Ethics

Joe the Plumber Admits His Ignorance

By Ed Brayton

The more this goes on, the more it cracks me up. Conservative group after conservative group invites this guy to speak or to rally for or against this or that policy and he shows that he's abysmally ignorant. He was invited to speak at a rally against the Employee Free Choice Act in Harrisburg, PA, but it turns out he knows almost nothing about the act. So he just sputters some platitudes about politics when asked about the issues.

He keeps trying to say what he's really there for is to stand up for the American people, but here's the unspoken truth: he was there because someone was paying him to be there. What else can he do? He's turned into the William Hung of politics, just desperate to appear in any mall food court they'll book him at. Video below the fold.

Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on April 05, 2009 (boomark / email).