"I Am Joe The Plumber?" Well, Not Exactly
The Republican National Committee is sending around this Associated Press photo of overall-clad McCain supporters standing outside an Obama rally, clutching plungers and a sign proclaiming "I Am Joe The Plumber":
The only problem? At least two of the members aren't quite as similar to the newly famous Joe Wurzelbacher as they might like you to think. As CBS News' Maria Gavrilovic, who is traveling with the Obama campaign, reports, the man on the right does say he's an actual plumber – though he is from Melbourne, Australia, and will thus not be casting a vote this November.
And the man on the left, plunger thrust high in the air, is Charlie Smith – the National Chairman of the College Republicans.
UPDATE: Smith said he drove down to the rally because he disagrees with Barack Obama’s tax policy. “We’re gonna pay higher taxes under Barack Obama, he’s gonna tax small businesses,” he said. “We’re out here supporting the American dream, people like Joe the plumber.”
And here's some video of the group:
(AP)
And the man on the left, plunger thrust high in the air, is Charlie Smith – the National Chairman of the College Republicans.
UPDATE: Smith said he drove down to the rally because he disagrees with Barack Obama’s tax policy. “We’re gonna pay higher taxes under Barack Obama, he’s gonna tax small businesses,” he said. “We’re out here supporting the American dream, people like Joe the plumber.”
And here's some video of the group:
Joe the Plumber is not the focus of hate that I have seen, but of fact checking on claims made by him or on his behalf. He would have no problem now had he paid the taxes he owes, and been properly licensed. Any public figure must expect their statements to be checked. (in Graeme Frost''s case, the right wing press didn''t stop with checking his public statements, Michelle Malkin went peaking in the family''s windows and investigating countertops.) If you want to blame someone, blame the McCain campaign that made him a public figure.
"A person who works with their hands voting for a republican is like a chicken voting for Colonel Sanders."
The GOP is so hysterically against organized labor, so pro big-business, etc., that they are not stooping to use actors to demonstrate that there are tradesmen that support their anti-labor platform? If the GOP was going to do anything for the average man, they would have did it already - they held the presidency for most of the last 28 years and their policies have done nothing for the working men/women of America. The republican party is the party of the wealthy.
It turns out that ''Joe the plumber" will get 3 times the tax cut under Obama vs. McCain, but that does not matter since he was an rabid republican anyways.
Nice try, but no score. Your previous post is just more of the same ol'' McCain campaign distortion and half (or non)- truth.
Hating and then calling others out for hate is disingenuous at best, transparent in its desperation and deception at worst.
I will be making the wise decision when I vote... for Barack Obama and Joe Biden.
I see you disagree with that and I say you are entitled to your opinion and you do have your one vote as well.
I can see a lot of votes going for the Obama/Biden team because of one reason... Biden''s first name!
All this Republican talk of "Joe''s" -- Six Pack, the Plumber, great friend Lieberman, etc...
Some of the less aware (to use a gentle term) among the Republican voters could just see "Joe" Biden and think that''s their guy!
Stranger things have happened... :-)
Joe the plumber is not the target of hate. He''s being made fun of.
There''s a difference.
Don''t you find it somewhat funny that the poor guy doesn''t even have a license, isn''t in any position to purchase a plumbing business, is a registered Republican and isn''t even really named ''Joe''?...
it''s kinda funny.
If anyone is to blame, it''s MCain for pulling the poor guy into the political arena in front of 50 million people then waving his ''Joe the plumber'' flag 20 times throughout the debate.
Starring:
- John "The Make-Believe Maverick" McCain
- Sarah "The Witch Hunter" Palin
- Joe "The Fake Plumber"
typical RICH Republicans would never hit a BAR and hang out with REAL "Joe''s"
These Republicans would not know Joe The Plumber if he was standing right in front of them.
The only connection they have with Joe the Plumber is not paying him when he does work for Republican homeowners.
Please could the one intelligent Republican please stand up, please lord let there be at least one somewhere.
Being Republican, he expresses no cognizance, let alone concern with, his direct "messing with" the rule of law.
So he rejects the rule of law, and attempts to intimidate those who reveal his lawlessness, as wouled the typical criminal, instead of deciding to comply with the law.
They think AND BELIEVE that they are better than us. Anyone that votes GOP this year (and makes less than 350K per houshold) IS AN IDIOT!!
Joe''s assumption is that the reward system in America is totally effort-based: you earn more because you work harder. Ask those folks who work three jobs, work more than 12 hours and sleep only 5 hours a day and still can''t make ends meet. I don''t think Obama''s plan is to reward slackers. In fact, his main theme is how to make sure those who work hard can pursue their American dream. It''s about equal opportunity for those who work hard: if you work very hard but still can''t make ends meet, there is something wrong with the system and we need to address it so you can still afford to invest in your as well as your kids'' future.
