is none of the above.

By now we’ve all heard that McCain’s “Joe the Plumber”:

• isn’t a licensed plumber
• won’t pay more under Obama’s tax plan
• his business doesn’t earn close to $250K/year
• isn’t even named Joe

It reminded me of something, but I couldn’t put my finger on it till this morning when 30,000 demonstrated in Baghdad against the US occupation, with the encouragement of the man inevitably described in US media as “anti-American cleric Moqtada Al Sadr“.  So this might be the perfect time to point out that Al Sadr:

• is not anti-American
• is not a cleric
• is strongly pro-democracy
• led the unilateral cease fire that’s made Iraq more peaceful, saving American lives

In short, the only thing our press has been reporting correctly are his popularity and his name.