Joe the Plumber is the latest of many colorful, mythic characters to grace the nation's presidential stage -- an individual who epitomizes how our nation conducts its politics. Our democracy is kabuki theater, replete with symbolic archetypal Americans, some used as scapegoats (Reagan's "welfare queens") others used for fearmongering (Harry & Louise) and still others cited as mythic idols (Joe the Plumber).
In the War Room of presidential elections, these figures are typically chewed up and ultimately spit out by...
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