Cardinal

Has "Joe the Plumber" been in the news for a while now? Cause, like, since last night he's suddenly attained superstar status, and somebody obviously put in a lot of effort in designing a webiste in which a plumbing truck with the word Joe on it appears outside Palin's oval office.

I'm very, very confused right now.

Summerwind

Seems a bit odd that the McCain supporters seem to think Joe the Plumber isn't important; but their candidate brought him up 22 times in 90 minutes. That's equal to once every four minutes. If it isn't important for us to find out about him, why did McCain feel compelled to mention him over, and over, and over, and over. . . well, you get the drift.

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Goobieman

Define 'important' and then show that McCain supporters don't find Joe to be.

Hmm... lets see...
Joe puts an blue-collar human face of Obama's socialist dream of redistributing wealth, the taking from the haves and giving to the have nots.
Why do you suppose McCain would NOT bring him up?

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Summerwind

Ah, but does he? That's why he needs to be found out about. If he doesn't represent who he says he represents which is a person making over $250K who imagines he will be hurt by Obama's plan; then he should be exposed.

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jallman: "It's all good. At least you have a thick skin and can take being poked fun back at without crying. "

Goobieman

You can try to show that he was lying, if you want.

Yes -- because anyone that dares question The Secular Messiah must be villified.

Yes... because it will somehow change the fact that Obama -will- raise taxes on people making over $250k, and that many of those people are blue-collar and working class.


And... you didnt answer the question:
Why do you suppose McCain would NOT bring him up?

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Summerwind

Not too many middle class folks think making $250K is blue-collar or working class.

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jallman: "It's all good. At least you have a thick skin and can take being poked fun back at without crying. "

Goobieman

Your perceptions don't change the facts.
And, you still didnt asnwer my question:
Why do you suppose McCain would NOT bring him up?

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Gill

He never said he IS making $250 k. He said he hopes to buy the plumbing company and SOON be making $250 K.

And HE won't be making $250K, his company will. Big difference.

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Summerwind

Since I didn't and don't suppose McCain wouldn't bring him up, nor have I indicated any such thing. Ask a question that relates to what I've said and I'll consider answering.

Your perceptions don't change the facts that $250K isn't middleclass, blue collar, or working class. It just isn't. A person may own a business that does provides working class persons to its customers, but anyone in that business making $250K or more is no longer in that realm.

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jallman: "It's all good. At least you have a thick skin and can take being poked fun back at without crying. "

Goobieman

So.. what's your point?

"It just isn't". Classic.

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