The Republican and Conservative base continues to trot out it's most popular cartoon character, Joe the Plumber. This time to bash Unions. Anti-Union group, Americans for Prosperity, a group partnered with Townhall a right-wing blog are both opposed to the Employee Free Choice Act. Making stops in Pennsylvania in hopes of persuading Senator Arlen Specter to stick to his guns and oppose the pro-labor legislation, Joe was not well greeted by Union members.UNION MEMBER #1: Joe the Plumber, he don’t have a license. He ain’t a plumber.
UNION MEMBER #2: So for the Republican party to take a position that this is the epitome of a working person makes absolutely no sense whatsoever to anybody here that has to pay taxes.
I could not agree more with Union members. Republicans have always been savvy with framing the conversation, "Americans for Prosperity" is a good example. Presenting Joe as their working class icon is incredibly shallow, and shows no respect to hard working Union and lower and middle class Americans. His credentials are fraudulent and one would think his 15 minutes were over. His resume is about is as valid as Elmer Fudd's .
Thanks to Huffington Post, Amanda Terkel and Think Progress covering this in greater detail.
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