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Usually, I would suggest Joe dip his tongue in his brain before speaking. Unfortunately, I think he did. Which is sad since this man was selected by a conservative website to conceivably represent the "average American." Which, if that's true, begs the question: Can Humans survive another 100 years on this planet?

Ban journalist? Then what the hell is he doing there if not playing wannbe journalist? Joe should just shut his mouth and pay his child support.

Yes, ban the media from this war and let it begin with me!

As in England, the media is forbidden by LAW to report any substantial points about and case still open,,,,being tried in court,,,,,,,,NOTHING is allowed,, for the simple reason,, The media DOES sway general public opinion,,,,,,,,,With NO REPORTING,,, the prospective jurors are not pre-exposed to bias from the media. and can try the case UNBIASED........

JOE, the plumber, has hit the nail on the head....... The freakin media DOES exploit the horrors of WAR,, for their own ratings...... this brings in their advertising profits, for this is their way,,,,,, ANYTHING to get their media business into MAJOR profit,,,,,,, Blood and guts,,, does nothing for the average citizen sitting down to eat their dinner,,,,, and as I did after VIETNAM,,, watched my own unit get blown up on LIVE TV,,,, this kind of horror,,,,, that two months earlier I left that unit and was now honorably seperated from active duty,,,,, SAW, that if I had stayed,,,,,, I as well, would have been killed................. Nothing will remove the horror of that reality for me,,,,,,,,, People have the constitutional RIGHT,,,, to know what is going on,,,,,,,,, BUT,,, by this example,,,,,,,, NO one has the freakin NEED,,,,,, get it,,,,, NEED TO KNOW this kind of activity that is if nothing other that COVERT, and supposed to be SECRET,,,,,,,,, from the enemy,,,,, whom ever it is....

Uh, yeah.

Joe: if you're going to play journalist, learn something about the job, OK?

Reporting the NEWS is the specific responsibility of journalists. News isn't always pretty. Journalists are supposed to tell us about it – period.

Since you obviously have no clue what you're doing there, other than trying to extend your 15 minutes of fame – please get out. Now.

OMG...can he and Palin just go away!! I mean seriously the 15 minutes of fame is over!!! JEEZ!!!

Did I miss something Joe? Like why are you standing out there in that field? Aren't you a part of the media now? Please go back to Sis. Sarah and get some more mentoring. On second thought, I ban you!

I agree with Joe–more than 10,000 Rockets have been fired from Hamas Terrorists. Why didn't Israel act sooner? Half the reason is probably the international media supporting the "underdog" Hamas terrorists who receive hundreds of millions of Dollars from Iran every year. We would never tolerate these missiles landing here in America.

Of course let's look the other way ! Let's forget wars, torture, gulags, concentration camps, gas chambers, genocides, holocausts. Who cares if we can go our merry go along ...

What is this guy actually smoking;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;, reporter with plumbling experience, I can understand if he is reporting on plumbling issues, What a country ......

Read my lips: G O A W A Y.

Joe, you're a bald-headed fool.... and a hypocrite at that.

You want journalists banned from reporting the war.

Have you noticed...

that you're REPORTING ON THE WAR?

If you believe that, why didn't you ban yourself, refuse the money and the attention, and go the hell home?

That is probably one of the scariest ideas that "media should not be able to report on war" I for one would not choose to have the wool pulled over my eyes and just trust that everything is just dandy over there.

Also, why would anyone want "Joe the Plumber" to go and be a correspondant. He made all sorts of comments favoring Israel and being against Palestine. Do we really think that this guy is going to be capable of giving an unbiased report of what's going on over there? Anybody can sift through information and pick out only what relates to your argument. It takes a real journalist to look at both sides and give a fair account of what is happening.

Everyone, close your eyes, prretend you don't know anything, bow down and give up all your life choices to those who say, "We know what we're doing. You don't have to know."

“I think media should be abolished from, you know, reporting,”

Hey Joe...question about your ban...should it go into effect right now? Right this very moment when you are acting as a member of the media? Or do you conveniently believe this ban doesn't apply to you? That you're somehow brighter and more enlightened than the average American who pays their taxes, pays their child support, and is legitimately qualified to perform their chosen profession?
The thing about you Joe that's so pathetic is that you're too moronic to even realize how hypocritical your statement is.

CNN – could you televise a debate between JtP and Heidi and Spencer from the Hills to help illustrate the dire need to improve America's public schools? Then we could chain them all to the Capital Building spewing nonsensical bon mots as a reminder to congress people as they start their day of how critical their work on education reform is.

Its McCain/Palin supporters like him with his stupidity about no freedom of the press that made the Republicans the laughing stock of the last election. Funny how a supporter for Conservative and Republican values, who in the past claimed that they were out to protect freedom and embrace around the world, wants to deny that freedom here at home about the wars going on....Pathetic!!!

You know if you think about his name for a minute it does make sense.... cause he sure talks alot of ........... insert plunger!

Joe, you're the reason why I have to wear a Canadian flag on my backpack when I travel abroad.

first of all israel is not letting anyone foreign journalists cover the war so i dont know where your getting your stories from. Censorship nice thats what my parents left in Cuba.

A war correspondent saying that war correspondents should cease to exist?

Wow.

And to clarify, I don't think the blame here lies with Israel. I think it lies with Hamas.

I also think that Joe Wurzelbacher is kind of a tool.

Is it a requisite of the Republican Party not to know, understand or respect the Consituion and the Bill of Rights? Or do they think it is sowthing to make paper airplanes out of?
7 more days..7 more days...

why is he complaining about media covering the conflict if he is there with cameras tagging behind him?

no doubt the media covers one side of an issue with at least some bias, but he is completely biased in his belief of retaliation

he doesn't mention anything regarding the causes of the conflict, and it is obvious he is mentally ill-equipped to do so

The media already is banned from the war. When was the last time we saw a photograph of any coffins coming back home? Not that I'd love to look at something like that, but I'm not about to tell anyone they can't do it.

Joe, keep on showing the liberals that you are a man of many talents. You'll do a great job of reporting and i'm quite sure that is what is scaring them. They are scared they won't get the biased reporting to support their agendas that the MSM has been giving them.

What an ignorant fool...
Let's just keep the world uninformed, information is so overrated anyhow....

Joe the Pseudo-fascist

and what credentials does this idiot have?

Hmm.. is he the only hope from GOP? No wonder so many GOP senators want to retire. This party has no future..

1) Joe the Plumber should do just thing – work on the plumbing business that became a political headline during the presidential campaign.

2) Joe the Plumber should do journalism for, humm, at least a couple of days before he decides he has an opinion on what journalists should or should not be allowed to do.

3) Joe the Plumber should realize that, wow, he is there, no matter how insane or ridiculous it is, as a reporter.

4) Joe the Plumber should limit his talk of God because he fails to represent Jesus' idea of turning the other cheek or being a peacemaker (Matthew 5).

5) Joe the Plumber, in the most polite way I know how to say it, should just shut his mouth.

By the way, thank you John McCain for giving America and the world this precious jewel of a man. You really have left a lasting impression, in spite of your presidential lost, on this country, as if Sarah Palin wasn't enough.

peace.

I'm sick and tired of Joe the Plumber! He is a complete fool who knows nothing. The media should be allowed to cover this conflict truthfully.

Wow... I'm just speechless...

Lets see... so I guess some of the fighting in the Darfur region in Sudan is a war. Maybe we just "don’t know the whole story" behind why the Janjaweed are burning villages over there. We should have Joe the Plumber go over there and get their perspective of that war?

I guess I would just have a question for Joe the Plumber. What should the media be doing, if not reporting on conflicts such as the one in Gaza right now? Seeing what Brittney Spears has been up to? Or maybe what Levi Johnston is doing around in Alaska?

Jam Master Mike- "I think that the point that is being missed here is that you can tell a professional journalism vs. a hack. All he is full of is biased opinion that has no substance.."

You couldn't be further away from the truth. Here I am a journalism graduate and I can tell you straight up that there is biased in all media and each reporter will put their own spin on things. There is no way around it. Just read any newspaper, right or left leaning, and you will see how it is.

And I thought this man was a Plumber making $250k a year – a typical hardworking American enterpreneur. It seems that he was just another politician after all – What a tricky person!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And again, I forgot...He's Joe the PLUMBER! Soooo, the only thing he can talk about there is showers and water resources, not dying kids, not rubbled buildings, but SHOWERS. Man, I lived in the Middle East for 6 years, and SHOWERS are almost not available, hardly not even considered there. How about what your're going to eat tonight, maybe our house will blow up? What a moron

Make him go away, now! Any grown man with some sort of maturity that has to spend that much time every morning shaving his head so nobody can see his male-pattern baldness is too vain for me. What the hell is he doing in Israel? How did this idiot get a visa? Lord, if that's the best PR Israel can do, God help them.

Run... Joe... Run!! Keep running please! far... far... far away.

Joe the plumber said "I’m in the bunker, I’m sitting there angry, outright furious, that I’m letting this terrorist dictate what I’m going to do because they’re firing missiles".

Hello IDIOT, you're in a war zone. You voluntarily placed yourself in a warzone, and then you wonder why missiles are being launched around you, then you have the nerve to become furious??? What did you expect, a starbucks latte and breakfast on a silver platter? You are one of the biggest morons to ever have walked the earth, next to George W. Bush.

Seriously?

Ban Joe from the media! What does this tax dodging welfare taking fool know about anything?

Dear media,

Please stop doing "Joe the Plumber" stories. He doesn't represent the views of the vast majority of Americans, as you think he does.

Joe the Plumber has no repect for freedom of the press. Not surprising.

Somebody PLEASE....PLEASE.....SHOOT this moron!!!! "Friendly fire" anyone?????

McCain should be tried for treason for unleashing this supreme moron on the United States, along with Palin!

I think this is pretty cool,Joe calls a spade a spade in front of his house,gets national attention ,the Obama Democrats "try to burn him,even use the government to try and discredit him ,because he made Obama look like a fool"He is a ROCK STAR now,just like Obama !!

Both will gone in four years

Joe I am glad you are over there because you need to be educated, and while you run your mouth alot about stuff you know nothing about, this will be good for you. You should get out more often! But make no mistake about it, You do not represent the USA, you represent someone making a dime on the misfortune and tragedy of a bad bad situation.

Is there a reason we're supposed to care what uneducated, unemployed 15 minute celebrities care about foreign policy? Great article, CNN. Really insightful.

Does this guy really expect to be taken seriously?

"Not only is there no god, but try getting a plumber on weekends."
– Woody Allen

douglas babb_princeton_ky

Obama's not my Hero,

sorry forgot to add, because you don't seem to get it, James in Utah made fun of Joe and Palin at the same time.

Obama's not my Hero,

You're not very bright, are you?

Wonder if he paid his back child support behind he took this "vacation."

So...He wants the media out because they don't know what is going on half the time, so we can not know what is going on all the time?

....Makes sense to me

-Idiot

What a complete waste of my time.

So, now he's a "journalist" just like he was a true plumber? LOL Hilarious! Has he fixed any toilets yet!?

Hmmmmmm........the guy from ghost hunters is a plumber......Joe the plumber is a plumber............TWINS???

Inquiring minds want to know!!!

Keep talking, Joe! You continue to show us why you, and republicans at the moment, are irrelevant.

what joe is saying is a great idea. way back when veitnam was going on we may have seen a flash of what was going on. then the press said its our right to go there. and bring this home . if you ask me it streeses people out !we shouldint allow it! i agree it starts arguements between people, leave it where it is WE DONT NEED IT COMING INTO OUR HOMES! !

Here's living proof that the Indian screwed the buffalo!

I couldn't agree more with the first article response. He's doing far more than contradicting himself. People like him just continue the cycle...

@James in Utah January 12th, 2009 4:27 pm ET

Maybe Joe can see Isreal from his front porch.
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He is in Ohio you big dummy!!!!

What a real joke he is! Unfair to Israel?! Did the GOP put him up to this? Who appointed him special envoy? If he doesn't watch his tail, his journalism career will be short lived.

Wow, what a belligerent dirtbag this Joe guy is. This conflict is not as simple as rooting for your favorite football team, Joe. What Joe and so many others fail to realize is that innocent Palestinian people just like you and I are bearing the heaviest burden of this conflict. Women and children are being bombed and burned. Many of these displaced Palestinians literally have nowhere safe to go while this war continues. I understand that Israel has been terrorized by rocket attacks for quite some time, but this current Israeli aggression is far costlier in terms of treasure and blood. Either way, a wise man once proclaimed that you cannot fight violence with violence, you can only fight violence with love. Something to think about while watching this bald-headed tax-evader.

Hey Joe, don't you have plumbing to do? The campaign is over.

Joe (Sam) the (unlis
censed) plumber *is* the media now that he has taken this job. He should follow his own advice.

So, Joe is in favor of censoring the media now? So that we only hear happy things? Kind of the way Bush made the media stop showing pictures of all the hundreds of caskets being flown home??

*Wurzelbacher said. “It was fear at first, then outright anger, and then me wanting some kind of retribution.*

Wow...just the way Yoda told it to Anakin...and look what happened with that. "Fear leads to anger, and anger leads to hate..." Did Darth Plumber learn nothing?

Let's ban the media from ever mentioning Joe the Plumber again; long may he live in Iraq.

Joe, you're a Nazi.

What a great American.

Remind me why this man is qualified to be commenting on anything at all? And why his comments are being covered??

MAybe its time to Cut off aid to both Israel and Palestine?

Perhaps we should quarden off ISrael and Palestine and let them annilate each other. Killing each other is all both parties know how to do. Peace will never be in their value systems.
Sad...but true After 2000 years, what else is left, really

I am sick of the US always standing up for Israel but we wont protect other countries in similar situations just because they dont have a voting block in significant numbers in our country like those of the jewish faith

I totally understand the oppression that Jews endured in their history. their perserverance to see that opression never happens to them again is paramount
But I am sorry, Israel 'right or wrong' is not a respectable stance anymore. ISrael is not without some blame of their own. Both sides are disfunctional.

We will never be considered a peace broker until we even out our support. We always suypport ISrael, so if you were Arab, how much are you going to listen to peace proposals if you support one side so blindly.

This guy makes me ashamed to live in the same state with him. This man is a total disgrace. I would agree a previous post. He has to be on fouryeen minutes of his fame by now.

He should spend 5 days there and 5 days in Gaza. THEN HE CAN MAKE A JUDGEMENT.

Well Joe.......why did you fly over to cover reporting of it? What a HYPOCRITE!!!!

I'd like to add my personal thanks to Pajama's Media, the Republican Party, John McCain, and the vast right wing conspiracy for providing some solid, comic entertainment in the form of Moosejaw Palin and "Joe" Das Klempner.

I love the picture to accompany the story: him standing in the middle of a field in Israel. Media should be banned but he should be able to venture over it and tell the other side? This guy's such a dimwit.

Joe the fake plumber, turned war correspondent, who doesn't believe in the rights of media to cover war. There are no words to describe how preposterous this is. If I get covered in a news story on national tv and act like an idiot, will I qualify for a reporting job, too? Is this what our media has turned into – unprofessional garbage? Yes, sadly!

“I think media should be abolished from, you know, reporting,”

hmmm...

"I personally believe the U.S. Americans are unable to do so because, uh, some, uh...people out there in our nation don't have maps, and, uh, I believe that our education like such as South Africa and, uh, the Iraq everywhere like, such as and...I believe that they should, our education over here in the U.S. should help the U.S., err, uh, should help South Africa and should help the Iraq and the Asian countries, so we will be able to build up our future for our..."

He's got a point. The Israeli conflict mostly been about Israelis cutting off the heads of children and the Palestinians are just the poor peaceful mountain people from the song "One Tin Soldier".

CNN should be embarrased they even pay attention to this guy.

This man should be banned from all public speaking both in person and via the media. He's the Ryan Seacrest of political reporting, and thats kind of an insult to Ryn Seacrest.

UNREAL...This guy didn't even pay his taxes. He talks bad about McCain. Plus he's not even a license plumber. UNREAL.

Well said Joe...! With every right comes responsibility...the media has been a joke over the last several years...so left leaning it's pathetic...He isn't trashing the freedom of the press as some fool will likely say..rather he's pointing out the idiocy of receiving half-truths (lies) from our "press".

Wait – let me get this straight. We should "ban the media," so out-of-work plumbers can better report on the situation? This reminds me of Jeff Foxworthy's bit: "It isn't that ALL Southerners (now substitute Conservatives) are dumb, we just can't seem to keep the least intelligent amongst us off the television."

Mr. Simpleton with a simpleton comment. Maybe he would like to ban the press from everything. He is not a plumber and he sure is no reporter. Some people make me nervous and he is one. He has to much extreme right wing agenda going on.

“I think media should be abolished from, you know, reporting,”

Joe has had WAY more than his 15 minutes of fame. It's time for him to go away.

