America’s Plumber is discovering the joys of being a media celebrity:

Turns out that “Joe the Plumber,” as he became nationally known when Senator John McCain made him a theme at Wednesday night’s third and final presidential debate, may run a plumbing business but he is not a licensed plumber. His full name is Samuel J. Wurzelbacher. And he owes a bit in back taxes.

“I’m kind of like Britney Spears having a headache,” says Joe. “Everybody wants to know about it.”

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Caption this … hat tip: SanFranLefty.

Compare, and discuss.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l63SRpGXBHE

Burgess Meredith nails Psychogeezer four decades in advance.

Debates by Association [Ezra Klein, via TPM]

Item: McCain showed up in Miami at an immigration event cosponsored by… ACORN.

Something about this blowback story gives me pause. The event was also, supposedly, hosted by the SEIU and People for the American Way (according to a similar posting by Fellow Traveller No. 1, Kos). I seriously doubt that PG would show up at an event so crawling with SOCIALISM that the hors d’oeuvres were unionized. So, like Gen. Turgidson, I smell a big, fat commie rat. But, if this is even close to being true? Well.. back to the drawing board, Geezerplex.

From the guy who’s going to solve the financial mess:

Today, the McCain campaign released a list of “100 distinguished and experienced economists” signing onto a statement declaring that “Barack Obama’s economic proposals are wrong for the American economy.” However, as TNR points out, only 90 names appear on the list, not 100. What’s more, a full 11 of those economists are McCain economic advisers. The list of “100″ even includes Douglas Holtz-Eakin, McCain’s chief economic adviser and one of his most visible spokesmen.

A McCain presidency might be a bigger comedy feast than the Boy King’s.

Talibunny needs to get naked, Paris says

Schlong-gobbling amateur porn dilettante Paris Hilton gave some unsolicited campaign advice to adulterous, racist theofascist GOP freak-show at large Sarah ‘Talibunny’ Palin: take your clothes off.

Sensible stagecraft it may well be.

Face it.

The freak show attraction that the Talibunny has devolved into has much less to do with her theofascist politics than it does with desperate, angry, sour old fucking guys driven insane with the idea that there is a woman out there of apparent pestorkability that shares their medieval politics.

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