Joe the Plumber

You never know where the next hero will emerge.
This time it's Joe the Plumber.
This obscure blogger has been doing his damndest to make the case that ACORN candidate Barack Obama is a socialist, but got nowhere.
Joe Wurzelbacher confronted Obama in Toledo, Ohio, and in a few seconds got Obama to admit that his intention is to "spread the wealth around." In other words, he will take money from those who have earned it and give money to those who haven't earned it.
In left-wing-land, that's known as justice.
On my side of the fence it's known, at best, as social engineering. Others call it government thievery.
It has never been popular in America, except among, well, socialists.
Now Obama has fessed up, though not intentionally. His challenge now is to muddy up the issue before the election. Otherwise, it could sink him.
This is almost too much to bear. Last weekend, Toledo beat the University of MIchigan in football. Now, Toledo has spawned perhaps the most important figure in the 2008 election.
There's also this. Ever since the 1970s, when Richard Nixon's "plumbers" became famous, the word has been under a cloud. No more. What a day, or month, or year, for Joe the Plumber.