Bob Klahn -> Ed Hulett wrote:

 EH>> Mimi Gallandt -> John Massey wrote:
 MG>>> John Massey -> Bob Klahn wrote:
 JM>>>> Bob Klahn -> Ed Hulett wrote:

 BK>>>>>  Joe the plumber has no training, no license, no
registration,
 BK>>>>>  the owner of the business has no plans to sell the
business, and
 BK>>>>>  Joe has no pending options that would pay him $250,000/yr.

 BK>>>>>  He can work as a plumber only under the supervision of a
 BK>>>>>  licensed plumber,

 JM>>>> And the holder of that license doesn't even have to leave the
 JM>>>> office.

 MG>>> It occurs to me that the owner of a plumbing company needs to know
 MG>>> accounting and marketing and how to hire good licensed plumbers. He
 MG>>> doesn't have to do any actual plumbing himself.  :)

 EH>> Notice how the idiots on the left aren't willing to address
 EH>> the issue Joe brought forward? They'd rather attack Joe
 EH>> personally.

 BK>  No one is attacking Joe the plumber, they are attacking McCain
 BK>  for using Joe the plumber.

So, digging into Joe's life and reporting his tax lien and lack of a
plumber's license is attacking McCain? Do tell.

 BK>  The issue was phoney.

No, it is quite real. Obama wants to take the hard earned money from one
group and give it to another. Joe asked him why he would be penalized for
trying to better his life. Obama failed to answer him satisfactorily.

 BK>  There is no way Joe the plumber would buy
 BK>  that plumbing company and suddenly, or even soon, be in a
 BK>  position where he would be subject to increased taxes under any
 BK>  plan Obama favors.

So you say, but you can't back it up with any evidence.

 BK>  In fact, he would get a better tax cut under
 BK>  Obama than under McCain.

So says you and Obama, but neither of you have shown how that would be possible.

 BK>  Joe the plumber is the personification of the person Obama was
 BK>  talking about, the person who votes against his own interests.

Total nonsense.

 EH>> Joe isn't running for president. He merely asked a very
 EH>> important question of one of the candidates.

 BK>  And Joe the plumber was on TV recently, and refused to endorse
 BK>  McCain.

So what? How is that relevant?

 BK>  He said he was not endorsing a candidate, but is glad he may
 BK>  have encouraged others to think about issues.

And all you can do is slavishly follow Obama's lead without the ability to
think for yourself.

Ed

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