In Miami, Fla:
Good for him. Meanwhile, Obama’s out there mocking Joe:
Update: Allah Pundit’s post on this exchange has a more full quote than the above, which he suggests changes the nature of the exchange. I don’t think it gets Obama off the hook, as the second part of the quote was just as offensive as the first part could have been considered, but here’s the whole quote, nonetheless.
While the media and Left blogs continue to dig into Joe’s personal life and affairs for asking The One a question. If Obama were truly a purveyor of a new kind of politics or a decent leader, in any sense of the word, he’d stick a different sentence into his stump speech. Something like, “Hey, everyone chill out. Joe is a man who asked me a question. As presidential candidates, John McCain and I have faced plenty of tough questions. The good citizens who ask those questions don’t deserve to be torn down for their efforts.” Obama’s frowning upon the practice would go a long way toward quelling the bad practice of vetting every townhall and ropeline questioner as if he were a Supreme Court justice. But you see, Obama is not a man of new politics or leadership. He is a man who endorses raising the cost of free speech for everyone who disagrees with him. He is a man who sends out Action WIre alerts to mobilize voters to shout down detractors who appear on the radio. He is a man who sends letters to the Department of Justice to ask it to investigate political ads that aren’t even inaccurate, much less criminal. Joe’s experience is making every sensible American voter wonder whether it’s worth asking their representatives that question they have on their minds. The man who talks endlessly about the value of getting new Americans involved in the democratic process is allowing their intimidation without comment. It seems Obama only approves of getting dead people, cartoons, and the Dallas Cowboys involved, via voter registration fraud. Mickey Mouse just don’t talk back like Joe the Plumber does.
