Comments on: This is not 1948 http://themoderatevoice.com/23904/this-is-not-1948/ An Internet hub with domestic and international news, analysis, original reporting, and popular features from the left, center, indies, centrists, moderates, and right Wed, 15 Feb 2012 03:50:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: pacatrue http://themoderatevoice.com/23904/this-is-not-1948/comment-page-1/#comment-161625 pacatrue Fri, 31 Oct 2008 07:53:45 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/at-tmv/newsweek-blogitics/23904/this-is-not-1948/#comment-161625 This Joe the Plumber thing is quite intriguing/bizarre. On NPR today, the interviewer was asking an Obama campaign member why McCain has made calling Obama a socialist a major part of his theme lately and yet told Larry King last night that he didn't think Obama was a socialist. And the surrogate kept talking about Joe the Plumber, not just as an example of some American everyman, but actually about Joe's policy positions as if he was a major campaign advisor. It was rather bizarre. (I just spent 20 minutes trying to find a transcript, but no luck.) This Joe the Plumber thing is quite intriguing/bizarre. On NPR today, the interviewer was asking an Obama campaign member why McCain has made calling Obama a socialist a major part of his theme lately and yet told Larry King last night that he didn't think Obama was a socialist. And the surrogate kept talking about Joe the Plumber, not just as an example of some American everyman, but actually about Joe's policy positions as if he was a major campaign advisor. It was rather bizarre. (I just spent 20 minutes trying to find a transcript, but no luck.)

]]> By: elrod http://themoderatevoice.com/23904/this-is-not-1948/comment-page-1/#comment-161601 elrod Fri, 31 Oct 2008 04:40:49 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/at-tmv/newsweek-blogitics/23904/this-is-not-1948/#comment-161601 JTP is a gimmick. That's obvious to anybody paying attention. And the gimmick is more interested in himself than McCain. JTP is a gimmick. That's obvious to anybody paying attention. And the gimmick is more interested in himself than McCain.

]]> By: StockBoySF http://themoderatevoice.com/23904/this-is-not-1948/comment-page-1/#comment-161586 StockBoySF Fri, 31 Oct 2008 03:47:02 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/at-tmv/newsweek-blogitics/23904/this-is-not-1948/#comment-161586 Hahaha... I saw on the Rachel Maddow show tonight that Joe the Plumber literally stood McCain up at one of McCain's rallies in OH today. SO I guess Joe the Plumber isn't enthusiastic about McCain at this point.<br><br>BTW: why the hell is the GOP (or at least the McCain show) elevating Joe the Plumber to some national hero status? Joe the Plumber is a liar, plain and simple. He lied about his income, he lied about being on the verge of buying a company, he's a deadbeat and he lied about who he is. Why in the world would any campaign treat him as its hero? Is this really all McCain has left? And judging from the audience reaction to Joe the Plumber, how can anyone seriously use him as a positive example and defend him?<br><br>Perhaps moderates see the farce that is Joe the Plumber and have the same incredulous response I do and are backing slowly away from McCain (and Joe the P), toward the door, all the while not daring to take an eye off either of them until they reach the door, whereupon it's opened carefully and then we go fleeing through the door and out the room, hoping that neither McCain nor Joe that effing crazy Plumber is following us.<br><br>I agree with you, the parallels between McCain and Truman just aren't there. Particularly when you have Bonnie and Clyde on the ticket with Billy the Kid as their hero. Hahaha… I saw on the Rachel Maddow show tonight that Joe the Plumber literally stood McCain up at one of McCain's rallies in OH today. SO I guess Joe the Plumber isn't enthusiastic about McCain at this point.

BTW: why the hell is the GOP (or at least the McCain show) elevating Joe the Plumber to some national hero status? Joe the Plumber is a liar, plain and simple. He lied about his income, he lied about being on the verge of buying a company, he's a deadbeat and he lied about who he is. Why in the world would any campaign treat him as its hero? Is this really all McCain has left? And judging from the audience reaction to Joe the Plumber, how can anyone seriously use him as a positive example and defend him?

Perhaps moderates see the farce that is Joe the Plumber and have the same incredulous response I do and are backing slowly away from McCain (and Joe the P), toward the door, all the while not daring to take an eye off either of them until they reach the door, whereupon it's opened carefully and then we go fleeing through the door and out the room, hoping that neither McCain nor Joe that effing crazy Plumber is following us.

I agree with you, the parallels between McCain and Truman just aren't there. Particularly when you have Bonnie and Clyde on the ticket with Billy the Kid as their hero.

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