Palin praises Joe the plumber for ruining Obama's "photo-op"

[darius15]

Sarah Palin invoked Joe "the Plumber" once again on Saturday in Pennsylvania, needling Barack Obama for having a “staged photo-op” interrupted by a voter asking him “a simple, a straightforward question” about taxes.

“So when he left Joe’s neighborhood in Toledo, our opponent didn’t look real happy,” Palin said of Obama. “Seems that the staged photo-op there got ruined by a real person’s question. So here’s a guy working—standing there in his neighborhood when a candidate for president shows up and he wanted more than just a handshake and a campaign button. He wanted some answers.”

If that scenario sounds familiar, it’s because Palin faced a similar moment on September 27 in Philadelphia at one of her own photo-ops, when Temple graduate student Michael Rovito approached the governor at a cheesesteak shop to ask her opinions on cross-border raids into Pakistan to hunt terrorists.

Palin told Rovito the United States should “absolutely” attack within Pakistan to stop terrorists, a position at odds with McCain’s. The remark was picked up by a network camera crew and caused a headache for the GOP ticket, who were forced to explain their apparently conflicting views in a national television interview days later.

At the rally in Lancaster on Saturday, Palin said that Joe Wurzelbacher, “bless his heart,” is being “investigated” and “attacked” because the Obama campaign didn’t appreciate him asking Obama a question about his tax plan.

Though Pennsylvania is trending in the Democrats’ favor, Palin was campaigning in the heart of the state’s 16th congressional district, which went to President Bush by a nearly 30-point margin 2004.

In another reminder that the campaign is actively promoting Palin’s feminine qualities while on the stump, the vice presidential candidate took the stage to Stevie Wonder’s “Isn’t She Lovely?,” a departure from the usual campaign theme song, Shania Twain’s “She’s Not Just a Pretty Face.”

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/10/18/palin-praises-joe-the-plumber-for-ruining-obamas-photo-op/

I hate this woman. And I don't throw the word "hate" around very much. And BTW, what the fuck is she doing in Pennsylvania? Wouldn't her time be worth more in a state like,say, NORTH DAKOTA?

[begin_within]

1. Isnt' her whole campaign a staged photo-op, which got ruined by some actual questions?

[ErinBerin84]

2. these people are gross.

[Cha]

9. Yes, they are Heinous.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

3. Why do you hate North Dakota?

[darius15]

12. I don't hate it. In fact, I love it. Recent polls have shown that it is tied there. I think

Palin should go defend that state that voted for W by over 20 points in 04, rather than campaign in PA, where Obama is up by 15 right now.

[LynnTheDem]

4. Um, Sarah? Before you continue making a total fool of yourself, ask your handlers

to show you the news tape of your Joe agreeing that Obama's tax plan would benefit Joe by reducing Joe's taxes.

Just thought you should know. You betcha.

[lob1]

5. She's in Pennsylvania because she's doing her "Great Northwest" tour.

She'll go to North Dakota next week on her "Solid South" tour.

[TomInTib]

6. I suppose the Old Man's 26 mentions of Joe had nothing to do with it.

And what do you want to bet that Stevie Wonder did not give them permission to use his song?

Maybe it's PD.

[City Lights]

7. Channeling SNL....Sarah, you ignorant s!ut!

Gawd, I despise that woman.

[hisownpetard]

8. Did she ever even watch the original clip?? Because I saw Obama give a detailed and sincere

answer to Joe the Fake Plumber, only to be interrupted mid-sentence by Joe (who apparently didn't want a real answer). In fact, Obama had to say something like,
"Wait - let me finish," if I remember correctly. He could not have been nicer to the guy or given a more complete and honest answer.

So what the f*** is Palin talking about? I hope she goes back to Alaska, gets run out of office and run out of town.
She sickens me in every way.
She is too stupid to even know how deeply stupid she is.

[justiceischeap]

11. The thing is, none of her "followers" give two shits about the real answer

They just believe what they are told and leave it at that. If Sarah says JTP is being attacked by Anti-American liberals, then JTP is being attacked by Anti-American liberals.

Up is down, black is white to these folks.

[mitchum]

10. I truly truly hate that bitch and can't wait until November 5th when I can...

say what I really feel without dire consequences