Sunday, January 11, 2009

Palin's BFF, Joe the Plumber, Says "I don't think journalists should be (allowed) anywhere near . . ."

You thought he was going to say "Sarah Palin," didn't you?

No. He said "war."

Joe the Plumber is reporting the news from Israel. I wrote elsewhere, soon after it was announced that Wurzelbacher was on his way there, that we might see how "this dickhead's exploits [would] become part of the carefully crafted narrative propaganda machine."

It turns out that joe thinks we're going about all this the wrong way. He thinks it isn't propagandistic enough:

"To be honest with ya, I don't think journalists should be (allowed) anywhere near . . . war," Wurzelbacher told other reporters in the Israeli town of Sderot. "You guys report where our troops are at, what's happening day-to-day, you make a big deal out of it. I think it's asinine.

"I like back in World War One and World War Two when you go the theatre and you'd see your troops on the screen and everyone be really excited and happy for them."

"Now, everyone's got an opinion," he added.

Wurzelbacher added that "war is hell and if you're going to sit there and say, 'Look at this atrocity,' well, you don't know the full story behind it half the time, so I think the media should have no business in it."


Here's the video:

13 comments:

Bob said...

Yeah, much better to treat the American people like mushrooms. Keep us in the dark and bury us in bullshit.

This jerkoff deserves as less attention than Paris Hilton, and that's only because Paris is more attractive.

Philip Munger said...

He's got to be one of the weirdest war reporters ever. Already.

Annette said...

So what the hell is he doing there then?? What an idiot... No Bob, he Paris is smarter than he is... she would have sense enough to not put herself in that position.

Arkinsaw said...

Drop this F**ker in Gaza and let's hear him talk.

Anonymous said...

wow.

ignorance is strength.

hail amsoc!

Anonymous said...

He better be careful or he'll get his asinine shot off! Whose paying for him to be there anyway? Faux news?

Anonymous said...

Who Cares what Joe says?

Philip Munger said...

crystalwolf,

Pajamas Media Television is his employer.

Ishmael said...

Maybe someone will frag his ass and we'll never have to hear from him again.

Anonymous said...

Ishmael


"Maybe someone will frag his ass ...."

BAD JOKE

or

I guess even Progressive Alaska has it's Bubba's

Anonymous said...

Never heard of them, then goggled it, another RW wannabe Faux news...
figures. And JTP is about as "articulate" as SP her self, you know the "word salad" thing...

Anonymous said...

Journalists shouldn't be allowed anywhere near war....but plumbers should?

Jen said...

I think it's the post below where you talk about Palin's lack of situational awareness? Apparently, our friend Joe here seems to suffer from the same tone deaf problem.

Either that or it's performance art. :)