"Bob Klahn -> Ross Sauer"  wrote in
news:28191$POL_INC{at}JamNNTPd:

 RS>> LANSING -- Thousands of people descended on the state
 RS>> Capitol earlier today

 BK>   ...

 RS>> Addressing the rally was Samuel Joesph Wurzelbacher,
 RS>> commonly known as "Joe the Plumber," who became a household
 RS>> name during the 2008 presidential race when Republican
 RS>> presidential candidate John McCain referred to the Ohio
 RS>> resident as "Joe the Plumber," and used him as a walking
 RS>> metaphor for the American middle class.

 BK>   Notice how Joe the Plumber never makes appearances in his
 BK>   hometown? Could it be because there are too many here who could
 BK>   show him up? Call him on his "image"?

I don't know, it's hard to say.

I do know "Joe the Plumber" is a big fake.
He fails at nearly everything he does, no wonder the right-wing likes him.

--- Xnews/5.04.25