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The Democratic Party’s Drubbing of Joe the Plumber

October 19, 2008 - 12:05 am - by Ruben Navarrette Jr.
Kipp Osborne
2008-10-20 03:27:34

Sir- who should be ashamed is John McCain for putting Joe’s name in the public arena wothout ever vetting him. It’s McCain who made this man subject to predictable media scrutiny. If there were no democratic party the media would have investigated Joe. That’s what the media does. I AM a blue collar worker. I know lots of plumbers. I don’t know ANY who pull in over $250,000 a year. Why didn’t McCain or his people know Joe’s tale was bogus? Probably because in McCain’s world $250,000 is chump change. So McCain’s whole premise in bringing up Joe blows up in his face when it’s unearthed that under Obama’s tax plam plumber Joe will do a whole lot better than under McCain’s. So what does McCain do– acknowledge his error in not vetting him- in exposing this man to un asked for media attention? No, McCain blames the press, the Democrats, Obama. Shame on him.

And on you too for beating the drum of distraction. Hey buddy, we got REAL problems in this country. We need people in government and in the press who can look the truth in the eye. You’re clearly not one of them.