"Joe the Plumber": Some of My Best Friends Are Queer, but I Wouldn't Let Them Near My Kids

The 15 minutes of fame enjoyed by right-wing Everyman Sam Wurzelbacher, AKA "Joe the Plumber," seem to have stretched into an eternity, haven't they?

Yet I can't quite bring myself to wishing him away. He is such a perfect spokesman for the embittered white male whose resentment fuels the new conservative movement, and, as a man who admits to knowing next to nothing about politics, economics, foreign policy and all of the other issues about which he pontificates, his every utterance is a beautifully-wrapped gift of lunacy.

In a long, aimless interview with Christianity Today, old Samuel doesn't disappoint [via the Colorado Independent]:

In the last month, same-sex marriage has become legal in Iowa and Vermont. What do you think about same-sex marriage at a state level?

At a state level, it's up to them. I don't want it to be a federal thing. I personally still think it's wrong. People don't understand the dictionary—it's called queer. Queer means strange and unusual. It's not like a slur, like you would call a white person a honky or something like that.

That's so perfect: the only slur he can come up with is calling a white person -- a member of a long-persecuted minority in this country -- a "honky." Says a lot.