Ethics

"Dumbass" Quote of the Day

By Ed Brayton

Which is to say, a quote about a dumbass. From Meghan McCain:

Shortly before McCain sat for this interview, Samuel Wurzelbacher, aka Joe the Plumber, gave an interview to Christianity Today in which he complained about "queers" and declared, "I wouldn't have them anywhere near my children." Unprompted, McCain rails against the man her father's presidential campaign touted as an American everyman and made a showpiece in the weeks before the election. "Joe the Plumber -- you can quote me -- is a dumbass. He should stick to plumbing."

Of course, the rest of us knew he was a dumbass even before he dropped that little nugget of ignorant bigotry.

Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on July 20, 2009 (boomark / email).