Should every citizen who has a question of a presidential candidate expect to be
analized by bureaucrats and the media?
Inspector general investigating access to Joe the Plumber's personal information
Monday, October 27, 2008 11:33 AM
Updated: Monday, October 27, 2008 05:48 PM
By Randy Ludlow
The Columbus Dispatch
Ohio's inspector general is investigating why a state agency director approved checking the state child-support computer system for information on "Joe the Plumber."
Helen Jones-Kelly, director of the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, confirmed today that she OK'd the check on Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher following the Oct. 15 presidential debate.
She said there were no political reasons for the check on the sudden presidential campaign fixture though the Support Enforcement Tracking System.
Amid questions from the media and others about "Joe the Plumber," Jones-Kelley said she approved a check to determine if he was current on any ordered child-support payments.
Such information was not and cannot be publicly shared, she said. It is unclear if Wurzelbacher is involved in a child-support case. Reports state that he lives alone with a 13-year-old son.
"Our practice is when someone is thrust quickly into the public spotlight, we often take a look" at them, Jones-Kelley said, citing a case where a lottery winner was found to owe past-due child support. "Our practice is to basically look at what is coming our way."
Ohio Inspector General Thomas P. Charles confirmed today that he is investigating the incident to determine if "Joe''s" records were legally accessed by Job and Family Services employees.
The use of a state computer system to search for information on Wurzelbacher is the fourth uncovered by The Dispatch.
Democrat Gov. Ted Strickland [who appointed Jones-Kelly this past January] is satisfied that there are no political overtures to the check on Wurzelbacher, a spokesman said.
Helen Jones-Kelley who authorized the check on poor Joe donated the maximum amount to Barack Obama.
Yep, smear and persecute a common citizen who asks a question of a presidential candidate. The resulting attack which occurred within 24 hours after Joe spoke goes to show that Demos aren't about sticking up for the little guy's right to speak. The media reported that he wasn't licensed and he didn't have enough money to buy a business. So what? That gives them the right to publicly destroy his dreams? The media showed themselves to be a prejudiced tool of Obama on this attack of a US citizen.
Now that Joe is being bused around for rallies he is fair game much like when it was discovered that Cindy Sheehan was a weapon directed by CODE PINK. The Republicans laid off of Sheehan for weeks allowing her to voice her grief, but when it was learned she was hooked up with CODE PINK she became a contestant in the ring.
The initial attack by Democrats via their media stooges was outrageous. What does the man's ambitions vs his finances have to do with his right to ask a question of Obama? Should every citizen expect to be
analized by Democrat operatives within the bureaucracy as well as media stooges?