Joe the Plumber Comes to Virginia

By: Brian Faughnan (Diary)  |  October 18th at 04:33 PM  | 

This afternoon I attended the McCain rally in Woodbridge, Virginia. The crowd was quite boisterous and enthusiastic — even when MCCain commented that the polls put him about 6 points down right now. There were plenty of signs in the crowd, and while many of them must have been prepared by the campaign (a common practice), there were clearly some home-made ones. I snapped a | Read More »

Sliming Joe the Plumber

By: Brian Faughnan (Diary)  |  October 17th at 02:45 PM  | 

An ordinary citizen speaks up about how federal policies affect his family and his pocketbook, and bloggers dive into his personal life. His finances, his address, his background and family connections are all splashed all over the internet as bloggers line up to debate whether the instant celebrity is all he appears to be. Many feel he’s concealing enough about his background to make his | Read More »