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Joe, Where Did You Go?
I don't give a fig where Joe
was. I think Ohio taxpayers should be asking
why all those schoolchildren were bused to the
event.
by Adam Aigner-Treworgy
DEFIANCE, Ohio -- "Where is Joe? Is Joe here
with us today?"
That's the question John McCain asked roughly
6,000 people at Defiance Junior High School
here this morning, But the correct answer was
no -- Joe the Plumber was nowhere to be found.
There are conflicting reports about where or
when or if Joe will appear with McCain at some
point during his two-day bus tour of Ohio, but
the candidate clearly thought that he was
meeting him here in Defiance, the first stop on
the tour.
While riffing on a common line from his stump
speech about Obama's desire to "spread the
wealth," McCain confidently proclaimed, "Joe's
with us today. Joe where are ya? Where is Joe?
Is Joe here with us today? Joe, I thought you
were here today."
Then the senator covered up for Joe's absence
by saying, "All right, well you're all Joe the
Plumber. So all of ya stand up ,and say I thank
you." McCain went on to say that he had seen
Joe on TV this morning, and he asked the crowd
to "give him a round of applause for what he's
done for America.
McCain also hit Obama on some comments he made
to ABC's Charlie Gibson last night when asked
if he had thought about what he would do after
November 4th if he lost. "Last night, Sen.
Obama said that if he lost he would return to
the Senate and try again in four years with a
second act. That sounds like a great idea to
me. Let's help him make it happen."
But Obama didn't tell Gibson that he'd make
another White House run; he said he looked
forward returning to the Senate and working
with the next president and Congress.
"Look," Obama said, "when I started this
campaign we were the longest of long shots, and
Michelle and I were extraordinarily happy
before I started running. And I'm a relatively
young man. Ya know, they say there are no
second acts in politics, but I think there are
enough exceptions out there, that I could
envision returning to the Senate and just doing
some terrific work with the next President and
next Congress."
A local school district official confirmed
after the event that of the 6,000 people
estimated by the fire marshal to be in
attendance this morning, more than 4,000 were
bused in from schools in the area. The entire
2,500-student Defiance School District was in
attendance, the official said, in addition to
at least three other schools from neighboring
districts, one of which sent 14 buses.
— Adam Aigner-Treworgy
NBC News
2008-10-30
http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/10/30/1616435.aspx
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