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Peggy the Moocher
Townhall ^ | November 5, 2008 | Michelle Malkin

Posted on 11/05/2008 6:43:26 AM PST by reaganaut1

Sorry to break the bad news to Joe the Plumber. But the winner of Campaign 2008 is Peggy the Moocher. No matter who moves into the White House, Peggy has good reason to do a happy dance. The plain, ugly fact is that both major political parties are committed to spreading the wealth in one form or another. It's all just a question of how much and how quickly.

Who is Peggy the Moocher? She's Peggy Joseph, a voter in Sarasota, Fla., who exulted earlier this week at a Barack Obama rally that this was "the most memorable time of my life." Why? As she told a Florida reporter on a YouTube video that has been viewed by hundreds of thousands: "Because I never thought this day would ever happen. I won't have to worry about putting gas in my car. I won't have to worry about paying my mortgage. You know. If I help [Obama], he's gonna help me."

You can't blame Peggy the Moocher for viewing Obama as the superior Santa Claus. With a relentless messianic campaign, a grievance-mongering wife touting him as the country's soul fixer and a national infomercial promising to take care of every need from night classes to medical bills to rent and fuel-efficient cars, Obama effectively channeled Oprah Winfrey's Big Give.

"Everybody gets a car!" "Everybody gets a car!" And gas. And mortgage payment relief.

But the damning reality for fiscal conservatives is that John McCain's plan for homeowners underwater on their mortgages was even more generous than Obama's.

(Excerpt) Read more at townhall.com ...


TOPICS: Philosophy; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: michellemalkin; peggyjoseph; peggythemoocher
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1 posted on 11/05/2008 6:43:26 AM PST by reaganaut1
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To: reaganaut1

i thought the winner was Peggy the Noonan


2 posted on 11/05/2008 6:45:22 AM PST by ari-freedom (So this is how Liberty dies... with thunderous applause)
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To: reaganaut1

I hope TV crews visit Peggy in 4 years.
So we can all enjoy with misty eyes, how much better her life becomes under Barry.


3 posted on 11/05/2008 6:45:40 AM PST by silverleaf (Fasten your seat belts- it's going to be a BUMPY ride.)
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To: reaganaut1

For a minute, I thought this was a Peggy Noonan thread.


4 posted on 11/05/2008 6:45:40 AM PST by rightwingintelligentsia (I voted for America today. Did you?)
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To: ari-freedom

When I saw the headline, I, too, thought Malkin was referring to Peggy Noonan.


5 posted on 11/05/2008 6:47:03 AM PST by Presbyterian Reporter
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To: ari-freedom

LOL! I thought it was going to be about Peggy Noonan as well!

Guess I better get in line for bread.


6 posted on 11/05/2008 6:47:33 AM PST by Incorrigible (If I lead, follow me; If I pause, push me; If I retreat, kill me.)
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To: reaganaut1

I have a theory — in fact, I am certain of it — that our politicians, with a few notable exceptions, are the last to know what is actually going on in this country.


7 posted on 11/05/2008 6:47:38 AM PST by IrishMike (Gov Sarah Palin - Gun control is hitting what you shoot at)
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To: reaganaut1

I’m jennyjenny the moocher! I can’t wait.


8 posted on 11/05/2008 6:47:56 AM PST by jennyjenny
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

yeah because at least peggy the moocher cares about policy details. Most obama supporters were inspired by hope, change, transformational, blablabla


9 posted on 11/05/2008 6:48:05 AM PST by ari-freedom (So this is how Liberty dies... with thunderous applause)
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To: ari-freedom

Peggy Noonan wins too.

A token “conservative” who will still be invitd to whine and dine in Georgetown, to dish and dump on Sarah Palin and how “it” (baby Trig) brought down the party of Ronald Reagan.


10 posted on 11/05/2008 6:48:36 AM PST by silverleaf (Fasten your seat belts- it's going to be a BUMPY ride.)
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To: silverleaf

I cant wait until the unemployed are lined up and begging for work - I will drive by and scream - “WHERES YOUR MESSIAH NOW AHOLES”


11 posted on 11/05/2008 6:49:13 AM PST by sasafras (Dont be fooled - the DIVERSITY MANTRA - is the left's tool to incite hate, racism and division)
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To: reaganaut1

I’ll be downsizing my farming operations for the next few years.Plan to make just enough to pay my bills and live cheap.Won’t have much taxable income so Peggy will have to look elsewhere...


12 posted on 11/05/2008 6:49:44 AM PST by Farmer Dean (168 grains of instant conflict resolution)
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To: jennyjenny

What hell is wrong with single women?


13 posted on 11/05/2008 6:50:13 AM PST by Perdogg (Obama will not be my President)
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To: jennyjenny

I am sending all my bills to Obama..So I don’t have to worry...


14 posted on 11/05/2008 6:50:32 AM PST by just me (JELLY BEANS AND WINKS AMD PLUMBERS)
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To: reaganaut1

But the damning reality for fiscal conservatives is that John McCain’s plan for homeowners underwater on their mortgages was even more generous than Obama’s.

a casualty of trying to pander to PUMA’s. It was a hillary idea.


15 posted on 11/05/2008 6:50:35 AM PST by ari-freedom (So this is how Liberty dies... with thunderous applause)
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To: reaganaut1; xsmommy

I swear from the headline I thought this was about Noonan.


16 posted on 11/05/2008 6:51:05 AM PST by NeoCaveman (OK ,blue America you spent 8 years rooting against your nation, now run it)
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To: reaganaut1
BREAKING NEWS: Peggy Noonan just named Obama's Press Secretary. (I know the topic isn't about her)
17 posted on 11/05/2008 6:52:08 AM PST by McGruff (It took a Jimma Carta to give us a Ronald Reagan.)
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To: reaganaut1

This is what happens when more than half of the electorate is on some form of welfare or another.


18 posted on 11/05/2008 6:52:38 AM PST by pnh102 (Save America - Ban Ethanol Now!)
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To: sasafras

I suggest a bumper sticker, more effective than a verbal scream!


19 posted on 11/05/2008 6:52:41 AM PST by silverleaf (Fasten your seat belts- it's going to be a BUMPY ride.)
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To: Farmer Dean

Hello, and welcome to the John Galt no-growth club.
John Galt emerges.


20 posted on 11/05/2008 6:54:04 AM PST by silverleaf (Fasten your seat belts- it's going to be a BUMPY ride.)
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