Also, as Carol says, "Joe" is by no means the mythical "everyman" who would be hurt by Obama's tax proposals--since that "everyman" would be helped, not hurt by those proposals.

According to the WSJ (17 Oct 2008) quoting Lee Smither, managing director of FMI Corp, a Raleigh, NC managment-consulting firm for construction contractors: "Mr Wurzelbacher would be nowhere close to the threshhold of $200,000 for individuals and $250,000 for couples for Sen. Obama's proposed tax increase. To reach that level, Mr. Smither said, a mom-and-pop company like Newell would have to clear $5 million in annual sales."

The only "everyman" who would be hurt by Obama's proposals is one who owns a company with over $5 million in annual sales. How many of them are there, do you think?

Therefore, McCain's use of Joe as a model is fundamentally dishonest, as Carol notes.

The only question remaining is whether Joe is happy to be exploited by McCain for political purposes or not.   Evidence suggests that he is fine with it--since he also supports McCain on the Iraq war and other issues in the campaign.