Joe the Plumber owns international reporters!

Joe the Plumber arrived in Sderot, Israel, and earlier in the day he spoke to the foreign press.

Boy, did he ever speak to them.

Via the Jerusalem Post, which also notes a Kassam rocket attack occurred Sunday afternoon during the visit:

Samuel Wurzelbacher of Ohio, aka Joe the Plumber, arrived in Sderot at noon Sunday to show local and foreign reporters how to do it right.

“You should be ashamed of yourself,” he told foreign reporters.

“You should be patriotic, protect your family and children, not report like you have been doing for the past two weeks since this war has started,” he said.

Wurzelbacher, the man who stole the limelight from Republican presidential candidate John McCain during the American election campaign, has found a new job – as a correspondent for the Internet Web sites PJTV and Pajamas Media.

Armed with a camera and a temporary Government Press Office card, he got a taste of reality in Sderot, visiting a house hit by a Kassam rocket two weeks ago and experiencing a “Code Red” alert first-hand. He also observed and reported from the house where a Kassam landed on Sunday afternoon.

…”Do you think this is normal, the way you cover this conflict and give away information to your enemy?” he asked the journalists that gathered around him.

“It makes me sick to see the way you behave – you guys need to be protective of your homes, your children, your family.”

“I am angry,” he said, “and this is why I came here.”

PJTV’s Gaza Update is here. Stay tuned.

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January 11, 2009 · Filed Under Israel, Joe the Plumber, Liberal Media Bias, Middle East


Comments

  • Scott Hughes

    In all fairness Joe should visit the gaza strip to see a real war zone. It doesn’t seem fair to cover a war zone and only see half the story. It also strikes me as a bit bizarre that Joe condones banning of journalism in war zones when he is reporting on one. I doubt Joe knows much about how the Israeli state started or much of the complex history behind the conflict between palestinians and Israeli Jews. He is quick to point out that Israel has a right to defend itself but does he even realize that the creation of Israel is widely seen as an illegal act? Jews and Palestinian Arabs existed in peace for hundreds of years without the need of international monitors and/or conflict. The prevailing Jewish attitude towards the creation of a Jewish state was unpopular when the UN created Israel to begin with. My point in my response is that it takes two to tango. I am hesitant to side with Israel or Hamas. I side with innocent lives on both sides. I also do not condone Joe The Plumber as a voice of the American people. Joe represents blind ignorance when it comes to international affairs and historical events. There was no major conflict in the middle east over the gaza region until the UN and primarily Britain fabricated Israel from thin air. Israel was an ancient land that was conquered thousands of years ago. The Semitic people of the region predominatly changed into Arabs over time with evolution of the culture through their own historical events. Creating an Israel in the last 60 years in the middle east is like forcing the creation of one of any number of ancient civilizations to rise again from the ashes of time and history. Orthodox Jews protested the ctreation of Israel because they believed the Bible stated that God punished Israel to be destroyed and the people dispersed. Orthodox thinking teaches that men cannot bring about the new birth of Israel…only God can. The fact that strife and war exsist might demonstrate that creating Israel is the single factor as to why there is no peace in the middle east. I also find it interesting that the editors of this article and response column have no hesitation about posting their blatant bias towards liberal and moderate opinions since they preface their request for feedback by using a term like “liberal whiner”. It is obvious that the editors support a very narrow scope and perspective when it comes to feedback.

  • Nana

    You go Joe!! Moral outrage in a reporter-what a novel idea!! Given that Isral is barely visible compared to all the Arab states but all of the UN and Arab nations want to wipe them off the map and see nothing wrong with their getting rocket fire every day for years–and the Press are gutless wonders–we need more moral outrage with reporters speaking truth for a change

  • ConservativeChick

    Way to go Joe!!!! Joe didn’t have to do much to steal the limelight from McCain toward the end of the campaign…McCain (aka the Maverick)never was “Mavericky”. McCain sold the Republicans out.

    Thanks Joe for being a Conservative Republican inspiration and motivator.