The media is on a mission to destroy Joe Wurzelbacher, the man affectionately known as “Joe The Plumber,” who had the audacity to ask Sen. Barack Obama a question that exposed him for what he really is.

The senator, in a classic “gotcha” moment, forgot that cameras were rolling when he opened his mouth and stuck his foot in it.

Everything that critics said about Obama came tumbling off his tongue. It was almost as revealing as when Obama said “an ACORN doesn’t [oh shat pause] fall far from the tree…

The media responded by furiously digging into Joe’s background to unearth every unsavory detail to discredit him. They learned that Joe The Plumber isn’t even a licensed plumber at all — as if that’s supposed to mean something.

In some states plumbers can work without a license as long as they are working under a licensed plumber. But why is that even an issue here? Joe is not running for public office. The man asked Obama a simple question. God forbid that you or I should ask Obama a question that he’s not fully prepared to answer.

Now Joe The Plumber is accused of being a Republican plant — as if the Republicans knew that Obama would walk down that particular street in Ohio while Joe was in his yard playing football with his kid.

But common sense aside, Obama is the Emperor and Joe had the unmitigated gall to tell him he had no clothes on. So now Joe must pay the ultimate penalty: his life must be destroyed.

Welcome to Socialism 101 as taught by professor Obama. :)