Shades of the KGB
About: the columbus dispatch : government computers used to find information on joe the plumber
Barack Obama is canvassing door to door in Joe Wurzelbacher's neighborhood. The campaign has cameras there, hoping to capture Obama greeting adoring citizens. Here comes Joe, who asks Obama a legitimate question regarding taxes. Obama is put on the spot and gives an answer that reveals his socialistic views on wealth distribution.
The media ignore the incident until John McCain brings it up in the last debate. What do the media do? They go after Joe the Plumber, investigating his personal information regarding income, tax status, and whether he has a plumber's license.
This sends a pretty scary message to those of us who want answers from our politicians: Ask the wrong question and you may become a target of the media.


Tags
- joe the plumber
- journalism
- partisan hyperventilation
Comments
State agency director authorizes child-support check on senator's critic
"Based on what we know to this point, we don't have any reason to believe the information was improperly accessed or disclosed by a state employee," his press secretary told the paper.
Name searches on Joe the Plumber were also conducted at the Bureau of Motor Vehicles, where his registration and driving records were pulled. The State Highway Patrol has seized a government computer at the Ohio Department of Insurance as evidence. A separate search was conducted in the Toledo Police Department's criminal database.



The first rule is that one's concern with the ethics of means and ends varies inversely with one's personal interest in the issue.

I have said before that the ends & the means must be true, beautiful & good to justify action.




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