State employee says she was ordered to check out Joe the Plumber

[The Paperboy]

Columbus Dispatch:

Vanessa Niekamp said that when she was asked to run a child-support check on Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher on Oct. 16, she thought it routine. A supervisor told her the man had contacted the state agency about his case.
Niekamp didn't know she just had checked on "Joe the Plumber," who was elevated the night before to presidential politics prominence as Republican John McCain's example in a debate of an average American.

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How high will this go?

 

[pete]

So to protect and move upward step and squash the hardworking. Politics!!!!
I feel sorry for Joe as this is probably going to hurt him in the long run ...

 

[Otter_Creek]

Looks like anyone who disagrees with the Obama Islama Cult might have to watch out for their liberty by keeping their mouth shut.

Once again, "What's Wrong With You People?"

 

[PoliticalChic]

Repression, repression, repression. I am not surprised. They might go after Tito the Builder now.

 

[bk1983]

Repression, repression, repression. I am not surprised. They might go after Tito the Builder now.

Nobody went after tito because he is legit, joe the plumber based his questioning on lies. His last income reporting was $40,000 a year. He is not a licensed plumber. He had no plans to buy the 2 man company which would not see an increase under Obamas tax plan. If he is truly trying to find out the facts, why not question McCain? After all it is Obama who would really help him realize his dream and aquire the business. He is a registered republican and not independent like he claimed. Now you want me to listen to who this liar endorses as if that matters to the average american?

 

[jschuck12001]

I'm glad, His name isnt Joe and he isnt a plumber, he is a fraud and if you bullshit people karma will kick you in the ass, this is no different than what the republicans would do if the roles were reversed. Good job Obama camp, keep exposing this loser.

 

[Otter_Creek]

Nobody went after tito because he is legit, joe the plumber based his questioning on lies. His last income reporting was $40,000 a year. He is not a licensed plumber. He had no plans to buy the 2 man company which would not see an increase under Obamas tax plan. If he is truly trying to find out the facts, why not question McCain? After all it is Obama who would really help him realize his dream and aquire the business. He is a registered republican and not independent like he claimed. Now you want me to listen to who this liar endorses as if that matters to the average american?

Maybe you should use some of that toilet paper in your avatar to shine up your little Nazi lapel pins.

 

[bk1983]

Maybe you should use some of that toilet paper in your avatar to shine up your little Nazi lapel pins.

oh you conservative cry babies.. I thought you guys were advocationg joes right to question obama? But now if anyone questions joe they are a nazi. how predictable.

 

[Otter_Creek]

oh you conservative cry babies.. I thought you guys were advocationg joes right to question obama? But now if anyone questions joe they are a nazi. how predictable.

All shiny and pretty now.

 

[bk1983]

All shiny and pretty now.

Nice picture, I bet that ladys smarter then Palin.

 

[del]

Now you want me to listen to who this liar endorses as if that matters to the average american?

no, but politicians using govt agencies to investigate him and hold him up to ridicule should make you think twice.

sorry, forgot he's the wrong flavor.

carry on.

 

[del]

oh you conservative cry babies.. I thought you guys were advocationg joes right to question obama? But now if anyone questions joe they are a nazi. how predictable.

it's good that you're here to defend the govt going after private citizens for their political views.

nice uniform, BTW.
black's very slimming.

 

[bk1983]

it's good that you're here to defend the govt going after private citizens for their political views.

nice uniform, BTW.
black's very slimming.

I am not supporting the govt going after private citizens, I am saying that I have the right to question his motives and true beliefs. thats all.

 

[CactusCarlos]

I'm glad, His name isnt Joe and he isnt a plumber, he is a fraud and if you bullshit people karma will kick you in the ass, this is no different than what the republicans would do if the roles were reversed. Good job Obama camp, keep exposing this loser.

When have republicans ever slandered a person for asking a question?

Don't keep us waiting.

 

[CactusCarlos]

I am not supporting the govt going after private citizens, I am saying that I have the right to question his motives and true beliefs. thats all.

But Joe the Plumber doesn't have the right to question Obama's motives and true beliefs? Why the double-standard?

