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Originally Posted by ottopilot
Not that it really has much to do with anything, but the vilification of this guy by the Obama campaign and the media is unreasonable.
a) Joe the plumber is a plumber who operates under his employers license. He is prepping for his master's rating which will allow him to own a plumbing business.
b) The hypothetical scenario that he posed was "if" he was to someday buy the business from his current employer.
c) He never stated that he earned $250,000, but that the business he spoke of someday owning (in his question to Obama) could generate revenues of $250,000 or more.
With Republican "shill" conspiracy accusations and wild speculation about someone asking some honest unscripted questions, it sounds more and more like this thread belongs in Tilted Paranoia.
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the point is that "Joe the Plumber" is now the poster boy for small business owner, and much of what the McCain speeches are saying about Obama's policies on small business are flat out lies. Fact Check has all the details, but anyone who thinks that an Obama administration is going to mean the death of every small business in the country is clearly not operating with facts. To that point, i think it's pretty hilarious that people think the GOP is on the side of the little guy...