So “Joe the Plumber” is not a Joe after all… He’s at best a “Sam”, as in “Samuel J. Wulzerbacher”. And he’s not really a plumber either. And he is in no imminent danger of being hit by the tax increase Barack Obama proposes for those who earn more than $250 000 a year. Well, at least we know he’s a republican, thanks to his vote in the republican primary last March – we won’t nitpick on the fact that, while the Ohio republican party is frantic about the risks of registration fraud, he’s actually registered to vote as “Wolzerbacher”.
It just begs the question: who, in the McCain team, suggested turning “Joe the Plumber” into the star of the presidential debate (actually, its “winner”, according to John McCain) and did not do a basic check before casting the bold bald-headed unknown under the national spotlight? Ah, must be that same person who thought it would be fine to check Sarah Palin’s possible liabilities after she would have been announced as McCain’s running mate.
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