How Awesome Is This Guy?
Answer: pretty fucking awesome.
You may not care about tax rates for small business, capital gains taxes, health credits, etc. But do you care about a presidential candidate taking the time to answer a question from a regular guy in a cogent, persuasive, and intelligent manner? I do.
UPDATE: Apparently John McCain reads my blog because Joe the Plumber was referenced about a million times in last night's debate. Suspiciously absent, however, was any mention of me.
You may not care about tax rates for small business, capital gains taxes, health credits, etc. But do you care about a presidential candidate taking the time to answer a question from a regular guy in a cogent, persuasive, and intelligent manner? I do.
UPDATE: Apparently John McCain reads my blog because Joe the Plumber was referenced about a million times in last night's debate. Suspiciously absent, however, was any mention of me.
@Camille- I think that's kind of the middle-ground-point he's going for- that, while everyone loves the idea of affordable/free college, it would take an absurd amount of money for such a transition to take place for all the necessary subsidies, etc (unless the institutions were just like, "Meh! It'sawrite!").
A "do some Good, get some Green" approach at least...speaks(?) to the whole American-meritocracy idea- "If you Are lazy, why Should you get an easier ride?!" (despite how...ignorant a statement like that can be). I don't know where he's going to get the money for all those $5k-credits... also, how is this going to affect student-loan policies, blah blah blah? So much stuff to consider, but I think it's a (ugh) "step in the right direction".
Posted by: Manobon | October 16, 2008 at 11:44 AM
He's awesome. I don't see how anyone could vote mccain that dried up old turtle, blagh!
Posted by: ss | October 16, 2008 at 06:30 PM
Like Karin, I also wish us foreign types could vote in this election, seeing as how the fate of the entire world's economy pretty much rests on the outcome.
Posted by: Tee | October 16, 2008 at 07:01 PM
Joe the Plumber was a plant... he is the son-in-law of Charles Keating... ya know, of the Keating 5 infamy.
Posted by: Beezus | October 16, 2008 at 08:44 PM
Man! try and embed a picture of MIB to turn the title of his blog back on himself, and ya get nuthin' but grief. Goodness. Well the answer to that question would still have been, pretty fucking awesome. Which would make more sense if I could put a picture of Black [here]. Oh well. You get it. You're great, ok?! :)
Posted by: Jaime | October 17, 2008 at 12:50 AM
@Manobon At a recent speech in Ames, Ralph Nader suggested it would take $60 billion to fund free education at public colleges. Only $60 billion... (less than what we spend yearly in Iraq). Also, it's a $4k tax credit...
Posted by: Billy | October 19, 2008 at 02:31 AM
I love how arrogance has now invaded the Democratic party. Suddenly, you're a superior human only if you decide to vote for Obama. Get over yourselves, that kind of "better than thou" attitude was ugly and stupid when only the Republicans were displaying it. I love how we're just a bunch of dopes that only want to vote McCain because, shoot, he went to war and all. Or, shucks, he be runnin with a lady, and stuff. I'm a friggin' registered independent, and I'm voting for McCain. I've got every right to support whichever candidate I chose. I normally despise Republicans. He's the only one I've ever had respect for.
I'm surprised that nobody spouted the tired "four more years of the same" nonsense. That only those who can't think for themselves repeat.
Posted by: Stacey E | October 19, 2008 at 05:41 AM
I don't think the majority of people on here pooh pooh McCain, just some. I like McCain, but Palin scares me. Mostly though, I just like Obama's platform better.
Sorry you took offense Stacey. I don't think most better round here think they're better than thou. I do hate reducing everyone down to evil stereotypes. McCain is a moderate who's been on the Jon Stewart show many times as someone Stewart likes. Just because he's running Republican doesn't mean McCain=Bush. That being said, I still think his tax plan is elitist and his plan for Iraq misguided. And this is why democracy rocks. We both get to just cast our vote and leave it at that. Good luck to you!
Posted by: Jaime | October 20, 2008 at 07:34 AM
So Jiggy
Posted by: Daniel Dickey | October 23, 2008 at 10:55 AM
I think it was on FOX you said McCain doesnt know how to use a computer so how could he read your blogs?
Posted by: David | October 26, 2008 at 11:12 PM
I am going to predict that Obama wins the popular vote by small amount somehow, but that McCain wins the electoral. Basically a "nice try poor people, nice try" same as last the election.
on a side note, Alabama comes in the suggested words for Obama on spell check, as well as a few other odd ones.
Posted by: Stonkey | November 03, 2008 at 07:22 PM
How awesome is this guy indeed!
Here's a live stream of the inauguration for anyone interested:(
MSNBC...of course)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/22887506#22887506
Happy Inauguration Day, fellow Obama lover!
Posted by: Reen | January 20, 2009 at 10:15 AM