hypocrisy.
I'm waiting ...
It's a sad reality that there is a price to pay for your fifteen minutes of fame. The man isn't even a licensed plumber.
Also - it should be noted that the Anonymous member hacked Palin's illegal email account which she used to send missives to her staff that would not be subject to surveillance by the government. If anything, I feel that steps like this should be applauded, to expose the hypocrisy of McCain's 'Straight Talk Express'.
I guess you don't need help like that when you've got a national robocall campaign to slander the name of your opponent for a fraction of a cent per call.
Between the inflated nonsense about Bill Ayers and ACORN, I think McCain's done enough character assassination of his own.
McCain and Palin are blithely and unapologetically hate mongering at their rallies. Obama has consistently taking the higher road while those two clowns continue to grasp at straws to save their ill-fated, floundering campaign.
Come on now. I would have expected more from you, Dad.
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