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A BIG Drudge headline blared the following: JOE THE PLUMBER ‘SCARED FOR AMERICA’ IF OBAMA PRESIDENT.

Well, who gives a rat’s ass about what this man thinks? And what’s wrong with Drudge that he gives credence to this schmo? Is he our new expert on the body politic?

I, frankly, don’t give a damn about his opinion – for a lot of reasons. First of all, his name isn’t even "Joe;" he’s not a licensed plumber; he lied about belonging to a union; and he had no intention of buying a business that would earn him $250,000 a year. And assuming his name were Joe, that he had a plumber’s license, that he did belong to the union, and was actually considering buying a business that would earn him a quarter of a mil a year, I still wouldn’t place him in the category of people whose opinion merited ink. (And don’t you think that a guy who had been discredited in everything he said would be consigned to the rubbish bin of media-worthy bloviaters? Guess not.)

And secondly, that kind of "man on the street" crap is demeaning. It reminds me of how we used to refer to our Lab as "Alice the dog." It is, furthermore, condescending to refer to people with only a first name followed by their job description — especially so when done by a senator, or anyone in a superior position. Have you heard of anyone referring to President Bush as "George, the government guy?"

As for this clown making headlines on Drudge, it is ludicrous. I doubt that he even speaks for the odiously named Joe Six-pack. This is just one more example of the intellectual cleansing we have somehow been subjected to. Shape up, Matt Drudge, and find some more authoritative sources. And "Joe," go back to fixing toilets.