If you watched the debates tonight (Wednesday night), you will have heard both candidates reference somebody named “Joe the plumber”. I didn’t think much of it except that I thought it was a stupid replacement for the term “Joe six-pack” which Sarah Palin has been throwing around. But I just realized that this “Joe the plumber” is in fact a real person that both the candidates are referring to!
Katie Couric had a phone interview with the real Joe, known as Joseph Wurzelbacher, from Holland, Ohio and asked him how he feels about his recent 15 minutes of fame. Wow.
Great piece, but did you see where the McCain campaign is kicking themselves because it turns out that Joe Wurzelbacher is related to Charles Keating of the infamous Keating 5 scandal. Hilarious.
McCain team knew Joe was related to Keating
Video of Joe and Barak is here…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFC9jv9jfoA