Joe the Plumber is a cartoon character, invented by the RNC-sponsored production team of Dewey Cheatham and Howe. If it's a cartoon war you want, Sen. McCain, then a cartoon war you shall have! Whatever "real person" exists behind the Joe the Plumber simulacrum is of little relevance. What matters is that he has been spun into a fictional confection, an angry dude so momentarily compelling that we have no choice but to play the Barack the Builder Card!
In this corner: Barack the Builder. He wants to fix the broken White House and bring some renovation to the nation.
And in this corner: Joe the Plumber. He doesn't want to pay taxes or be made to provide health care for his potential future employees.
Barack the Builder knows that really building something takes money. Money that can be raised by asking extremely wealthy people to pay their fair share after years of tax cuts that didn't trickle where they were supposed to.
Joe the Plumber is against paying taxes, because he believes that's socialism. That's why he owes the government money.
Barack has been a builder all his grown life, and he's hoping to move on to his toughest building job yet real soon!
Joe the Plumber isn't really a plumber, but he plays one in the 2008 Presidential Campaign.
Barack the Builder wants to give Joe the Plumber a tax cut. Joe the Plumber would rather vote for John McCain, because he favors "small government" (i.e., he wants to enjoy all the benefits of society like roads, police, schools, and hospitals -- but without paying for them). Joe the Plumber doesn't realize that John McCain is not really going to help him much, because he makes under $250,000 a year. But that's OK, because Joe the Plumber actually doesn't appear to be registered to vote. With or without Joe's vote, Barack the Builder is hoping to make life better for his nemesis, Joe the Plumber, starting in January 2009.
Joe the Plumber says: "He was tap dancin' like Sammy Davis, Jr."
Barack the Builder says: "Can we fix it? YES WE CAN!"