Comments on: Joe The Plumber Gets A Book Deal http://themoderatevoice.com/24541/joe-the-plumber-gets-a-book-deal/ An Internet hub for moderates, centrists, and independents, with domestic and international news, analysis, original reporting, and popular features from the left, center, and right Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:41:46 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: kritt11 http://themoderatevoice.com/24541/joe-the-plumber-gets-a-book-deal/comment-page-1/#comment-165108 kritt11 Sat, 22 Nov 2008 19:27:02 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/media/24541/joe-the-plumber-gets-a-book-deal/#comment-165108 He should really write a pamphlet- that's about as much content as he'll be able to squeeze from his 15 minutes of fame. One thing really bugs me is the way we make celebrities out of nobodies--- with no real talent for anything. Sanjaya, Paris Hilton, Sarah Palin, the Geico cavemen, William Hung-- Joe the Plumber, etc etc.<br><br>So, now you can tell your kids if you are in the right place at the right time you will be successful- never mind hard work, perservance, character or advanced education. He should really write a pamphlet- that's about as much content as he'll be able to squeeze from his 15 minutes of fame. One thing really bugs me is the way we make celebrities out of nobodies— with no real talent for anything. Sanjaya, Paris Hilton, Sarah Palin, the Geico cavemen, William Hung– Joe the Plumber, etc etc.

So, now you can tell your kids if you are in the right place at the right time you will be successful- never mind hard work, perservance, character or advanced education.

]]> By: Rudi http://themoderatevoice.com/24541/joe-the-plumber-gets-a-book-deal/comment-page-1/#comment-165096 Rudi Sat, 22 Nov 2008 18:18:04 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/media/24541/joe-the-plumber-gets-a-book-deal/#comment-165096 Palin and Joe the Plumber get book deals, but who will ghost write the drivel? Many intellectual conservatives turned to Obama for his temperament and intellect. I doubt the larisons andBrookes will enjoy the likes of Palin and Plumber. Palin and Joe the Plumber get book deals, but who will ghost write the drivel? Many intellectual conservatives turned to Obama for his temperament and intellect. I doubt the larisons andBrookes will enjoy the likes of Palin and Plumber.

]]> By: StockBoySF http://themoderatevoice.com/24541/joe-the-plumber-gets-a-book-deal/comment-page-1/#comment-165083 StockBoySF Sat, 22 Nov 2008 17:08:10 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/media/24541/joe-the-plumber-gets-a-book-deal/#comment-165083 Good for him! Maybe his sales will stimulate the economy. All those National Enquirer type believers and readers can graduate to reading an actual book. Good for him! Maybe his sales will stimulate the economy. All those National Enquirer type believers and readers can graduate to reading an actual book.

]]> By: DLS http://themoderatevoice.com/24541/joe-the-plumber-gets-a-book-deal/comment-page-1/#comment-165071 DLS Sat, 22 Nov 2008 16:35:10 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/media/24541/joe-the-plumber-gets-a-book-deal/#comment-165071 [sigh] It's about celebrity culture, scummy attacks by the Left, and money that can still be made. Dispassionate analysis (missing, sadly, too often) would lead one to consider the nature of the publisher and how it may be related to other books aimed at the range of people from mainstream social conservatives to the true, small Far Right. (books from little-known or unknown publishers, cheaply written -- example: "From My Cold, Dead Fingers: Why America Needs Guns!" that discusses, if I recall, adding a new "eleventh [!]amendment" to the Constitution for some purpose I don't recall) [sigh] It's about celebrity culture, scummy attacks by the Left, and money that can still be made. Dispassionate analysis (missing, sadly, too often) would lead one to consider the nature of the publisher and how it may be related to other books aimed at the range of people from mainstream social conservatives to the true, small Far Right. (books from little-known or unknown publishers, cheaply written — example: “From My Cold, Dead Fingers: Why America Needs Guns!” that discusses, if I recall, adding a new “eleventh [!]amendment” to the Constitution for some purpose I don't recall)

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