Recently, Joe “the Plumber” Wurzelbacher has been hitting the trail and campaign for Republican Presidential candidate John McCain. Just last week, Joe the Plumber stated that a vote for Senator Obama is “death to Israel“. However, today Joe the Plumber appeared on Fox News with Neil Cavuto where he praised Senator McCain’s service to the United States and questioned Obama loyalty to America.
JOE: McCain has fought and bled for our country, and loves our country. There’s too many questions with Barack Obama and his loyalty to our country. And I question that greatly.
CAVUTO: Well, you’re not doubting that he’s a good American. Or you are?
JOE: Oh you know, his ideology is something that is completely different than what democracy stands for, so I had some question there. In my opinion.
Now, I have two issues with Joe the Plumber. The first issue I have is his statement concerning Obama in regards to Israel. My second issue is his questioning of Obama’s loyalty. First, I would like to address Wurzelbacher’s belief that somehow if Obama is elected, it will be the death of Israel. Obama has made it clear that he supports Israel. The biggest argument that those who don’t support Obama use to affirmative that Obama does not support Israel is that he is Muslim. It has been made clear that Senator Obama is a Christian, not a Muslim. All the little rumors, such as Senator Obama been sworn in with a Koran, has been proven false. There has been no substantial evidence or logical reasoning which would suggest that Senator Obama is a Muslim. However, lets note that 16% of Israel population is Muslim, simply because you are a Muslim does not make you anti-Israeli or anti-Zionist.
However, what if an Obama Administration did not fully support Israel economically and militarily? Does that mean that Israeli would be wiped off the Earth? Absolutely Not! Israel is more then capable both financially and militarily to strive without US support. We don’t have the hold Israel’s hand or run to their rescue. Israel is a regional superpower for Christ sake. Also, just for the sake of argument, Israel is not at the mercy of US, most of Europe supports Israel.
Now, for my second issue, Joe the Plumber is questioning the loyalty of the wrong ticket. I admit, Senator McCain has served this country with honor. He is a true war hero. However, at the current moment he is loyal or simply bitter. We are spending $10b a month in a civil war in Iraq while the nation is making a $70b surplus in oil. We spend twice the amount on the war in Iraq each month then our own educational system. Iraq should be taking responsibility for their own country. Iraq has both the revenue and the security forces to combat insurgency without US support. However, John McCain views on Iraq seems to be that of an old man trying to recapture his youth. He should let go of the bitterness Vietnam of over. Clinging to the war in Iraq or Vietnam is not being loyalty, its being delusional. Nevertheless, my target when addressing the topic of loyalty is certainly not Senator McCain, but Governor Palin. This is someone that Joe the Plumber should surely be questioning. In particular, her ties with the Alaskan Independence Party. A part which supports the state of Alaska seceding from the Union. In fact, Todd Palin was a member of this party for eleven years, from 1995-2006.
Officials of the Alaskan Independence Party say that Palin was also a member of the party. It is impossible for McCain’s ticket to say “Country First” when he has picked a running mate who is affliated with a party that puts the country last. To be more straight to the point, its a one shot deal to question Obama’s patriotism before questioning John McCain’s running mate patriotism, the same woman who was a member of a political party that liked the idea of seceding from the United States altogether.
Share and Enjoy:
These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages.
Wed, Nov 5, 2008
0 Comments