DON'T GET YOUR HOPES UP

The polls are narrowing between Obama and McCain. We have Gallup polls showing that McCain is within 2 points of Obama with a 49-47 margin. McCain did a good job in the debate, but will it be enough to last him 18 days and give him enough to get the edge on Obama? I would like to think so, but I'm not too confident. How can that many voters actually mature in just 18 days? I would have thought that the "we need to spread the wealth around" comment would have been all it took. Where, after all, does our Constitution give the federal government the authority to seize wealth for the purpose of spreading it around? In the mind of Obama all wealth, and that means the effort you expend to produce it ... and that means YOU ... belong(s) to the government and the government determines how it is to be distributed. In other words, the government gets to decide of much of YOU you get to keep. Isn't that special?

Yup ...

Two days after the debate and we are still talking about Joe the Plumber. Could this one guy be the turning point for the entire McCain campaign? Don't count on it. But I do get the sneaking suspicion that at least a few people out there are catching on to what Barack Obama really stands for. Don't get me wrong ... they are going to vote for Obama anyway because they "just like the guy" or he "seems more presidential" or he's "like, so much cooler." But at least now you can't say you didn't see it coming.

Enter the unions ...

Now comes a plumbers union, the United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry, saying that John McCain "manufactured outrage" over Barack Obama's tax plan by talking about Joe the Plumber. A spokesperson for the union said, "John McCain made Joe the Plumber a household name. His manufactured outrage on behalf of Joe would be a lot more believable if his economic plan had anything to do with helping working people deal with the economic crisis." Apparently this union, which was endorsed Barack Obama (go figure), doesn't understand what tax cuts will do for our economy, or even worse, what Obama's tax increases will do. And I wouldn't consider the idea of putting a Marxist in the White House "manufactured outrage." It should scare the living dog squeeze out of you ... or at least, out of anyone who wants to make something of themselves and be successful.

So what is really going on here? We've got Joe Biden saying that Joe isn't a real plumber because he makes too much money. We've got nit-wits like the women on "The View" calling Joe's plan to own his own business a "fantasy." Don't you love that? Liberals vies the dream of owning your own business a "fantasy!" We've got the plumbers union saying that John McCain is using Joe for "manufactured outrage." We've got the mainstream media reporting on Joe's tax returns. We've got rumors that Joe was a plant by the Republican Party. We've got liberals bloggers saying that Joe is really related to Charles Keating. Notice that none of these people are actually talking about what Obama actually SAID to Joe the Plumber - the fact that he wants to "spread the wealth around" in a redistribution welfare scheme. People are clamoring because, for the first time, John McCain has actually found a way to explain the asinine tax plans of the Chosen One. Look, folks. It's not like this is a new concept for politicians. Remember in the last debate, Obama and McCain both talked about the bracelets they wore from soldiers. In stump speeches, candidates refer to the waitress at the restaurant or that family in North Dakota that can't afford healthcare. Using real people has always been a way for politicians to "connect" to the voters ... but the difference is that this one has stuck. Here, finally, is a real "real people." And this "real people" wants to work hard and own his own business. This guy is nothing like the hopeless "real people" the Democrats like to parade around ... but he's very much like the average American with dreams and the determination to make them come true. A plumber gets Obama away from his speech writers and teleprompter ... and look what we have.

As expected, the McCain campaign has produced a Joe the Plumber commercial exposing Obama's Marxist tax policies.

Oh and in case you didn't know ... Joe the plumber is racist because he compared Barack Obama to Sammy Davis Jr. Who didn't see that coming.

AND OBAMA IS STILL WINNING BECAUSE ...

I saw this Gallup poll that was conducted over the summer. It shows that only 13% of Americans want the government to distribute the wealth more evenly among Americans, compared to 84% of people who want the government to focus on the overall economy and jobs. In other words, there is an overwhelming majority of people in this country who fundamentally oppose exactly what Barack Obama is all about - redistribution of wealth. His entire campaign is based on this notion of "spreading the wealth" ... and yet people are still going to vote for this guy? Something isn't adding up.

