Quote Originally Posted by dragonrider
To respond to your point: Yes, the question in and of iteslf is a valid question. But posing as someone who you are not and claiming that your question applies to yourself directly is not a valid way of making a political point. And when that person is exposed to be a liar, it overshadows the value of the point they were tryng to make.

Frankly, I am amazed that the McCain people did not check Joe out first before they decided to make such a big deal out of him. They should have at least checked if the story was even true before they had McCain mention it over 20 times in the debate.

That's why they glommed on to Joe, he was willing to SAY the Obama plan would hurt him, even if it is not true.

On a side note, a few posts ago I asked if there were any examples of Obama ever bringing Joe up in a speach by name. Today I heard the first example. Today Obama was saying something like, "I just LOVE Joe the Plumber. I love him so much I want to give him a tax break!" Then he goes on to make the case that the real Joe the Plumber, with his real income, not his fantasy income, would receive a larger tax break under Obama's plan than he would under McCain's plan. See how that works? That's how you use a real person to make a political point!
I have to agree with the points you make , anyone misrepresenting themselves is going to lose any validity if and when they are exposed.
I am sure that if this question had been posed in a way that made it clear that the asker was speaking rhetoricaly then there would have been no problem , by implying that he himself would suffer when it isn't true just destroys any credence the question has.