Does anyone really give a shit about Joe the Plumber?

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Originally Posted by ebbs15

The media jumped on this guy, and pulled attention from the real issue. the question and answer. instead they tore this guys life apart for what?

Because they are the media. It's what they do. Any story that hits the national news. Toddlers dissappearing, businessmen faking their deaths by airplane, BART cops shooting people, whatever. If you hit the national news your life will be dissected on camera.

McCain knew that, or should have known, for the decades he's spent in the public view. If he thought he could just use an actual person as the focal point of his debate without drawing any attention to that actual person, he was either stupid or purposefully refusing to see.