Its so stupid to even repeat this, but the asshat does not even have a license to be a plumber and now some other asshat gave him a press pass so he can pretend to be a reporter after he pretended to be a campaign personage while he pretended he made 250,000 a year and while he pretended to pay too many taxes when he actually did not pay his taxes......aw forget it.

Rec'd...and not just for DD's comment alone.

JtP is like a gift that keeps on giving for Democrats. Not only are Republicans proving that they have no new ideas, they are making our case with someone so obviously unqualified and incompetent that some can even recognize the problem and are appalled.

On the other hand, reading some of the comments on Pajamas Media is almost as good as watching Jon Stewart.

From #6 Banjo:
Who do you think is more reliable, Joe or Amanapour? Just asking.

Gee, Banjo. The woman speaks English, Persian and French fluently. See below for a list of her awards. Of course Joe will be better. See dickday's comment for more comparisons between the two.

Another enlightened soul opines:
This is absolutely the best move ever. I’d MUCH rather hear Joe’s reporting than AP’a, or CNN, MSNBC, NYT, LAT WaPO, well the usual suspects. It’s really time to shine some light on the cockroaches over there, HAMAS and their handlers from Tehran. Great move!

I wonder what he would consider a bad move. We won't go into the handlers thing.

And then there's Judith, whose philosophic attitude points to a startling conclusion:
I am sure that Joe the Plumber will report w/ greater context than the majority of these pseudo-sophisticated, self-righteous reporter who can only talk about proportionality & moral equivalence based on a numbers game of inflicted casualties. Joe the Plumber won’t be emboldening the terrorists like the leftist MSM.

No need to embolden the terrorists, Judith. They're laughing their asses off as we write.

Christiane Amanpour's awards and positions:

* 1991, Breakthrough Award from "Women, Men and Media"
* 1992, Livingston Award for Young Journalists
* 1993, George Polk Award for Television Reporting, 1996).
* 1993, George Foster Peabody awards[8]
* 1994, Woman of the Year, New York Chapter of "Women in Cable"
* 1994, Courage in Journalism Award, International Women's Media Foundation
* 1996, George Polk Award for Television Reporting
* 1997, Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree, Emory University
* 1997, Nymphe d’Honneur at the Monte Carlo Television Festival
* 1998, George Foster Peabody awards
* 2002, Edward R. Murrow Award for Distinguished Achievement in Broadcast Journalism
* 2002, Goldsmith Career Award for Excellence in Journalism, at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government[9]
* 2005, International Emmy, International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
* 2006, Honorary citizen, city of Sarajevo
* 2006, Honorary doctorate degree from the University of Michigan for her contributions to journalism
* 2007, CBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours[10]
* 2007, Persian Woman of the Year
* 2008, Honorary degree from Smith College
* 2008 Lowell Thomas Award (Marist College)
* 2008 The Fourth Estate Award (National Press Club)
* Director on the board of the Committee to Protect Journalists
* Fellow, Society of Professional Journalists
* Nine Emmy news/documentary awards
* Major role in two DuPont awards given to CNN
* Major role in a Golden CableACE award given to CNN
* Honorary Board Member of the Daniel Pearl Foundation
* Sigma Chi Award (SDX) for her reports from Goma, Zaire
* Forbes magazine named her one of "The World's 100 Most Powerful Women"
* WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival Gold Award
* POP Award, by "Cable Positive"