"Joe the Plumber" was McSame's middle-America? Because he

[babylonsister]

couldn't bring up middle America?

I'm not getting it.

[Shoelace]

1. ewww, "the middle class" - those folks who make less than 5 mil?

oh yea, Joe the Plumber. Someone on CNN said "we haven't heard that much about plumbers since Watergate"lol.

[babylonsister]

7. Hahaha!

:thumbsup:

[Zookeeper]

2. Joe the Plumber, earning $250K a year, is at the bottom end of...

the spectrum of Americans to whom he will speak.

[AllieB]

4. Doesn't McCain consider those earning under 5 million middle-class?

:crazy:

[Jennicut]

3. Joe the Plumber makes a lot more money then my and my husband

That is hardly middle America to alot of people making $40,000 or $50,000 a year.

[Occam Bandage]

5. McCain's middle America earns over a quarter-million per year.

If only America were as McCain thinks it is, then his policies might make some modicum of sense.

[babylonsister]

9. I think you have it; McSame doesn't even get it. People are

hurting, and he doesn't even know it. Out of touch? How many houses?

No, he wants to be prezident, period. x(

[Johonny]

6. he tried to personalize the middle class

I took a few swing before Obama landed on this point. McCain was using a person making a quarter of a million to represent middle class America. Obama started mixing middle class and Joe the plumber together and the talking point slowly started to help him. McCain never said middle class, thus ultimately couldn't bring in the middle class into the discussion.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

8. they have a thing about Joes

[Marsala]

10. "Congratulations, you're rich, Joe!"

Yeah, too bad the rest of us aren't making over $250,000 a year. Though if we get hyperinflation going...

[babylonsister]

11. That remark showed how just out of touch McSame is. How weird

is this, that people are congratulating him for that retort?