An Ordinary "Joe"

If you haven't heard of Joe the plumber - where have you been hiding?

Joe made national headlines after asking Obama about his tax plan should he become president. It all happened while the camera was rolling. Joe explained that he has been a plumber for 15 years and that he was wanting to buy the business he has worked for but was worried that Obama's plan to increase taxes on people who made more than $250,000/year would hurt his business. Obama likes to use that number by saying a quarter of a million dollars (sounds like a lot doesn't it?). The Senator's reply was that he was looking out for people who were behind Joe and wanted them to be able to live where he does. He went on to say that he believes that spreading the wealth around works better for everyone.

Joe was simply in the right place at the right time to ask this question...at least, in some respects. After he became a big issue in the last debate he might be thinking it was the wrong place. In fact, if you look at how the media has handled this guy you would think that he made a death threat against Obama. Reporters have been going through his income tax returns, the "local" plumbers union has no idea who Joe is, some have suggested that he was planted there to ask that question by the Republican National Committee, Joe the Senator has said that he's not anything like the plumbers he knows, and even the "View" has chimed in. This is ridiculous! These reporters have spent more time investigating the past of Sarah Palin & Joe the plumber than they have Obama's ties to Wright or Ayers.

The neat thing about Joe is that he put a face on everything McCain has been trying to say during the debates and on the campaign trail. Now everyone can see someone who is hurt by raising taxes on the evil rich. It has definitely made for some interesting news.

Here's the deal: If McCain wins the presidency he will owe it to two people in particular - Joe the plumber & Sarah the Maverick. Joe ought to be appointed as the Secretary of Labor. Why? Because he gets it!

Maybe he's not just an ordinary Joe.