Joe the Plumber . . . Presidential Debates

He certainly got plenty of airtime.

Funny thing is . . . I’m a “Joe the Plumber” now for over 35 years.

I’m thinking the hottest costume this Halloween: Joe the Plumber










This debate came totally out of left field for me. Like, who knew to put Joe the Plumber down as the “drinking game” name in the debate tonight? If you for some reason had decided to take a drink every time Obama or McCain referenced their imaginary friend, you'd be dead. Dead of alcohol poisoning.

For those of you who don’t know what that exchange was all about, McCain and Obama were referring to an impromptu encounter between Obama and Toledo, Ohio, plumber Joe Wurzelbacher. Jake Tapper, at ABC News, has the full video.

Now I’m not an economist. Nor am I a medical doctor, but I don’t have to be one to know that smoking is not good for my health. Likewise, I don’t have to be an economist to know that capitalism is good for a country’s economic health and socialism is not.

This truth came into sharper focus with this recent exchange between Senator Barack Obama and an Ohio plumber named Joe.

Joe the Plumber

“Your new tax plan is going to tax me more, isn’t it? . . . I’ve worked hard. I work 10 to 12 hours a day and I’m buying this company and I’m going to continue working that way. I’m getting taxed more and more while fulfilling the American Dream.”

Senator Obama

“It’s not that I want to punish your success. I just want to make sure that everybody who is behind you, that they’ve got a chance for success too. My attitude is that if the economy’s good for folks from the bottom up, it’s gonna be good for everybody. I think when you spread the wealth around, it’s good for everybody.”

This is a stunning admission . . . for those who have an ear to hear . . . for the master of mesmerizing equivocation had just told the American public the truth about his tax policy.

There is no shell and pea slight of hand in this comment, as there is in his claim that he will cut taxes for 95% of the American people. There it is . . . Obama just gave us a peek of the ace hidden in his sleeve . . . he’s a re-distributor.

He’s a socialist. As if some of us didn’t realize this already.

And what's next for Joe the plumber?

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno?

The Late Show with David Letterman?

Or better yet . . . Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson!

Stay tuned.

Ice

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