Wednesday, 5 November 2008
John McCain's electoral mascot Joe the Plumber scored a victory in his battle to keep big government off his back when police let him off the hook for speeding.
Samuel Joe Wurzelbacher, dubbed Joe the Plumber, was clocked at 50mph in a 35-mph zone in Toledo, Ohio but officers didn't issue a ticket.
They did not because it could have "negative repercussions to the department and city as a whole," according to a leaked police document reported in the Washington Post.
Mr Wurzelbacher was incorporated by Republican candidate Mr McCain into his campaign after he had confronted Barack Obama about his tax.
