The award for the best use of “Joe the Plumber” in a morning-after-debate headline could belong to… Barron’s.
“Plumber Takes Center Stage As We Go Down Drain”
The Kicker — October 16, 2008 11:09 AM
Best “Plumber” Headline
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We need "Joe The Plumber" because this economy has a bad drainage problem.
Posted by Dannny on Thu 16 Oct 2008 at 12:13 PM