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The story of Jay 2Pay-Z and Joe’s garage — Part Two

But Joe had to go to bed early Friday night and work all day Saturday! We are old friends, so we took on the bird-feeding job until he could get back to it on Saturday night. I knew as soon as I saw the bird that, just as it would…

The story of Jay 2Pay-Z and Joe’s garage — Part One

Last Friday afternoon, our next-door neighbor Joe found two baby birds in his driveway — one dead and drawing flies in the sun, one in the shade of his Jeep, still alive, but barely. Joe looked straight up, and sure enough, in the tree next to his garage, there was…

The Red Badge Of Plumbage

After Joe the Plumber engaged in the world’s finest act of Pyrrhic journalism, it seemed almost indefensible. Emphasis on almost. Power Line’s review of the Wurzelbacher Wurlitzer is positively glowing, especially for a guy who looked out of his element because he couldn’t find his lucky 1990 New York Giants…

McCain’s incredible ‘Joe the Plumber’ ad

This just landed in my inbox. I kid you not, even after the dumptruck of embarrassing news about “Joe” that is circulating (has no plumber’s license, is delinquent on taxes, is related to Charles Keating (?), and compares Obama to Sammy Davis, Jr.), the McCain team puts out this winner:…

Tonight’s Loser

Poor little Trig Palin. He got totally fucked over by John McCain at the end. Also, Joe the Plumber went from a minor one-off blog story to snicker over to the defining character of this debate. And from what I can tell, Joe works longer hours than a new resident…