Media coverage of the 2008 presidential campaign has been bewildering and appalling. I’ve been a journalist for 20 years now — 18 of them inside the Beltway — and like ABC columnist Michael Malone, the coverage has been so blatantly biased that I’m “embarrassed to admit what I do for a living.”
Entries from October 2008
October 19, 2008
A Boy Named Danny … Or Is It Keith
One of the lamer storylines to emerge from the ongoing “Joe The Plumber” media feeding frenzy is the accusation that his name isn’t even Joe.
Newsflash folks: My name isn’t really Danny Glover, either. Danny is my — wait for it — nickname. And like Joe Wurzelbacher, who is actually named Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher, the name [...]
October 15, 2008
My Hero: Plumber Joe Wurzelbacher
An Ohio plumber is getting his 15 minutes of fame on television and the Internet because of his on-the-trail chat with Barack Obama. But Joe Wurzelbacher isn’t letting the attention distract him.
I love this segment from an interview he gave to Family Security Matters:
PM: There’s a clip of you that’s been shown on television, and [...]
October 15, 2008
Broken Brokers
One of the toughest jobs in America these days is being a broker. But don’t believe me; see for yourself at the new “Brokers With Hands On Their Faces Blog.”
Hat tip to The Club For Growth.