Top Ten Cloves: Things John McCain Can Do To Get Over Embarrassment of Joe The Plumber

News Item: Over Joe

10. Beef up his credibility - Get the AP's Liz Sidoti to bring Joe The Plumber a box of donuts

9. Bring in Bobby Jindal, to do an exorcism on him

8. Stash him away in one of his seven houses

7. Finally, sit down with campaign staff and redo their vetting criteria

6. To get him away from media, see if he'll take a crack at McCain's Electric Car Battery contest

5. Assign Joe Lieberman to Joe The Plumber

4. Battle Stations - Peel off from the Palin Truth Squad a new team for the Joe The Plumber Truth Squad

3. Bite the bullet - Go out and do an all-day news conference on the difference between Shiites and Sunnis

2. Put a call out to Rick Warren, and have him ship that Cone of Silence to Ohio

1. Go Maverick with a major game changer - Replace Palin on ticket with ... Joe The Plumber!


Bonus Links

Barry Crimmins: Plumbing the Depths

Martin Lewis: Meet The Real Joe-The-Plumber!

The Jed Report: McCain's Lame October Surprise: Joe, The Right-Wing Loon

Todd Gitlin: Joe the Ringer?

Steve Benen: THEY WERE LAUGHING AT HIM, NOT WITH HIM...

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