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Originally Posted by mad_dog  I couldn't help thinking of McCain in a meeting with his advisers telling him he needed to talk on the level that "Joe six pack" would understand. Don't Americans realise it when they are being patronised? |
I think the "Joe the Plumber" ruse was quite pathetic.
Again, McCain needs high school educated blue-collar whites in semi-rural and rurual areas, and medium size towns in PA, OH, VA, and NC to win.
In the 1990s, the GOP used, "Dickie Flat."
Dickie Flat ran a small business in Texas. A printing business.
Phil Gramm at the Convention and in the campaign (for Dole) would use the "Dickie Flat test," whenever a tax increase was being considered.
Was it worth it for Dickie Flat, who worked long hours and had blue hands and fingers from the ink in his print shop?
If this is sincere, that's fine. But I believe it's using a caricature, and pretending to care about the average working person, when in reality it's the special interests that matter.