Joe the Plumber's Bogus Use of Nonpartisan

Joe the Plumber told Pajamas TV the Club for Growth, the Heritage Foundation, and the Kato Institute are nonpartisan organizations.

The Federal Election Commission filed a lawsuit against Club For Growth. The FEC lawsuit contends Club For Growth should have filed as a political action committee. Club For Growth raised $21 million in the 2003-2004 election cycle for Republican candidates.

The Cato Institute is funded by tabacco money. News Corp. owner Rupert Murdoch has served on Cato's board.. Cato fellow Douglas Bandow was paid by Jack Abramoff to write favorable to the lobbyist's clients.

The Heritage Foundation's tagline is "Conservative Policy Research and Analysis." Enough said.

Wurzelbacher is being dishonest. This is a guy that blew off a McCain campaign rally and got tagged by Shepard Smith for not knowing what he was spinning.

SMITH: Joe, do you know Barack Obama’s positions on Israel?

WURZELBACHER: Listen, I know you wanna really get some answers on this one, I’m just not gonna help you out here, Shepherd. Let people go out and find, that’s what I’ve been telling people. […] Listen, you don’t want my opinion on foreign policy. I know just enough probably to be dangerous.

SMITH: Yeah, well that’s what I was kinda wondering.

Joe is a clever huckster and Roger Simon and Charles Johnson are gullible enough to pay him. I find it hysterical the Pajamas Media will pay Joe the Plumber, but not conservative bloggers.

Related: Kieran Healy wrote about the madness of Pajamas Media launch. Johnson and Simon decided on Judy Miller as keynote speaker. What a great way to gain instant credibility.