What is this "Joe the plumber" shit?

[arcadian]

I know it was something brought up in the debate, but it just seemed like some term for "the everyman". So he's real. I gathered that about him so far, but really nothing else.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. There are approximately one million threads on DU about ol' Joe.

Just read a few of them.

[TroglodyteScholar]

2. GIYF n/t

[NMDemDist2]

3. when Obama was knocking on doors in Ohio a few days ago

JtP heard he was in the neighborhood and rushed out to confront him about his tax plan

the rest is history

[Warpy]

4. Go here

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/10/16/192529/73/612/632981

Apparently the guy's been making the rounds of right wing radio shows for weeks. He's real enough but his story isn't.

[texastoast]

5. Joe is a fraud and perhaps related to one of the Keating 5

Likely a repig plant.

KO's investigative thread is on the board tonight. Check it out. These people will do anything.

[notadmblnd]

6. No, he's not really real

he's not really a licensed plumber, he's not really buying his boss' business. His boss doesn't really make 250,000-280,000 a year and the SOB owes back taxes. Yup a complete and total phony, a stage prop if you will.

[daninthemoon]

8. McCain's vision of everyman. a lying cheating opportunistic narcisistic fuck.

[mth44sc]

7. Well here is what it meant to my 10 year old grandson

He was watching the debate on DVR today and his Dad asked him how he thought Obama was doing. The youngin said he thought Obama was right about giving tax breaks to 95% of the people and taxing oil companies and such.

His dad asked him how he thought McCain did. The wise youngin' says that all McCain wanted to do was help some plumber and that wasn't gonna work...

[AlCzervik]

9. just google joe the plumber, it's a lot easier than ining thorugh all the threads here.

[wtmusic]

10. A fraud - the perfect symbol of McCain's campaign nt

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

11. Joe the plumber, Joe Sixpack

McCain is in love with the name Joe.

[malaise]

12. Nothing really

Mcpalin's numbers are in the toilet so they conjured up a Joe plumber. Turns out the plumber didn't have a license and now the Straight Talk Express is a bus load of Shit.

I tried. :D

[seemslikeadream]

13. He's done more interviews than Sarah Palin~

John Stewart

[malaise]

15. That was hilarious

:hi:

[gulliver]

14. Joe is to everyman what Palin is to the Vice Presidency

He made up a story about himself to confront Obama with, and the stupid McCain campaign chose him as a symbol. Yet another example of the pathetic leader and decision maker that John McCain truly is. He chose Palin. He chose "Joe."