This is so funny.The media shouldn't cover the war but there he is posing as a media insider doing what.......he's covering the war. This reminds me of the interview he gave after the election.The interview where Joe the Plumber said that he was so mad at John McCain that he wanted to get off the Straight Talk Express because of McCain's position on the bailout but he never did. He rode on the Straight Talk Express all the way to defeat. The guy is a piece of work. I think as Americans we should demand Joe the freeloader give us back our money for the times he was on welfare and then decided to call everybody else a deadbeat. Or we should demand he pay his taxes or stop complaining about bailout money that he's not frontin because he owes the government money.

Edward R. Murrow is rolling over in his grave.

Who gives a flying fudge cookie what "Joe" the Plumber's opinion is on the media. Is he actually trying to bite the hand that feeds him?

Awesome comment "Laughing in Texas"!!

When I think of the sterling journalists of the past who have covered war, and then see this - this -

why should anyone care what this brainless dullard thinks about anything? Every time he opens his mouth he shows he has no business speaking on any issue.

...right... that's the most flawed logic i've ever heard. a baboon feeding other baboons- thats what i see when i read joe will be reporting for republicans.

News for idiots, reported by an idiot.

Reporters should go and report on anything, anywhere they wish. However, they should not be guaranteed any degree of safety by the participants in the war. War is ugly. People die. It is naive to think any country could engage in war without civilians dying. In what kind of world are the civilian population not responsible for the actions of their elected government? (Notice I am limiting this to countries with an elected government; I believe that Hamas was the elected majority party of the Palestinian people.) They have two choices. They can defeat Israel in war; or they can elect a government that does not lob rockets into Israel.

Personally, I think this story would have been better had it been conducted by The Rock:

Joe: "I think the media shouldn't ..."

Rock: It doesn't matter what you think jabroni!

[Rock lays the smack down on Joe.]

Wouldn't that be entertaining CNN?

So does Joe include himself in the ban? This guy is such a joke.

Why are you reporting on this, CNN? Let him report for whatever niche crazy-person news outlet this is, and allow the 14.6 viewers there to watch him with rapt attention, and weigh in on his interesting anecdotes, and deeeeep insight, accordingly. But why are you publicizing for this person??

If the media should be abolished from covering the war, then he's suggesting that no one report on anything; what happens, happens. However, if he had principles, then he would have said, no, he's not going to be a reporter covering the war.

Even if we suggest that reporters don't know the whole story half the time, saying the media, therefore, should have no business covering the story means that the story just doesn't get covered, at all. And, the press and the public (all sides of the public) know nothing because you don't want the public to know what's happening. When the public (and subsequently he Congress) knows nothing, you allow bad deeds to happen without recourse.

As for his saying that he wanted to cover Israel's side because
he thought the media was slanting the story to make it look like “Israel’s being bad....” Well, if you're covering one side because you're saying reporting is making them look bad, it appears that you want to make them look good in your reporting. Is that any more credible reporting, saying, essentially, "Hey, let me tell you why the Israelis are the good guys and the other guys are the bad guys."

I'm fascinated with his saying "I’m in the bunker, I’m sitting there angry, outright furious, that I’m letting this terrorist dictate what I’m going to do because they’re firing missiles. It was fear at first, then outright anger, and then me wanting some kind of retribution. I’m not a person that runs from things, but when it’s a missile, you run.”

You're there as a reporter; why are you getting angry, and outright furious by a "terrorist" dictating what you're going to do? It's a war. Each side is going to try to dictate what they can. However, you're not there to be an observer; you elected to go there as a reporter. To report. To tell the story of what's going on. You have no right to want retribution because you put yourself into harms way, because you decided you wanted to cover the war. If you don't want to be in harms way, if you don't want to run from missiles, then be somewhere else. It's not like you had no choice in being where missiles were being dropped.

If you want to be a reporter, be a journalist, then be one; cover the story and report on the facts that you saw or learned to the best of your ability. But don't say others are skewing the story by saying this or that, and then you providing "balance" by saying things you believe. If you're providing commentary, rather than reporting, say so. If you're reporting, report the facts and leave the commentary to the side, clearly identified as "this is my commentary to my reporting; this is what I think... not what I've seen, but what I think; what I believe; this is my commentary on the story I've impartially reported."

To LOL in NC,
"Something smells…when is America going to flush!"

America can't flush b/c the toilet is broken here and JTP is in Israel ...

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Duh? Doesn't he realize that he's saying that HE shouldn't be there? Like Sarah Palin, he needs some elocution lessons if he wants to be a correspondent; "well" is not a word to use two or three times in one or two sentences!

However, I do agree with one thing he is saying…and that there has been a distinctly anti-Israel slant to a lot of the press. When Hamas is making their headquarters under a hospital, and storing and firing rockets from a school, it is bound to cause problems for Israel to strike at solely military targets. This is a favorite tactic of many of the extremist Islamic groups, sheltering behind their own children and women to prevent retailiation from being effective. Yet you rarely see any form of outrage when they target suicide attacks at innocents in a church or at a market in Israel. But the entire problem is going to require the wisdom of Soloman to resolve.

Why doesn't someone please ban this non-entity; his 15 minutes of fame would up a long time ago.

Since Joe thinks reports should be banned from covering wars, I suggest we start with him!

Can you blame him? I'm sure he got a heck of raise to head over to the Middle East and voice his opinion. We're stuck blogging on here blogging for free. I really don't think he cares if anyone agrees with him. I wouldn't

Cheer up guys, maybe the RNC will nominate this clown for VP in 2012.

Makes total sense. If you blind people from witnessing atrocities, they're less likely to argue against them. Then those committing the atrocities can get away with whatever they want.

Putz.

I would not be saddened to hear that Hamas has done it's part to raise America's collective I.Q. score by turning Joe-the-Plumber into Joe-the-Crater.

Lenin said that any short order cook could rule a country. Looks like, any plumber can work as a journalist...

i don't understand why people are complaining about this. if anything cnn is showing what happens when an idiot thinks he has an idea.

I don't know, doesn't Joe have the right to his opinion just as the rest of all you ? Or is it only your opinion that counts ?

Yeah, when I'm hunkered down in a bunker avoiding a missile strike I then to get a little perturbed also... Why don't you run right out there Joe and tell them exactly how you feel... Just remember to yell really loud as rocket engines can muffle your pleading cries significantly.... Should have stuck to watching the NFl Joe.....

I disagree that Joe is "reporting." Reporters tell facts – some of which Joe relayed to us – but he needs to leave his personal opinions out of it, which is NOT reporting. Also – if he were "reporting," he'd include quotes from others in his story and try to get quotes from sources on both sides. Joe's version of "reporting" is a joke. He needs to start doing real reporting, or just call this trip for what it is – a bully pulpit for him to espouse his views.

If something happens to Joe over there, the pjtv will get sued for sending a non professional to do a job he is not trained for, and by Joe's own admission a job he doesn't think anyone should be doing.

Joe, go back to Ohio and read some history books about War Propaganda, if that is too much for you then just read the book 1984.

Then maybe you will see why your comments are sooooo stupid.

At any rate, just go home!!!

No, Joe, go ahead, you don't have to run from the missiles. Stay out there, do your country a favor and stand right under one.

Stop playing! is this is an early April Fool's joke? This is not real. Are we being pranked??

I partially agree with Joe that some media should not cover this war.
That media being Pajama Media and any other media outlet stupid enough to hire Joe the Plumber as a reporter.
If I wrote a fiction book about the idiocy of this guy, it would never sell because no one would believe it.
If I were a Democratic strategist and came up a plan to discredit conservatives that followed this scenario line by line, I would have been fired in a second because of the absurdity of the plan.
Truth is surely stranger than fiction only because ignorance is so much more conveinant than truth.

"Not only is there no god, but try getting a plumber on weekends." – Woody Allen

Douglas Babb_Princeton_KY

"Wurzelbacher described the hardships of daily life in the southern Israeli town of Sderot" ... would you dare stay for one minute at the other side? Mr. plummer?? ... I agree with Lisa M. Bloom that you should stick your head in the toilet where it belongs...

Old Joe continues to burnish his know-nothing credentials. What a joke. How and why does this jerk remain a public figure. Close the door on Joe.

This nutcase nobody thinks wars should not be reported by the media- what, so that way any military atrocities can be kept secret. Oh yeah, that's the zealot Republican way of thinking, isn't it?

This guy is a nobody with no clue what he's doing. He's being USED by the far right media for their own doing, and he's too stupid to figure it out.

Don't you mean the media should be banned from talking about Gaza, Joe? Don't go there because the terrorist F-16's might actually hit you.

Who gives two good s..ts what this guy has to say. Is his 15 mins not up yet? Hey Joe shut the hell up and get back work cleaning porta jons.......

Sheesh... Make that "plumber."

He clearly has no clue what he's talking about.

AND JUST WHY DOESN'T ANYONE WANT THE WORLD SEE ISRAEL SLAUGHTER THOSE PEOPLE???

I can see it now. Joe the Plummer, Caribou Barbie's Secretary of State.

joe, you are just another turd in the toilet of stupid opinions. go back to plumbing.

Leave Joe alone!! He's just there to record a historic palestinian extinction event. The SUICIDE of a nation by an armed force. Really the Palestinian government wants the Hamas to make sure the extinction is complete. Hamas is Palestine and Palestine is Hamas, just look at the logical facts shall we??. No goverment, no laws, no army, no economic resources, all the marks of nation in its death throes.
Who in there right minds would intimdate a nation that has the power destroy another nation at will.
There is not a person on this planet that can withstand bombs and bullets... but yet! the Palestinians remain in the area of conflict and impervious to that fact destruction will occur in that area. Cries of dead women and children flood the media.........Please!! Who are the responsible palestinian man or woman that leave children in a combat zone. Rational and humane thoughts would be to get women and children to a non-combative zone. Have you not notice in the majority of media pictures that a palestinian male without a single scratch on him carrying an injured child, where was he?? Please Mr.Hamas launch your rockets from my back yard and you run for safety , I will stay here and watch artillary and bombs and see glorius heaven from my porch.

I fear the Palestinian Nation has seen it's last footprint on this planet.

Have a better after-life Palestine

What an idiot.

"Unload on the boy," "take quick showers," ... yowza. Paging Dr. Freud.

Ban this bozo and stop giving him coverage.

This is more about generating hits on the pjtv.com website than it is about real journalistic insight.

How sad this man is still allowed on television. The media should be banned from reporting? Where is this guy from? Russia!? I bet he feels president Bush has done a super job and that the White House press should be barred there too. Genius. I can see why Mccain based his entire campaign on you...

Memo to the plumber. If it were not for the media this war might have never been found out for what it really was. A sham and a lie. When the media does its job people are informed and leaders are kept in check.

I think we ought to send Joe the Plumber to negotiate a peace. That's the next logical step for him. He seems to have such a firm grasp of international politics, a thorough understanding of regional and religious beliefs, why yes. Let Joe the Plumber swagger in, sit down at the table, slap a plumber's wrench on the table, finger a roll of teflon tape with a menacing look and tell these governments to stop with the bombs because “So you can’t plan your day, you can’t take a picnic.“ Pure genius!!!

If Joe wants to 'know the whole story behind it half the time", then he is in the wrong location to get the other half. The 'story' from the Israeli side has been told to no end, and extremely overdone.

He needs to get over into Gaza and "experience" what it's like to have things "dictated" from a high explosive point of view.

Vito
Clarksville, TN

Keep blabbing on, Joe - or Sam - or whatever your real name is - you have become the comic relief in the midst of a tragedy....not even Comedy Central could make you up...

Is Joe Jewish? Why is he over there and who paid for his trip?

Compared to this guy, Fox News seems almost credible. What a goob! I'd like like that minute of my life back, please.

The media is the reason this idiot even gets any attention.

does anyone really care what this plumber has to say? isn't he over there doing exactly what he thinks shouldn't be happening? or did i miss something...

obviously this is a joke... i mean this fellow REALLY DOES KNOW WHAT HE IS TALKING ABOUT...maybe next week he can go shoot moose with sarah.

Joe the what? Plumber...politico....average Joe....reporter? Jack of all trades and master of none?

The average Joes are trying to figure out how to pay their bills, keep their jobs and keep food on the table. I don't think the average American needs an Average Joe translating the problems in the Middle East. We don't need one more version of events. There's no good guys/bad guys, just Average Middle Easterners ducking and keeping out of the line of fire of extremists and terrorists. We didn't care what you he had to say in October and November and don't care what he has to say now! Please don't anyone think that "Joe the Plumber" is representative of Ohioans, either! I'm proud of my state and baffled by the interest in this idiot!!

tallking to Obama bought this guy into the limelight.....so he afterward states disdain for Obama and joins the campaign of John McCain...who does more than enough to keep him in the spotlight...then afterward he throws McCain down, STEPS on him, keeps going and becomes an unqualified reporter in a war zone although he professes to have a dislike for the media. All of this while not REALLY being a plumber and not paying his back taxes. Yet the GOP want him as a spokesman for their party. Am I the only one that sees the irony in all this or has this just become the American way of getting to the top?

What now? Are toilets in Gaza plugged? Oh nevermind, he is not even a real plumber!

I just want to know why the media is giving this man air time.

And BTW, Hamas is not a terrorist organization – they are the democratically elected government of Gaza. They are attacking Israel with rockets because Israel has imposed a seige on their territory... what do you expect them to do. Sit back and take it Joe, or if somebody is hitting them, shouldn't they unload.

What a freaking moron.

I vote for this Clown to be Chairman of RNC or perhaps a Spokesperson for the RNC. Judging the IQ of RNC figures they could not have asked for a better spokesperson then Joe

AMEN Joe the Plumber

Idiot. Moron. Reactionary. Ignorant. Hopped up on testasterone. Myopic. Unpatriotic. Imbecile. A joke. A boor. A bonehead. A fake. Immoral. Inhumane.

Hmmm... sounds like the last eight years.

This guy makes me laugh. He and Sarah Palin are perfect for each other. Bush doesn't make me laugh because he's been at the head of so much disaster and tragedy.

Something tells me "Joe" is for the media, as long as it is covering the side of the story he wants to hear. Very un-American of you, "Joe".

It it wasn't for McCain and the "big bad mean media" Joe the fake plumber would still be lying about his plumbing credentials in Nowhere, USA.

Get on your knees and thank the media Joe "the Plumber".

Joe the Plumber please go away. Sarah has a job for you. Attorney general for Alaska. No experience needed. Guess what. You qualify.

Joe the Moron

What the media should be banned covering is idiots who aren't really named Joe, who aren't really plumbers, who don't pay their taxes, who don't make more than $250K and who don't have a clue as to what they're talking about. BTW Sammy boy, a real "peace-loving man" would take a lesson from Jesus Christ and turn the other cheek. But you're neither peace-loving or a man. You're a stupid idiot. May Hamas end your pathetic existence with a mortar round or rocket so that we never see you back in the US again! Better yet, maybe some IDF "friendly fire" will do the job.

who ever hired Joe the not real plubmer should be ashamed to think he could resprent their organization in a true journalistic way.

When they look back at when it became apparent to all that the Republican Party was finished, they will look at articles like this one. What a complete and utter moron. What an intellectually bankrupt party.

Since when 'Joe the Plumber' has become the Subject Mater Expert on Middle Eastern affairs???

I wonder how "good" old Joe the plumber would fair in Gaza. If he doesn't believe in the coverage of t he "news" of war, then why and in who's name is he over there in. I understand that the USA upports the State of Israel , however, when 40 percent of the rising last count of 740 people in Gaza that have died are women, children and civilians than when is what is happening truly "overkill".

Hey Joe take a walk on the wild side and see the atrocities there, then let give us your unbiased report, not that I belive you are capable of doing so.

Since this guy is now part of the "elite" media why is he reporting on war when he himself said media should not report on war. Who the heck cares or listens to this guy?!

And the reason we care what Joe the Plumber thinks, considering he has no knowledge about anything nor can he express himself with any sense of intelligence?

For me, nothing is more outrageous than some uninformed coward westerners who live, sit and dine in the comfort of their peaceful countries who take to the streets branding Israel as the bad bully boy. I don't know where there were when the terrorist regime of Hamas in Gaza fired the first rocket. One Israeli life is as important as a million Palestinians and the vise versa.
The west is fast kowtowing to the radical Islamic threat and this is not good for the world today and posterity.

Since when 'Joe the Plubmer' has become the Subject Mater Expert on Middle Eastern affairs???

Maybe Joe can get a standup routine with Ann Coulter! Now THERE'S a team. Geez.

Hi there, reporting here from "Real America."

Joe, you're a complete idiot, and you and your moose-hunting folksy bimbo chummies can go sit in Gaza and side with whoever you feel is "right", just leave the rest of the world (including the rest of us in America who actually have our heads NOT in our rectums) out of it.

While you're there, might I recommend picking up a history book and learning about the region, rather than just throwing catchy one-liners at it that might work in your local bar, but not in the international scene.

Here's hoping he takes a mortar up the tailpipe.

