Dem Hill Aide: Military Training Is ‘Faux’ Training
25th April 2012
Last week, Steve Fought, spokesman for Dem Rep. Marcy Kaptur, lashed out at Kaptur’s election opponent, Samuel “Joe the Plumber” Wurzelbacher, calling him “Joe the Faux Plumber.” Ever since Joe was thrust onto the national stage he’s had to face charges that he isn’t a ‘real’ plumber. The reason Fought and others claim Joe isn’t a “real” plumber? He received his training in the military, not the civilian world.
Unbelievably, as thousands of veterans learn upon discharge every year, the training they receive in the military doesn’t necessarily translate into skills recognized by the civilian world. In Joe’s case, he was a plumber in the Air Force for 4 years achieving a level comparable in the civilian world of a “journeyman”, allowing him to do jobs solo. After discharge, Joe went to the local union and was told that his training didn’t ‘count’ and he’d have to start at the bottom of the ladder.
I’d trust a military-trained plumber over some random union guy.
April 26th, 2012 at 11:48
Leave it to the Dems to shriek that someone ELSE is fake.