During the election, I didn’t pay much mind to Joe the Unlicensed Fraud Plumber. I viewed him as something of an unfortunate self-aggrandizing sideshow — milking the limelight in the great American tradition.

Boy, was I wrong to ignore this guy. He is actually a dangerous nutjob who the media has anointed as being worthy of “serious” commentary. He recently gave a rambling interview in which he basically said that journalists should be banned from reporting on wars:

I’ll be honest with you. I don’t think journalists should be anywhere allowed war. I mean, you guys report where our troops are at. You report what’s happening day to day. You make a big deal out of it. I think it’s asinine. You know, I liked back in World War I and World War II when you’d go to the theater and you’d see your troops on, you know, the screen and everyone would be real excited and happy for’em. Now everyone’s got an opinion and wants to downer–and down soldiers. You know, American soldiers or Israeli soldiers.

I think media should be abolished from, uh, you know, reporting. You know, war is hell. And if you’re gonna sit there and say, “Well look at this atrocity,” well you don’t know the whole story behind it half the time, so I think the media should have no business in it.

Update: Here’s the video. Watch if you dare: