“I AM JOE.” “I am a Wal Mart schlub in flyover country who changes my own oil and unclogs drains without a license. I smoke and drink beer and toss the football in the front yard with my kid, and I figure I can fend my way without handouts from some Magic Messiah’s candy bags. Most everyone in my family and most everyone I grew up with is another Joe, and if you screw with them, you screw with me.”

Related item here. Plus, Charles Martin and Tom Maguire issue complaints.

Anyway, the issue certainly seems to have some resonance out there.

UPDATE: “In what kind of nation, do the media investigate critics more than candidates?”