Joe the plumber isn’t a licensed plumber. He is a registered republican.

Obviously Joe the Plumber is an idiot who will vote against his own best interests. But here’s the kicker…….

Another update: 3:37pm Joe the plumber, who is soooooooo worried about taxes, hasn’t paid his taxes.

Update 10/19/08 (Batocchio): It turns out Martin Eisenstadt is not a credible source. For more, see Source Watch, whose entry draws on work by blogger William K. Wolfrum. Apologies.

CNN is reporting this morning that Obama won last night’s debate. According to the above poll screen grab, that appears to be the case. But for all of the whacked out republicans that may read this, don’t fret. An optimistic CNN reporter says, “With 19 days remaining until Election Day, it is still very plausible for the race to turn McCain’s way. He has stared down defeat before — remember summer 2007 — and went onto victory, but it will be a challenge.”

We’re keeping our fingers crossed for you, CNN… NOT!

Gee, looks like that was a waste of time. Supposedly, Joe the plumber is not even registered to vote.

Update 11:30am: ‘Joe’ appears to be a registered Republican under the name of Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher.

Video: Worst of the worst in this debate. This says it all about McCain’s view of women in general. “Health of the Mother“…… not important.

What the hell was this about? Does McCain think the Palin baby is autistic? Does he think Sarah Palin is autistic? Weird…….

McCain did alot of eye rolling and blinking in debate. Not going to help him.

John McCain says Sarah Palin is a freath of bresh air!!

Full Video: Presidential Debate 10/15/08

This is it. The last of the 2008 presidential debates. It falls on the 150th anniversary of the last of the seven Lincoln-Douglas debates. The Republican won that election, and while he is one of my favorite presidents, I hope the Democrat wins this election. Here’s a post at Hullabaloo about the “Ayers question.” I think it will be Schieffer who brings it up. That’s what McCain said, and that’s what one of his people said on MSNBC. “We’ll see if Scheiffer brings it up.” Here’s the drinking game:

If the following things are brought up……one sip if asked by “objective” Schieffer. One sip if brought up by McCain. Feel free to add to the list in the comments section.

AYERS
WRIGHT
REZKO
MAVERICK
Misleading question on Iraq extolling the complete and utter victory of the Surge
Misleading question about taxes to Obama
P.O.W.
TERRORIST
ACORN

H/T Bat for the drinking game and links today!

Seems the only person around who thinks McCain nailed it is Pat Buchanan. He’s as delusional as McCain. Maybe when this is all over with they can share a room at the nursing home and Sister Sarah could be their nurse. She’ll take them for sleigh rides.

From TPM:

The post-debate snap polls are out, showing that Barack Obama won the debate.

In CNN’s poll of debate-watchers, Obama won by a 54%-30% margin. In the CBS poll of uncommitted debate-watchers, Obama won 39%-27%.

The CNN poll’s numbers were just read on TV, showing that Obama is seen as better on Iraq by 51%-47%, McCain has a 51%-46% edge on terrorism — a subject where he’s usually done much better than this — and Obama wins 59%-37% on the economy. On the current financial crisis, Obama wins 57%-36%

Both the first presidential debate and the Veep debate showed the Dem winning — and both were followed by the Democratic ticket gaining more and more in the polls.

Late Update: Some more numbers from the CNN poll were read just now on the air: Obama is seen as the stronger leader 54%-43%, and is more likable 65%-28%.

Full Video: Presidential Debate 10/07/08

The Times reveals that Brokaw has “played a pivotal role out of public view, both within NBC and in its dealings with the campaign of John McCain in particular. He advocated to get Olbermann and Matthews off the debates.
Yah, I can hardly wait to hear the questions he picks tonight. You know, why doesn’t it bother them that Joe Scarborough is a Republican tool? Why doesn’t it bother them that Pat Buchanan is on every MSNBC show, cumming in his pants at the mention of Sister Sarah’s name? Why is Brokaw hosting a national weekly show when he shows so much biased, let alone a debate where he picks the questions?
On Meet the Press two days ago: MR. BROKAW: Chuck, a very senior Republican was startled the other day when he called me and said, `What in the world is going on in Florida? Why are we in trouble there?’ Gee Tommy, why are they calling you? Perhaps hoping you can do something to help them out there? Anywho……. we’ll see how he performs tonight. Maybe he’ll say ” A VERY senior Republican called in the next 10 questions. Oh, and the last 5 were phoned in by the Council on Foreign Relations. Sorry citizens…… I felt their questions were much more important than yours. wink wink

Here’s some info on tonight’s debate. It will be interesting to see what questions the biased Brokaw picks.

Tonight’s presidential debate will employ a town hall format, in which audience members will question the candidates directly.

When: Starts at 9 p.m. Detroit time. Expected to last 90 minutes.

Where: From Belmont University in Nashville, Tenn.

How to watch: It is to be broadcast on most major networks and cable news channels. You also can watch it live on freep.com.

Rules: –The questions will be culled from a group of 100 to 150 uncommitted likely voters in the audience and another one-third to come via the Internet. Brokaw selects which questions to ask from written queries submitted prior to the debate.

–The Gallup Organization makes sure the questioners reflect the demographic makeup of the nation.

–An audience member isn’t allowed to switch questions and will not be allowed a follow-up either. His or her microphone will be turned off after the question is read and a camera shot will only be shown of the person asking — not reacting.

–The moderator may not ask followups or make comments.

–McCain and Obama will be provided with director’s chairs, but they’re also allowed to stand. They can’t roam past their “designated area” marked on the stage and are not supposed to ask each other direct questions.

Video: Full vice presidential debate 10/02/08

America’s “Stupid Quotient” appears to be on the rise, again. Some have long said it’s directly related to the “Good Ol’ Boy” phenomenon. Now it appears we’re seeing the “Hockey Mom” effect.

It’s always been there but in numbers small enough to ignore. Then along came George Bush. The SQ-index surged and hovered near the 50% range during the 2000 elections, dropped off a little, then climbed back up into that area again during the elections of 2004.

But, in recent months, those numbers have shrunk down into the low-30’s range. Were people finally waking up? A feeling of glee swept the land. Then along came Sarah Palin:

(CNN) — A national poll of people who watched the vice presidential debate Thursday night suggests that Democratic Sen. Joe Biden won, but also says Republican Gov. Sarah Palin exceeded expectations.

The CNN/Opinion Research Corp. said 51 percent of those polled thought Biden did the best job, while 36 percent thought Palin did the best job.

But respondents said the folksy Palin was more likable, scoring 54 percent to Biden’s 36 percent. Seventy percent said Biden was more of a typical politician.

Both candidates exceeded expectations — 84 percent of the people polled said Palin did a better job than they expected, while 64 percent said Biden also exceeded expectations.

On the question of the candidates’ qualifications to assume the presidency, 87 percent of those polled said Biden is qualified and 42 percent said Palin is qualified. (emphasis mine)

36 + 54 + 84 + 42 = 216 / 4 = 54%

With those numbers, it looks like the SQ-index has surged back up. Lord help us.