Joe the Plumber heads to Israel
Joe The Plumber will cover the Gaza conflict for PJTV. He’ll be there for 10 days. Stay safe, Joe!
Joe the Plumber is taking on a new job.
The Ohio man, who became famous during the U.S. presidential campaign after asking Barack Obama about his tax plan, is heading to Israel as a war correspondent for a conservative Web site called pjtv.com.
Dubbed “Joe the Plumber” by McCain’s campaign, Samuel “Joe” Wurzelbacher was held up as an example of an American worker who would be hurt economically by Obama’s election.
Wurzelbacher says he’ll spend 10 days covering the fighting and explaining why Israeli forces are mounting attacks against Hamas.
He tells WNWO-TV in Toledo that he wants “go over there and let their ‘Average Joes’ share their story.”
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Predicting death wishes for Joe from the left side of the blogosphere in 3, 2, 1…
PJTV’s Gaza Update page is here.
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Maybe someone I can believe. Can he take a side trip and interview Jihad Cindy?
10,…9,…8,….
How long until elite, effete, pretentious, socialist, hypocritical (but, I repeat myself!) snobs criticize and ridicule Joe?
They haven’t started yet? By the evening news they will be.
Now that’s ingenuity! Good on Joe the Plumber. I would believe him before 97% of the rest of the media.
Sad to say, he will probably be safer in Israel than here - at least after the Big O day, the 20th…
He can’t report the news!!! You have to graduate from Columbia or Berkeley to do that!
The New York Times, Dan Rather, and The New Republic are shocked … SHOCKED … that an uncredentialed amateur is playing at being a journalist. “What’s to stop him from just making up stuff?” asked a stunned Franklin Foer.
Be safe Joe. At least we should get the truth on what is going on. We sure won’t get it from most msm. God be with you Israel.
L
My liberal cousin already begun to bash Joe for this.
And this is not the first time she has railed on him. What do libs have against Joe anyway? Just because he DARED to ask The One a question? Whoops she is bashing me too for calling Him The One.
If a community organizer can be president, I think a plumber can be a journalist.
Ask your cousin if forging Air National Guard correspondence is a prerequisite for qualification as a “journalist.”
I was going to write something biting and sarcastic, but after reading this, I can’t stop smiling. ROFL!
Early candidate for comment o’ the year.
Just got an e-mail asking for money.
John McCain is starting a political action committee, “Putting Country First”.
Now, realizing that electing an open Marxist would be bad for my country and my children’s future, I sent the McCain campaign a souple of small donations, one of them right after Sarah Palin’s convention speech.
Anyway, I don’t know what kind of Christine Todd Whitman/Arlen Spectre type candidates a McCain PAC would support, but I’m holding off on sending good money after bad.
But it reminds me, JTP and Palin were about the only good things that came out of the campaign, and McCain didn’t use either very effectively.
Joe the Plumber - a product of the 2008 election
Pajamas Media - a product of the 2004 election
It’s quite symbolic now that Joe the Plumber, a scrappy entrepreneur, is the new celebrity of the GOP.
Who is the new celebrity of the Democrat Party? Dimbulb aristocrat Caroline Kennedy? Foul-mouthed bitter troll Al Franken?
The contrast is stark.
He should actually stay there longer than 10 days to find out what Obama will do, to see if he throws Israel under the bus.
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This is superb.
I hope there is still a war to report on when he gets there.
Israel needs to finish what Hamas started.
I’ll say a prayer for his safety.
I guess anyone can get a press pass these days or call themselves media.
Will wait and see what and how he does to comment further at first blush this is silly. Be safe Joe.
Maybe they have a toilet or two he can plunge over there.
What a freaking joke.
Any libs complaining are (rightly) afraid he’ll do a much better (and HONEST) job of it than Sean Penn did during the Katrina aftermath.
Go get em Joe!
I support all conservatives going to Israel - he’s not coming back is he?
Eagle,
Does he speak Hebrew or farsi? What is next: trips to afgahnistan, somalia and sudan to get the average joe’s thoughts?
I am going to stop thinking about this the more I do the more disgusted I get.
Didn’t your fellow travellers make it almost impossible for JTP to work as a plumber in Ohio as punishment for questioning The Anointed One?
He is as qualified to report the news, if not more so, than Obama is to be POTUS or Franken and Princess Caroline are to be a US Senator.
They speak Farsi in the Palestinian Territories or Israel?
Don’t you think that’s unnecessarily mean? After all, Joe is placing himself in harms way.
“unnecessarily mean” = Liberal oxymoron.
Dr. Sanjay Gupta, a well-respected neurosurgeon, is not qualified to be Surgeon General, but Joe the Plumber is qualified to cover the conflict in Gaza.
Welcome to Bizarro World.
