'Is Joe The Plumber Just Another Liberty Nut?'
By John Longenecker (10/18/08)
When Senator John McCain addressed Joe the Plumber in the last of three Presidential Debates with Senator Barack Obama, he may have made a connection with millions of Americans like never before, something more than the obvious ones, something deeper, something the liberals are trying to unwind before it gets momentum.
I have written before that the left in America hates any credit or progress on the right for one reason: it may expose the left as being unneeded. I write now that this is the reason they are trying to disparage Joe (not his real name) the Plumber (not his real profession). Alright, so what?
From a party who breaks all the rules just to keep themselves involved in our lives, now they want integrity? That makes about as much sense as selective enforcement until it comes to a conservative when all leftists can say that we must be a nation of laws.
But personal connectivity is going to distinguish the McCain - Palin Ticket. I believe that kind of connectivity is the Big Secret to reducing Big Government in 2009. This kind of connection had been thought to be with Obama in his so-called eloquence and in being articulate, but, to any critical thinker, Obama is not at all articulate. He’s a good pitch man, but he isn’t selling what we need, namely bigger government. Obama seems to have sympathized with constituents by remarking and remarking on the agony of our crisis and bracing us for further sacrifices - leading with his Left, as usual - but it seems Senator McCain struck a new chord: he didn't talk crisis, he talked constituent. He even called him by name, the Everyman, all of us. Joe The Plumber even illustrates two more things: how harassed we are by the current situation, and how the media contributes to the harassment.
Meanwhile, if we put that connectivity with liberty purists, with the McCain - Palin ticket, and with millions of Americans now feeling the pressures of Big Government, then you've got something. You have the evidence that they get it. Finally. The left will never get it, because it would mean smaller government, and that undermines their feeling of being needed.
Internet Search Term numbers for Joe the Plumber are immense, it's even a news story. The left is trying to discredit him, but they cannot, because he is an everyday guy. It just shows what they think of you, the everyman constituent.
But there's more. It's no lipstick, it's solid. It registers, and how. This could be huge.
Making the connection to our homes is what millions have been waiting for. It won't come from many officials in Congress – we've given them that chance – but it could come from the right Presidential Ticket. More important, it could come from the grassroots with cooperation of at least enough officials. We can’t depend on Government to get it soon enough, but we can originate it ourselves and muster some officials who do get it. You don't ask Big Government for permission or how much authority you have, you assert and exercise your authority in oversight and even in instructions. This is what will be different in 2009.
I forecast a new movement in 2009, a liberty movement of purists who will join the high speed media. They will join the giant liberty websites as contributing writers, they will have their own blogsites, they will write new books, and they will write with connectivity. The purists understand liberty very well, and will fill the void of what Americans long for and don't get from officials and certain institutions. The new liberty movement will re-shape those institutions along with our economy. Millions of Americans will be inspired and summoned to a duty they want to participate in, with pleasure.
As I say often, the purists will not write to speak to the choir, but reach those looking for sanctuary in self-rule. Tens of millions. All liberty nuts are experts on something, each with something material to contribute to those who may never have heard the liberty message, not ever. With the erasure of U.S. History from our education, there are millions in this country who have never heard it. The average liberty nut is not only a constituent, he will be an author, blogger, speaker and more, sharing what he knows about any liberty issue along with thousands of others who appear on the high speed media scene.
Millions are beginning to feel what the liberty nuts have been saying for a very long time, and it is they who will respond in authority.
John Longenecker
Longenecker is author of The Successful Liberty Nut Author 2009 – The Liberty Purist's Guide To Patriotic Platforming Before You Publish due out October 30th.
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