McCain discovers plumber no ordinary Joe

[groovychk]

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1008/14652.html

A day after making Joseph Wurzelbacher famous, referencing him in the debate almost two dozen times as someone who would pay higher taxes under Barack Obama, McCain learned the fine print Thursday on the plumber’s not-so-tidy personal story: He owes back taxes. He is not a licensed plumber. And it turns out that Wurzelbacher makes less than $250,000 a year, which means he would receive a tax cut if Obama were elected president.

McCain likes to say that he isn’t George W. Bush – and in this case of bungled public relations, it is clear he is not. The famously-disciplined Bush campaign operation would likely have found the perfect anonymous citizen to illustrate a policy proposal, rather than spontaneously wrap itself around an unknown entity with so many asterisks.

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Like we didn't already know this was BS.

Comments

[compudoc.livejournal.com]

People saw through the "Joe the Plumber" nonsense within 15 minutes. It had to have been a "plant".
All Obama has to do is stay on message and not get overconfident. That will take him to the White House.

[time-lordy.livejournal.com]

The Joe the Plumber thing might be the dumbest and most ineffective idea the McCain camp has come up with so far. Ok, definitely most ineffective. The worst idea so far is Sarah Palin. Scary.