Filed under: One Choice: Obama | Tags: GOP liars, Joe the Plumber, John McCain
Check out Crooks And Liars’s report on the identity of “Joe the Plumber.” Turns out his close relative is the son-in-law of Charles Keating, as in the Keating Five!!! As in the scandal that almost ended McCain’s career. Oh, and Joe’s relative is a major contributor to the GOP. UPDATE: According to Keith Olbermann tonight, it has not been confirmed that “Joe” and Robert Wurzelbacher are blood relations. But it’s a bizarre synchronicity, nonetheless.
Oh, and according to this blog post at the New York Times, he’s not a licensed plumber and his first name is Samuel.
UPDATE: Olbermann added some other details about Our Man Joe. According to records, his salary is more in the range of $40,000 and he has no formal plans to buy his boss’ business that is worth $100,000 — not more than $250,000. So he WOULD fare better under Obama’s tax plan. And speaking of, why would he care when he didn’t bother to pay his 2007 taxes? It sure looks like this guy was a GOP plant, especially after such a deft display of swift-lying.
Lies upon lies upon lies! Dirty tricks, dirty set-ups. Wonder if we should swing by the Watergate Hotel to see what’s new…
Filed under: One Choice: Obama | Tags: Barack Obama, Bob Schieffer, debate, Joe Sixpack, Joe the Plumber, John McCain
The inner cynic in me is blinking red. How convenient that the Ohio plumber who spoke with Obama was named Joe. Not Thaddeus. Not Angelo. Not Biff. Joe, as in Joe Sixpack… How do we know that Old Joe ain’t a GOP plant?
Today this regular Joe called a press conference and has been courting the media. He’s being lauded as a “straight shooter”. (A Republican term if there ever was one.) McCain referred to this guy at least 23 times. That wouldn’t happen for spontaneity’s sake, my friend.
Plumber Joe just compared himself to Matt Damon. You know, the same actor in those silly videos with comedienne Sarah Silverman, the woman behind those videos promoting The Great Schlep, a movement to get young Jewish adults to return to Florida to convince their grandparents to vote for Obama.
Randomness? Coincidence? Hmph! This after all is the party of Karl Rove, my friends.
A side note: I thought Bob Schieffer did the best job of all the debate moderators. He got the candidates to stray from their talking points and register true feelings and emotions.
Bonus side note: McCain’s demeanor last night was frightening. He snorted several times (wonder if he was pawing the ground at the same time?), had a maniacal laugh (et tu, Dr. Strangelove?), his eyes blinked more than 3,000 times according to one count (eye blinking is often a sign of lying) and he was angry, angry, ANGRY.
Filed under: One Choice: Obama | Tags: John McCain, Sarah Palin, Trig Palin
The devil is in the details, Mr. McCain. You lauded your VP choice for her stand on fighting autism. Point is, Sarah Palin’s baby Trig has Down Syndrome, not autism. If you get something so basic wrong, how can we trust you with overhauling our health care system?