"The media shouldn't cover wars," said the man hired by a media organization to cover the war.

Joe Is SO right!! The media should be banned from everything!! –

Without the media we would not have known that Joe was delinquent in his taxes and that he wasn't even a plumber!!

I'll second his nomination for RNC Chairman.

The Grand Old Party needs someone like this man.
He represents the average Joe.
He speaks truth to power.
He is good people.

Poor Joe, what an idiot.

The whole point of the press is to pry, expose, and start the dialogue. Without them we wouldn't know anything about the war.

So Joe's idea of war correspondence is to keep out the press and trust the leadership to do everything fairly?

Spare the guy, even though he has tried to hog as much limelight as possible one must try and analyze things objectively. For instance his question on tax to obama was a valid one. Oh and btw i was a volunteer in the obama campaign at Chicago for 2 years. It was election season so we piled up on him.

Again even though his point of banning media from war sounds silly he is correct that media does not always show the complete picture. We talk about disproportionate response by Israel and suffering of Gazans. But do not forget that if Hamas had the same weapons as Israel it will have no qualms about killing every Israeli whether they are women or children. We are staring in the eyes of an ideology that loathes our very existence. Wake up please !

This guy is right on the money....get those idiotic journalists out of the war zones. They don't report the news, they report their opinion and those opinions are usually what their demented liberal professors have told them it should be.

I was just getting use to being proud of my U.S. roots again with the dawn of hope in our land...but another day in (sur)reality hits when Joe the Plumber corresponds from war on how there shouldn't be war correspondences!

Let's ban the media from talking about Joe the Plumber.

Two more things...."Pyjama.com"????Wow that's fierce! Also, what about the irony of Joe complaining about the media, when he in FACT is being questioned by the media? Stay in the bunker, man

An example how shallow Americans can be.
When it comes to stupidity and criminal attitude ..The sky is the limit !!
Call him "Joe The Moron"
Congratulations for the Israeli Terroists..They have a MORON in their side !!

I agree with joe in some part. Reporting on somethings that you are absolutly biased on should be banned. You mr. are absolutly baised to call yourself a corespondant. if you began your reporting by saying "Israel should have attacked sooner" then you are there as a bropaganda tool than a reporter. For any news media to sit back and let this indvidual call himself a reporter is to let people think that being a reporter is nothing more than being a mouth peice.

Ban the media? Sounds like communism

shut up joe!!! please just shut up..

Stop referring to Sam as a plumber, as Joe and as a correspondent.

This is the reason this guy is still on TV.

Try telling the victims of genocide that the reporters should not be allowed in, better yet be a victim of genocide and then talk about the visual truth. What an ignorant jerk, who made this guy someone of importance where his opinion would really matter. If your land was stolen from you, and you were regulated to the worst part of the land, it wouldn't be terrorist attacks, that would be retribution.

JTP, please crawl back into whatever hole you came out of.

you guys complain that Joe is biased. What about the media you so glorify. They love to report on civilian casualties, but never mention the Hamas guerrilas are shooting and hiding behind those civilians. If you don't want civilian death, come out and fight mano amano. When Israel defends themselves and Arabs die, you guys are all over it. Yeah Hoe's biased, but it's about time someone is biased for Israel. As far as banning corresp[ondents from war zones, i feel myseelf tending to agree. If every time a US soldier died in WWII it was splashed all over the media, we would have lost the war after D-Day. War is Hell, and people die. The trouble now is liberal journalists use their deaths to advance their own agenda

Here's an idea: The media should be banned from reporting on Joe the Plumber! This guy is as irrelevant as can be.

What a pity. Joe's fighting for a good cause, but he's such a blowhard, the point is totally lost.

The problem is that Western journalists aren't being allowed in. All of the video and news that we're getting from Gaza is from the "Hamas Broadcast Company". HARDLY fair and balanced!!

Boy, you really can't make this stuff up!

HAHAHA these are the hardships of daily life in southern israel? They have to take "quick showers" and "can't take a picnic". Go compare what the Palestinians are living like with jets and helicopters bombing them.

This is so hilarious comparing the Palestinian rockets with what Israel is shooting at them.

Peace loving man my butt! This guy looks like the kind that would would scream in enjoyment as he's shooting someone. you can always hear the US troops in Iraq laughing and applauding as they are shooting someone or calling in an airstrike on them.

I know war has to happen sometimes but you dont enjoy it. This guy is a liar and a war hawk. Hed be a proponent of nuking moslem mecca or something.

While I think this man is a complete buffoon, he is onto something. The media should always present both sides of the conflict. It makes me sick to think of the innocent people, mainly children, who are suffering and dying. And while it's sickening that Hammas is using Gazans as human shields, who put Hamas into power in Gaza? Hamas was smart enough to recognize that if they built the infrastructure that was missing in Gaza and provided Gazans with everyday needs, the people would back them. Unfortunately, they are now in a catch-22 as human shields. Hammas has played and replayed their hand to the point where Isreal finally retaliates with the intent to wipe out Hammas. How is this to be solved?

If other free nations, along with Isreal and Arab countries would have provided Gaza with funding to build their infrastructure and provide social services, education, etc in the first place, Hammas would have had a harder time making their foothold in Gaza. Oh well, just my thoughts. I'm not a expert on anything.

But as for Joe the Plumber, I'm really sick of reading about this guy. He has nothing to offer and makes me think mediocrity seems to be the new fashion for us Americans. :/

Amazing. As we love to say around here: "It's not real, is it, GrandMa?" This poor idiot might be comical if not for those that believe he might be valid. His 15 minutes of fame should be over soon. We can hope.

Well, for once I agree with "Joe the Plumber"....he is right. People don't have realistic expectations or even basic understanding of what war is. If the Isaelis don't put a stop to Hamas who are killers (these people torture the Palestinians who don't agree with their "political" party)....the Palestinian people are suffering – not because of Israelis – but because of Hamas. Hamas has done NOTHING constructive for the Palestinian people....of course, they should live in peace – but are the Israelis to just let them continuously bombard their villages and schools with rockets and missiles....Iran has been arming Hamas who has nothing more in mind than to start this war with the Israelis....they are not interested in peace, educating their people, commerce, or anything else....they are KILLERS!!!

Is Joe the Plumberk, book??? writer, reporter correct? Should we all be kept in the dark to what is happening... is that his message???

Now you know who John McCain and Sarah Palin worships. Election is over, but this guy just started. Very sad how media even has not trashed this idiot. This fool, not the media, should be ignored fully.

Cheers.

S

Can we offer him as target practice for the Hamas rocket attack?

So life in an Israeli town is hard when someone fires unguided bottle rockets and they take short showers? "Joe", go report from inside Gaza and then tell us how hard life is for the Palestinians. After all how can you fairly and accurately report from just one side of the fence or does the though of guided munitions into a school, hotel or apartment building frighten you a bit too much?

A quote from the 'peace-loving man':
“I’m in the bunker, I’m sitting there angry, outright furious, that I’m letting this terrorist dictate what I’m going to do because they’re firing missiles,” Wurzelbacher said. “It was fear at first, then outright anger, and then me wanting some kind of retribution. I’m not a person that runs from things, but when it’s a missile, you run.”

Wow – it's like he's channeling Ghandi

How can anyone take this man seriously? Heck, he isn't even a real plumber. He is soooo starved for attention. It makes me sick anyone would give this self promoter any attention at all. Go away, Joe the Fake!

you have got to be kidding me.. putting our heads in the sand is his answer... isnt that what the world did in regards to darfur.. and look only 450,000 darfuris were killed by their own government,, but i guess we dont know the whole story, maybe they wanted to be raped and burned to death..

great idea you got there joe the unemployed bum!

get a job.

He says there should be no reporters but yet he is playing one and covering the war situation? I'm thinking between him and Palin, they'd make one joke of a ticket for the next election. They both have the same mentality = zero!

thats what happens when you take an idiot andtry to make him what he is not, hope you did you plumbing better than this.

Fred: For laughs, man – we read the article for laughs

I have read no insiteful information in any of the following post. I have heard no indepth reporting form any US prime time media outlet (or others). I have read a lot of periodical information on Isreail, the palastinien area ( not even god knows what the palastinien area is), and the middle east. Can't make heads or tails of it. Plame the Britsh. But. I am not giving my trailer lot back to the American Indians. The Isralies are not going to return Isreial to anyone. The arabs are all culpaple to the palastiniens plight.. Isriela must kill Hamas, because Hamas is trying to destroy Isrieal. The palastiniens voted hamas into power – not smart. Joe – hope you can make sense of it all – none of the other blogers has. Someone please correct my spelling and then kis my .....

Looks like Joe's a red-blooded American hero.

He turns the media circus about his private life into fortune, goes out and covers the Gaza crisis like a true reporter (Maddow doesn't even have a journalism degree- rather a PUBLIC POLICY degree – whatever purpose that serves), and highlights the mainstream disdain for reporting on the rocket attacks on Israeli citizens in favoring of publicizing the victimization of the attackers.

What a life this guy is leading. You can almost taste the jealousy from the arm-chair commentators.

Doesn't Joe realize everybody is
basically laughing at him going over
to Israel? Is he so full of himself that
he believes that we care what he
thinks?

Moron? Boob? nut case? idiot? tax evader? A joke?

C'mon! So joe is trying to capitalize on his fifteen minutes of fame. So what! We all do that in some way every day of our lives.

Leave him alone. He probably just a nice family man trying to get by in a world of people who have nothing better to do than drag others down.

“I think media should be abolished from, you know, reporting,” Wurzelbacher said. And I think that Joe the Laughable Plumber/Republican Tool, should run for office under the Fascist Party Banner. Keep them people uninformed and stoopid, Joe! Education, facts and information should only be held by the crooks who orchestrated the war and the economic collapse of America. If the average citizen doesn't know what sort of criminal activity its government and elected officials are up to, then they won't want to vote them out of office and pursue criminal complaints agains them. This is the entire mantra of the liars, crooks and cheats in the GOP who ruined America. Thank God we have the Democrats in office and Barack Obama as President! We need to end this type of criminal misconduct and make idiots like Joe the welfare Plumber go away!

If he doesn't think the media should report
on the war, what's he doing there? C'mon
Joe. Who are you trying to kid? You can
barely speak to where anyone even knows
what you're talking about. What a joke.

Joe the plumber is now more qualified than S palin to be the next republican VP for the next presidential election. He has traveled to Israel a plumber and comes back a war adviser. That's more than Palin can say who could see Russia from her window in Alaska. Haha! You know, every time I remember this, I laught and fart; and instead of going into hidding, she's still out there delivering more absurdities. The republican party has turned into a laughing stock.

Joe:

Get a plumber apprenticeship, get a plumber's license, and
go away already. Your 15 minutes of fame are over.

Joe the P and Sarah the P are the worst common denominators of what is happening to my country. No wonder the CIVILIZED world is WORRIED in what direction this country is going RE; our values and judgement. Please Joe and Sarah crawl back into the woodwork.

The perfect job for Joe the Dumber – speech writer for the Wasilla Imbecilla.

Jeff,

It is called the Fairness Doctrine.....look it up.

You all are missing the point.

Joe the Plumber isn't too old to join the military. He looks like he's in pretty good shape. He doesn't actually have a plumber's licensed. Why doesn't he join the Army?

I'm so intrigued by what Joe has to say about foriegn affairs. I have lived in NY all my life and it boggles my mind that OVER half the US seems to think like Joe. I'm personally not ashamed to admit I'm an extreme libral, and I find that the more conservatives I talk to the more we actually have in common. It seems we as liberals and conservatives want the same thing, we just disagree on how to get there. My personal veiw is Conservatives believe these things will come naturally without any government involment, where as I believe we need a very involved government. Good for Joe, I'll be reading his columns with an open mind because I beleive we need more "Joe" points of veiw in the media representing the conservatives not spoiled rich kid journalists......

People: Ban Joe the Plumber from Media

If he doesn't want to run from a missile, that's fine.

If he wants to go head into Gaza to take the fight to the terrorists, that's fine too.

Heck, the maximum age to join the US military is 35. "Joe" is 34. Even though he'd have to put his real name on the enlistment papers, why doesn't he go ahead and sign up and go fight terrorists for real?

Nurse ratchet..."Your "My Country" comment perfectly exemplifies the hypocrisy and divisiveness of the liberals...get back to me after you use dictionary.com for my comments...and keep looking froward to Jan. 21 whenn you will still wake up just as poor and dim-witted as you are today.

So many things I could say about this, but there's really only one word that puts it all in a nutshell...hick

When Bush tramples the Constitution, he's less subtle. When Joe the Dumber does it, he comes right out and "abolishes" freedom of the press.

"The plumber-turned-foreign correspondent"

LOL

Isn't that censorship?

oh for the day we see the headline, joe the dirt napper.

when someone hits me, I'm going to unload on the boy.

Please Joe, let's leave your sexual fantasies out of this.

Maybe Joe can see Isreal from his front porch.

I don't understand why anyone should care about "Joe the Plumber" and his opinion on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. I guess I'll have to check overseas for real reporting.

Someone should give his location coordinates to Hamas for a full unloading of rockets

The media doesn't know the whole story, so let's ban them altogether? Isn't that the whole point of journalism, to find the story and tell it? I think Joe, the unlicensed plumber, should stick his head back in the toilet where it belongs.

what does he mean "taking quick showers"?!?!?!?!?
Children are dying by the hundreds on the other side.
Whatever your politics are, please, at least have some decency.

Chris @ 4:18
"In the eyes of Republicans, what's the big deal? He has the one credential that counts – he's Conservative!"

He's "white" is what you should have said.

You've got to be kidding me – maybe he'll complain that Israel is spreading cream cheese too liberally on it's bagels.

I hope this guy gets shot out in Gaza

Lissa – Obviously the answer to your question is "yes, this is definitely a joke, even if it isn't funny"

Bob, good one.

Joe, you're going ot he middle east.

What, Cleveland?

No, the middle east.

Indianapolis?

No, moron, the middle east!!!!

Ohhh, Detroit.

Please remember to keep that big bald head as high up as possible while in the field, Joe.

Hey Cuppa Joe!

FREEDOM (of the press) ISN'T FREE!

OMG, did he really just discover war is NO PICNIC? What a keen insight!!

What is this IDIOT doing in a war zone?

It was not til the press pointed out the futility of viet nam that that war started to end!!!!

The conservitive's are really showing their desperation sending this two bit idiot into this mess. And why is CNN wasting time reporting it?

Take Joe Dirt and cross him with Forrest Gump or perhaps MTV Made and there you have it! Simple minded bafoon gets fame and fortune overnight.

This guy is over there making us look worse than we already do. His commentary is worthless and insulting.

Joe would love Russia, they also don't like reporters writing stores about their soldiers killing civilians either. Joe could also bring indoor plumbing to Russia. He would be called Joe the turd king, and could make millions. It would be a great sacrifice by the American people to lose such a man, but I think we would get over it. Good bye Joe, your 15 minutes of fame (cough, cough) if thats what you call it, is over. Bye, bye, and don't forget to pay your taxes.

I would really like to know what John McCain would be thinking right about now for making this Idiot such a big part of his campaign. I remember him saying in a interview 2 weeks before the Election that 'Joe the Plumber' has turned the Election completely around and he is closing in the gap. Boy, talk about some desperate measures by McCain. These kind of gimmicks would definitely alienate the intellectuals in GOP.

who is paying him to do this?

And this person is an expert in ... what? He's not even a licensed plumber, much less a journalist.
The fact that this is reported in the political ticker shows just how important CNN considers him - right up there with the runaway bride.

It's a shame this guy doesn't realize what a joke he is. The world is laughing AT you, Joe, not with you.

Fred: "You guys seem to be just jealous."
-------------------------------
You sound like someone's grandma.- "He's doing good. He's got a good job...."

Fred you're lacking in certain critical thinking skills, so you focus on semantics and completely skirt the fact that Plumber Joe is reporting on war while advocating abolishing said reporting because it inevitably makes one of the parties look bad.

So, to re-cap: saving face is more important than having a valid reason for blowing someone's off- but don't worry about that, cuz Joe is making money.

You're right Fred- I'm really jealous of the fact that Joe the Plumber is in Gaza reporting on something he strongly believes shouldn't be reported on. And as for Plumber Joe's 'vaild points'- I must have skipped those parts in the article because he's a friggin' plumber, Fred. It's like getting Britney Spears to be a key note speaker at an electrical engineering conference. 8 years of Bush has turned our citizens brains to mush.

Why is this fascist skinhead moron being sent to Israel to reprt on banning reporting???

ENOUGH OF THIS IDIOT!!

Joe tells us the people of Sderot can't take picnics. But how about the people of Gaza City? If you think the media is biased (which some of it undoubtedly is), cover both sides fairly. Corrective bias is bias too, and just perpetuates unfair reporting.

Am I missing something? By saying that the media shouldn't cover war, isn't he saying that he himself, as a correspondent, shouldn't have a job?

