"Joe the Plumber" as an expression...

[WhipperSnapper]

Originally posted by: hellokeith

Originally posted by: QuantumPion
I thought "Joe the plumber" was an expression showing how an unstoppable juggernaut political machine backed by media cronies would do anything to protect the image of their messiah candidate, including sicking their lawyer and media armies against some random guy that got said messiah candidate to embarrass himself, thus taking attention away from the gaffe and sacrificing the random guy on the altar of the polling gods.

Or maybe that's just me.

Nomination for "Ownage of the OP" Thread Post 2008.

Not at all. I predict that if anything, my proposal for the future meaning of the expression is more likely to stick than QuantumPion's. As has already been explained numerous times in this thread, by becoming a tool for McCain and the Republicans, Joe invited the "unstoppable juggernaut" and media cronies to investigate him and apparently he's been revealed to be either a Republican plant or a starry-eyed dreamer.