Joe the Plumber: ?I don’t know if the American public deserve me.?
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on February 5th, 2009 5:33 am by HL
Joe the Plumber: ?I don’t know if the American public deserve me.?
Yesterday, the ubiquitous Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher — aka “Joe the Plumber” and “Joe the War Correspondent” — became “Joe the Economist” when he went and spoke to a House GOP breakfast on the economic recovery package. The New York Daily News caught with Wurzelbacher and asked about the meeting: “It’s not politically incorrect to […]
Yesterday, the ubiquitous Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher — aka “Joe the Plumber” and “Joe the War Correspondent” — became “Joe the Economist” when he went and spoke to a House GOP breakfast on the economic recovery package. The New York Daily News caught with Wurzelbacher and asked about the meeting:
“It’s not politically incorrect to say you’re Republican or conservative,” Joe said. “They need to dig their heels in and fight for what needs to be done.” […]
One thing that needs to be done, he said, is killing this stimulus package, because it’s just another example of “American government” — Republicans and Democrats — “kicking our butts left and right.” He also called it welfare.
When asked if he has a career in politics, Wurzelbacher said, “I don’t know if the American public deserve me, but my son definitely deserves my time now.”
Scalia scolds 20-year-old student: ?That?s a nasty, impolite question.?
Yesterday, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia spoke to a crowd of 750 people in West Palm Beach, FL. The talk turned hostile, when Scalia took offense at a simple question by 20-year-old Florida Atlantic University political science major Sarah Jeck: The book promotion led Florida Atlantic University student Sarah Jeck to ask Scalia if […]
Yesterday, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia spoke to a crowd of 750 people in West Palm Beach, FL. The talk turned hostile, when Scalia took offense at a simple question by 20-year-old Florida Atlantic University political science major Sarah Jeck:
The book promotion led Florida Atlantic University student Sarah Jeck to ask Scalia if the Supreme Court’s opposition to having its proceedings televised was “vitiated” by, among other things, “Supreme Court justices going out on book tours.”
Her question drew laughter and applause from the crowd of about 730, but Scalia wasn’t amused.
“That’s a nasty, impolite question,” Scalia said before moving on to another query.
Scalia later returned to Jeck’s question, however, and said that because “most people will only see 30-second takeouts,” it wouldn’t give a true impression of the Supreme Court and would lead to “miseducation.” Scalia has been aggressively hitting the media circuit to promote his book in recent months. (HT: BLT)
