HANNITY AND A GUY NAMED JOE

Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher, aka "Joe the plumber," was a guest on Hannity's radio show and repeated some of the same wingnut nonsense we've been hearing from him. I was a little struck by his assertion that socialism was undemocratic, something that would surprise our allies in Western Europe.

Hannity indirectly called Colin Powell a liar. Hannity said no one in the GOP called Obama a Muslim. Powell said otherwise:

'Meet the Press' transcript for Oct. 19, 2008
Former Secretary of State Gen. Colin Powell (Ret.), Chuck Todd, David Brooks, Jon Meacham, Andrea Mitchell, Joe Scarborough
updated 9:04 a.m. MT, Sun., Oct. 19, 2008

I'm also troubled by, not what Senator McCain says, but what members of the party say. And it is permitted to be said such things as, "Well, you know that Mr. Obama is a Muslim." ... Yet, I have heard senior members of my own party drop the suggestion, "He's a Muslim and he might be associated terrorists."