", 22 November 2008 (UTC)
SJW is of remarkably limited notability outsede of this event, to be sure. I demur that McCain ""invented"" JtP, as it is clear that it was an ""accident of fate"" when Obama and Joe met. The use of a symbol of ""everyman"" goes back a long time, vide Capra's ""Meet John Doe"" etc.  The article really has several articles entwined quite sloppily. 1. Symbols of ""everyman"" through the years, JtP being only one of them. 2. ""Joe the Plumber"" as a question of how taxes should be levied, whether they should be used to ""share the wealth"" and whether the tax rates discourage entrepeneurship. This is the ""campaign issue.""  3. The ""investigations"" of ""Joe"" by governmental authorities, and the results  thereof.  4. ""The life and times of Judge R...""  er SJW.  Notability in doubt.  5. A few hundred thousand words on why a ""plumber"" is, or is not, a ""plumber.""    13:44"