This yob really needs some learnin'...

I cannot understand those who distrust the government with their tax dollars but absolutely trust it with the lives of their sons and daughters enough to not want the media providing a fair viewpoint.

“I think media should be abolished from, you know, reporting,” Wurzelbacher said.

aaaaaaand Scene. Thank you folks, that's a wrap!

He's right. Media has no place broadcasting what's going on in the middle of a fight. They can talk from the sidelines, or report after the fact - when their presence won't force soldiers to protect them, or give enemies information they shouldn't have. Remember Black September? It was the stupid reporters who filmed the cops going in, which the terrorists watched on their tv sets, that ruined the rescue attempt; and, in the end, look what happened.
Reporters are concerned with selling their stories; they don't care if people die, so long as they increase the number of viewers or sell papers. They don't belong in the middle of a fight. Our soldiers shouldn't have to worry about protecting them, or having them give away important information.

Joe doesn't mind being the court jester-if he grasps the reality that he is one. He's like the guys who sold pet rocks. Who would have thought anyone could get rich selling ordinary rocks? Joe is going to make money off all of this. He's making himself a novelty item that the media will just have to interview to see what makes him tick. He'll take the ribbing and ridicule, make money without working, probably not pay taxes on it and have no problem being the butt of jokes. He likes the attention.

All politics aside, if he doesn't believe reporters should cover war, why is he there?!

No, seriously, go away

Wow. The fact that McCain tried to portray this gibbering nitwit as an "everyman" is a grave insult to the intelligence of everymen everywhere.

Nothing needs to be added to this. His statement alone is funnier and more self-incriminating than any comment any of us could possibly make on it. I'll just repost it to highlight the fact:

“I think media should be abolished from, you know, reporting."

"when someone hits me, I'm going to unload on the boy.”

Can't WAIT till he runs for congress!

Funny how the right-wing wants to make this tax-dodging idiot into their spokesperson.

I suppose "Joe' is now considering starting up a blackwater type tactical unit to root out Hamas but he's concerned that as a small business owner the revenue will force him into a higher tax bracket.

Uh...this is too funny! He says the media shouldn't be allowed to cover the war but yet he decides to "become a reporter" and cover it himself???? OKAAAAYYY!

Joe The RNC Chair!

who needs to hear any more from this clown?

I do not understand what the issue is here. It makes perfect sense that Joe the Plumber whose real name is Sam and is not a licensed plumber should now be a war correspondent who has never been in a war and never been a reporter! In the eyes of Republicans, what's the big deal? He has the one credential that counts – he's Conservative!

Reading the above is a great way to gauge the opinion of the nation.

Does Joe the P. and Sarah P. know how much this nation despises them?

Behold the new face of the Republican party. As long as they keep it up with their racist, bigoted, ignorant publicity stunts, the Republican party will keep heading south in the polls. Every time I hear them or look at them, they remind me of what Republican trash is. As long as they and their supporters are in the public eye, we will be reminded of the rot in our nation, the rot that makes us less than we could be.

Hey Fred, Monica Lewisky got real famous, really quickly, but I wouldn't want to trade places with her either.

Next he will have his own program on CNN after DL Hughley..YUCK! What happen CNN??? Why even waste the space reporting about this guy...oh yeah...you are the same guys who gave DL Hughley a program...oh well guess I should not be surprised...

He isn't making any good points. The guys is a total moron. Can everyone please start ignoring him, so he will go away?

CNN I don't know which is worse, your never ending series of fluff stories about Obama (Obama gets a hangnail, Obama eats a hot dog, Obama picks his nose) or the equally annoying stuff about Palin and Joe the Plumber. One would think with an economic crisis, 2 wars, the Mideast, a tillion dollar budget deficit, and senate seats for sale; you could just maybe focus on real news.

Way to many of guys like this in the world. Thats why we have war.

So, Republican Party, still wondering where you went wrong?

I see his 5 minutes have been extended.

We should get rid of all reporting, including the Weather Channel. Christina Abernathy is a communist sympathizer.

I can't believe CNN and other media outlets are covering this BS. He is so irrelevant and so out of touch with reality and yet he is still given an outlet.

Are you kidding me with this loser? Not only is he dead wrong on not allowing media to cover world events like war and conflict, but he's a hypocrite because he's engaged in a reporting piece on the war for a media group while telling others they shouldn't.
Moron.

So to him, he wants to live in a country where we don't pay taxes and are not informed about events that our own troops are involved in.

Why aren't we rid of this idiot yet?

Seriously, this is the problem with our media. This guy had his 15 minutes of fame, and we are still reading about him. Who really cares what Joe the Plumber is doing!

OMG – first off, this guy is an idiot. "Ban the media" – he IS the media! And what horrible hardships he's describing – quick showers and no picnics? Hey – the hot water at our house runs out quickly when everyone is showering – so you better believe I take a quick shower. But I'm in peaceful Fort Worth Texas! The media doesn't know the whole story – so his solution is to not give them ANY story. Seriously, this man's a doofus.

Oh god please help us all! Seriously, go away Joe! Nobody cares! I for one need not see this man ever again.

Maybe he can be a plumber over there

one word......SOCIOPATH!!!!

"Does Joe not know? The First Amendment gives the press the right to be there. "

Just to clarify, the American Constitution does not apply in other sovereign countries, including those in the Middle East.

I agree: the US would have lost WWII if reporters were allowed everywhere. If reporters want to report on a guerilla-style war, they shouldn't complain if they're shot at.

So he wants to ban the media....yet he's there as a part of the media????? Just another shining example of why the GOP failed.

Why does anyone care about what this phony idiot thinks?!

I'm sick of him and Palin!!!

Hello media – forget about him already!!

Dear Joe,
Of course the media should cover wars to let the people know how how horrible they are and maybe they would concentrate on peace instead. If that is what you think why are you there in the first place, who cares what kind of showers the people are taking. Do you think you were sent there to repair the plumbing. Joe, go home, get your license and go to work, that is where you are needed most.
A New Yorker who needs a good plumber.

lol...This is the funniest and saddest thing I have read. Funniest because, what makes Joe the Plumber an "expert" on international relations. Saddest because, CNN is a waste for posting stories from "Joe the Plumber" – when we have real stories to report.!!!!!!!! Nice to see my tax dollars are going in the right use!!!!! NOT!!

I used to think Ohio was a pretty good place to visit and always heard that Alaska was really a great place to visit. This election cycle I lost interest in those places, especially Alaska. Now if Joe moved to Alaska .... BTW, anyone think it extremely odd this guy uses two different names? Makes you wonder if he votes twice or something. Hiding from creditors? Alimony behind?

Ban the media? Did he just say that? Much less on a media trip that he's going there to cover in his own admittedly biased way?
BAN THE MEDIA? What you want Joe, is an unquestioning public that has no option but to go along with your war-mongering ideals. If the public can't see it without going against your side, 9 times out of 10, you're wrong.
We know war is hell. We know the media can't get it all right. We know your ideas are dangerous and badly BADLY ill-informed.

Every argument he makes could be made for the Palestinian side and have it make more sense. You want to see people who live in fear? Try the citizens of the Gaza who have seen over 800 deaths, over 350 of those being women and children, all because extremists they have no affiliation with apart from nationality are commencing rocket attacks. 828 deaths to 13 deaths. Yeah, I'd say Israel is being pretty fair about this.

As for the media slanting the story to the Palestinian side, ohhhh I just love that. Our government and our media have always blindly supported Israel in every move it makes, and this conflict has been no different. You have to dig pretty deep to find any major news outlet that cares to report the numbers of Palestinian casualties as well as Israelis. Although I must say I'm impressed, because this means it's possible Joe the plumber has seen a news report that isn't from FOX.

So he said the media shouldn't cover the war, while he is there to do precisely that.

The mind boggles. Well, with that guy, not really.

Umm... that's all about the conservatives that keep picking up the boneheaded plumber or bimbo for VP.
As an independant, I couldn't see any future for a bunch of morons, aka conservatives for a while. What a dumb luck for Obama!

you know he's right, we shouldn't allow the media to report on war. we should just do whatever the government says and take their account of things as golden. they've never lied to us about war. they've never gotten us into useless wars. they don't owe us anything - it's not like we're a government of the people or they're using our tax dollars or our warriors or anything like that.

we don't need to know anything. we should just be good little sheep.

joe the plumber for president in 1984!

I think that the point that is being missed here is that you can tell a professional journalism vs. a hack. All he is full of is biased opinion that has no substance..

What we all should take a way is being able to tell what a good and true story with facts from both sides vs. his story about his anger issues and single sidedness...

Another issue is that he is a "journalist" and getting angry that missiles are coming his way, sorry buddy, but no, they are meant for Isreal, not you....

This is how people will see us around the world, as ignorant and uneducated americans.... giving the rest of us bad names...

Joe the plumber and Sarah the Palin need to keep quiet for a while, a long while.

Neither seems too bright and whenever they talk they prove it.

I'm with you on this one...Joe! 100%

Incredible, Joe. So who's going to decide which wars should be covered and which should not? You and your right-wing supporters? And any time you think there's some media bias, you are going to ban coverage?There's a word for that–CENSORSHIP. My friend, if we took a vote on it, YOU would be banned. Fortunately things don't work that way in America (though we were close to it under Bush-Cheney!).

I have thought for years that the Media often causes more harm than good during war time. War is not pretty and most of it should not be covered, only the highlights. Do we really need to see the awful effects of war as they happen? Is it going to change anything at that moment?

For instance, when we first entered IRAQ we had Journalists announcing to the world where we(our troops) were heading and at what time. The IRAQI army received alot of our where abouts from the news media.

World war 2 did not have much media coverage and there was more damage and innocent victoms then any war since. Did we need to see it ? Did we want to lose the moral of our fighting soldiers? Our soldiers were heroes when they returned and thanks to media our soldiers are murderers when they return form war much due to media coverage.

War is hell and sometimes you need to break a few eggs to make an omlet. Sorry for the analogy but that is war.

A country has every right to defend itself and that is why we are not demanding a stop to this.

Joe the plumber is doing what any of you bloggers would be doing if given the opportunity so stop your whining, get off your a$$es and make your own difference. Adopt a poor child from Gaza or something productive.

There, I feel better ( ;

Yes, war reporting should be left to fake plumbers.

Isn't it about way past this man's " fifteen minutes of fame" is over? Send Joe and Sarah back to obscurity where they belong!

Sad to say......I'm from Ohio......we produce all kinds of fools. We did get it right in getting rid of Bush, though.

War is always ugly no matter the way you put it. I believe that both sides are wrong, at this time of age every body should discuss their differences with diplomacy.
Should we create another iron curtain? I do not think so.

We think the media should not be allowed to cover Joe the Plumber.

@ fred

What good points are you referring to? The humor of a war reporter saying war reporting should be banned, or the simplification of war's trauma to 'not being able to take a 20 minute shower'?

And sorry, but any success he has a result of his appearance in the election is not attributable to his hard work or talent, all of these gigs are being handed to him (sort of like the welfare he so decries). And his appearance in Israel is an insult to every single person who ever worked their butt off on a journalism degree and who are still looking for work in their chosen field.

I rather listen to Rosie the Riveter.

Pardon me, Fred, you're actually applauding (hence rewarding) some jerk from Ohio for basically lying, misrepresenting himself, not paying his taxes, and maintaining his unemployment until the point where he found a way to take advantage of the political scene and turn himself into the Paris Hilton of the McCain campaign?

Get the F outta my country man!

Why would anyone think sending this bozo to a warzone is a smart idea?

Joe the fascist, hater of 1st amendment, US constitution. Stop reporting on this guy's opinion. It's about as newsworthy as mine.... Come to think of it, how about a CNN headline "jrshipley thinks Joe the plumber is a fascist"? Then if someone comments on that, calling me a leftist jerkwad or whatever, you can report on that.... beats, ya know, doing actual reporting.

So, why are you there, reporting on the war, Joe? What a jerk. He sure has a lot of veiws, I just don't know why CNN felt anyone really
needed, or cared, to hear any of them.

:14:59:59- PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE stop givng this guy any more media coverage! He's an idiot! He doesn't represent me, my values nor literacy level. If he wants to spout off his moronic ideals on PJTV, let him go for it, but please stop putting him on legit news outlets!!!!

Not only did Mccain give us S. Palin who made history as the first idiot running for VP, but also this skinned head ignorant who want to be an adviser on war. Jesus Lord! People could not wait for the election to be over so that these two could vanish from their sight; but they are two stuborn stains that refuse to fade away. The media should take his advice and stay away from wars because , he and Palin are two wars against peoples' sight. Why the media keep covering these two idiots, I don't know.

Typical "Bubba". The rest of the world hates us because they think Americans are like this Joe "the plumber" character. Please stop giving him press time!

This dude is ridiculous!

I've read a lot of articles printed in the USA about Israel's campaign in Gaza, and I don't believe for one second that they are unfair or slanted against Israel. In fact, I think support for Israel is rather strong. My instinct tells me that Joe the Plumber and others of his political persuasion simply like to bash the media whenever it suits them.

wow how can a guy who is not even a certified plumber even get to the Middle East? I am amazed how this guy trashed the Republican Nominee for President and now is reporting on the War. Joe the Plumber is plumbing the USA for a freebie. What a loser some one needs to kick him in his plumber's crack!!

Ban the press?!!! I guess you don't believe in democracy Joe.

He is marketing himself. Can u believe how opporunist he is

Joe the Plumber is an idiotic nobody who stumbled into a unique situation. I cannot believe this guy is still in the public discourse! He pretty much turned out to be a fraud (he apparently is not a licensed plumber) and it's really a joke that anyone would listen to this guy regarding anything! In fact, I feel like an idiot for even putting forth the effort to write this comment!

Thank God for Joe the Plumber. He makes all conservatives look like the fools they are!

So let me get this straight; Joe the Plumber thinks the media should be banned from reporting on any war/conflict.....while he himself is working for the media and reporting on a war???? Sounds like hypocracy to me. Evidently Joe, just like most other Neo-Cons, would prefer to have most of their political actions kept out of the public eye. A government exists soley at the will of THE PEOPLE and all of its actions are subject to the scrutiny of THE PEOPLE. As far as the news media reporting on the evils of Israel, I don't know what (if any) sources Joe has been citing, but most of the media coverage I have seen has been overwhelmingly slanted in Israel's favor. Where is the in-depth coverage of the Palestinian and Hamas casualties, not just in this conflict, but over the past several decades? Israel is not some innocent bystander. Both sides are equally liable for the violence and destruction in that region but somehow, fundamentalist Christians seem to think they can ride Israel's coat-tails into the Promised Land as defenders of God's chosen people. In spite of all of this, what credentials does Joe the Plumber have for being a reputable journalist anyway? I've seen more indepth coverage on the Travel Channel. Here's some advice Joe: GET A CLUE.

Wow, reading these responses just made me more of an idiot than the people who posted here. I guess you can't fix stoopid (and I'm not talking about Joe)

How can anyone take this guy seriously?

Oh yeah, the state of journalism today; NEVERMIND……..

THE SIMILARITY BETWEEN GEORGE BUSH AND THE JOE THE PLUMBER ! BOTH ARE IDIOTS.

Joe the Putz

Hey Andy J. Czars aren't socialist they're facist ( opposite of socialism on the polictical spectrum). Know your history.

Give me a break! Does Mr. Joe the Plumber know of the First Amendment that says we have freedom of the press? The press is out there INFORMING us of what is going on in the world. With all those people unemployed, he is the best pjtv can come up with as a reporter? He is incompetent, just like Palin and McCain were....go away. PLEASE go away.

Joe the Plumber as constitutional scholar and conservative war correspondent...well, why not? If a know-nothing babe with big hair and and over-sexed child can be a vice-presidential nominee, why can't a failed plumber become a conservative commentator?

joe the plumber is an idiot. Although sending him to a war zone isn't a bad idea. fingers crossed.

Yeah, this guy is your average Joe...

Why does the media keep providing this bonehead a platform? Is he news or are they just despirate for something to cover?

How is the media showing that 'Israel is the bad guy" ? The US has long history with trading and working with Israel and their government. Which is why the US wouldn't step in and help Lebanon, when Israel attacks them. Bush even said today that Israel has a right to defend herself and a cease fire can only happen if Hamas stops firing rockets. So, how is Israel being the bad guy? Let's see, maybe one thing is when they fire rockets and blow up schools full of children, including the UN school. So Israel has 20 or 30 deaths and wounded and Gaza has over 800 deaths and wounded. Its just like the US invading Iraq and killing civilians all over again.

Seriously, why the hell does anyone care what Joe "the Plumber" thinks or says? Surely there are much more credible and experienced people talking about the war we'd care to hear from. Not this hack.

Let Joe off the leash, he will go single handedly take care of business there .

He's a correspondent there, so technically he's a part of the media... He doesn't know what he's talking about. GO AWAY!!!

so he doesnt think people should report on war....but he is in Gaza reporting on the war.......hmmm interesting concept.

