Hilarious. From the Economist:

THE new issue of the American Spectator, the venerable conservative weekly, features book recommendations for the holidays from lettered men of the right. You can get tips from Michael Barone, Conrad Black, and, of course, Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher, known to the world and cited in the magazine as “Joe the Plumber”.

Among Joe’s picks:

Flushed with Pride: The Story of Thomas Crapper (Wallace Reyburn): “Just when you think you know everything about plumbing, this book comes along.”

Hey kids! Wanna hear a Christmas story???

Are conservatives trying to appear as ridiculous as I often say they are, or is someone just funning me?

Best line, actually, comes in the comments:

I nominate Joe the Plumber to be next host of Meet the Press. Surely his deep insight and intellectual honesty make him an obvious candidate for this nation’s next great political mind. If not the host, I would at least like to see him as a regular round-table panelist.

Or at least he could unclog NBC’s toilets.