I was thinking hard, believe it or not, about the somewhat famous for fifteen minutes “Joe The Plumber”. Mr. Joe Wurzelbacher from Ohio, the “Average Joe”, the “Real American” Senator McCain mentioned twenty one times during the last Presidential Debate. I get the message, its OK. Mr. McCaine wants us all to believe we are Joe or Joanna plumber, real Americans about to realize the American dream by buying a small business and being forever, ever happy.
Not so fast. I think the McCain handlers did him a disservice. There are better choices out there to portray good old Joe. It turns out Joe does not have a plumber's license, is a convicted wife beater, has a lean on his house for not paying taxes and there is no way in hell he can come up with enough money to buy out his boss since he makes less than $40,000 a year.
I have several ideas of who would have been a better allegorical figure for the Republicans to exploit. Remember Joe Clampett?
Unlike Joe W., Jed Clampett has hair. You can tell he is frugal, look at his clothes. There is a blonde bimbo, a dumb jok and a gun toting granny in the family . Best of all Jed is "Joe the Oil Man".
The Clampett's have it all. They should have left Joe the Plummer alone.
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