You are a vile, ignorant, stupid person. Do you read a newspaper daily? Do you research anything before you get spit out your pathetic propaganda and garbage? You ought to be ashamed of yourself. Senator Obama does not hang out with terrorists never has never will period. Senator Obama is not a socialist. George Bush has been a socialist with his Wall Street bank bailout. Only people with small minds believe your lies. Do me a favor and shut your stupid mouth.
Senator Obama is an excellent man who will make a very good president. I voted for him. I served this country for 20 years on active duty including in combat in the Persian Gulf War and combat support for the Iraq war. Senator Obama is an honorable man who will be a good leader.
George Bush has increased the national debt to $11.4 trillion.
We have two wars that have been huge drain on our resources. Bush has driven the military into the ground. It will take years to rebuild. Our economy is in a shambles. Republicans deserve to be in an unemployment line.
He can restore some respect back to America.
McCain is too old, unless of course you want a President who turns 80 in his second term?
...and Palin *shudder* that is just a scary thought.
Now Joe%u2019s life might get even more complicated. Will his employer be fined for having an unlicensed plumber do certain work? He might if there wasn%u2019t a licensed plumber on sight when Joe was plumbing. Then in the places that the work was done if no certified plumber oversaw the work it my have to be re-done, I see lawsuits against Joe%u2019s boss.
Yep McCain is looking out for his own selfish gains again. McCain invited himself into Joe%u2019s home and took a huge dump and has left it for Joe to deal with the mess!
get a tax cut under Obama.It does''nt appear any make over 250,000.
However, as a an average middle class voter, it works to my best interest....Keep up the good work
Republicans...
Vote smarter...Vote OBAMA/BIDEN 0
I guess the Republicans are the best socialists out there then.. according to your definition...The RICH and SUPER RICH (WALL STREET FAT CATS)take from the Middle CLASS and Poor.
Joe has resonated. Joe''s got traction. Plumbers don''t like to be publically mocked and have their dreams ridiculed. Plumbers don''t like to stand in their own yard playing ball with their kid, have a politician come in to say how''s it going, share his aspiration to buy a business, and then have that aspiration belittled and demeaned by every media jackal and limo lib who''s tickled to death that any plumber thinks he can make $250,000. What a hoot! An uppity plumber!
I know Jay Leno got a kick out of it, a plumber who thinks he can make $250,000. Leno has about twenty-three Porsches, Ferraris and antique Mercedes in his garage. He knows all about it.
This''ll be so good for Obama''s ability to unite and govern the whole country if he wins. It''ll just make his life in the White House so nice, and make implementing his agenda so easy, to keep trashing Joe the plumber. It''ll be a straight shot to the heights of presidential stardom for ol'' Obama, to harass and berate a white working class, blue collar worker.
I hear that''s one of Obama''s strongest constituencies. Heh.
Joe has resonated. Joe''s got traction. Plumbers don''t like to be publically mocked and have their dreams ridiculed. Plumbers don''t like to stand in their own yard on a rare day off, playing ball with their kid, have a politician come in to say how''s it going, share his aspiration to buy a business, and then have that aspiration belittled and demeaned by every media jackal and limo lib who''s tickled to death that any plumber thinks he can make $250,000. What a hoot! An uppity plumber!
I know Jay Leno got a kick out of it, a plumber who thinks he can make $250,000. Leno only has about twenty-three Porsches, Ferraris and antique Mercedes in his garage. He aspires to have sixty Ferraris and Porsches. Should I laugh?
This''ll be so good for Obama''s ability to unite and govern the whole country if he wins. It''ll just make his life in the White House so nice, and make implementing his agenda so easy, to keep trashing Joe the plumber. It''ll be a straight shot to the heights of presidential stardom for ol'' Obama, to harass and berate a white working class, blue collar worker.
I hear that''s one of Obama''s strongest constituencies.
Sounds to me as if some RepubliConMen found this guy in a plumbing store, got so "flushed" with his right-wing views they "plunged" ahead with plans to use him to "sink" the Obama campaign. They figured the rest of us would be "pipe dope"s and fall into the "trap".
Now we know he doesn''t have a license and is a tax cheat ... looks like the Repugnicans got themselves a "plumber''s snake"!
What concerns me is the democratic approach to block any dissent. Democrats only believe in free speech if it follows their views.
Americans should be afraid when the media silences descenters. Reminds me of another country a couple of years back, and now again, USSR.
I find it funny that democrats worry about their privacy but are not even outraged when Sarah Palin''s personal email is broken into.
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by joethemath
October 18, 2008 11:58 PM PDT
- Posted by David1752 at 10:39 AM, Oct 18, 2008
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See all 33 CommentsThese idiots dont realize they would get a tax cut under Obama.It does''''nt appear any make over 250,000.
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David, you are an idiot and don''t understand, that you will get a welfare check, but not a tax cut, because you will loose your job, because those "rich" people with $250.000 will not afford to keep idiots on a payroll.