Well, no one has to worry about EagleHasFarted or ILoveMyCountry(Cuba) being sent to report on a warzone or fix toilet, since they are incapable of performing either task.
But, if The One ever needs to be licked clean after a workout, they’re eminently qualified.
Ed,
would think alot of farsi is spoken in gaza these days but I ain’t a plumber or a weatherman
DB,
How is Joe placing himself in harm’s way?
Joe is one of us - what would pique his interests and drive him to learn more, are the things that we would care about as well; in short, he’ll tell us what we want to know - not what the MSM wants us to know.
What about one of the immensely more qualified bloggers from BlackFive or any of the other milbloggers? This is nothing but a cheap attention stunt.
DB,
Am not sure you even read what Joe said he is going to do while there.
Are you kidding - a lily-white American with a Midwest accent? He’ll be a prime target for kidnapping, if nothing else.
Where did this fantasy that Joe is going to bunk with Israeli troops or something akin to that come from?
READ what Joe said he is going to do.
Sounds like he is going to walk about and chitchat with locals and ask them what they think, hence the ability to speak Hebrew and farsi or whatever the deathcult speaks there might come in handy doncha think?
I actually made that same statement when Nancy Pelosi went to Syria!
DB,
breath deep, your imagination is getting ahead of what we know.
happy,
did she stuff her hajib down the toilet and clog it?
We seem to have an unusually high number of trolls on this thread. That is a good sign that Joe is still getting under their skin. Good on you, Joe, and Godspeed!!
Why? Maybe he’s attempting to lend his popularity where he feels it will do some good, drawing attention to the plight of “Average Joes” around the world - I really don’t think there are any Meet John Doe motives behind this move.
How so? Sorry Ban, but I still believe there are heroes among us.
I JUST saw CNN report this. Kyra Phillips said, “God help us!” and then continued with her shock: “To be clear, he as NO journalistic experience…” etc, etc.
She fails to understand that even the 5-second clip of him made a much better impression that Phillips ever has.
Pathetic mainstream news.
so a troll is anyone who doesn’t clap and say woo hoo these days? everything
Joe does we have to like?
NO SALE Happy
On January 7th, 2009 at 2:35 pm, Mookie said:
Mookie, are you serious?????
It’s extremely bizarre for you to compare the qualifications for being the chief executive of the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps to those of a blog reporter.
DB,
now Joe is a hero? Cmon the guy asked a question lets not deify him. Thats what commielibs do. I like the guy fine what little I know of him.
I’m talking about a cheap attention stunt by Pajamas Media. Sending someone who’s qualified won’t get nearly the attention that this plan will. I’m not saying whoever covers the war needs to be an accredited journalist. Those days are long gone with the advent of bloggers. But this just looks like a cheap attempt at drawing attention to the new PJTV site.
I’m just saying he’s got more guts than I do - so I’ll not question his motives in going.
This is a stunt by pajamas media pure and simple and one that could backfire very fast. no idea who thought this was
a good idea, in my opinion it was not well thought out.
DB,
heck I hope he is paid well for this trip, because those sending him will sure cash in.
Yesterday, everyone was laughing at Obama selecting Gupta, despite the fact that he’s a well-respected neurosurgeon and questioned his qualifications. Yet Joe the Plumber, who has NO background in covering the conflict, is heading to Gaza to cover it for one of the leading conservative websites and everyone thinks it’s terrific. How do you not see the irony here?
But can’t compassion and commercialism work in tandem? I mean, these days nearly everyone, and almost everything, is sponsored to some degree.
Why not send Debbie Schlussel?
These are the end times me and mook agree
I guess I’m ‘fessing up my ignorance; but, just what “experience” does one need to report on a situation, besides a commitment to learn and transmit the true story of a situation (integrity), and knowing how to put subject in front of predicate?
It depends on who approached who first. If Joe approached PJTV with the idea and they went along with it, that’s one thing. But if they came up with the idea and asked him to go, that’s an attention grab.
DB,
I hope he has a big expense account so he can treat the average Israeli Joe to a cold one. Again does he speak Hebrew?
bah who cares as long as he is buying lol!!!
Mook I think we found agreement once last year so we are done for 2009
I know what you mean, but I disagree to the extent that not all corporate concepts are bad, and I think this “takes one to know one” approach is fresh and full of potential.
I understand interpreters are plentiful in Israel; AP uses them all the time.
When is Joe going is there time for him to put profile on Jdate? No need for him to go solo while there the kid won’t be around. Perhaps Carl can hook him up with a nice woman.
Oh~~ Love is in the air la la la
First, most Israelis speak English better than most Americans. Most Israeli universities have classes that are taught in English and Israel has the highest literacy rate in the Middle East. (Not hard to exceed many of those countries.)Look at Bibi Netenyahu who studied in Pennsylvania. For the record, I know many Israelis and have worked with the cousins of the General in charge of the IAF.
