Joe The Plumber Backs McCain

By: Brian Montopoli
Topics: Endorsements

Samuel Wurzelbacher, who became famous when John McCain repeatedly referred to him as "Joe The Plumber" during the third presidential debate, endorsed the Republican presidential nominee today.

A registered Republican, Wurzelbacher did not come out in favor of a candidate before today, though he has long appeared to be leaning towards McCain. The GOP presidential nominee has consistently invoked Wurzelbacher on the campaign trail.

"I mean I have a pretty good idea who I'm going to vote for but you know that's my - you know, the nice thing about going into the booth is only me and the lever knows," Wurzelbacher told CBS' Katie Couric right after the third debate. "I think McCain did a fine job this evening, I think he brought up some good points. I do like his health care and I do like his, where he stands on taxes."

Wurzelbacher campaigned for McCain in Columbus, Ohio this morning. He said Barack Obama wants to redistribute wealth and would make America a socialist nation, according to the Associated Press. He also said he believes Obama will raise taxes on the middle class, despite Obama's promises to cut their taxes.

Brian Montopoli
Brian Montopoli is the senior political reporter at CBSNews.com.
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by Regensburger October 30, 2008 3:06 AM EDT: Joe registers as a Republican and votes in the Republican primary.

Then he tells Obama he''s "undecided".

Now he joins up with the McCain campaign and says Obama "scares" him.

In other words: Joe is a bald-headed bald-faced liar.

Naturally, the pathologically lying Republican Party idolizes him.; Reply to this comment


by noxquse October 30, 2008 12:36 AM EDT: John McCain in his own words:
During the 2000 campaign, on MSNBC%u2019s %u201CHardball,%u201D a young woman asked him why her father, a doctor, should be %u201Cpenalized%u201D by being %u201Cin a huge tax bracket.%u201D McCain replied that %u201Cwealthy people can afford more%u201D and that %u201Cthe very wealthy, because they can afford tax lawyers and all kinds of loopholes, really don%u2019t pay nearly as much as you think they do.%u201D The exchange continued:
Young woman: Are we getting closer and closer to, like, socialism and stuff?. . .
McCain: Here%u2019s what I really believe: That when you reach a certain level of comfort, there%u2019s nothing wrong with paying somewhat more. The tax cuts Obama wants to roll back are temporary anyway. They expire in 2010 he is simply ending them one year sooner.; Reply to this comment


by lmnop13 October 29, 2008 6:50 PM EDT: Mentored by COMMUNISTS; Socializes with DOMESTIC TERRORISTS; Sat in a pew for over 20 years listening to a RACIST.

OBAMA FOR PRESIDENT?
Posted by KristianInAL at 09:56 PM : Oct 28, 2008

Wow. You just described the American Theology Party, our new Republican fringe party run by the religious right.; Reply to this comment


by dwarf1958 October 29, 2008 6:20 PM EDT: joe the plumber the new secretary of state??? almost as scary as palin for vp; Reply to this comment


by shanku4point October 29, 2008 5:39 PM EDT: Good God... I feel as though I am one of the only Republican''s with a brain... I won''t even vote for McCain/Palin! I can''t believe of how low the republican party has dropped, along with their intelligence! It''s common sense people! Only uneducated skinheads could ever vote for them!

Vote based off of research and what benefits the people of America... NOT based off of what political party they are with!

I am a Republican... And my vote goes to Obama/Biden, and thank God that they are going to win... McDumba**/Failin can go board the big F**kfest FAILboat of ******** along with "Joe the Plumbertard"; Reply to this comment


by lmnop13 October 29, 2008 4:56 PM EDT: Stupid. That''s what this is. Sam the Tax Evading Wannabe Non-Plumber. God help us all. What''s he going to be? Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff? Read this,

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/28/foxs-shepard-smith-forced_n_138674.html; Reply to this comment


by paulzfun October 29, 2008 4:46 PM EDT: Republican''''s are such trained seals that anything McCain, Bush or Palin says gets parroted in every blog. The ''socialist'' ''marxist'' and ''communist'' assertion are baseless. America has experienced 8 years of wealth redistribution the the richest 1% of it''''s citizens. Topped off by a massive $700 billion dollar parting gift to Bush''''s supporters. What strikes me as odd is that most people who support these extreme republican policies do not even benefit from them. They would actually be better off with Obama''s plan, as they were during the Clinton presidency. The post Reagan republicans have been a dismal failure. The audacity you have to infere that Obama is a socialist, when the current administration and Senator McCain only sap the strength from middle America and hand off the profits to the richest people in the land. 80% of American corporations pay zero income taxes, yet get huge subsidies of tax dollars. You consider a government ownership stake in banks to be capatalist??? I think many of you need to read up on socialism and communism. Obama/Biden ''o8; Reply to this comment


by luvienne October 29, 2008 4:21 PM EDT: Palin likes socialism. She spreaded the wealth around to her children. As for the plumber, Your fifteen minutes were up long ago.; Reply to this comment


by actornaught October 29, 2008 3:10 PM EDT: It''s always easy for the dishonest, like JTP, to accuse others of being dishonest. In fact, many of Lying John''s accusations against BO have been a reflection of his own record and tendancies. At least, the accusations based on ANY reality.; Reply to this comment


by seathelight October 29, 2008 2:38 PM EDT: I got two votes...My wife gave me hers to fill out...Just filled them out with a democrat all the way down...I am a proud American WHITE who voted for a RATIONAL,SMART,PATRIOTIC BLACK American...BARRACK HUSSEIN OBAMA...It didn''t hurt a bit either...Felt *** GOOD! ! ! !; Reply to this comment