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Joe the Plumber Elected to GOP Post in Ohio
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyJoe the Plumber, who became a household name during Sen. John McCain's 2008 presidential campaign, has been elected to a Republican Party post in Ohio. The man -- Samuel Wurzelbacher -- is now a party committeeman, one of 400 who oversee the GOP in Ohio's Lucas County, The Associated Press reported. He won his spot by a 38-23 vote in his Toledo precinct. The committee he'll serve on meets only a few times a year to elect the county chairman and set the local party agenda. During the '08 presidential race, Wurzelbacher was hailed by some Republicans as a symbol of middle-class America after ...
Joe the Plumber: McCain Used Me
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyJoe the Plumber became a household name during Sen. John McCain's 2008 campaign, but now the man also known as Sam Wurzelbacher has harsh words for the former Republican presidential candidate. "I don't owe him s---," Wurzelbacher said about McCain over the weekend. "He really screwed my life up is how I look at it." Wurzelbacher made the comments at a campaign event for state Republicans in Pennsylvania, according to radio reporter Scott Detrow "McCain was trying to use me," Wurzelbacher said. "I happened to be the face of middle Americans. It was a ploy." He went on to say McCain "is no ...
Anti-Gay Marriage NOM Uses Children as Human Shields
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyWhile this new ad from the National Organization for Marriage (or LATENT) comically reminded me of Mr. Show with Bob and David's "What's a Gagortion?" sketch, it's also the latest example of an emerging trend: using children as cover for bigotry. Here's the ad: (h/t Jason Linkins)Just last night, I wrote about Joe the Plumber taking a similar tack, ...
Joe the Plumber on Man-Kissing, Book Fail, and His Fifteen Minutes
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyI'll say this for Joe the Plumber, he packs a lot into one video clip. When we last left Joe, he was being disowned by Elisabeth Hasselbeck for his remarks about queers.Now, he tells a local TV station that he will totally mess up your toilet if he catches two dudes kissing: ...
Joe the Plumber at CPAC:Does Obama Mean Death to Israel?
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyI had a chance to briefly interview Joe Wurzelbacher, aka Joe the Plumber, here yesterday, and that's one of the questions I asked him. Before I get to that interview, however, I want to make one thing absolutely clear: Joe the Plumber is a genuinely nice, sweet guy. I say this, not just out of some sense of fairness, or a desire for balance, but because he is remarkably nice. Here's an example. I shot a little bit of video before our interview, first of Joe signing books on the convention floor, and then in the interview room. One of the hotel staff told Joe how much her husband loves him, ...
Joe the Plumber Wants to Slap Congress
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyWe already know Joe didn't like the President's speech, and now he wants to go around slapping Congress. What, exactly, does he like? From the DC Examiner:Joe "The Plumber" Wurzelbacher said Wednesday he might run for Congress one day. But if he won, his colleagues might need to wear headgear to the House floor. "I'd probably be in jail more often than I'd be on the Hill for slapping some member," said Wurzelbacher at a lunchtime discussion at Americans for Tax Reform. "And that's not [bull] either."To be fair, most Americans are having difficulty finding things to like these days, and Joe ...
Daschle Day: Somewhere, Joe the Plumber is Smiling
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyI'm no fan of the pipe-smithing media whiner turned anti-reporting reporter known as "Joe the Plumber," but I have to admit to feeling a slight measure of satisfaction for Joe today, as two of Barack Obama's appointees went all the way south due to tax problems.See, Joe was raked over the coals pretty good over a tax lien, among other things. Now, naturally, if a guy becomes instantly famous for bitching about paying more in taxes, then the fact that he has unpaid taxes is too entertaining to pass up. On the other hand, love him or hate him, not much has gone right for the guy since his 15 ...
Joe the Plumber's Book Delayed
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyWhen we last left Samuel Wurzelbacher (aka Joe the Plumber), he was saving freedom by starring in his own version of the "3 AM Ad." It's a 3 AM ad by virtue of the fact that you're most likely to see the ad at 3 AM, during a Law & Order marathon. Before that, I was defending Joe against charges of self-promotion, particularly with regard to his new book, Joe The Plumber - Fighting for the American Dream. The book was due out December 1, but it looks like the American Dream will remain helpless for awhile longer. From Joe's website: For those of you who have pre-ordered signed copies of Joe's ...
Joe the Plumber is Now Joe the Author
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyJoe the "Plumber" is in the news again. The New York Times announced today that the erstwhile McCain surrogate has landed a book deal: Samuel J. Wurzelbacher, the presidential campaign fixture and John McCain advocate better known as Joe the Plumber, won't have to open his own plumbing business just yet: he has signed a deal to write "Joe the Plumber: Fighting for the American Dream." PearlGate Publishing, a small publisher in Austin, Tex., announced the book on its Web site, pearlgatepublishing.com. No, it isn't just you. Pearlgate Publishing does sound kinda dirty, and this story does sound ...
Joe the 'Plumber:' Welfare Recipient
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyMan, it doesn't get any better than this. Joe the Plumbing Hobbyist, who thinks a 3% marginal tax increase for people who earn a quarter-mil per is socialism (He checked it in the Webster dictionary, whatever that is), is himself a "fellow traveler." That's right, folks, Joe the Wrench Jockey was once a lazy, no-good recipient of other people's hard-earned tax dollars. Mine, in fact. So, when Joe says he "supports" liberals so we can be "more vocal," he must be referring to some kind of moral support. (h/t Crooks and Liars)Well, damn,Comrade, it didn't bother your precious principles when you ...
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