Caption this … hat tip: SanFranLefty.

Compare, and discuss.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLywD77KBT0

Joe The Plumber: Obama Tax Plan ‘Infuriates Me’ [ABC]

Hello America! My name is Joe. Joe, the plumber!

Now, I know what you’re thinking. You’re thinking, “hey, Joe, why should I care about you?” Well, wise guy, why should I care about you? Yeah, you! You who pours bacon grease down the drain when you know that it hardens — just like cholesterol in your arteries — and clogs up your pipes. You know this is going to happen, but no. You have to do it, and then you have to call me at 3 in the freaking morning and I have to wake up, come over and make sure that little Suzie can have some oatmeal before going to school.

And I freaking told you to get your cast iron pipes replaced — how they get weak and eventually fail. Told you that three years ago. But did you listen? Noooooo. Of course not. And then I get the call late at night, when I’m having some quality time with Mrs. Plumber, and you are all freaking out and I could give a rat’s ass.

You know what, America? FUCK YOU! That’s my opinion on the presidential race. FUCK YOU AND THE HORSE YOU RODE IN ON!

And now, if you’ll will beg my pardon, I have to talk to some hot shot literary agent in New York. At least he’s going to pay me on time, unlike some people I can mention.

Until next time… FUCK YOU!

Warmest regards–
Joe the Plumber

Sure, everybody’s thinking Ali-Frazier, or maybe Gibson-Glover, but we fear that like the last two times, what’s promised as the Fight of the Century will end up looking like a couple of guys dancing, and without Rita Moreno to distract us.

But if there’s gonna be a rumble, tonight’s the last chance. And so we open the final 2008 Presidential Debate Liveblog/Open Thread/Chorus Audition, in the hope that somehow, somewhere, we’ll find a new way of getting through this without emptying the liquor cabinet.

As usual, you’re on your own with drinking games, although we’ll toast anyone who manages to tie in a remark with one of the many lyrics we’ve left untouched. Two toasts if it’s Officer Krupke.

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

Burgess Meredith nails Psychogeezer four decades in advance.

Debates by Association [Ezra Klein, via TPM]

Item: RNC pulling Wisconsin and Maine TV. McCain-branded ads still up, but no help from the party anymore. RNC doubling down on Colorado and Missouri, and now has ads running in one blue state — Pennsylvania.

Any moves like this had to be made today. If they made the move tomorrow, or the next day, it would have been a nice, loud GONG in the middle of the library. As it is: this can’t be good for the Geezer.