(Editor’s Note: This is Carol Forsloff. I’m going to introduce you to Josephine the Plumber, Jo for short, because she’s the comic relief of the news I think you’ll all enjoy. We all have a Josephine in our lives, and we love them because they get right down to it and don’t mind saying directly what’s on their minds. I enjoyed creating her, so have a good time with me. Now here’s Jo–CF)
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Call me Jo, for short. I’m the woman those politicians forgot, but they’ll be sorry in November, because there are more of me than there are of those guys, and we vote.
People say I’ve got a big mouth. Well, I guess I do, but I got something to say; and it’s about time someone listened to me for awhile. Everybody talks to the men at the auto plants and the ladies in the suburbs, but what about me? I mean when John McCain was talking about plumbers, he was talking about men. But I’ve been a plumber up until my arthritis got the better of me, and I had to quit. I think my point of view is important so I’m going to start giving it. So listen in on what’s on my mind. I’ve cleaned a lot of bathrooms of some pretty important people, so I have the real lowdown and dirty on politics, on social issues and anything else on my mind and maybe yours. We’re having an election as I start this blog, so that’s important. I’m gonna start right off with someone I know, because I told you I’ve cleaned a lot of bathrooms..
Now pull up your chair, get yourself a cool one, and settle down for my take on what’s going on in the world. And remember, if you can’t laugh at yourself, well you aren’t going to have as much fun in life as I’lm having right now.