Joe The Plumber Confuses Me
 

Joe got himself elected to a seat (one of 400) on a local Republican committee in Lucas County, Ohio....so it's not a seat to much, granted, and not by much (38 -24) either, but still.....he's elected.

I have to admit, the man confuses me.

He ran on a platform of "don't let the liberal pansies take away your rights" Ok, cool. I can live with that.....unless he changes his mind. Which he is wont to do.

He's resisted calls to run for Congress and has criticized Democrats and Republicans alike. He's also taken shots at McCain, confessing in his book that he did not want him as the GOP presidential nominee.

But wait --- doesn't that mean he campaigned for McCain at the same time he didn't want McCain as the presidential nominee?

He wants us to put up a fence and start shooting illegal immigrants.

Maybe it's just me, but that sounds horribly unsporting like. One or the other, perhaps - otherwise it's just overkill. Maybe we could aerially hunt them - round 'em up, chase 'em down, wear 'em out and then shoot 'em and load their bodies on the runners of the chopper. We could pay bounty money for each ear collected. (Sorry - liberal bleeding heart sarcasm core-dump there.)

He says he has friends who are homosexuals - but that he won't let them anywhere near his children because they are "queer."

Are we expected to believe these queers remain his friends? I wonder if they call his house and one of his kids answers the phone - do they have to hang up without identifying themselves or would simply disguising their voice be sufficient?

How is it this man is an icon to some?

Joe the Plumber is elected to party office in Ohio - Yahoo! News

Re: Joe The Plumber Confuses Me
 

I don't think icon is the right word. His celebrity rose not from anything he did but from Obama's response to his question, which the GOP seized on as proof of a very liberal Obama as the mainstream media failed to deliver on his core values and voting tendencies (the little that there were). Since then, this guy has been an embarrassment but its of the GOP's own doing -- propping him up as the voice of the people when he's clearly not.

Re: Joe The Plumber Confuses Me
 

Oh good. I was really afraid people were seeing something special where I was not.

Even though I often disagree with conservatives and/or Republicans I often understand what it is they like about whatever person I, personally, disagree with. There's either something highly intelligent about them or personally magnetizing or just some sort of raw appeal to a certain type of person which I am not one of - and I can respect that even if I do not like the person being lauded.

But this guy - I just don't find anything. Not personality, not intelligence, not wit or wisdom.

Truthfully, if I had to describe him in one word I'd have to say "loutish."

Re: Joe The Plumber Confuses Me
 

Obama made him a star, just as MSNBC keeps Sarah in the spotlight.

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I reflexively ignore stories about him.

Heh, I'm not sure why I opened this thread. :rolleyes: