"The Wealthy" rally for McCainByron York's account of McCain's rally in my backyard is must-read, especially for the immigrant businessmen who came to mix it up with the press.
Someone asked why Munoz had come to the rally. “I support McCain, but I’ve come to face you guys because I’m disgusted with you guys,” he said. “Why the hell are you going after Joe the Plumber? Joe the Plumber has an idea. He has a future. He wants to be something else. Why is that wrong? Everything is possible in America. I made it. Joe the Plumber could make it even better than me. . . . I was born in Colombia, but I was made in the U.S.A.”The man brought his green card and license to show reporters!
The scene turned into a mini-fracas when David Corn, of Mother Jones, defended press coverage. Munoz was having none of it. Why, he asked, would the press whack Joe the Plumber when it didn’t want to report on Obama’s relationship with William Ayers, the former Weather Underground bomber? “How come that’s not in the news all the time?” Munoz said. “How come Joe the Plumber is every second? I’m talking about NBC, MSNBC, CBS, ABC, and CNN.”A black woman with a strong Caribbean accent jumped in the fray. “Tell me,” she said to Corn, “why is it you can go and find out about Joe the Plumber’s tax lien and when he divorced his wife and you can’t tell me when Barack Obama met with William Ayers? Why? Why could you not tell us that? Joe the Plumber is me!”And so forth. Was it Maggie Thatcher who said Europe was born from history and America from philosophy? You can make an American out of anyone in the world. (Except, apparently, a journalist.) I love that about us.
“I am Joe the Plumber!” Munoz chimed in. “You’re attacking me.”
The final scene is devastating. Enjoy!
Update, brought on by ADB's remark in comments. Look again at the picture at the top of the page. Is there any doubt why Obama supports card check?
