Forget plumbers, McCain is for Joe the CEO: Obama

Source: AFP

RICHMOND, Virginia (AFP) — Move over Joe the Plumber ... here come the latest stars of the White House race: Joe the CEO and Joe the Hedge Fund Manager.

Democratic White House hopeful Barack Obama Wednesday mocked Republican John McCain's idolizing of Joe the Plumber, an Ohio tradesmen with whom he clashed on taxes earlier this month.

"Let's be clear who John McCain is fighting for -- he's not fighting for Joe the Plumber, he's fighting for Joe the Hedge Fund Manager," Obama told a delirious crowd of 12,000 people packed into a Virginia hockey arena.

"John McCain likes to talk about Joe the Plumber, but he's in cahoots with Joe the CEO," Obama said, 13 days before election day.



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I didn't see anything pejorative in the use of the word.

Good one, O.

most of all, not to mention his colleague Barack the Presidential Candidate.