Knocking Joe out with a Wrench
The debate swerved into the surreal as John McCain introduced the world to … what was his name again? The rest of the debate was addressed to nobody else except this guy — the other quarter billion Americans may as well have just turned it off (which, I guess, would make it a win for Obama — Great Strategy there, McCain! Though, too many of these(*) and maybe you want everyone but Joe to turn the tv off.). Why? Apparently he was a republican blogger celebrity for speaking his mind to Barack Obama. Fair enough, but it is ridiculous that he becomes the focal point of McCain’s campaign — a strange inversion of the old tact of lining up personal anecdotes of hard scrabbled people met during the campaign with the candidate’s policies meant to alleviate just that problem. I was hoping Obama would, about two thirds through the debate, just come out and say it “Screw it! Here’s what I am going to do: as president, I will confiscate ALL of Joe’s money and throw him into the poor house. Then I will take away all of his guns away, just for kicks. In short, I will make Joe the Plumber the National Scape-Goat. All your problems are the fault of Joe the Plumber.” But that wasn’t going to happen. Maybe someone at the third party debate could do just that. Unfortunately, Bob Barr has taken up the cause of Joe the Plumber, so I guess all is lost.
I think it is time to unveil a full blasted attack ad on Joe the Plumber. I mean, did you know his real name was Sam? Bob the Plumber ought to get right on that.
(*) No. Really. What is that? Can I get video of it. Maybe it’d make sense in context.
Note: I had to edit this blog post because I am a bone-head who mis-spelled “plumber” to “plummer”. This may or may not be fine, but I doubt it.