Poor Joe! You ask a reasonable question and you have a bullseye on your back.

Yesterday I wrote about Joe the Plumber who was mentioned over 20 times in the Presidential Debate on Wednesday evening. Since then the media has been attacking this guy because he dare I say – still believes in the American Dream! Oh no…we better stone him! He doesn’t want to spread the wealth around. He’s not Robin Hood! He criticized Barack “The Chosen One” Obama! We’ll get him!

Joe is a guy living in a small community in Holland, OH, and Sen. Obama drops into town. He didn’t go to an Obama rally looking to cause trouble. Obama was in his neighborhood. So Joe goes to see if he can get a question answered. He wants Obama to explain his tax proposals and how it may someday affect Joe and his family. He dreams of owning the business where he works. So he asked Senator Obama why he wants to confiscate money from people who work harder to earn more, and give it to other people. Seems pretty reasonable to me so far.

Now here’s the part we all need to pay attention to: Senator Obama provided a response that revealed his worldview. He told Joe that wealth should be spread around to help the little guy. Obama responded with a far left, socialist view and Joe is attacked? Obama was the one who said in so many words “you succeed, you pay”. Because Obama answered the question and let people know his true intentions, Joe the Plumber is being dragged through the mud?

First, Politico.com wrongly reported that Joe isn’t a registered voter. Oops they got that wrong…he is registered. Oooh let’s look at his taxes records. Ah ha – he owes taxes! So the Associated Press reports that Joe owes over a $1,000 in back taxes and has had a lien on his property from the state of Ohio. What does this have to do with the price of Reverend Jeremiah Wright’s TV?

Let’s go look at his plumbing license… Oh wait he doesn’t have one. Now the mainstream media is going on and on about how he doesn’t even have a plumbing license. Joe Biden even took a crack at Joe the Plumber saying “real plumbers don’t make $250,000 a year”. Oh Joe’s not a real plumber? Come on… Here’s the truth Joe works for a two-man company that has a license and, because he doesn’t do commercial plumbing, Joe was advised that he wasn’t required to get his license. But wait a second, what does this have to do with Obama’s socialist views?

You see…let’s distract the business owners, the coaches, authors, freelancers, those dreaming about getting their piece of the American Dream. Let’s distract those who have achieved the American Dream. This isn’t about Joe; it is about Obama and his far left liberal views that will impact every business in America. If this is the treatment of a typical, hard working person before Obama gets elected, what will it look like if he gets elected?