OK - I admit it - I'm here for Obama.
But I'd like to slam both candidates and the media this time. Poor ol' Joe the Plumber.
I think it's a testament to how out of touch both candidates and the media have gotten with the general public - the "average Joe", pun intended.
A fella should be able to ask a question, and not have his life pried into, people camped on his front lawn, and a bus tour named after him. Granted, I'm an extrovert from the school of David Lee Roth (frontman for Van Halen.) I'd love to have a bus tour named after me. But I really feel bad for Joe. I think he's being used as a pawn, and that's not too cool. Sure, he's being used as an illustration. But what has anyone ever asked the paint if it's OK with being used to color the picture?
I sense that Joe would prefer not to be paint, or the pawn that he now is.
So, in taking sides with the opposition, I'd like to say "I am Joe." And please don't ever use me as an illustration.
