Publicity stunt? Shewd political move? Honest personal choice?
Whatever the reason, Time has a nugget in its latest story on the downward spiral of the Republican party that “Joe the Plumber” has “quit” the Grand Old Party.
Many on the left are pointing and snickering, but I’m not sure this is news, particularly. Ever since the pseudo-plumber positioned himself as the next great political commentator, he’s called himself non-partisan. A conservative, sure. A libertarian, perhaps. But he’s always made a strangely serious point of not aligning himself with the Republican party.
But hey, even Senators are going out of their way to avoid the GOP in its current form, so I’m not sure Joe the Plumber’s distance is a bad idea, even if it isn’t a new one.
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