Meet James the Jeep Worker

Friday, 03 June 2011 | by Pat's Picks

Remember Joe the Plumber? Well, let me introduce you to his relative, James the Jeep worker. Actually, the two aren’t related at all but they share something in common: both were/will be used to hammer home political agendas on the campaign trail. The Toledo Blade says President Obama will feature James in a video for his 2012 re-election campaign.

James the Jeep worker is actually James Fayson, who works on the assembly line at Chrysler’s Ohio plant. Fayson is expected to stump for the president’s auto industry bailout—he was laid off and then re-hired after the bailout took place. Says Fayson: “I’m very thankful to be back to work, and it’s only because of the decision that the President made to save the auto industry that I was afforded [the chance] to come back to work,”