OBAMA BLAMES FOX NEWS

The next issue of the Sunday Times Magazine reveals a few interesting quotes from Barack Obama. Apparently, according to Obama, he would be higher in the polls if it weren't for Fox News ... "I am convinced that if there were no Fox News, I might be two or three points higher in the polls ... If I were watching Fox News, I wouldn't vote for me, right? Because the way I'm portrayed 24/7 is as a freak! I am the latte-sipping, New York Times-reading, Volvo-driving, no-gun-owning, effete, politically correct, arrogant liberal. Who wants somebody like that? I guess the point I'm making ... is that there is an entire industry now, an entire apparatus, designed to perpetuate this cultural schism, and it's powerful."

Ya don't say? You mean that if the entire mainstream media was in the tank for Barack Obama, he would be winning even more? And I just thought it was because of racism.

There's one more quote to take a look at. Now, Obama has used the line before about not looking like the guy on the dollar bill. We really haven't seen too many moments like this, until this article: "There are a couple of things at work here. No. 1, let's face it - I'm not a familiar type ... I've got to deliver that message as a black guy from Hawaii named Barack Obama. So, admittedly, it's just unfamiliar. ... Which, by the way, is a different argument than race ... I'm not making an argument that the resistance is simply racial. It's more just that I'm different in all kinds of ways. I'm different even for black people."

Just something to take note of, folks.

HERE'S ANOTHER IDEA FOR A POLITICAL SURVEY

Just for a little fun, the Pew Research Center did a little survey to measure the political knowledge of US adults. Here are the three questions they asked:

• Name the controlling party of the US House of Representatives.
• Who is the US Secretary of State?
• Who is the Prime Minister of Great Britain?

If you are curious ... just 18% of people answered all of the questions correctly. Not too surprising. But honestly folks, there are a lot of other questions out there arguably more important.

• What is the purpose of the Bill of Rights?
• Can you describe the differences between the tax plans offered by the current presidential candidates?
• Where in our Constitution is it stated that anyone has a right to vote for the office of President of the United States?

I think you get my point ...

READING ASSIGNMENTS

The largest Irish bookmaker is paying out early ... and the bets are on Barack Obama. I'm waiting on InTrade.

The election chief in Ohio is asking the Supreme Court to intervene in their voter registration fraud mess.

Joe Biden has a very important three-letter word for you: J-O-B-S. Yep, that's three alright.

If I were John McCain, I'd be calling Barack Obama "Senator Government" from now until the election.

The story that Palin supporters shouted "Kill him" at a rally when she mentioned Obama's name ... it's looking like that story wasn't true. Let's blame this all on that nasty anti-Obama Fox News.

Some are comparing John McCain's slow response to the economic crisis to George Bush's slow response to hurricane Katrina.

McCain is losing the Hispanic voters, many of whom are voting for Obama because "he touches their sense of the American Dream." Touches hell! He wants to grab it and take it away!

Those twits on "The View" called Joe the plumber's prospects of owning his own business a "fantasy." Yeah, it will be a fantasy once Obama is elected.

Government officials in Pennsylvania have decided to require utility companies not only to stop power usage from rising, but cut power usage starting in 2011. Easy for you to say.

For those of you living in Pittsburgh ... you'll be happy to know that a federal lawsuit has concluded that a pole dancing studio will be allowed to open in your area.

Gotta love these DRT stories. This one from Dallas, Texas.

We are sad to report that the Muhammad look-alike contest that we told you about a few weeks ago has been canceled by city officials. Nuts. I was going to enter a stray dog. (We'll wait for that to show up on Democrat Media Matters.)

John McCain made it on to the David Letterman Show last night. Letterman still seems a little bitter that McCain cancelled a previous appearance.

Tales from the Dad Side

Steve Doocy from Fox & Friends has a new book: Tales From the Dad Side - Misadventures in Fatherhood. Read an excerpt and then buy the book here. Check out these videos of Steve. .

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