Okay I stole some of this idea, but has anyone else noticed that the John McCain, Sarah Palin 'Joe-the-Plumber' or 'Tito-the-Builder' shout-out does not include Fred the Architect or Sally the Software engineer or Najib the Chemist or Phil the Physician or Arturo the College Professor or John the Aerospace Engineer.
This is another case where the Republicans are counting on class warfare to save themselves. Others, including many conservatives, have written that the GOP is painting itself into a corner courting middle-state, under-educated, small-town white voters at the expense of folks on the coasts and people who have more than just your basic education.
Yep, John McCain is following the Karl Rove class warfare scenario and hoping no one will catch on. He's hoping that one one will catch on John McCain's old fashioned conservatism is much harder on lower-middle class folks than Bush's. At it's core Bush had a bit of a populist streak which is missing in McCain's perspective.
Some have also written that the Republican party is rapidly becoming the party of the under-educated and knuckleheads. But that would be class warfare too.