The Anchoress

Has a good post re: Joe the Plumber.

excerpt:

To my way of thinking, Joe the Plumber - singing the psalm of the common man, and representing the views of the middle class and what we once used to call “the Silent Majority” - has completely terrified the left, the Obama camp and the press.

And so…he must be destroyed.

I’ve had dozens of emails from folks on the left spouting the “Joe the Plumber Talking Points” which I had already received earlier - the “he’s not licensed” (gasp - how scandalous even though he doesn’t have to be to buy a plumbing business), “he’s not registered,” (So? I recall a few years ago Ben Affleck telling everyone to “Rock the vote” while unregistered?) “he has a lien!” (Oh, my word!) etc…

But here’s the thing: what or who Joe the Plumber is does not matter. What matters is what Barack Obama said to him. The focus on Joe the Plumber - the obsession on him, and the need to somehow discredit him in the eyes of the nation - is meant to distract you from what Barack Obama said, and nothing else.

And what Barack Obama said was:

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Those words are what matters. It does not matter whether Obama said them to Joe the Plumber or Booby McBoobadoob. Don’t allow yourself to become distracted by the media swarm/feed. Stay focused on Obama’s words. THOSE are what matters.