Joe the plumber. Joe the plumber. Joe the plumber.
Or is it Joe the Plumber?
As the son and grandson of tilemen, I note the patronizing way in which a tradesman was just made part of our political discourse. (He must be Joe Six-Pack's cousin.)
[Context: the final presidential debate, underway.]
[Update, October 16: The New York Times reports that Joe's first name is Samuel and that he's not a licensed plumber.]
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Joe the plumber
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As an individualist, I hate the "Joe Sixpack" references, like every working man is an unthinking beer swiller. My dad certainly wasn't.
ReplyDeleteBut I'm not watching the debate.
Whenever I hear "Joe Sixpack" I just think of someone who goes to the gym a lot.
ReplyDeleteIf McCain wasn't several decades removed from having young children, I suspect he would have slipped up and said Bob the Builder.
ReplyDeleteSame here, Slywy. When I see the Michelob commercials about a "lace cathedral" or "cathedral-like lace" or whatever it is on the side of a glass, I have to wonder what's becoming of Joe S.
ReplyDeleteSean, I wonder if that's another common use of the term.
Pete, thanks for Bob. I knew there was something familiar about that phrasing, but I didn't realize what it was.
Remember the Comet cleanser spokeswoman, Josephine the Plumber ?
ReplyDeleteNow I do! Thanks, Speculator. Maybe Josephine / Jane Withers can endorse Barack Obama.
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