Joe the Plumber on Man-Kissing, Book Fail, and His Fifteen Minutes

I'll say this for Joe the Plumber, he packs a lot into one video clip. When we last left Joe, he was being disowned by Elisabeth Hasselbeck for his remarks about queers.

Now, he tells a local TV station that he will totally mess up your toilet if he catches two dudes kissing:

Joe: It's just not a lifestyle I want around me personally. For the obvious reason it seems just a little strange and unusual to me. I obviously don't want my son seeing two men kissing each other. It throws me off. It's just not a big deal. Let me rephrase that. It's just not something I want around my family.

Hate me for what I believe in but you gotta at least respect that I'm not sitting there just trying to earn a buck off my fifteen minutes. You know, do I want to make some money – absolutely but I'll do it the right way.

Voiceover: Even with the books struggles Joe thinks he probably has about a year left of the spotlight

Joe: I think its great but I can see it from the other side where people are like man, just friggin go away.

My first thought was, "Is this a tacit endorsement of girl-girl action?" Like Barack Obama, I like to focus on things we can agree on.

Now, as far as kissing throwing me off, that depends. are we talking a peck here, or tonsil hockey? Because if it's not my party, I'd say anyone munching tongue is going to distract me a little bit.

There's also the matter of who's doing the kissing.

Still, I don't begrudge Joe the effect of decades of social conditioning to being revolted by man-love. I just wish the big lug would realize that that's his problem, at this point. Calling people "queer" is not the way to solve it. Using his kids as a human shield for his shortcomings is not the way to do it.

As for the year that Joe says he has left on his 15 minutes, I wish him well, and I hope he makes better use of it than he has so far.

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