tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post491785052130981625..comments2024-02-24T00:37:43.087-05:00Comments on The Other McCain: Joe the Plumber: Ordinary AmericanRobert Stacy McCainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03084541621503669804noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-35275045309637587382009-05-08T07:08:00.000-04:002009-05-08T07:08:00.000-04:00Okay, for the slow ones: I don't particularly like...Okay, for the slow ones: I don't particularly like Obama. I didn't vote for Obama. I hope Obama loses in 2012 (though the GOP alternative probably won't be too much better).<br /><br />Since when did conservatives start mocking appeals to individualism?<br /><br />Oh, I forgot, these days, if you don't line up mindlessly behind the movement talking points, you're a Traitor-Socialist-Un-American-Loser.<br /><br />Christ, conservatives deserve to be in the wilderness for 40 years.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-69281974721814436982009-05-07T22:48:00.000-04:002009-05-07T22:48:00.000-04:00Shorter Anonymous Phil:
"I am not ordinary! I am ...Shorter Anonymous Phil:<br /><br />"I am not ordinary! I am an in-duh-vidual, just like everyone else! Hail Obama!"Andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01413541711301513897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-83488797297061351022009-05-07T18:53:00.000-04:002009-05-07T18:53:00.000-04:00One more thing: Who is more "ordinary" than Barack...One more thing: Who is more "ordinary" than Barack Obama? Son of an immigrant and a Kansan. Raised by a single mother and his grandparents. Self-made man who started with next to nothing and ended up with everything. Isn't that the all American story to the nth power? <br /><br />He's extraordinary now, but, as I pointed out, so is Joe W. (though to a lesser extent), but if we're talking background . . .<br /><br />Me, I think there are enough stupid and artificial boundaries that divide us. Why create another group to separate some folks from other folks? (Especially when the implication of the "Ordinary American" thing is pretty inflammatory -- it suggests that some people are somehow less 'American' than others, an accusation nobody will take lightly.) How about judging individuals as -- dun dun dun -- INDIVIDUALS? <br /><br />PHILAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-84661731865500418932009-05-07T18:29:00.000-04:002009-05-07T18:29:00.000-04:00Plus, from what I last saw, Joe is now involved in...Plus, from what I last saw, Joe is now involved in some text messaging scheme aimed at scamming really "ordinary" people out of their hard earned pennies. Nice guy, huh?<br /><br />This "ordinary American" business is flimsy stuff, Robert. Because when you say "ordinary," you really mean suburban, middle class, middle age white conservatives. <br /><br />A gay, black, Obama-voting hipster residing in a Williamsburg crash who makes a living biking around pizzas and selling the occasional photo to a local mag isn't "ordinary," despite the fact that he has no consensus-shaping power (beyond his vote, of course), no money, no influence . . . just the normal, boring-yet-exciting prospects of a young adult trying to make a quiet life for himself. <br /><br />More and more, what you call "ordinary" is nothing of the sort. Very soon, the face of "ordinary" will be young, urban, Hispanic, Democrat. <br /><br />And they will vote Democrat because all they know of conservatives is that they are responsible for Cousin Jose being dragged from his factory, imprisoned for a couple months, deported in the dead of night back to Guatemala, all because his visa expired and he didn't want to leave his naturalized wife and citizen kids.<br /> <br />PhilAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-41813704672037843162009-05-07T18:13:00.000-04:002009-05-07T18:13:00.000-04:00"I was impressed by how well spoken Joe was and is..."I was impressed by how well spoken Joe was and is. Compare his ability to speak with our current President."<br /><br />Is this a joke? I don't agree with most of what BHO stands for, and I certainly didn't vote for him, but it's impossible to deny he's exceptionally articulate, truly a master of oration. When I saw him speak in person, I was absolutely spellbound -- despite my best attempts to be cynical and aloof.<br /><br />Now, Joe is no idiot. He can make a good point and is adept at spouting a certain sort of rhetoric. (Our LAST president looks fairly witless beside him.)<br /><br />But, compared to BHO, Joe is awfully pedestrian, totally unpolished, just blah.<br /><br />"Obambi has never had an independent or original thought in his entire life."<br /><br />That's absurd. The man's entire public life testifies to his ability to think in a novel style. <br /><br />---<br /><br />Robert, how is Joe "ordinary"? Maybe he was, but now he's pretty hooked up. <br /><br />He has appeared on national television numerous times, he has/had a bunch of semi-prominent media/journal gigs, and his opinions have been aired to tens of millions of people. He has a Voice with a capital 'v.' <br /><br />Joe enjoys a status most folks can only dream of. "Ordinary" people don't have the privilege of venting to the entire nation.<br /><br />The guy is a card carrying member of the news-media establishment now. <br /><br />--PhilAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-81506376053340897732009-05-07T11:57:00.000-04:002009-05-07T11:57:00.000-04:00I was impressed by how well spoken Joe was and is....I was impressed by how well spoken Joe was and is. Compare his ability to speak with our current President.<br /><br />The difference? Truth seems to flow where lies tend to stutter (except when the teleprompter is telling you what to say.) Obambi has never had an independent or original thought in his entire life.Adriennehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01562944653624224107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-21411433098083177922009-05-07T11:38:00.000-04:002009-05-07T11:38:00.000-04:00http://www.tmz.com/2009/05/07/carrie-prejean-miss-...http://www.tmz.com/2009/05/07/carrie-prejean-miss-california-gay-marriage/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com