Until the advent of Sarah "
Abuse of Power" Palin, I hadn't heard the term "Joe Sixpack".
I hadn't either, TF. That doesn't, of course, mean it didn't exist and a little research suggests it is quite a common term:
http://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/19/messages/737.htmlAnother reference is, perhaps, more sinister:
http://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/14/messages/286.html "Wrap a flag around it, throw out some smoke and mirrors from the department of spin, and Joe Sixpack will buy it."
Is this Sarah's Joe, one wonders.
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