Now it's Joe the Dummy..... he says the media shouldn't be allowed to report on the war. I guess he doesn't understand that HE"S now a part of the media! Please Joe (what ever you are this week), Please GO AWAY!

What a jerk!

Has Joe been sniffing the Draino again? Or was it Liquid Plumber?

Joe the plumber is just another republican moron, and his belief to censor the press, goes against the Bill of Rights and our founding father's ideals when they wrote The Constitution and The Declaration of Independence.

Will someone please tell Samuel his 15 minutes of fame ended 3 hours ago.

p.s. Holland, OH called, they want their idiot back.

So many of you are filled with so much hate. You sicken me.

He makes one good point that I buy–him being a plumber is not it. The media these days "spins" things their way which is not always the right or honest way. I have no issue with media covering the war just be honest about what your reporting and give us both sides. I have a hard time buying/believing anything the govt nor media tells us esp. after hearing that Egypt/Saudi Arabia loves Americans through the media eyes yet you go there and see for yourself this is not the case.

I know anything is possible in America. But Joe the Plumber? People will do anything for their 15 minutes. I'm shaking my head right now. Sigh.

Joe the Plumber is such a hypocrite. If media shouldn't report on wars he should follow his own advice! I can't believe people actually care about what he says. He's been discredited by so many yet news outlets continue to report on him and inflate his sense of self worth. Enough already.

this guy is one ignorant JERK. "Media shouldn't be allowed to report on war because they don't know the whole story " – well, duh, that's what the media does – inform the public! If he's so against journalists, why is this moron pretending to be one?? His story sure was deep, "showers and picnics"... I would think the Palestinians have more on their mind other than planning a picnic. Good God, CNN, please stop covering this JERK! Monica / Victoria, BC CDA

Sad. People are dying over there on both sides and this bozo is given a platform.

Can't we send him to Alaska? Maybe his mouth would freeze as well as his brain.

Ya, that's right. Supress the media. Way to go freedom-fighting WingNuts. Better yet, ban JOE correspondent!

Wow.......what an idiot!
I can't believe some news organization.....and I use that term loosely....actually sent him over to report on a war, and he's states Reporters shouldn't be able to report on wars.
Joe........Come home............give the money back and just come home. Follow your own advice.
I repeat.......what an idiot!!!!

You can thank McCain for making Joe the Plumber and Pain so popular, can you imagine McCain as president. scary!

Has the state of journalism really come down to this???!!! It's a sad, sad state of affairs.

joe stick to plumbing

WHO CARES WHAT HE HAS TO THINK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hate on a guy bringing up good debate. Asking the questions CNN won't. Reporting on the violence of war in general is not the greatest thing. As he stated, we already know war is hell. Liberal media does this to project the negatives of the war, and negative sales these days. Everyone would rather hate then resolve. If this had been done in WWI or WWII, would the outcomes have been different? Those are the two bloodiest wars of the past century, yet Americans stayed rallied behind the effort. Why? No one wins in war, but some times it’s necessary.

Joe you need to be here in the state to fix some of the toilets its back up...

Are you kidding me??? Joe the plumber...he is not a plumber. This is utterly ridiculous. His 15 min was up long time ago...he and Palin need to just shut up. They appear a bit smarter that way.

Joe the Plumber won't be going anywhere soon. Like Palin, he likes life in front of the camera even though he does not know what he is talking about. Like Palin, he wants to be famous......ROFL

Fred,
Reducing the Palestinian/Israeli conflict to a playground fight, with a "when someone hits me, I'm going to unload on the boy" philosophy is the reason these conflicts exist. Also, news updates are available to anyone with a computer, not just people at home. We read them to understand the world around us the the bigots who "applaud" shoddy reporting.
Finally, you praise getting somewhere "in such a short amount of time", as if that's unconditionally a great thing. Committing a crime will no doubt land me on TVs evening news. Would you applaud that as well?
Diplomacy, compromise and a resolution to share scare resources are tools that will solve conflicts around the globe.

GO AWAY....YOU ARE IRRELEVANT! NOT TO MENTION A MORON...

What a douchebag. Go away already!

More deep thoughts from Joe the Plumber. Can't he stick to fixing sinks? Why the F is he on CNN's site?? I am so close to not even looking at CNN anymore for continually putting garbage up like this that is supposd to be "news."

So insightful seeing the ramblings of the clueless and the unqualified. It's what I come to expect from the right wing.

AndyJ-Maybe when the story is verified by someone credible– not the Washington Times or Hannity. Or maybe when there is some understanding of their positions and not the knee-jerk reaction of right wingers screaming "socialism". But, then again, you guys are the tolerant ones right?

What credentials does this person have to be "reporting" in an official capacity? Obviously, the folks at PJTV want someone who's on their side. Someone who appeals to the Bush core demographic (bonehead, go-get-em mentality).
Judging by a lot of the comments defending him, they've reached their target audience. Entertaining, but don't count on getting anything but opinionated babble from him.

AND WHY IS HE RELEVANT?????

If the media should stay out of the wars, plumbers should stay out of the media.

Thanks Joe. You're a credit to our species.

I agree with Joe Wurzelbacher....The Media can only screw information up and most of it is partisan crap and mis-information.
We are witness to the masters of spin and mis-infoprmation by
the Hammas terrorists. Maybe the ACLU should get into the foray and help Hammas negotiate a peace while they send their rockets into Israel....they could probably win some kind of UN lawsuit and
show the Palestinians the Legal system to support criminals as victims...just like we do in the USA. Yes Joe is right....but the majority
of loose screws writing here won't ever get it and so it goes.

Peace

Chris

Prediction: Palin will either dump her hubby and marry Joe or will name him as her VP pick in 2012. They both share the same ignorant views, are grossly unqualified to run a country (or act as a reporter) and pander to the more idiotic of the conservative party.

Why are we still seeing articles on this dumb dumb? He needs to be banned from humanity. Where does the GOP get these folks?

You gotta be kidding me.
So you're saying that the media shouldn't be allowed to cover war, but yet you're saying this WHILE YOU'RE COVERING THE WAR?
Seriously Joe, your 15 minutes of fame expired a long time ago, please just fly away. You are a disgrace to Ohioans.

He is the poster child for the C students.

this is too funny!
thanks for the laugh, CNN!

All this reporting on the war...

Does anybody know, are WE still at war in Iraq. I only ask because I hear so much about Gaza and NOTHING about Iraq.

Maybe Joe could swing by and do some reporting where we really need it.

Quit telling me about this idiot and quit trying to make him a news story. I don't care about Joe, never have, never did and never will. Give us real news for a change.

"I’m not a person that runs from things, but when it’s a missile, you run.”

Quick showers?! He went over there show the "other side" and that's all he can come up with? Quick showers?!

I have a better idea. Ban the "PLUMBING REPORTER". What an airhead this guy is.

Some of you are absolutely out of your mind.
He has a point but you are so blinded by the slants of media you refuse to see it. There isn't a full disclosure of information on the war. That's what he is saying. So it's not reporting news...it's reporting agendas of the media companies and how they want the story to come across. People who are getting tired of Israel do the following: Imagine growing up your whole life seeing rockets fly over your head and people burning effigies of your countrymen daily only 30 miles from where you live. Hell, Americans everywhere were ready to do anything after 9/11. That was one time. That is what Joe is saying. Most people have no clue the reasons that Israel is attacking Gaza simply because there is no view of what they go through on a daily basis.

Soooo. aren't you reporting on the war, Joe?

What a dumb***. If media didn't report on wars, we'd have stuff like the Holocaust happen and never know about it until afterwards. And don't you think it'd be a smarter idea to ban wars so that media wouldn't have to report on them.

I can kind of relate to what Joe is saying. As a civilian consultant, I was trapped in El Salvador in 1989 during the big FMLN uprising. I got out alive (barely), and my family had saved all the newspaper and TV reports about the fighting.

When I read and watched the reports, I was appalled at the one-sided perspective that the American media took. I saw plenty of atrocities from both sides of the conflict.

Ever since then, I distrust what I see and hear in the mainstream US media. We never do and probably never will get the "whole" story on any conflict like this.

This is guy is just as much of an opportunist as Palin. I can't believe the media is giving this guy attention and a platform from which to spout his nonsense.

He has no business being in Isreal!!! Whoever sent him should have their heads examined, by a plumber!!!!

Duh? Doesn't he realize that he's saying that HE shouldn't be there? Like Sarah Palin, he needs some elocution lessons if he wants to be a correspondent; "well" is not a word to use two or three times in one or two sentences!

However, I do agree with one thing he is saying...and that there has been a distinctly anti-Israel slant to a lot of the press. When Hamas is making their headquarters under a hospital, and storing and firing rockets from a school, it is bound to cause problems for Israel to strike at solely military targets. This is a favorite tactic of many of the extremist Islamic groups, sheltering behind their own children and women to prevent retailiation from being effective. Yet you rarely see any form of outrage when they target suicide attacks at innocents in a church or at a market in Israel. But the entire problem is going to require the wisdom of Soloman to resolve.

Sure, being under rocket attack is certainly rough but Joe should realize there are two sides to every story. Had Joe been one of those Palestinians booted off their land and stripped of their rights when Israel was formed in the 1940's, I'm sure he'd also "unload on the boy".

And the irony is that Israelis have killed nearly as many Israelis via friendly fire than Palestinians have killed in this war (including rocket attacks). All those Israelis total about 15. And the number of Palestinians dead? About 900. 400 of those killed are women or children.

I'd say the media coverage has been more than fair to Israel.

Isn't it interesting that Joe the Plumber says the media shouldn't report on the war, but signs on as a reporter to report on it himself. Hmmm.

Did Joe the Plumber carry his "Plunger" with him ? Did he use Air Force One for his trip ?

oh my goodness. are you kidding me. did he really just say that. and what a hypocrite, isnt he reporting this war also? i thought i had heard the last of him the night macain lost. darn!

I think a lot of your are confused...his opinion is that the media should not report in the war because of biase. But because there is reporting, he is electing to report on the Israeli point of view, because no one else is.

But it is quite funny to see all of these posters saying it's not newsworthy, when they must have read the story to make a comment...oh wait, that's what they all did to Joe and Sarah during the campaign: comment on them before they even knew anything.

Joe is positioning himself to run as Palin's VP in the next election

why is this guy getting media coverage?

Really, why is this guy still relevant? I don't understand why everyone made such a big fuss over him during the election, and I'm buffled as to why anyone cares about him now that the election is over.

joe, sarah, et al: i'm just enjoying the hell out of you people; you have a way of brightening up the day for those of us with triple-digit iq's

did joe the plumber really go irac

@Doc: I 100% agree with you. Furthermore, I note that the colorful description of this guy that you gave in your last sentence also fits G. Bush to a "tee"!

Does this man represent the real America? If yes, do Americans really want peace in Middle east or they want to implement their Ideology of the extreme right and Evangilical in our land. Gaza and West bank is for the Palestineans including Jerusalem. We are resisting the occupation on our Land. If people in Sderot are taking showers in quick then people of Gaza are taking showers of deplete Uranium and White phosphorus bombs made in USA. America has to choose between being extreme right or America that spread freedom in the world not hatered.

This is why republicans won't be winning another election for a few decades. It has become so painfully (but also hilariously) clear that they embrace total idiots as their spokesman. Bush, Palin, this mongoloid.

I really hope that those of you who are saying that Joe the Plumber should be able to participate in the political arena by voicing his thoughts and opinions are not the same people who criticized celebrities for doing the same during the election.

Why are you reporting on him. NO ONE CARES!

I believe this is disgrace to legendary reporter all over the world to see Joe as a "Reporter". Only a criminal will allow him to report.

What a nut case.

Ban media from war? Isn't he representing media and therefore, reporting on the conflict between Israel and Hamas as a media representative?

Isn't this the same guy that backstabbed John McCain after the election was over? Yet the far right GOP still loves him, huh? And the Republicans wonder why they have an image problem.

Who in the world cares what Joe the Plumber thinks about anything??? Suddenly his 15 minutes of fame is extending to the point where you might think he actually knows something!!

Advocating banning the media from war coverage shows how un-American he and his right-wing cronies are. Someone needs to teach them some constitutional law before giving any credence to their ridiculous comments!!!

Well, here's a guy who got it right the first time around. If I were CNN, NBC, ABC and all the other cynical media outlet – I would listen carefully and heed hus adivce.

THIS GUY IS AN IDIOT. AN OPEN SOCIETY AND FREEDOM RELIES ON A FREE AND OPEN PRESS. REMEMBER, THIS IS THE GUY WHO MCCAIN AND PALIN PUT UP AS THE VOICE OF THE COMMON MAN. JOE, YOU NEED TO STUDY HISTORY AND REALIZE WITHOUT A FREE PRESS THE ATTROCITIES OF HITLER, WATERGATE WOULD NEVER HAVE COME TO LIGHT.

Why is any reputable news program report on anything this idiot does or says. It just reduces or eliminates the news programs credability.

joe the plumber? cnn are you kidding me ,if you keep talking about this guy he,ll never go away ,in the mean time he is there as a reporter ,but still says it should not be cover by reporters, oh right he , is a fake, joe is nothing but a blatant apportunist,

Joe went to the same school of journalism as Sarah Palin.

Does Joe the Plumber even know how to spell war correspondent ??? Has he even been in the military ???

I am trying so hard to understand the perspective of this guy in this issue...
Pro America?
Pro Israel?
or Anti Hamas?
anti Palentinians?
Joe i really like to know your views about this issue and also will want you to tell us the begining of this war

Can Joe get an interview with John McCain?

America is turely a land of opportunities. Especially the opportunity to be dumb and ignorant.

Maybe Joe should spend a day or two in Gaza. I am pretty sure that not being able to plan a picnic would be a concern to people in Gaza, at this particular moment.

Get over it Dems....

I hate to say this, but who cares? Why should we care what Joe the Plumber has to say about the Middle East?

I wish Hamas would target the guy and get us rid of him ...

I thought Joe's time was only suppose to be 15 minutes. Well, if he at least is going to report from the Middle East about a war that he believes shouldn't be reported on, then....... the RNC should give the courtesy give him some of Sarah Palin's campaign clothes since she returned them so he looks like a respectable Republican reporter. Please Joe don't let your PR company exploit you any further. Go back to being a respectable , hard working plumber...much more respect for you then... and I am a die-hard Democrat.

Andy J, Czars were pre-socialist, imperial leaders of Russia. Get your facts straight before you make completely useless statements...

I thought the guy was a hard working and serious plumber....now I find out he's an simple idiot!

America loves a good train wreck. That is why people are still paying attention to Joe the Plumber.

So sorry they can't take a picnic – why don't they send the jerk to Gaza and he can see what daily life is there -

What happened to Freedom of the Press , Joe the Contractor? I am a veteran and I believe in the constitution.

Israel could not have any worse of an ally, friggin Stone Cold Steve Austin wanna be!

fred: curious to know what "good points" you think Joe made. I'd agree that all sides of a story should be covered, but 1) that is so obvious it does not even bear mentioning, 2) Gaza, not Sderot, is being destroyed. Sderot and the 3 dead Israeli civilians should be (and have been) mentioned, but let's face it, Gaza is where the story is. 3) Joe doesn't follow his own advice; he basically sweeps the destruction of Gaza under the rug and reduces the Palestinian people to "terrorists." The guy has an amazingly unnuanced grasp of the conflict.

Rob January 12th, 2009 2:17 pm ET

Hey Rob. I hope Obama wouldn't act as cowardly as HAMAS. I hate what HAMAS is doing but Israel is doing exactly what HAMAS is doing. The right thing for Israel to do and they are starting to do it is to start their ground game and root out HAMAS. It's not easy but it's the only way to root out the terroist. That's what we did in IRAQ and you spare a greater number of innocent men, women, and CHILDREN that way. You can't just bomb, bomb, bomb your way to a solution in this fashion because you only create more sympathy for your enemy and your struggle becomes harder. WAR isn't pretty so you can't start one and hope you don't get dirty!!

Is this news? And for those who wonder, I read the article out of incredulity that this was really made into a whole article. Like driving past a car accident, as they say.

I bet Joe the Plumber is Nailin Palin.

The media has no problem showing innocents being killed and injured. How about something about those Hamas cowards, who view women as lower than dogs, except when it comes to using them as human shields.

Be a shame if those big, tough, Hamas manly men were to actually grow a pair and not hide amongst the innocent people.

Maybe Joe does have point. But then hey, a dead kid gets more airplay than a dead thug.

lol...imagine that....then the media could write history 'they way they want"....oops....do they do that now?

lol i just giggle with Joe P in the battelfield...this is just getting to be too much! lol lol lol

If the media doesn't report on the war, then who will? Are we suppose to be left in the dark and not knowing what's going on in other parts of the Country? Wow, I think this guy enjoys public attention and will do anything now to get it.

I think they should ban Joe the Plumber from just about everything. The man is a greedy, self-indulgent idiot.

