Tom Smith ([info]filkertom) wrote,
@ 2008-10-30 06:02:00
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Campaign Comment by Teh Keith
"Joe the Plumber" has a publicist?


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[info]anneb
2008-10-30 11:28 am UTC (link)
Well, to be fair- if he hadn't had one before the Senior Senator from Arizona plastered Joe's name all over our collective consciousness -- he's going to need one! Even if it's for no other reason than to beat off all the other publicists across Ohio and beyond, trying to beat a path to his door!

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[info]baphnedia
2008-10-30 01:01 pm UTC (link)
Ditto

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[info]caraig
2008-10-30 07:10 pm UTC (link)
Other commenters speak truth. In this day and age, if your name Gets Out There, a publicist wouldn't be a bad idea. (Kind of like a reputable and ethical financial adviser if you win the lottery.)

On the other hand, Joe the Unlicensed Plumber just strikes me as the worst this country has to offer -- okay, maybe not the worst. Without thinking of what he was saying, he's got a decent voice for elocution. Without hearing him sing, I can't comment on that, but it kind of is a decent thing where anyone can cash in their 15 minutes of fame and go on to things they've wanted to do.

However.

An unlicensed plumber, who owes back taxes, has very little idea of the world situation outside the borders, thinks that $250,000 a year is 'middle class?' I'm sorry, I'm 'unemployed middle class,' and this jerk doesn't know middle class from Lady Rothschild. He may have started out middle class, but he's fallen into the McCain lie that you can be 'wealthy' and still be 'middle class.'

What he has is a sense of entitlement. He's apparently got the belief that you can still call yourself 'middle class' and get that 'cred' (and avoid the 'stigma' of being 'wealthy') if you're making mid-six-figure salaries, and he wants a piece of that pie. Say it ain't so, Joe! Sold your soul for 15 minutes of fame, and what's it gonna get you?

My prediction: Six years from now, Joe the Unlicensed Plumber gets a 5-minute segment on 'Where Are They Now?' after lapsing into total obscurity following the collapse of the McCain campaign*. That, or maybe Palin will pick him for a running mate.

*blinks* Wow, I went on a screed here. I'm sorry, folks. Honestly, normally I'm not this much of a slavering-at-the-mouth liberal gnostic. =(~

Unless the R's steal the election. Call me paranoid, but I'm a little nervous about the lack of a visible October surprise, the ongoing unlawful voter intimidation and persecution, and McCain's utter assurance that he's going to win Tuesday. It's probably just nervous jitters; Obama is one of the only politicians that've actually inspired me, and even if it means holding him to a higher standard, even if it means being all the more hurt if he fails us, I want him in office. I want our country to be healed. I want the divisions to end. I want the hate to end -- well, you've all heard it before. It's a shame -- no, actually, it's willfully evil that McCain is doing his best to destroy that, and I don't like using words like 'evil' to describe politicians' actions. Augh, what have we come to? =(

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[info]fredhuggins
2008-10-30 08:44 pm UTC (link)
I loved Colbert's comment last night - "More and more republicans are endorsing Obama - great, now they have to suppress their OWN votes!"

Maybe I'm naive or just short of memory, but I think 2000 and 2004 both felt a lot closer than this, and that's how Bush was able to commit such blatant robbery. I think stealing the election away from someone as awesome as Obama would cause a LOT more mass suspicion than stealing it away from someone like Kerry or Gore.

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[info]kayshapero
2008-10-30 09:18 pm UTC (link)
2000 was a statistical dead heat right down to the wire. Thus, we got a good look at the sort of anomalies that can probably be found in any election, but that usually do not make enough of a difference to change the results.

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[info]fredhuggins
2008-10-30 08:38 pm UTC (link)
I can't wait until a year from now, when Joe The Plumber actually IS on Hollywood Squares, and completes a game-winning line of X's with Sarah Palin and Rick Astley. It'd be an easy win, too - just keep saying "I disagree."

Though Keith's "Dancing With The Stars" idea is good too - I wonder which star Joe would dance with?

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[info]madrona
2008-10-30 10:48 pm UTC (link)
Can we just start calling him "the" now? He's not a Joe, he's not a licensed plumber, so "the" is the only accurate part of his media name.

Unless he's like Cedric the Entertainer, whose name seems to be more a sly rib a la Little John from the old Robin Hood tales.

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Did you see this by Randy Farran?
[info]msminlr
2008-10-31 12:29 am UTC (link)
[info]farrandy posted this a few days back and I pounced on it to take to my local coffeehouse open-mic last night. I also brought along "You've Got to Be Taught" in case I got flack, but wound up not needing it. One guy was laughing so hard his forehead kept bouncing on the table.

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