Joe the Plumber ISN'T

As reported in today's New York Times, the so-called plumber made famous in the third presidential debate, by John McCain's constant references to him, ISN'T a licensed plumber at all!

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And to make matters worse, Joe the (so-called) Plumber apparently really dislikes fulfilling his civic duty to pay taxes, since Samuel J. Wurzelbacher (<-- that's Joe the Plumber's real name) OWES BACK TAXES!

But wait ... there's MORE! I'll just quote the following from the NYTimes:

But if the plumbing business remained a two-person company and the net proceeds — after deductions for business expenses — were shared by the two men, both incomes would most likely fall well below the top tax brackets on which Mr. Obama wants to raise rates, as would the company itself.

One source that I want to double-check claims that, even if Joe the Plumber had a business that made 250,000, the tax rate would only go up 3%, so that would be an extra 7,500, not withstanding any loopholes that would surely save at least a little bit on taxes.

So, to recap:

1) Joe the plumber is NOT licensed plumber
2) Joe the Plumber owes back taxes, and
3) If Joe the Plumber co-owned the plumbing business with at least one other person, at the current business value, his income taxes would not go up under Obama's plan, and might even go down!

McCain continues racism and XENOPHOBIA!

Even though they spent nine long minutes talking in the third presidential debate about the negative campaigning, and Bob Schieffer asked if either candidate wanted to make any corrections or repeat their allegations directly to each other, McCain failed to man up and apologize for the despicable ads he "approves." McCain defended the racist bastards at his rallies who are yelling thinks like "Bomb Obama" and "Treason!" and "off with his head!" and "kill him!" How can McCain defend that?

(Be sure to hit stop on my Sarah Palin tribute to watch the videos --------->)

I'll post some videos, below that show how awful the McCain Palin supporters are. Some racist was seen carrying a doll into a McCain rally. It was a Curious George doll with an Obama bumper sticker wrapped around the monkey's head, and when asked, the man said it was "Little Hussein." (It's spelled  r-a-c-i-s-t  and no amount of lipstick and change that!)

I also do not believe that John McCain had the nerve to make a reference to the JFK assassination, implying Obama could be killed. It was almost as if he were calling for some madman to do it. We all know the 800 pound gorilla in the room is will McCain die of old age, and will Obama meet his demise in office? McCain was tasteless to go at it that directly.

What a sick man McCain is. How could anyone vote for him, or his little poodle from Alaska?

And now, on with the shew ....

A compilation of news coverage about the hate 

that Palin & McCain are inciting

The McCain-Palin Mob in Strongsville, Ohio

Part 2 - The McCain-Palin Mob in Strongsville, Ohio

The Sidwalk to Nowhere

Two Words for McCain

McCain Defends Obama and gets Booed at Xenophobic Rally

Focus Groups Favor Obama

 I can't believe FoxNews aired this! I guess they didn't have any control over what the independent panel of ordinary people said.

Do we really want a blustering bully for president?

FIRST DEBATE: 

Obama = Grace under pressure, measured, thoughtful

McCain = Nervous bully, dry-mouthed, snarky, disrespectful

Barak Obama obviously won this debate in the minds of reasonable Americans who want an intelligent, reasonable, and clear-headed man who can steer us through these choppy waters. McCain, on the other hand, is obviously nothing more than a bully who recycles talking points that only foolish fall for. McCain was rude and failed to honor the debate agreements, choosing instead to bluster through both the moderator and his opponent, not what we need in a president!

McCain was not "feisty" in the debate; he was an asshole. Obama showed grace under pressure, when McCain showed a total lack of respect for the agreed-upon debate forum. Do we want someone who would bluster around the planet with his finger on the nuke button? McCain wasn't even able to look Obama in the eye -- the hallmark of a snively rat.

I, for one, want someone who can take a calm, precise assessment of the situation at hand and made a poised, cool and collected decision. That man is Obama!

Could McCain be any more OUT OF TOUCH???

FIRST AND FOREMOST: MCCAIN HAS DROPPED SEVEN POINTS IN THE POLLS! 

I knew Palin was losing her fake shine!

It's almost embarrasing to witness the meltdown of McCain-Palin. Almost. Take today's (technically yesteray's) items:

1) Palin fumbles a question at a rally/town hall meeting, asking what her specific skill are in foreign policy. Basically, Palin blusters and stumbles through saying she's "confident" that she's "ready". (click here for video)

2) McCain confuses Spain's Prime Minister Zapatero (who withdrew from Iraq years ago), with Mexican leaders, drawing sharply into focus how unfit he really is to lead. McCain also continues to frame Venezuala & Bolivia as areas where the U.S. "neeeds to facilitate Democracy." That's flat-out frightening considering the last time we "facilitated democracy," more than 4,000 of our troops died, and thousands more lost limbs becoming para- and quadra-plegics! (go here for audio)

3) I'm sure you've already heard Palin's yahoo email was hacked, and she had official business on the un-secured account!

But the whopper granddaddy of them all for today ... 

4) McCain shows his utter lack of respect for the common man while stumping at a GE plant in Detroit, MI. Isn't it ... um ... interesting how McCain calls mostly white crowds "my friends" and "you," but at this plant half-full of Obama supporters (many of them black), McCain talks about helping GE workers states, "I want to assure the workers here ... I want to assure THEM that THEY ..." in 3rd person. What the hell? Who's he talking to? The owners? It appears that he's supposed to be addressing the workers, themselves. Talk about out of touch!

Be sure to watch the first to watch the first 2:30 to hear the workers chant "Obama -- 0-8!" as John and Cindy leave the plant.

 

The myth of the so-called liberal MEDIA!

Anyone who knows me IRL (that's In Real Life) is probably aware that it drives me absolutely bonkers when people regurgitate the fabricated right-wing talking point of the so-called liberal media. This pejorative and inaccurate term is used to marginalize many legitimate, factual news reports that have even a hint of possible criticism for a conservative politician. Never mind the truth(!) seems to be the right-wing mantra.

I could go on and on about why that's just so wrong, about how most major media conglomerates are owned by plutocrats or how legitimate news organizations (i.e. NOT Fox "News") have a wall to separate editorial policy from news, but why should I when so many people with far more time and talent than I, have already done it so well ...

Hmmmm ... Since the whole country is now abuzz about "ethics reform" and "standing up to the status quo," why don't we create regulations on social mixing between the media (which is supposed to be the watch guard for the public) and elected officials???

As Colonel Robert McCormick, the famous late publisher of the conservative bastion, The Chicago Tribune, carved into the lobby of the Tribune Tower, [quoting Richard Brinsley Sheridan]

“Give me but the liberty of the press and I will give to the minister a venal House of Peers. I will give him a corrupt and servile House of Commons. I will give him the full swing of the patronage of office. I will give him the whole host of ministerial influence. I will give him all the power that place can confer upon him to purchase up submission and overawe resistance: and yet, armed with the liberty of the press, I will go forth to meet him undismayed. I will attack the mighty fabric of that mightier engine. I will shake down from its height corruption and bury it beneath the ruins of the abuses it was meant to shelter.”