Hearing about Joe the Plumber is wearing me out. The typically conservative Sioux City Journal maintained a live blog when Caribou Barbie was in town last Saturday. All of those Joe signs you’re seeing on tv:
“They were handed out from McCain campaign staffers and volunteers before the event. The signs look like they were hand-made by spectators, but it’s largely spectacle for the media because people were prohibited from bringing their own signs.”
Furthermore, “Sioux City’s “Joe the drywaller” turns out to be a blue collar stand-in. When asked what drywall company he works for, the man admitted it isn’t his profession. Then he quickly added is “brother” is a drywaller. Campaign staff said the signs were made by Sioux City volunteers the night before, but the message didn’t necessarily fit the supporter holding it. Attendees were not allowed to bring their own signs.”
Meghan McCain featured more “authentic” signs on her blog today, McCainBlogette.com. Seems about as authentic as Cindy McCain in her bathrobe on her daughter’s blog last week. Hello obvious ploy!
Anyway, I already voted early for Obama/Biden. I hope to wake up next Wednesday to the new that the US of A elected a Democratic president for the fifth time since JFK.
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