Why on earth would you give any credence to anything that pops out of this moron's mouth? "The media should be abolished from, you know, reporting." Joe obviously knows nothing about the US Constitution which guarantees freedom of the press ... and as we all know, he knows even less about plumbing. Enough, already!!!!

This is a travesty of journalism and a mockery of the collective intelligence of the people. That this untrained inexperienced individual not possessive of critical thinking skills or professional ethics of any kind is in this position is beyond comprehension. I find this man and his actions reprehensible, dangerously opportunistic, repugnant and criminally irresponsible.

And why do you care how this man makes an honest living? I applaud this guy. He's got a job...not one I'd take but he went for it and he's earning his keep There are few media outlets providing balanced viewpoints and the one he's working for is as legitimate as any of the others...everyone has their own agenda when it comes to the modern media. I don't think he's stupid...I don't think Sarah Palin's stupid. I may not agree with them but I'm not gonna kick any of them when they're down. Get over yourselves and move on...the republicans lost..you won..let these poor people go on with their lives...or better yet...you should go get a life for yourself.

guess physicians shouldn't be practicing medicine either, or lawyers trying cases in court. what's the point of actually going to college and gaining years of experience to learn how to do something when you can just "decide" you're a journalist... better than one, actually, since they have no business reporting things, according to this boob. now I understand why this "plumber" never even bothered to get a license. what a complete idiot!

He thinks the media should be banned from reporting on the conflict? Isn't that exactly what he is doing? What is so sad about this, is he thinks he knows all about politics both domestic and abroad. He only knows what Rush and Glen Beck tell him.

More power to him; he's got a job, making his own money and paying his own bills....which is tenfold more than most Obamkins can say...they're busy standing in line to get a gov't freebie....

If Joe wants to be a reporter without experience, without any inkling of what he's doing...so what? He's only following Obama's lead!

I think the media has a right to report on the war, but leave the opinions for the editorial pages.

Republican Hypocrisy 101:

Non-taxpaying plumber reports on war, taking the stance that war should not be reported on.

Almost as effective as Palin preaching abstinence.

stick to plumbing

Can someone send a pair of shoes to Hammas to give joe a bloody nose.

Joe needs to go back to unplugging toilets. What an ignorant disgrace.

The Palin-McCain ,joe plumber joke was really funny ha,ha.Ok the election is over.A not for real plumber playing a not for real reporter equals the leader of the RNC.

Joe people in Gaza do not have shelters and sirens to warn them about incoming missiles! Can you understand the simple difference? Remember missiles do not know who is "Joe the Plumber" and who is not, it just take whatever it can get. I would not be surprised if you become the news eventually, because of your stupidity! History has a funny way of repeating itself .... Watch and learn folks, because it is too late for him to learn!

What a joke. And Joe reporting on "how bad" Israel has it isn't biased? yeah, right..

Let's have a legitimate discussion. Topic: Barack Obama back-peddaling on all of his campaign promises.

