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Bicoastal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-16-08 01:05 AM
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10 times. That's how many times "Joe the plumber" was said tonight.
McCain said it 8 times, Obama 2.

Just in case you were interested.
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Richardo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-16-08 01:06 AM
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1. I could have sworn it was 10 times each
Jesus. :eyes:
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The Magistrate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-16-08 01:07 AM
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2. It Sounded Like A Whole Lot More, Sir....
My television set was in serious danger of hosting an ash-tray in its innards rather suddenly by nine o'clock....

And by the way: FUCK JOE THE PLUMBER!
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jeff30997 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-16-08 01:07 AM
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3. Who's "Joe the plumber" ?
Sorry but I just logged in and I'm not familiar with that Plumber thing.
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Bicoastal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-16-08 01:09 AM
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4. Only THE most important person in America, ya dang foreigner!
:eyes: Yeesh, it's like, what if I asked YOU who Bob and Doug McKenzie were.
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jeff30997 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-16-08 04:20 AM
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9. Yeah well ya don't even have a Joe the Plumber stamp hey ?
Edited on Thu Oct-16-08 04:23 AM by jeff30997


:P
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Richardo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-16-08 01:10 AM
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5. He was the allegorical 'small business American' during the whole debate
"Joe Six-Pack's" brother in law, I guess.
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kentauros Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-16-08 01:13 AM
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6. So where does "Joe the Indicted CEO" come in?
I was sick of the plumber by the second mention...
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awoke_in_2003 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-16-08 05:23 AM
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12. He is...
Roger the Engineer's neighbor :)
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jeff30997 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-16-08 05:29 AM
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13. Ah,right. The guy who happens to live...
across the street from Pete the Mechanic next to Rosie the Riveter,of course! :)
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awoke_in_2003 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-16-08 05:52 AM
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14. For all the yungins out there...
that missed my reference:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_the_Engineer
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jeff30997 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-16-08 07:20 PM
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15. In that case...
I must be older than McClame for mentioning Rosie the Riveter !



But I'm only 41 !:cry:


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosie_the_Riveter
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awoke_in_2003 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-16-08 09:45 PM
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16. No, Rosie
appears in most American history books.
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Dems4me Donating Member (273 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-16-08 01:14 AM
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7. Notice McCain Never Said "Middle Class" One Time....Just not in his vocabulary I guess. n/t
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krawhitham Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-16-08 01:18 AM
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8. Countdown claimed 22 for M and 4 for O
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jumptheshadow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-16-08 04:43 AM
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10. But, thank God...
"My Friends" was rarely used at all.
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TexasObserver Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-16-08 04:58 AM
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11. Good. The focus groups HATED IT!!
Another GOP marketing play that fell flat.
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