Second, there are many Israeli people who are either ex-pat Americans or have relatives here in the States and speak fine English.
Third, Farsi is the language of Ahmanutjob and the Iranians, so I am sure, if Joe were to go to GAZA (I’m certain he won’t however - since it is a WAR-ZONE and the IDF is not allowing journalists of any kind into the arena), he would most likely need to know Hebrew or Arabic, since the schools run by the PA wouldn’t and can’t concentrate on real education. That’s what happens when your country spends all its money on bombs instead of infrastructure and food. (Witness their Sesame-Street-like preschool tv pets that extol the virtues of shahid (martyrdom) and killing Jews. Let’s be real here, how much education do you really need to blow up a pizzeria in Israel?)
Yeah, one does not have to know another language to rape, pillage, murder and maim. Another stark difference in
DB
SNICKER good one
Tamarah,
My joke about farsi flew over a few heads it seems, it was a crack about irani involvement in gaza……..
I’ll stick to my day job and leave humor to to the dnc
I am well aware of the educational level of Israelis, forgive me but I was taught when one travels it is polite to speak at least some of the country one visit’s language. IF they prefer to speak english so be it and yes they often do.
Good for you Joe. I’m looking forward to your first reports. Yes , you are just as qualified as the Professional Journalist sent by supporters of terrorists groups (and by extension arms of the American Democratic party). Given the template by Editors it is easy to predict how any given story is to be written.
Joe, just like he did in the political arena, seems to be fresh, honest, unlike those other sophisticated journalist with great experience. I really think those guys, and um women, write one story when they are newbies and just change dates and nouns.
I don’t want to scare you but we agree on something else: banning sharia law.
I sent this to Michelle yesterday but I know her mailbox must be like a mall on Black Friday. It’s one of the most gut wrenching, heartbreaking things I have ever seen. Death is too good for the monsters that do this.
Washington Post: Sheelan’s Circumcision
Mook,
we have doubled our results from last year that is enuff for an IPO on wallstreet.
Send it to Robert over at Jihadwatch.
Yes it is heartbreaking it is a sick twisted deathcult PERIOD.
going for a triple:
Can we also agree that hotair needs a thesaurus? That or lets take bets how often they use the word “obligatory” in 2009!! lawdyyyy get a new word boys.
Looks like the world is safe. On this, we disagree.
I like the “obligatory”, “nuance”, “heartbreak” stuff. Especially when Allah uses “Finally”, since it usually involves robots.
honeymoon is ova!!
WHEW that was close
the earth is back on axis
Persians speak Farsi, other than a few military advisors, I’d guess most Palestinians speak Arabic.
BTW, as a neurosurgeon, Gupta, while perhaps not the best choice, is a whole lot better than Clinton’s blatant affirmative action hire Jocelyn Elders.
I’d prefer someone more well versed in public health and epidemiology, but Gupta is acceptable.
Wow. I don’t recall saying any of that.
ED,
How about we eliminate the job and expense of SG instead of trying to rationalize/accept whatever nitwit gets it?
as MM said yesterday ( which I have repeated about 49 times today to much laughter ) whats next Judge Judy for SCOTUS?
FYI I miss your weather reports.
Happy with a memory like that we need to run you for office
it is all good
I didn’t say you have to like everything Joe does. He is just an average “Joe”, after all, with faults like the rest of us. I just said we have some trolls on board. I didn’t even name them. I was referring to Eaglehasfarted and Ihatemy country…Not you!! Yes, it is all good.
MSM journalist+news = Plumber+toilets. I’m having fun with the possibilities.
I have heard and seen Joe Wurzelbacher many times. While he may not have a ivy league pedigree he is articulate, concise, thorough and intelligent. I expect that he will present the truth based on talking to the people who are going through the conflict. Unlike AP who leans very far to the left and loves to photoshop pictures.
Good luck Joe!! Stay safe.
Relax trolls. Joe will have arrived only when he has been denounced by pseudo-cons Kathleen “Oogidy Boogidy” Parker and David “Sarah Palin is a cancer on the Republican Party” Brooks. Until then, like every other member of the non-Left, it is understood he offends our moral betters no matter what he does, or doesn’t do, or speaks, or thinks, or the clothes he wears, or his pets . . .
Good for him.
Since he’s “from” Chicago, shouldn’t he be called “Da One?” You know, like “Da Bears?”
ECS
No more than you are.
There’s no irony here and YOU KNOW IT.
I don’t care how good Gupta’s neurosurgeon skills are. The man has no executive experience yet was offered the job of chief executive of the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps.
Joe the Plummer has been asked to report what he sees from the field for a privately run blog.
Again, your comparison is very bizarre!