What's the point? This is merely a cheap attempt to discredit a guy who made some valid points. This information has no real bearing on the points he was making. A fine example of not only yellow, but blatantly biased "journalism." Probably a cheap attempt by John Seewer to get his 15 minutes...typical journalist...make a name for themselves at the expense of other people's names.
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· 1 year ago
OK, so maybe the points were valid for the 5% of small business owners (or what ever extreme minority it is) that it applies to, but why keep on this 'Joe the Plumber' guy if his story isn't true? Two dozen times. McCain dug his own grave on this one...
Why? Because 'Joe the Plumber''s "story" is more compelling than saying a (wealthy) small percentage of you will have your taxes go up under Obama's plan. That doesn't sell the issue to the majority of middle class (or 90-something percent who will get a tax cut under Obama) viewers... but "hey, if you work hard and get to a point where you can become an entrepreneur, you are going to be penalized for your hard work." does (or at least more so)... why not come out and say that, instead of keeping on this fake life story? Or, how about this... even easier: find a guy (or gal) that it really applies to and make them the centerpiece of your debate? That would have been too easy, huh?
To me, it just seems as if the McCain campaign has repeatedly shown they aren't very interested in the details, which is a big deal when you want to be a leader of a world super power (in my opinion.)
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Why? Because 'Joe the Plumber''s "story" is more compelling than saying a (wealthy) small percentage of you will have your taxes go up under Obama's plan. That doesn't sell the issue to the majority of middle class (or 90-something percent who will get a tax cut under Obama) viewers... but "hey, if you work hard and get to a point where you can become an entrepreneur, you are going to be penalized for your hard work." does (or at least more so)... why not come out and say that, instead of keeping on this fake life story? Or, how about this... even easier: find a guy (or gal) that it really applies to and make them the centerpiece of your debate? That would have been too easy, huh?
To me, it just seems as if the McCain campaign has repeatedly shown they aren't very interested in the details, which is a big deal when you want to be a leader of a world super power (in my opinion.)