Yeah - I know.
You are all sick of McCain's toilet buddy "Joe" Sam - whatshisface.
But I've been talking to guys (and one woman) who are plumbers, and this fake dude is pissin' them off.
I was happy to stumble across a series of youtube videos from an assorted bunch of Joes who are voting for Barack.
They have their own blog: We Are Joe
Here's what they have to say:
Are we tired of hearing about all the socialist wealth-spreaders palling around the real America? You betcha. Almost as much as we’re fed up with the McCain/Palin campaign’s daily, dishonest use of "Joe the Plumber" as a caricature of working people, whatever their income level.
We’re not here to bash Joe Wurzelbacher. As fellow hardworking Americans, we’re sympathetic to his concerns and current situation. We’re just disappointed that since Senator McCain couldn’t manage to come up with a campaign theme after nearly a year of trying, he actually intends to ride this weak old nag all the way to the finish line.
Faulty logic is a lot harder to fix than faulty plumbing, but we’ve never been afraid to get a little wet. So, for the record, every non-partisan tax expert (like the Center for Tax Policy) who’s looked into this non-issue agrees that Obama’s tax plan saves most American families and small businesses money (including Joe W’s), shouldn’t prevent anyone from buying a business, realizing their dreams, or keeping their employees, and can actually enhance the spending power of the middle class, which drives economic growth.
President Bush has already spent the last 8 years proving that trickle-down economics don’t work. Isn’t it about time to get that leak fixed?
—the Joes
Meet Joe, Jose, and Jodi:
Jodi is a pipefitter:
"I'm a single mom, raising my two daughters on my own. I have a 12 year old and I've got a 9 year old. I work, I go to school. I'm a mom. That's what I do. I'm a pipefitter's apprentice."
Jose lost his job at General Mills after working there for 15 years:
"I'm married, and I have two children from my previous marriage and a stepson. Just trying to make ends meet and raise the family".
And Joe is a union plumber, the son of a plumber, and his brother is a plumber:
Joe says, "the middle class is the engine that runs this economy and Obama sees that; he can relate to that."
Let's hear it for real plumbers - for Obama.