We wish that Sam "Joe the Plumber" Wurzelbacher would just go back to work, whatever work he really did. Now, Sen. McSame is wishing Sam/Joe/not-a-plumber would disappear, too, after he got slammed yesterday. Sam/Joe/not-a-plumber said that McSame "appalled" him (does he really use words like "appalled"?), and that after a "discussion" of the financial bailout with McSame, he was ready to get off the Blowing Smoke Express. Since Sam/Joe/not-a-plumber couldn't figure out that Obama's tax policy would benefit him more than McSame's, we're not sure that McSame was understood (then again, McSame was not known for his economic expertise). On the other hand, the non-plumber thought Gov. Winky You Betcha was "the real deal." She must have communicated to him in her own special way (wink, wink). One authentic person to another.
Sam/Joe/not-a-plumber would be unknown if not for McSame's cynical exploitation of this ignoramus. But of course, you could say the same for the Governor of Alaska.
(photo: Sam/Joe/not-a-plumber watches "Building Your Vocabulary" on public television)
