Presidential debate thread-suck it Guynemer edition!

[Boris Godunov]

Originally posted by Zkribbler
So...he's not so much "Joe the Plumber" as he is "Sam the Plumber's Friend?"

You don't have to be licensed to work as a plumber, so long as you work for someone who is licensed. But if he wanted to take over the business, he would have to get a license.

Considering the near-universal joke about the ridiculous amount of money plumbers make, I'm not sure why McCain is latching onto him as an example of an "average" voter. But then again, McCain thinks you have to make over $5,000,000 to be considered rich.

[Q Classic]

Originally posted by Victor Galis


This is starting to remind me of a Radio Erevan joke.

Caller: "Is it rude to have sex with an open window?"
Radio Yerevan: "It may not be too rude, but we would recommend trying to have sex with a person, first."

[Q Classic]

Originally posted by Boris Godunov
Considering the near-universal wisecrack about the ridiculous amount of money plumbers make...

[-Jrabbit]

Yes, plumbers are among the few tradespeople who can afford near-universal crack...

[Ramo]

[Lancer]

Great guy, just seen too many seasons.

[-Jrabbit]

Gotcha photojournalism... that shot will live in infamy. It's a near-certainty to make an appearance on the Daily Show tonight.

Meanwhile, McCain will be making his much-anticipated return appearance on Letterman tonight. I suspect Dave will go easy on him. I also suspect that there could be a surprise appearance by Sarah Palin, (who is scheduled to be in Maine and North Carolina today). Just a guess.

Oh, and while McCain is making nice to Letterman, Joe Biden will be appearing on Leno.

[DRoseDARs]

Oh dear. Turns out Joe the Plumber is a little too close to ... the Keating 5 Scandal.

Martin Eisenstadt’s Blog
Joe “the Plumber” Wurzelbacher related to Charles “the Crook” Keating. Oops.

October 15th, 2008 . by Marty

John McCain did great tonight in the debate. But every time John mentioned “Joe the Plumber,” some of us in the campaign banged our heads against the wall. If Steve Schmidt had any hair left, I hear he would have been pulling it out tonight. He reportedly screamed at John’s debate prep team tonight (out of earshot of reporters, of course). “You idiots - he’s related to Charles Keating… of the Keating Five scandal!” They thought they had a real live Joe Six-Pack who’s spurned Barack Obama’s tax plan. But what they forgot to do was check on Joe Wurzelbacher’s background.

Turns out that Joe Wurzelbacher from the Toledo event is a close relative of Robert Wurzelbacher of Milford, Ohio. Who’s Robert Wurzelbacher? Only Charles Keating’s son-in-law and the former senior vice president of American Continental, the parent company of the infamous Lincoln Savings and Loan. The now retired elder Wurzelbacher is also a major contributor to Republican causes giving well over $10,000 in the last few years.

Does any of this make Joe the Plumber a bad guy? Of course not. In fact, after that ill-fated night at the Watergate, he may finally be giving plumbers a good name. But at a debate where John goes full bore on Obama for guilt-by-association with William Ayers (and dodges a bullet by Obama not mentioning Keating Five), the press is going to bring it back front and center by midday tomorrow once they delve deeper into the most popular plumber in America.

joeplumber.JPG This might remind you of the Paris Hilton scandal - where one side of the McCain campaign attacked her in an ad, not realizing that her family were huge donors. I was the first to warn the campaign of the perils of miscommunication within the campaign, and that story flared for a week.

UPDATE: Sure enough, a few hours after posting this, the left wing haters at DailyKos posted (or shall I say copied?) their own revelations about Joe’s connections to Keating. Like I said to the campaign: Oops.

Lol, and THAT'S from a rightwing John McCain supporter's blog. Opps, indeed. And no, you shall NOT say "copied" you ****. Right, like no one on the planet was going to dig a little deeper to find out who the frak Joe the Plumber was.

[Zkribbler]

Originally posted by Lancer

There's a folding knife with an 8 point buck laser carved into the blade that I'd like to have. Part of a 20 piece tac set that I don't want.

Let me guess what all the in-laws will be getting from Christmas this year.

[Lancer]

Nah, I did't buy them. I did buy three stainless steel folding knives that won't rust underwater. If an eel bites me it would be handy to have a non rusty knife I could use to share with it my opinion on its decision.

Also, I read about problems with hookah diving when the first divers started doing it decades ago, before scuba. They couldn't cut through their air hose to escape since it had metal woven in to the hose. They did however manage to puncture the hose.

Well, I can just take the regulator out of my mouth and swim up, but the story convinced me to bring a knife just for yucks.

Lets see if the girls think that's a good decision.



Yup.

[MrFun]

Damn Drose, you have a gift for digging up dirt.

[DaShi]

Buying knives and posting pics of girls. I don't know whether to report this or not.

[Victor Galis]

Originally posted by DaShi
Buying knives and posting pics of girls. I don't know whether to report this or not.

To quote a Japanese knife warning label:

Keep out of small children.