IIRC, The convo between joe and Obama went something like this:
Joe: I want to buy (or start, whatever) a plumbing company, but your taxes are going to make that impossible.
Obama: You will only pay these taxes if you make more than $200,000 a year.
Joe: I could make over 250,000 a year with this plumbing company...
Obama: If you make that much, then its not too much to ask that you give a little back to help out all the other folks who don't make that much.
Joe: Why should the government decide who I help out?
Narrator: Joe never made anything close to 200K per year in his entire life, either before or after he "confronted" Obama. So Joe never paid those taxes, nor did he ever help out anybody. And he wasn't a plumber. He was a plumber's assistant, and never made it past that.
Literally, every word out of Joe The Liar's mouth was either a flat out lie, or complete horseshit, or both. And the R's amplified it, stirred up the morons with it, and made it a rallying cry. A rallying cry based on bullshit and lies.
eidt to add:
From Yo's link:
“He was an average, honorable man trying to do great things for the country he loved so deeply after being thrust into the public eye for asking a question.”
This bitch is as full of shit as Joe was.
"Honorable." Lol.
Newsflash: If you don't wan to be "thrust" into the public eye, don't argue with the president. And if you love your country so much, PAY YOUR FUCKING TAXES.