Joe the Plumber or Joe the Gold Digger?
Joe the Plumber, vice president of Rush Limbaugh’s Republican Party, is suing former Ohio Department of Job and Family Services director Helen Jones-Kelley and others in federal court.
We all know that Kelley’s staff took a peek at Joe’s entries in their databases, but correct me if I’m wrong — isn’t that information public? Granted, they didn’t go about it the right way — they could have called a journalist and asked them to do a public records request – but what’s Joe stand to gain?
Oh, that’s right, money. There he is, one of Republicanland’s standard bearers engaging in frivolously lawsuiting. Didn’t Joe get the Republican talking points on use of the legal system? The legal system is only for large, multi-national corporations wishing to avoid paying taxes. It’s not for regular Joes.
Here’s what the AP reported:
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — “Joe the Plumber” is suing three former state officials in Ohio, saying they violated his privacy when they gathered his personal information in a records search.
Samuel J. Wurzelbacher says in the federal lawsuit filed Thursday that he suffered emotional distress, harassment, humiliation and embarrassment as a result of their actions. He’s seeking unspecified punitive damages.
The lawsuit names Helen Jones-Kelley, who resigned in December as director of the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, and two assistants.
Ohio’s inspector general found that Jones-Kelley improperly used state computers to find personal information on Wurzelbacher, a Toledo-area man who rose to fame during the presidential campaign after asking Barack Obama about his tax plan.
no, not public information, required a warrent and not only peeked at was copied and forwarded to a group representing a Kenyan National–felony
Well well I think I understand, Obama isn’t a man He is a God, and sites like this feed his Cultmembers.(those who havent had an origional thought in their lives. Can’t name more than 4 signers of the Declaration or Constitution. Cant even tell ya what the 6th and 7 th amendment say. Will believe anything because they got it from some Professor who quotes someone who couldent even footnote the books they butchered on history.) Got it This should be no problem in 2010.
I am wondering why you don’t include any of the Dems quotes on why we needed to go into Iraq. HMMMMMM
Weird that we live in a society where people can lie or cheat or steal or whatever and then sue because they are embarassed when people find out what they did. Ridiculous.