I'm not a businessman. I'm a business, man.
This is going to be a fun few days, McCain’s campaign is already throwing Palin to the wolves. Apparently she was basically a “hail mary” pick and McCain and his people were just as shocked as the rest of us to find out she was as dumb as a rock and nuttier than a fruit cake. You know it’s bad when it’s Fox News dishing all this.
They mention in the piece that according to polls Obama’s numbers started to rise the day after Palin’s interview with Katie Couric. Pew pew.
In case you missed it the first go around. Watch McCain squirm as Dave asks him some serious questions.
In what is probably not a shock to very many people at all, one of McCain’s biggest talking points in last night’s debate seems to be a bit of an enigma to put it kindly. A Republican plant or just a Republican schlub looking for 15 minutes of fame is far more likely. Either way, it seems important to reveal that Joe the Plumber is anything but a truthful, small businessman seriously concerned about the Obama tax plan.
Joe Wurzelbacher spoke to Senator Barack Obama about taxes while the candidate campaigned near Toledo, Ohio, last week. (Photo: Jim Young/Reuters)
First and foremost, Joe isn’t even a plumber, at least not a licensed one.
An official at Local 50 of the plumber’s union, based in Toledo, said Mr. Wurzelbacher does not hold a license. He also has never served an apprenticeship and does not belong to the union. (The national plumber’s union, the United Association of Plumbers, Steamfitters, and Service Mechanics, endorsed Mr. Obama, it should be noted.)
“All contractors are licensed, and he does not have a license, either as a contractor or a plumber,” the union official said, citing a search of government records. “I can’t find that he’s ever even applied for any kind of apprenticeship, and he has never belonged to local 189 in Columbus, which is what he claims on his Facebook page.”
For anyone that’s ever dealt with an unlicensed contractor not much explanation is necessary to realize how much trouble you could be looking for by dealing with someone who’s made it their business to stay out of the regulating committee of their chosen profession. No rules to abide by and no authority to complain to when you feel you’ve been wronged.
