The pool of people who actually agree with McCain and are willing to shill for him in public is getting smaller and smaller. You take what you can get, I guess.
“Joe” got his 15 minutes by asking questions of Obama at some campaign event. He asked real questions that some people would like to know the answer to.
AND Obama took the time to answer the guy and explain what would happen.
I am wondering what would happen if something similar happened at a McCain event? I mean a real live person who does not agree with him and asks policy questions.
hmmmm, some how I think the straight talk express might bypass that stop.
Dude, Jesus uses polyvinyl chloride (PVC). Then Jesus and his brother Jose get deported. It’s a hard knock life.
Why am I picturing Joe the Plumber running like mad, jumping on walking mushrooms, getting larger by eating giant flowers, jumping down pipes, and eventually defeating Obama, King of the Koopas, to save Princess Sarah Palin.
I dunno, 'cause you’re old enough to remember playing nintendo? 
I have been ignoring the Joe Plumber phenomenon. I just wanted to say, though, that your post was fucking hilarious. First real laugh I’ve had today. So, thanks.
He should’ve asked the question of Palin. The response would’ve been hilarious.
Apparent debunking here. I’m gonna assume there’s no Keating connection unless someone demonstrates otherwise.
Thanks for that link, E. Thorp. As someone who posted about the possible Keating - Plumber connection earlier today, I must acknowledge that it seems to be a bust. Furthermore the Eisenstadt guy who prompted it all might not even exist but be a hoax himself.
He has his own Wikipedia page.
Speaking of plumbers and McCain, anyone catch Letterman nailing Johnny Mac to the wall over his relationship to G. Gordon Liddy tonight?
I can’t find a video, but I don’t think McCain ever saw *that *one coming.
“Joe” the Plumber has no license, and owes $1200 in back taxes.
(Sorry if this is repeat information, I merely scanned this thread.)
AHH SPOILER!! It’s only 10:45 here!
Not sure if this has been posted yet, but according to the NYTimes, Joe the Plumber would in fact very likely get a tax break under Obama’s plan.
Well… I’ve always thought there’s a small zone where people earn more brutto, but due to taxes earn less netto.
If people were logical, economically speaking, they’d stop their efforts to earn more until they can make the jump past that point. Sort of the bands of energy where the electrons can exist.
But who ever thought people were really rational?
Except because of marginal tax brackets, this doesn’t happen. The higher tax rate only kicks in on the income that’s in the next level.
Don’t let the door hit you in the ass on the way out.
I thought he got a rather straight answer. More than he deserved, as he was obviously trolling. He even got the meat he was baiting for: the “Redistribution of wealth” mention. I think he wanted the tap dance, in the awkward-Palin-moment way. He should have asked her a question instead.
And I know Sammy was one of maybe two tap dancers that anybody can name (plus Fred), but he could have just as well stopped talking before that…
Obama answered his question, he just didn’t like the answer.
Dude, I demand a photoshop of that! Someone needs to make this happen at least.
I agree. I thought it was a pretty comprehensive, intelligent answer to give to someone. Now, Joe may not have liked the answer, but to claim Obama tap danced around an answer is disingenuous. What did he want Obama to say “look, I’m sorry that 5% of the population is going to get slightly screwed. It’s a shame we need to tax anyone. But you know that $850 billion dollar bailout? you know the $10 trillion in national debt, $5 million of which was created in the past 8 years? Heck, you know the roads you take to go to work in the morning? Yeah that all has to be paid for. All of it. So suck it up.”