Debate response 3

Random stuff:

1.
Joe the Plumber? I hate this rhetorical devise — like I hate Joe Six-pack. It is an attempt to make real what for the candidate is a theoretical construct — Keith Olbermann is calling him John McCain’s “invisible friend.” Eugene Robinson offers this:

First McCain was bringing him up all the time, then Obama did the same thing. What makes politicians think plumbing is the quintessentially American occupation? Why not address these sincere appeals to Marge the Human Resources Specialist?

(Apparently, this Joe guy is real. Who’d a thunk it.)

2.
The post-race polling, once again, differs greatly with the pundits. The pundits gave the debate to McCain or slightly to Obama. The polls, so far, give it to Obama.

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Hank Kalet is a poet and freelance journalist. He is the economic needs reporter for NJ Spotlight, teaches journalism at Rutgers University and writing at Middlesex County College and Brookdale Community College. He writes a semi-monthly column for the Progressive Populist. He is a lifelong fan of the New York Mets and New York Knicks, drinks too much coffee and attends as many Bruce Springsteen concerts as his meager finances will allow. He lives in South Brunswick with his wife Annie. View all posts by hankkalet