Flo the Bomber January 12th, 2009 2:34 pm ET
Joe is absolutely right. Every single Hamas terrorist needs to be exterminated.
~~~~~~~~~~~
Every single terrorist needs to be exterminated...

starting with you.

SInce when did such blatant stupidity become newsworthy?

I wonder if Joe has ever read the Constitution. There are good reasons for having a free press, and covering any war, including the loss of life, should always be considered a high priority of the press. The press decided to go along with the Bush administration and not show the pictures of our soldiers coming home in flagged coffins. If they had done it, the pressure would have been on the administration to do something differently long before it actually did. If Joe thinks that the media shouldn't be there, then he should set an example and leave.

Joe says he was fearful and then wanted retribution. Yes that's what we need more of in this world is people who can't control their emotions and then lust after retribution. That'll smooth things right out in this world.

I'm certainly not a fan of "dumb Joe", but he does have some points, such as information being given over the airways by journalists that could sometimes be detrimental to the cause. That being said, only the republicans would try to make a star out out of a non-thinking neocon.

This guy makes a lot more sense compared to these liberals on this blog!!

Tell 'em like it is Joe!!

I am a palestinean from Gaza living in America. This "Plumber" uncovered his real face. I think he is one of those who creates the lies about middle east and Israel such as his bosses Pat Robertson and Micheal Hagee. He looks happy with the deaths of all Gazans thinking this will bring the Christ faster. He is one of the real extremist. All of what he did in election was a propaganda for those extreme right. Hope America will really goes little bit toward center and get rid all of this extrmisim in this country.

Finally. An unbiased perspective. Go Joe.

Being in Sderot, I hope Joe takes cover, he going to need to. At least Israel will be able to put him into a bomb shelter.

this man is the very symbol of why most repubs in 2009 are morons. sycophants desperately seeking a leader. all style and no substance. we should ban all media from covering war zones huh? why don't we start by banning this clown. he clearly has no idea what he is talking about.

CNN, you are my favorite news broadcast, but please,please, get off the Joe the Plumber thing. It was alright at first for one huge laugh but enough is enough. He is getting exactly what he wants now, to get noticed by the big news networks. To acknowledge him is such a discredit to the reporters that are deserving of the title and who put themselves in harms way. All major networks need to turn this man off. Give the credit where it has been earned and deserved. Burned out in Michigan. Michigan Tim

FIRST OF ALL, WHO IS THIS JERK TO MAKE SUCH A STATEMENT ? HEY.

So I guess he gave up his plumbing business to be a war correspondent. Oh wait, he never owned a plumbing business. What a bafoon.

What the press should not be covering is Joe the Whatever The Heck and Who Cares What He Is.

Is this guy for real. This is a slap in the face to all of the hard working journalist around the world to see him in Israel reporting on the Gaza conflict. Like it wasn't enough to hear him over here, now we have to listen to him from Israel. Thanks to John McCain & Sarah Palin we now have Joe The Reporter. Would someone actually take him seriously? I hope not!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We're not amused and you're not funny.

Seriously, can't Republicans come up with better comedy? This is just pathetic.

Joe the Plumber and Sarah Palin must be the new plagues!!!!

Wow, just another leftover idiot from the campaign! Would I care what he says?? Nobody with a brain the size of a pinhead should care!

If you think there are atrocities where the media doesn't know the back story, just imagine what could happen if soldiers knew there wouldn't any reporters around to report their illegal acts.

Another truly dumb comment from the Republicans' #1 dud-head.

is this a joke? I though I was on cnn.com, but there must be some sort of mix up with The Onion...

I don't know what "Joe visiting Israel" is about, really, but I have lived near Sderot and you can believe him when he comments that people had better "take quick showers." Bomb shelters are as common as dirt along the Israeli side of the Gaza strip because of the constant and spontaneous lobbing of missiles from the Gaza strip into Israel...into homes, into schools, into shopping areas, into streets. The Israelis have been extraordinarily patient: Imagine the state next to the one in which you live wantonly lobbing rockets into your home, your child's school, the store in which you shop...how many missiles would it take before your state took retaliatory action?

I have to say, I think this guy is a liar and an idiot, as well as a low level GOP tool. He has no ptretense to impartiality and it is a painfully inadequate understatement to say he has no business acting as a reporter.

That said, on some basic I can't beleive I am saying this level, I have to admit I somewhat agree that there can be too much war reporting. I know, I know, we the public can never have too much information, but if you beleive that, then it is hypocritical to say he should not be there reporting his "side" (however slanted) of the story.

This chump represents absolutely the worst side of America.

He is not a journalist, yet he is doing "journalism", saying there should be no journalism when it is inconvenient.

He doesn't think the Government does a good job with things like taxes and subsidies, yet he would trust them with whatever they say about our (or Israel's) actions during war.

“I think media should be abolished from, you know, reporting,” Wurzelbacher said. “You know, war is hell. And if you’re gonna sit there and say, ‘well, look at this atrocity,’ well you don’t know the whole story behind it half the time, so I think the media should have no business in it.”

Abolished? Then the cliche "war is hell"?? So we don't know the whole story, so we shouldn't even try to find out?!?...

What an idiot...

..."ban the media" says Joe. . . .so he's there because....?

Then stop this nonsense and get the hell out of there you moron!!

Hey "andy j, upstate new york" we already knew yiou went "elsewhere" for your news. You go to the faux news site and drink koolaide all day, don't you? Admit it, tell the truth you are the one viewer they have!

When did joe become the evening news anchor guy? i thought his thing was plumbing... if the media should not cover a war , ' in his opinion ' why is his mouth open ? WHAT IS UP WTIH THIS GUY???? He proclaims that he's only trying to bring about the truth..... Well truth is , Joe is trying to get paid!!!

Chris in, Oakbrook Terrace, IL; the 1st amendment does not apply to U.S. citizens outside of our country; try that crap in IRAN, stupid! Joe has a job, do you? Having press in a war zone is dangerous for the reporters, who are ALLOWED upon request to cover the story; it’s not a right to be in, around, or at a F.O.B. It also puts our troops in danger as they are a distraction. Revolution coming?

I see Joe the Plumber is a graduate of the Sarah Palin Oratory School.

It cracks me up knowing that over 30% of this country is sitting back after reading this, thinking "Wow, Joe the Plumber has some acute insight on this matter, and his presentation is flawless."

@Doc

Well said....couldn't agree more.

Wait....is someone going to jump out of my computer and yell "the jokes on you!"?

It sort of leaves you speechless , doesn't it.

To Fred:

Making money running from missiles, just to say weeee....look at meeeee!!!!!!! No thanks the economy ain't that bad yet bubba!

Joe is a freaking moron!!!! How can anyone listen to him to begin with?

Joe is just showing us his fair and balanced journlistic integrety lol.I hope they keep him so he dont come back to Ohio.At least the GOP sesspool gave him a job . Propaganda minister!

He is such a moron. Can someone please make him go away?

How is this guy going to say the media should stay out of wars while he's there reporting on it. And how in the world did he go from plumber to journalist?

NO PICNICS!!? What an atrocity...

That picture was probably taken near a Staten Island, New York landfill with the help of Bush's "special effects" crew.

ONE WORD : " FOOL" !!

Let me get this right. Joe the Plummer has recently gotten a job as a reporter for a conservative & has been dispatched to Israel to report on the war. Joe's first official act was to release a statement saying reporters should be abolished from reporting on the war. His reason is because they don't know the whole story & will say bad things about Israel. However Joe who has never taken a journalism course is his life should be exempt from his own ban because he is going to tell Israel's side of the story. It amazes me that people this dumb are employed. You couldn't make this stuff up if you tried.

We heard enough from this bozo.

Who on earth sponsored this Israeli Republican pimp to report on
such a serious conflict is beyond me.

What a boob. What are his credentials? What, other than his "stature" as a flash-in-the-pan "celebrity" got him here? He has absolutely no business "writing" (I call it typing, certainly not writing!) about things of which he has little or no knowledge. His idea to "ban the media" from war zones is ludicrous. No media in Vietnam would have kept under cover Mai Lai and other outrageous behavior by our military goons. Reporters have been in the fields of battle long before Thucydides' epic reportage in 430 BC on the Peloponnesian War between Athens and Sparta. Joe Blow should blow town and get back to work to pay of his liens and get a plumbing license. He makes a mockery of a United States citizen.

What Joe does not understand, or will not admit, is that only 3 Israeli civilians have been killed in this conflict, compared with around 300 Palestinians civilians, many of them children. Note that the Palestinian death toll is approx. 100 TIMES that of the Israeli death toll. Israel of course is entitled to defend itself – BUT ONLY IN PROPORTION TO THE THREAT THEY ARE FACING. Wurzelbacher cites supposedly difficult living conditions in Sderot while completely ignoring the fact that Gazans often lack access to drinking water, their economy has been strategically crippled by the Israelis, and that their cities have been laid completely to ruin. He says the media shoudn't comment, and then he comments. He says the media should be aware of the fulls tory, and then he completely excludes the Palestinian side of the equation. He also implicitly conflates "Palestinians" (all of them) with "Hamas." In short, the guy is a hypocrite on many counts.

Joe the plumber is making the U.S.A. A LAUGHING STOCK THROUGHOUT THE WORLD!!!

THE GREAT U.S.A. will never face this one down.

Honestly, I don't care what Joe the Plumber thinks. Who is he? He's just another person. If I say that the media SHOULD report on war "because we have the right to know what's going on in the world and that if we don't know enough about it they should inform us," are you going to post that as a separate blog? LOL. I mean "Shereen the Student" doesn't have the same ring as Joe the Plumber, but really. This is ridiculous.

Actually Kathy, they aren't just regular people who don't like that the KKK set up camp there and are victims as well. What everyone forgets is that Hamas was ELECTED to represent these people in a FREE ELECTION. Good KKK analogy, but it would be more accurate if this KKK was freely elected to represent those people firing upon the South Side.

your 15 minutes have long been up....

And we care what Joe the plumber thinks because.....

I thought war was a "picnic" and that is why so many politicians were so quick to get us into one. Now Joe the "plummer" has told me otherwise, I guess war is hell and we shouldn't be in one. So, how bout we end it!

WHY is this news?? Please stop reporting everytime this guy says or does anything – he's had his 15 minutes of fame so let ig go....PLEASE!

The media has a place, in war reporting and everywhere – its the media's bias that does not. Joe is right – war is tough. War has casualties. Imagine if the media showed nothing but casualities during WWI and WWII - and tried everything in their power to turn the american public against the wars - it would be a different world - and not for the better. If the media is going to report – they should be darn certain to report both sides equally and not just bolster their own ideals.

I can hardly wait for the Palin/Joe the Plumber ticket in 2012 – simply for the sheer entertainment value! What a fruitcake.

LOL......... SO DID HE SAY THIS A MAKE-BELIEVE JOURNALIST???? SAD THAT THIS GUY WAS CONSIDERD THE VOICE OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY............... WILL THEY PREP HIM TO RUN WITH PALIN?????? THAT WOULD BE BRILLIANT... FOR THE DEMOCRATS OFCOURSE...........

I pray that there are no more casualties on either side of this conflict; but if there MUST BE ONE MORE... LET IT BE THIS CLOWN!

Please someone send him into Gaza and leave him there for a couple of weeks. Both sides have to share the blame but if we could reach a peace agreement by threatning to leave the plumber there if they do not stop, I think that would work.

This guy's 15 minutes were over a long time ago. Shame on the media for keeping him in the spotlight.

Joe, just go away. No one cares what you have to say.

Thanks, you nazi.

Go back to cheating on your taxes.

Let's hope he connects with the line of fire. I promise, I would then admit he is a national hero.

What does Joe the Plumber have to say about the high rate of unemployment among the Palestinians in Gaza????

What does Joe the Plumber have to say about the high rate of unemployment among the Palestinians in Gaza?

Finally have someone fair and balanced instead of the Whackos from the left that stole the election with their left wing agenda to elect the bigges liberal of all mankind. Yea, the one called big ears from Chicago.

When will this guy stop milking his five minutes of fame. Nows hes a war correspondent because he couldnt hack it as a plumber. What a moron.

"Joe the Moron", live from Israel? No wonder the United Staes is hated throughout the Mid-East. This guy doesn't know his hind end from a hot rock about anything, and some one out there is stupid enough to buy this toilet jockey a plane ticket. I hope it was a one way ticket.

Sounds like Doc is jealous!!!

LMAO! In light of all Joe's recent career endeavors (i.e, plumber, author, country music star, now war correspondent), I think he doesn't even like any of these careers. I think he probably prefers to be Joe the Six Pack and will really be good at it.

And isn't that exactly what HE'S doing there? Reporting on the war? And I was so afraid there wouldn't be anything entertaining in the news after the presidential campaigns were over!

It seems Joe the Plumber is getting ahead fast while the liberal bloggers on here are going backwards. hahaha

I am stunned. Is this really happening? Joe the Plumber is now a reporter? Why doesn't he ban himself from the war (because aftrerall, why should the world have any idea what's going on there?) go home and return to fixing broken garbage disposals. I'm sure the conservative right has no problem getting their news from a completely unqualified, biased and ignorant source–that's the only kind they'll listen to, anyway. I just cannot believe this is in the realm of reality.....

No one seems to care that Hamas is a terrorist organization, they have killed so many innocent people in Israel. We are getting one sided reporting.

I bet Joe turns out to be a good reporter, give him a chance. Of course if he is not biased against Israel a lot of people will hate him.

I am sick and tired of reading about how bad Israel is, how good the other side is.

Is it just me – or does he represent the media now? He is there doing a 10 day story....as a journalist wannabe.
What an idiot. Why do we give people like this any attention at all?

Joe, when your 3rd grade teacher covered the civics segment of the curriculum, (s)he probably mentioned this thing called the US Constitution, which came with some stuff called the Bill of Rights, which started out with the 1st Amendment. Go look it up.

Gives everyone a clear idea of this guy's notion of open democracy, doesn't it? I'd be interested in his take on the newspaper's coverage of the Civil War, newspaper's and radio correspondents' coverage of WWII, and television coverage of the Korean War. They'd probably be hung as spies in Wurzelbacher World ("Wurly World").

And for a group calling itself "Pajamas Media," no less.

Somebody please give us a rousing chorus of 'Holiday Road' here. "Look kids, it's a fraud!"

I think I'm going to be sick. I guess this is John McCain's lasting legacy - creating this little Napoleon oaf.

I would beleive Joe the Plumber any day before I would beleive the propagandist that are railing against him. How smug your little personal attacks sound. You scared to discuss the content of what he says?

No wonder McCain lost the election, between Palin and Joe the plumber, there is no were else to go but down.

Joe W. is not a "plumber turned war correspondent"; he is a self-described handyman with no plumber's license. In his present incarnation he is a mouthpiece for a conservative website. He has no journalism training, no understanding of the conflict in the Middle East, a limited grasp of the English language, and no credibility.

Please do us all a favor. Cease reporting anything about Joe W. at the same time you discontinue your obsession with his buddy Sarah P. Maybe then you could competently cover the real stories of the day such as our crippled economy and battered reputation.

Obviously theres a village somewhere in the world missing its "idiot"!

Since Joe the Plumber does not want the media to cover the war, the media should just pack up and leave.

Leave him behind, please!

Joe and Sarah - they should get married and raise their children in Alaska - yah !!

It seems like we just can't get rid of good old Joe the Plumber. This guy has been chasing a buck every since his encounter with President-Elect Obama. It's obvious to me, as it should be to most Americans that have a sliver of common sense, that everytime this guy opens his mouth he doesn't know what the heck he's talking about. I mean I'm sure he's a nice enough guy but he just doesn't have a clue.

He's quoted as saying that he thinks the media should be abolished from reporting on the war. Well if that's the case what's his purpose for going to Israel, oh right I forgot, he's going cover Israel's side of the conflict. The fact that he's going over there to cover only Israel's side of the conflict makes it very apparent to me that he doesn't even understand the concept of a free press.

Joe, could you please just go away, you've had your 15 minutes and then some.

Conservatives are such hypocrites! Their number one argument against President Elect Barack Obama is that he is inexperienced. Now they have hired this unlicensed plumber as a reporter…what the heck are they thinking. Let me add this to the "Out of Touch" Republican list:
1. Keeping Sarah Palin in the news
2. Barack the Magic Negro song
3. Conservative news reporter “Joe the Plumber”
4. What next___________?

Yeah, if I had a chance like that I be all over it TOO, like Israel on HAMAS..

I don't think I will ever forgive McCain for unleashing Palin and this moron into to public conscience. What a lasting legacy of one of the worst campaigns in history. Yuck.

to Fred:

January 12th, 2009 3:16 pm ET

You know, it's funny how all you guys are criticizing him, and yet, he makes good points. He's also making money while you guys are sitting there blogging. He's gotten somewhere in such a short amount of time, and that's something to applaud. You guys seem to be just jealous. If you really didn't want to hear about him, like you say, then why would you read this article?

Simple Fred... It's a car wreck and everyone slows down for them. Should we slow down...no. But this morbid facination with people who are obvioulsy not well positioned to be where they are(Palin) astounds the rest of us.

Send a plumber to do a journalist's job and this is what you get, overly simplified observations about complex political issues. He's more qualified to be commentator on a World Wrestling Federation broadcast.

Please stop devoting valuable internet bandwidth to this dolt.

Thank you, Joe, for showing the Israeli side of the conflict. I am Jewish and I have been to Israel and, after being in Israel, can appreciate it the need to fight when surrounded by enemies.

I am sick of hearing from and about "Joe the Plumber". Hey Joe...take your two cents and stick it!!

Please Joe,

It's always slanted toward the Isreali side. But then again the God Fearing Christian Right would never side with Muslim's would they?

One sided since the end of WWII.

He thinks that the media should be banned from war, yet he's a war corespondent for a media outlet? I guess that makes sense in his little head.

Makes sense he should go there – says the media shouldn't cover the story, he's as far from the "media" as I am – If this is the new look of conservative republican, then God help us all! Just makes it clear the party learned absolutely nothing from the election, they'll continue to tout the same ole stuff, in the same ole way, and go down in the same ole defeat.

Not the kind of person that runs from things? Except the IRS...

Anyone notice a conflict here? He doesn't think media should report on war but I guess it's okay for him to get paid to report on war.

Is he not too now considered media since he's "reporting" on the lives of regular Joes? I guess he got tired of dealing and slinging McCain's crap for a while and now wants to sling his own crap.

What a moron. Send him into Gaza... Please!

Listen up folks; that circus clown, aka Joe the Plumber, has arrived n Israel. Psssssssst don't tell the media, they have no business here, okay...wink wink you betcha!

andy kaufman worked this one up from beyond the grave– sasha cohen, please take notes.

“I think media should be abolished from, you know, reporting,”

I see. So then the reporters would be, you know, not reporters.

“You know, war is hell"

So I had heard, Joe, so I had heard ...

It would be funny, if it wasn't so tragic ...

I have difficulty believing how stupid "Joe the plumber-turned-foreign correspondent" actually is. He is complaining about people of south Israel taking short showers and not going out on picnic. How about he goes to Gaza and witnesses those poor people showering in blood and huddling inside a kitchen or basement for days without food and water. God, my mind is blowing!

So to recap... He wants blind support of our dear leader, take away freedom of the press and freedom of speech, And he calls the dems socialist. LOL what he proposed is pretty much a communist attitude.
This is exactly why the GOP got so badly beat. They want to put us back 60 yrs, throw out the constitution and promote fear and hate.

this moron thinks the poor israelis cant take a picnic is too sad. What can gazan's do? and by the way, the israelis are taking picnics and placing their law chairs on hilltops to watch the movie going on in gaza.

can someone please tell me why this "wanna be" is over there?

I guess he's never heard of heard of Ernie Pyle.

Maybe Joe the Plumber should shut up. He has no legitimate claim to fame, and he's not even a reporter. You want to talk about a guy who doesn't know the back story half of the time, you're looking right at him. The man is just trying to take advantage of his wading fame by making annoying comments. If this is the hope for the GOP, I'm happy to be a democrat.

What a fruitcake !

...And HE'S a subject matter expert because...? Oh! he's been there a whole few hours!!!

what is Wurzelbacher doing In Israel maybe just for a picture There is noting he can do but get hurt

Call Joe a moron if you like but the reality is if WWII had been covered the same way as present day media covers war, all of Europe would be speaking German and all the West would be speaking Japanese. We wouldn't have the stomach to do what had to be done to win that war.
And, that's the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth...

I read all the comments goofing on this guy, and I'm thinking to myself, "Are these a bunch of liberal whinners saying these things? What has this man said so far that isn't true?"

Put yourself in the Israeli's position. If the country of Mexico or Canada were firing missles into American border towns, killing indescriminantly, would you still be standing up for those countries? Hell no. We'd be sending in the military to kick the crap out of them until they decided to stop firing missles into our country.

Why is this so hard for people to accept? Because noncombatants are getting killed? The same noncombatants that voted in the Hamas government by an overwhelming margin? The same noncombatants that the Hamas fighters are hiding behind when Israeli forces attack?

How the bloody hell did so many stupid people sneak in to the gene pool?

Really sad. In our society, we reward stupidity.

so hes against freedom of press and taxes.
typical republicant.
loser.

Half the story wasn't there...he went on to say that reporting on troop movements and relaying information to the enemy is not good journalism...you may enjoy "hating him" but he is correct. This is not how war was reported in WWII...we were late getting there and were scoffed at by Europe for it...also Germany never attacked us either...quit worrying about palin and worry about what the next Pres. can or can not do...

You are all so hung up on Joe the Plumber that you are missing the point of all of this. His issue is about media bias in reporting & we should all be concerned about that. Of course his isnt really qualified to be a journalist, but the point about media bias is valid. It was clear during the presidential campaign that the media was biased in favor of Obama. It is their job to report facts & not opinions & Israel has been getting the short end in recent reporting.

Did anyone ever stop to consider when looking at all of the suffering in Gaza, that "what did they expect when they elected a terrorist organization as their governing party"??

Abbas was looking for peace. Hamas is looking for the destruction of Israel. Arent the Palestinians getting what they asked for??? They obviously wanted the destruction of Israel or they wouldnt have elected Hamas to govern. I guess it isnt working out the way they planned!!!!!

OMG. Get him out of there before he gets someone killed. Remove the media? Then what "news" will we get out of a war zone? The manufactured, cleaned up version? We're already being "saved" from the sight of the corpses returning from Iraq–even their commander-in-chief doesn't welcome them home.
And guess what...when Israel has killed 800 people, half of them civilians, and they have suffered what 10 deaths, they ARE the bad guys right now, and they are funded by the good old USA.

Seriously, what a freakin joke.

I hope Joe gets kidnapped by Hamas

Joe, your 15 min. of fame are over.

Sickening, just sickening. More sickening, Madoff is still free on bond. MONEY TALKS, the rich scumbags.

There's a larger issue than Joe the Plumber's appalling stupidity, here. The reactionary, religious right keeps whining about not being taken seriously. The best they can do, apparently, are people like Joe the "wannabe" Plumber, who couldn't even hold a steady job before McCain "discovered" him, and Sarah Palin, who struggled in near-oblivion before the McCain campaign "discovered" her. This is the best you can do??? Well of course no one is going to take you seriously!

Here's a hint. Find someone with a decent education, a basic understanding of world politics, a knowledge of geography, and put THEM up as the hood ornament of your political vehicle. You might get some respect. Until then? Prepare to be the continued butt of jokes you're setting yourself up for.

Definition of news: This is not news. Whatever news is, this is what it is not.
Regards

What an idiot. I mean, he's absolutely right about the media slant in the Arabs' favour, but forbidding journalists from covering war?! This guy is a joke.

It is so sad that in our society, we regard stupidity. Case in point. Palin and Joe the plumber.

his two minutes of glory went to far.

