Can it get any crazier? Joe the Plumber is all over the news, and he's becoming the centerpoint of McCain's campaign. While Rome burns! Now McCain is accusing Obama of "smearing" Joe the Plumber. Don't you think it's a little creepy using "smearing" and "plumber" in the same sentence? Here's what he said today:
You may have noticed -- there was a lot of talk about Senator Obama's tax increases and Joe the Plumber. Last weekend, Senator Obama showed up in Joe's driveway to ask for his vote, and Joe asked Senator Obama a tough question. I'm glad he did; I think Senator Obama could use a few more tough questions.
The response from Senator Obama and his campaign yesterday was to attack Joe. People are digging through his personal life and he has TV crews camped out in front of his house. He didn't ask for Senator Obama to come to his house. He wasn't recruited or prompted by our campaign. He just asked a question. And Americans ought to be able to ask Senator Obama tough questions without being smeared and targeted with political attacks.
The only thing to be found that could possilby be construed as a "smear" is this remark by Joe Biden on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno:
Let me put it this way: I don't know -- the neighborhood I grew up, even the neighborhood I live in now, which is a really nice neighborhood, I don't know many plumbers who are making $250,000 a year and worried about it. We're kind of worried about Joe the fireman, Joe the policeman, Joe the real plumber with a license.
That's true. Joe the Plumber doesn't have a license to plumb, but he's still plumbing! November 5, can't get here soon enough.
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