Shocking News Department: Joe the Plumber Did Not Like Obama's Speech

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Readers who are faint of heart, please take a seat. Mothers holding infants, please set them aside. Everyone take a deep breath, because we have alarming news:

Joe the Plumber did not like President Obama's speech to Congress.

In town to promote his new book, "Joe the Plumber: Fighting for the American Dream", Samuel J. Wurzelbacher - aka "Joe the Plumber" - stopped by Americans for Tax Reform Wednesday to review President Barack Obama's Tuesday address before Congress and offer his own thoughts on American politics and current events...

Perhaps not surprisingly, Wurzelbacher, who campaigned alongside Sen. John McCain during the 2008 campaign, did not have many nice things to say about Obama's speech and stimulus proposal.

"I believe he's taking America down the wrong path," Wurzelbacher told POLITICO. "So far every step he's taken I pretty much disagree with."

Assuming that you're still reading (read: you haven't fainted), don't you think it's impressive that Joe even had time to watch Obama's speech at all?

Between the aforementioned book, his journalism career, spreading the DTV gospel, his chart-topping country music career, his long-overdue run for Congress, and essentially leading the Republican party, it's amazing enough that the man has time to renew his plumbing license.

Wait, what's that? Oh, right.

Filed Under: Barack Obama, State of the Union, Humor

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