 

[bk1983]

But Joe the Plumber doesn't have the right to question Obama's motives and true beliefs? Why the double-standard?

who said he doesnt have the right? but wouldn't a more fitting question be I currently make $40k a year will I get tax breaks from your plan or will I have to pay more? why try to pass yourself off as an independant soon to be business owner. with his current IRS liens, making 250k a year should be the least of his worries. He admitted to having no serious plans to buy the business.

 

[CactusCarlos]

who said he doesnt have the right? but wouldn't a more fitting question be I currently make $40k a year will I get tax breaks from your plan or will I have to pay more? why try to pass yourself off as an independant soon to be business owner. with his current IRS liens, making 250k a year should be the least of his worries. He admitted to having no serious plans to buy the business.

He tried to pass himself off as an independent soon to be business owner? He. Asked. Obama. A. Simple. Question. And Obama stepped on his own crank trying to answer it, so Joe is worthy of being slandered?

 

[bk1983]

When have republicans ever slandered a person for asking a question?

Don't keep us waiting.

Oh thats easy. Here you go! Funny all you right wingers got your heart strings tugged when poor joe the plumber was called out on his lies. Yet the republicans attacked a 12 year old boy for speaking for a program they were opposed. Yup this is the christian party all right.

Graeme told his story of being involved in a severe car accident three years ago, and having received access to medical care because of the Children’s Health Insurance Program. He said:

If it weren’t for CHIP, I might not be here today. … We got the help we needed because we had health insurance for us through the CHIP program. But there are millions of kids out there who don’t have CHIP, and they wouldn’t get the care that my sister and I did if they got hurt. … I just hope the President will listen to my story and help other kids to be as lucky as me.

The right-wing immediately condemned Democrats for daring to put a human face on the SCHIP program at a time when Bush was proposing a “diminishment of the number of children covered.” Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) — who has posed with children to advance his own political agenda — claimed Graeme was being used “as a human shield.”

Conservatives have more recently turned their targets on young Graeme Frost himself. A poster at the Free Republic propagated information alleging that Frost was actually a rich kid being pampered by the government. Among other bits of information, the post by the Freeper “icwhatudo” asserts that Graeme and his sister Gemma attend wealthy schools that cost “nearly $40,000 per year for tuition” and live in a well-off home.

The smear attack against Graeme has taken firm hold in the right-wing blogosphere. The National Review, Michelle Malkin, Wizbang, Powerline, and the Weekly Standard blog have all launched assaults on the Frost family. The story is slowly working its way into traditional media outlets as well.

Here are the facts that the right-wing distorted in order to attack young Graeme:

1) Graeme has a scholarship to a private school. The school costs $15K a year, but the family only pays $500 a year.

2) His sister Gemma attends another private school to help her with the brain injuries that occurred due to her accident. The school costs $23,000 a year, but the state pays the entire cost.

3) They bought their “lavish house” sixteen years ago for $55,000 at a time when the neighborhood was less than safe.

4) Last year, the Frosts made $45,000 combined. Over the past few years they have made no more than $50,000 combined.

5) The state of Maryland has found them eligible to participate in the CHIP program.

Desperate to defend Bush’s decision to cut off millions of children from health care, the right wing has stooped to launching baseless and uninformed attacks against a 12 year old child and his family.

Right wing bloggers have been harassing the Frosts, calling their home numerous times to get information about their private lives. Compassionate conservatism indeed.

 

[bk1983]

He tried to pass himself off as an independent soon to be business owner? He. Asked. Obama. A. Simple. Question. And Obama stepped on his own crank trying to answer it, so Joe is worthy of being slandered?

did you listen to the interview? He said he was about to buy a business worth about 250-280k and asked why Obama wanted to raise his taxes. He made $40,000 and is in debt, why is he worrying about tax rates that apply to income he only dreams of.

 

[bk1983]

Hello? The silence is deafening, anyone wanna explain why its ok for republicans and right wing bloggers and commentators to attack and smear a 12 year old boy who told his story which unfortunately unlike joes was real.