What a terrible idea. Banning reporting on war....I never thought I would hear someone honestly submit that as a possibility. Upon thinking beyond his nose for more than 3 seconds, everyone can easily see the foolishness of this thought.
Reporting in war is good because. 1. We at least see some of what is going on. There is never perfect reporting of any event, war or non-war
2. Images from war help convey the true horror of war to people so they aren't so willing to go to war. Think about it, is it easier to trick a young man to go to war during ww1 or now? ww1 obviously where propaganda can be more effectively used
3. Without reporting, there is less to answer for

We should ask Joe for his expertise on quantum physics, cosmology, black hole physics, physiology, psychology, medicine too. He seems so versed in all subjects.

Sounds like the guy who wrote the book about how bad the publishing
companies are and was then shocked that no one would publish it.

Joe The Plumber is another Government LIE.

Why is Joe still even in the media limelight? I am so tired of hearing about him and I do not care about he feels about this terrible situation. Why should his opinion matter? I wish his 15 minutes would hurry up and run out.

Go. Away.

Yeah, you'd better think you shouldn't be allowed to report on the war, or you'll actually have to go there.

Joe represents the best of America. Hard working, honest, dripping with integrity. It is sad that people see the need to rip into this decent man just because he is not part of the liberal elite media. For my money, he well represents many of us out here in the silent majority, and I hope he keeps at it. By the way, please save this comment for April 1, when it will be most relevant.....

JOE AND PALIN ARE BOTH IDIOTS AND BRAINLESS!

Who Cares! Go back to Ohio.

Say what? Did he say he should be reporting on the war? Well, he's just another ring wing hypocrite, except this time he is posing as a war correspondent reporter, who doesn't believe he should be reporting on the war! I don't know how the rest of you guys feel, but I thought I saw it all from Joe the so-called plumber but this beats all!

Go Joe! This guy got right with isreal what the mainstrem media has been purposely botching for years!

To Andy J, Upstate NY,

"(btw, when did a 'czar' become a good thing?) being a member of a SOCIALIST group that favors one world government.

i'd love to see this posted, then see all the venom spewed by those ever so tolerant progressive liberals.

whatever. "

Well Andy, for starters...the czar was the title given to the emperor of Russia. It derived from caesar and came to mean monarch in certain parts of eastern europe. Czar Nicholas II was the one that was overthrown and killed by the communists during the revolution.
Please try to get some education before posting and then us tolerant, progressive liberals will not need to post.

Not allowing the media to report on war is completely disregarding the roles that the media holds and withholds information from the public!

My god, he´s almost as dumb as Bush!

You know, it's funny how all you guys are criticizing him, and yet, he makes good points. He's also making money while you guys are sitting there blogging. He's gotten somewhere in such a short amount of time, and that's something to applaud. You guys seem to be just jealous. If you really didn't want to hear about him, like you say, then why would you read this article?

When he was told he would be heading to the Middle East I wonder if he thought it was Scranton PA?

If the media has no business covering war, what exactly is he doing in Israel? Why is he even qualified to comment on such topics?

How is Joe the Plumber news anymore? The guy has a rebellious high school kid attitude, and his comments are usually reactionary and obnoxious. CNN, please stop reporting on what Joe the Plumber is reporting!

Is this a joke?!

what the hell is that fraud doing in Israel?

Hey Joe...don't forget you do have the the right to remain silent! MORON!!!

To paraphrase this atavistic Hemingway on war, 'you have to take a quick shower..I know I would..you can't plan a picnic.' This is it? This is the insight that PajamaMedia wants?
As a retired navy man who just witnessed the commissioning of the GHW Bush, CVN-77 in Norfolk and also a veteran of a foreign war, this guy makes me want to PUKE. This chickens&&t chicken hawk non military serving yet self serving punk is pimping off the misery in this conflict to better promote his own celebrity.
He needs the s%$t kicked out of him.

Joe the plumber is very smart: He uses the media to cover his stories while asking the same media not to cover other stories.... And my biggest issue is that in the USofA, the leading country of the free world, you still find people believing in him..... and finally guess what, Joe the plumber's stupid stories will be on the first cover of the European and foreign press showing how simple and ignorant Americans are....

Poor dumb Joe, can't even get one sentence out w/o contradicting himself. This is what happens when you come late to the game of getting your head straightened out. And this is why he'll always vote Republican, the party where no two beliefs are compatible, and only lead to chaos.

If he thinks the media should be abolished from reporting on this conflict, then why is he there? Can't this guy just go away?

Why give a platform to a biased devisive figure??? Unless you want to keep America didvided CNN!

Joe probably couldn't even fix a toilet let alone clean one out!
Poor man – totally clueless.

Go to school Joe.

Are there really people still listening to what Samuel Wurzelbacher has to say? I have nothing against Mr. Wurzelbacher, but I'm certain that his expertise about economics, politics and journalism is a little "lite," to say the least. The continued sponsorship of this persona, "Joe the Plumber," says a lot about what ails this country. But I guess he's no dummy: He's milking his 15 minutes of fame for all they're worth.

So if Joe Worthlessplumber gets (God forbid) injured or killed while traipsing around a war zone, will he get a Darwin award?

I get that this is considered news because this guy was used as a pawn in the presidential campaign. Doesn't mean it actually is news though.

If he says that media should not be allowed to report the war, he should not have taken the journalist job. He needs to go back to Ohio and come back to his normal life.

Let's ban the media from covering Joe the Plumber.

That worked! Lots of comments with heart felt warmth from the nation of love and prosperity. You are what you read, thats what Joe's saying. Time magazine weekend of January 10th runs a cover that says, Why Israel can"t win". Joe will probably come up with some real questions and maybe answers not spiked by some pompous editor of leftist persuasion. We might even come to a conclusion that were in a time of enlightenment in which we hear what REAL people see and believe, not what some left wingnut wants to sell us as there anti-establishment BS. Right now the media falls in line with Madoff and the numerous other robber barons of this our time. The truth will set you free.

Frank calls someone out for using the word "boy."

Another word rendered useless by liberal PCdom.

Frank, what should we call male children now? Persons of Diminutive Stature and Non-Feminine Attributes (PODSNFAs)?

If you ever want to define "stupid", just look at his photo. In the words of Forrest Gump, "stupid is as stupid does".

I believe Joe the Plumber & Sarah Palin were seperated at birth....The Moron twins!!!

So now he is Joe the War Correspondent! Wow from a plumber to a bonafide War Reporter in less than 3 months!

We can all thank our lucky stars that Palin didn't become a heartbeat away from the nuclear codes

And it gets worse. Joe should interview a gentleman I saw on the street yesterday who said, "gee, I sure hope they resolve this thing quick."

is everyone on this post freakin' crazy ????? you guys are so venom filled. u all want him to stop being reported on, yet there are 130 comments on this post bashing the crap out of this guy, HELLO PEOPLE !!!!!! YOUR FEEDING THIS THING !!!! let him have his 15, oh sorry 20 min of fame and he'll be gone. although i must agree with him on the media reporting on war, don't you all think that all our enemies are watching all this MEDIA REPORTING ALSO ??? GET A CLUE !!! when media reports that the u.s has ships of the gulf of wherewver, or troop buildup here and there of our forces, that they aren't plotting against us. sometimes it makes me sick the reporting of the media, i mean why don't the media just grab all our enemies and bring them to all our war room meetings at time of war ? thay mideas well, if their going to tell the world where our forces are, what kind of artillary we have and how many and where our troops are, on the tv, internet and radio !!!!!! they may be third world countries, but theys till have access to reporting on all fronts of media. be sure that they will be watching the president-selects inaugr, PLOTTING.

Joe is right. While the media should not be banned completely they should not be on the ground in the manner that they are. There have been mistakes over the years that have given out information that has endangered lives. That is not ok. Having served in the military the people need to know that there are things they do not, and should not, know. I didn't vote for the coming administration, but support it, and we will all see what happends once the new administration is privy to the information will do not and should not know.

@ Andy J, Upstate, NY

More meaningless GOP talking points. I hardly think you can discredit a guy who is saying "scientific evidence shows we need to reduce toxic emissions" by saying "oh yeah? well you're a dirty socialist pig!" His job has nothing to do with his personally held philosophical beliefs, just science (and yes, I fully understand it's hard for you GOPers to separate the two). Get relevent or get bent.

First of all, let's stop criticizing Doh for going over there in the first place. He obviously needs the work since our economy is in a shambles and he's sold all his plumbing tools. I like Doh the plumber and think we need more idiots like him on the right speaking up for the rest of the idiots on the right. You go Doh!!

Are you serious? Joe not the plumber is reporting on behalf of right wing media. The hypocrisy is absurd, but I guess par for course.

The moment CNN started covering childish "news", like Bush's cat death and Obama's "dog search" I KNEW THIS BOZO "JOE THE PLUMBER" and the queen of morons Palin WOULD NEVER GO AWAY. CNN has to be fair, so if they publish irrelevant non-news about Obama, then they have the "duty" to publish as well any non-news about the two biggest moron-celebrities of the right: Pseudo-Plumber and Hockey Mom. Sad but true.And yes, you can call me a moron for keeping the fire burning, by posting another comment about this moron brainless unlicensed "plumber". I'm just another one of the big, big majority of people who just wants him and Palin to go away!

Please stop writing about things that have no news value. That fact that this guy made news during the campaign does not make every crap he takes a newsworthy event now.

Why is space being devoted to "Joe the Plumber" ? I thought his 15 minutes were up after he turned on John McCain. This guy is unbelievable (ROFLOL) . Anything in the name of fame!

I'm not sure who will get my vote for village idiot – Sarah Palin or Joe the Plumber!

Joe the Plumber and Sarah Palin......and you all thought it couldnt' get worse than Pres Bush W.

I now go by Joe the Idiot

Hey Joe...isn't that what you are there for, to report on the war? Just come on back to ohio...I have a clogged toilet that I need your help with....oh wait...you weren't really a plumber either were you?
Serioulsy....what stunt is this guy going to try next to extend his 15 minutes of fame?

I think Joe has a point. War is ugly and the last thing our soldiers need is the media 'shaping' perceptions. For example, when things weren't going so well in Iraq, CNN reported on EVERY car bombing, EVERY soldier that died, including civilians. CNN would continuously hammer us with polls about how unpopular the war is and how unpopular President Bush is. As soon as things started turning around, and the death tolls started declining, the media (and CNN) suddenly start losing interest and have a really hard time admitting that the SURGE was successful. So, you go, Joe! And let's get a different perspective to counter the Left Wing yellow journalism we have to put up with.

Why insult plumbers with what this idiot has to say? It should be Joe the Dumber.

Joe the Plumber is the new Jeff Gannon. If you don't remember, he's the Conservative male prostitute Karl Rove put in the Bush Press room to lob friendly questions. Google him, the pictures are gross.

Excuse me. It amazes me how Hollywood celebrities can "express their voice" on practically anything with politics and the media sits in awe and puts in on the front page of their news websites...spouting how so and so doesn't like so and so and they think this is wrong or what ever babble they spew and folks eat it up. I mean they are movie stars. They play make believe and have computer generated moves make them look like super heros. Please. But you let an average american "have an opinion" and depending on what ever side you are on, folks lamblast them, insult them, call them ugly names. You people don't even know this guy. You just know what the newsmedia put on their station during the campaign. You might actually like the guy. Regardless of your opinion, he has just as much right to do what he is doing ..... as you do putting your ugly little comments on this forum. I mean....really.....who cares what we think.

When will this lying tax evader just go away?

Like the Katie Couric interview, this stuff is beyond parody.

Just keep on talking Joe. We godless liberals need all the help we can get in further marginalizing the wingnuts of the Republican party.

He was born in Alabama,need more be said?

Joe,

is there any limit to your stupidity? The media shouldn't report on war? So you're saying that things like the Holocaust should be allowed to happen because "war is hell" and we don't want things to be reported? Only an aggressive media in a free society could have exposed an injustice like that. Come on GOP, if this is an example of your voting bloc, I think you should get used to being out of power. Man, you conservos scare me.

It is important to note that the merits of the media are terribly challenged by the fact that he is now a member. I can’t help but consider the cost we have paid to the media in our struggle in Iraq. While we need war correspondents, I don’t think we need to broadcast our military’s objectives on CNN or Al-Jazera television. If we can save our soldier’s lives by regulating the amount of media, I think it would be foolish to discredit the notion of limiting the media in a war zone just because the messenger is an idiot.

Hey Joe,

You do realize you are a national joke right? I believe most people have more respect for Paris Hilton and Britney that for you. Your 15 minutes were up months ago. Go home and take that plumbers correspondence course to you can actually get a plumbers license.

Joe is Plumbing the depths of stupidity.

Joe the Plumber supports a media ban on war because yes, he supports WAR CRIMES. just like any good republican, war crimes and torture are A-OK in his book.

Take the moral high ground CNN, its not nice to make fun of people with mental disabilities like Joe. Because of this kind of reporting kids may grow up to point and stare at people like Joe or giggle and snort at exhibits in museums with rednecks in them (the species hominis redneckus may die out); much like we laughed at seeing those neanderthal exhibits when I was a kid.

Joe should stick to fixing toilet bowls! Oh yeah that's right he couldn't find a job. What an idiot, he had a plan all along.

Wish I could have stood where JTP did and be noticed by John Mcain, I would be in the money!

Joe is an fake and was from the start. He had a hidden agenda and it makes me wonder if John Mcain & Joe set it all up in advance!

So, he's in Israel as a representative of the MEDIA, saying that the MEDIA should not be allowed to report the war because "you, know, war is hell". Well Joe, no, we wouldn't "you know", because if you had your way, we wouldn't be getting ANY coverage of war. And, furthermore, he's saying that the media is one-sided in this conflict, so he's going to report ONLY Israel's side.

Way to waste your 15 minutes, Joe.

What a moron!

I was just sitting here wondering what Letterman was going to do without the Bush being a boob segment...

I think it just got filled!

"Making Israel look bad?" I don't think they need help with that. I feel sorry for this clueless joker. What's scary is that we actually have people in this country who "think" this way. Oh boy.

Who does this moron appeal to?

Joe the Plumber wants to abolish his own, new job. Apparently
he doesn't want to go back being a plumber. Keep looking Joe,
I'm sure you'll find a job you like someday.

Has anyone actually gone to the website of the people who hired him?

No?

And that is my point. He - Joe-the-fake-plumber - is the story. He is the celebrity and the focus, not the fighting and dying. Please, CNN, get back to covering what matters, and ignore all the junk.

For the love of God, would this man PLEASE GO AWAY !!!!!

There is the future of the republicant's Palin/ Werzelbacker 2012 what a joke the two of them are

What a dork. If this is media and he's doing it, then no, they shouldn't be reporting on it.

OK, besides the Fox's Network crowd who will listen and pay attention to this clown? Give us break, go back to making toilets work>

It is funny... Freedom of speech and opinion is great as long as it is your opinion. Posters on this board should be ashamed of themselves for their comments. Joe is just reporting a different view of the subject of the Isreal-Hamas conflict.

But I realize now that there should be no postings except how the President Elect is doing something and having a press conference and that anyone who votes republican should be revoked of thier right to vote because they are stupid and corrupt (just like all those other republicans: The illlinois gov, the mayor of baltimore, the mayor of Atlanta, the Mayor of detriot... ohhh wait, they are dems)

Wow. I've got to wonder how angry he would be if he had known there were precision-targeted 2000 lb. bombs falling in his direction, aimed by hearsay and dropped by the same people who have been denying him and his family a job, food, electricity, medical care and freedom of movement for weeks and weeks and weeks? Bet he would be angry enough to throw a few rocks or mortar rounds or rockets right back. Welcome to life in the Gaza Strip, Joe. You should fit right in.

Joe the Plumber is on to something. The media generally gets part of the story wrong on most things it covers. I am guessing that when it comes to war reporting they are even less accurate.

Wow....I'm a conservative (different than being a Republican) and I still think this guy is an idiot. Can someone tell me why some redneck plumber (uncertified as a plumber even) gets sent to Israel as a reporter? And I thought President Bush made Americans look bad. CNN, please discontinue wasting space on your website to draw attention to this moron.

And it gets worse. Joe should interview a gentleman I saw on the street yesterday who said, "gee, I sure hope the resolve this thing quick."

Could this guy be more biased and hypocritical? He can't even hold down a real job, but claims to be a war reporter. He claims to be an American patriot, but then cheats on his taxes (which btw pays for American and Israelis soldier's armor and equipment whom he also claims to love). He discounts alleged atrocities because "you don't know the whole story half-time", which actually implies that 50% of the time the media does have the whole story and innocent people are being killed by Israelis actions.

Does media coverage make war look bad?

Wow. Ban the media? Try banning stupidity.

He doesn't understand the idea of Freedom of the Press.

No surprise there.

Joe The 'Conservative Republican' Plumber:

Witness your entire family murdered by Israeli soldiers using American weapons before you open your mouth.

I have to wonder what damage JTP will cause for his "reporting". He sure won't be doing any good for foreign policy with his antics. My question is WHY is the various mainstream media giving him air time? Unless they are trying to show Americans what NOT to do OR are really hard up for something to report.

Joe the plumber should stick to what he knows "plumbing" and keep his moth shut. He is obviously not very educated. I guess that's why he was a plumber.

I hope they gave him a 1 way ticket.

Wonder how much they are paying him, he's so stupid they are probably doing it from free.

Seriously? This guy is an idiot. "Israel's being bad". ? I love how 'Publicans qualify countries, i.e. "Axis of Evil", "bad guys". Effective way to start wars.

I would sure like to judge some you who are making fun of Joe the Plumber for his lack of education ("non-educated," ha) ,what with all of your mis-spellings and lack of proper grammar, but I wont.

More importantly, those who are speaking out pro-Palestine are again basing comments on opinions and half-facts. I will not try to convince anyone of anything, but I suggest you go to wikipedia and search for "Gaza Strip." Read the whole unbiased article, don't just skim through it, read it! Then form your own opinion.

I Kinda feel sorry for this poor ignorant Redneck. CNN you should be ashamed of yourself, we know you are just reporting on this so people will laugh at him. You are at the top of list for National Enquirer wanna be's. The poor nut makes such a fool of himself and is totally ignorant of the fact that people are making fun of him. A serious educated reporter, he is not. And 'm beginning to wonder about CNN for reporting this kind of nonsense.

And who the hell made him king????

...." well you don’t know the whole story behind it half the time,..."

Katie Couric, could you schedule an interview with this moron?

He obviously doesn't live by "It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt."

I am guessing he doesn't know the whole story behind it ALL of the time.

Why doesn't Joe the Idiot go and report from Gaza? I wonder how angry he'll be when rockets start falling on him there.
If he had any common sense he would look at the number of people killed in this conflict. The number of Palestinans killed is extremely higher than those of Israel.

@ Chris, Oakbrook Terrace, IL

Just a minor correction, but the 1st Amendment stops at our borders...like it or not.

Joe the Plumber a war correspondent!? I thought we hit the bottom with Bush!

Joe the Plumber should be referred in the future to as "Joe the Censor" or "Joe the Fascist."

DREAM TEAM 2012 – Sarah P., President, Joe the Plumber, V.P.!!!

Jesus. Unfriggin believable.

If I want opinions on cleanout valves or spud gaskets, I'll ask Joe the Poopsmith. I really don't care what he has to say about ANYTHING else.

I’m in my office, I’m sitting there angry, outright furious, that I have to put up with more of this hack job.

Hopefully this will qualify him to be Sec of State for the State of Alaska. He could then ligitimately go to work for Sarah and get out of our faces forever !!!

Funny, CNN has time to report on Joe the Plumber, but strangely won't pick up the story about Obama's climate czar (btw, when did a 'czar' become a good thing?) being a member of a SOCIALIST group that favors one world government.

i'd love to see this posted, then see all the venom spewed by those ever so tolerant progressive liberals.

whatever.

CNN, you need to step it up. I come to cnn for laughs now, i started going elsewhere for my news. CNN is pathetic, as are the progressive socialist cheerleaders who come here for their only source of info.

This is funny in the most painful way possible! So many new doors just opened for all of us!

Why was there a group of reports anywhere near this idiot?

Alert:

Small village in Ohio is missing their idiot named "Joe the Plumber’ Wurzelbacher. "

If Joe the plumber thinks the media shouldn't cover the war, Maybe CNN shouldn't cover Joe the Plumber, that'll make him go away.

I just cant believe some Americans actually thought he was credible during the campaign.

His 15 minutes are way over...

Joe the Plumber is an uneducated piece of white trash. With any luck he'll have his head blown off and none of us will have to listen to his ignorance spew from his mouth

I can't believe this guy, he is not only contradicting himself by criticizing media coverage of the war but also thinks he is a reporter himself. he is hard to swallow

this is guy is an ignorant, the only reason why the media focus on the palestinian saide is becasue they are the one getting screwed and as lond as the States keeps their unconditional support for Israel it will continue, I hope Obana steps back and be a little more strict to Israel specially on the UN and keep them in check, then the violence will stop for good

"...when someone hits me, I'm going to unload on the boy.”

The boy? Is that a racial reference?

So typical.

rob... i do like your analogy w/ the KKK b/c it puts it in terms Americans can relate to. but the problem is that YES, we would all be decrying the needless bloodshed of all the innocent "noncombatants" who happen to live where the KKK decided to set up camp. these are just regular people trying to go to work and school who don't like "the KKK" either, but they are continually cut of from food and water supplies.

but i really don't hear much of the media saying that isreal is in the wrong? what channel are you watching? aren't we pretty much their biggest ally? i'm not seeing the slanted media or arab support that you are seeing.

everyone just wants the needless killing of innocent people to stop. there has been enough wrong-doing by both arab, muslims, and yes, even christians in that part of the world over the years.

Joe The Plumber? Never heard of him. Maybe Hanoi Jane has something to say about all this. Does anyone have her number? Hey Ted, yeah, you! You still have ol Hanoi Jane's digits? I bet she can really sort out this foreign conflict.

But in Joe's defense, I think every American has the right to weigh in on War. I mean, that guy probably knows a lot more about War than we give him credit for. Just think about it... He's probably seen Full Metal Jacket more than a few times, and I bet he can quote Private Pile better than any of you folks out there ridiculing him for his stance on media in War times. You all should be ashamed of yourselves for doubting the capabilities of this man. He seems to be informed and is doing a heck of a lot more than you computer desk jockeys are. I mean, all you can do is blog while this man has traveled to the front lines to get the real scoop. Keep blogging, oh you mislead people of America. Joe The Plumber will save the day.

Btw, did anyone catch the final score of the Steelers game last night? My Ambien kicked in well before the final snap.

P.S.- I'm not really a Taxman.

Hey Joe,

Tell you what, I'll back your suggestion that the media should be banned from Gaza if you'll be willing to be the only one reporting from there. And you know what buddy, the Arabs LOVE republicans, so while in Gaza you should wear a shirt that says "I support George W. Bush."

Do that and you'll have 100% of my support.

Ann Coulter just went Bald.

I think the media should report on him.
Is the man even a plumber?

"Tthe media" is an easy target
for those who don't understand the information.

As much as a train wreck this is (just like S. Failing), I think CNN should stop reporting about this guy.

He can say whatever he wants as he is protected by the same amendment he is trying to abolish. But there are a thousand news that should be reported instead of anything related to him.

Maybe a small footnote on news of the absurd would be the most apropriate place for this.

Rumor has it that he will run for Secretary of State in 2012. Well, when you really think about it he will have some experience now. Running from those missiles and everythang... otta qualify for something...
tennis shoe commercial...something!!!!

Why is Joe the Plumber still around? Anyone? Now he's this up and coming journalist? Please.

Of all the informed, educated people in this world that could actually do an intelligent, unbiased report of the conflict the MiddleEast... they pick this guy? He can't even form a sentence. What a waste of a great opportunity for the public to get a real story.