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| Half-dozen agencies reviewed records of Joe the Plumber |
| 2008-11-15 |
| The election is over, but the Joe the Plumber case is not. Ohio Inspector General Tom Charles said his office is now looking at a half-dozen agencies that accessed state records on Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher. The Beacon Journal has learned that, in addition to the Department of Job and Family Services, two other state offices -- the Ohio Department of Taxation and Ohio Attorney General Nancy Rogers -- conducted database searches of Joe the Plumber. Wurzelbacher became an instant celebrity after he asked Barack Obama a series of questions in his Toledo driveway about the Democrat's tax policies. In the third debate between Obama and Republican John McCain on Oct. 15, the candidates referred to Joe the Plumber more than 20 times. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #10 DMFD, not yet. Next year he will be an enemy of the state. Right now, he is just an enemy of the One, and of the media. |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2008-11-15 20:16 |
| #9 Ask unscripted, inconvenient questions of The One - become an enemy of the state. |
| Posted by: DMFD 2008-11-15 19:35 |
| #8 Hey, who's that over there, trying to hide in the bushes? Why, it's...I do believe...yes! It's the ACLU! Oh,wait. I forgot. Joe's not a commie, nazi, terrorist, guest at Gitmo, illegal alien, pedophile, or any other kind of America-hating scum. Thus, he's fair game. My bad. Never mind... |
| Posted by: PBMcL 2008-11-15 11:59 |
| #7 Clean out their pipes, Joe! Sue 'em all! Sue em' good. |
| Posted by: Richard of Oregon 2008-11-15 11:34 |
| #6 I saw a post somewhere which claimed that Joe's tax return showed income of only $40,000. Apparently they accessed that also? My daughter in Berkeley (who says she's a libertarian but appears to be caught in the force field) claims that Joe "chased Obama down" to ask his questions, oops, question. "He saw Obama and had to go over and butt in." |
| Posted by: KBK 2008-11-15 09:44 |
| #5 Gertz's Failure Factory hard at work. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2008-11-15 08:35 |
| #4 Can we play the liberal mantra - 'one set of rules for thee and a separate set of rules for me'. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2008-11-15 08:23 |
| #3 His home was besieged by media outlets, including television crews that camped on his lawn. Oh yeah, everone's real concerned about Joe's right to privacy... |
| Posted by: Raj 2008-11-15 07:13 |
| #2 Wurzelbacher became an instant celebrity after he asked Barack Obama a series of questions in his Toledo driveway about the Democrat's tax policies. I suppose it's too much to expect journalists to get their facts straight; Joe asked Obambi one fucking question. The reporter deserves to be cockpunched. Twice. |
| Posted by: Raj 2008-11-15 07:08 |
| #1 Which basically says we have valid reason to distrust our "public servants". This is not only an abuse of power but a fundamental abuse of trust and exactly why so many average people do not trust the individuals in government positions not to abuse that trust to retaliate against citizens whose opinions differ from theirs. This is a perfect example of the public's cynicism being validated by the actions of government employees. This can't be swept under the carpet. These people need to be fired and it needs to be very public. |
| Posted by: crosspatch 2008-11-15 03:04 |