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"Joe the plumber" is a registered Republican, unlicensed, and doesn't own a plumbing business

Oct 16, 2008 10:24

Last night, during the 3rd debate between Obama and McCain, I got this text message from a friend:My Obama friends, can somebody tell me who "Joe the plumber" is and how he is making over two fiddy grand a year cause he is gonna be my new husband!
Hahaha! My friend was a fellow volunteer in Philadelphia, where I flew in April to canvass for Obama. ( Read more... )

politics, funny

Comments 9

dearmisterecho October 16 2008, 18:23:04 UTC

IT'S A PLANT!

This was interesting tri_blog October 16 2008, 20:29:43 UTC

My dad is "Paul the Plumber."

Re: This was interesting dearmisterecho October 16 2008, 20:32:37 UTC

Indeed. The whole time I originally watched the Obama vs. Joe discussion, in the back of my mind I was going "250,000? That's...dude you're not middle class. What are you so upset about?"

Greedy, planted mofo.

Aaand according to DailyKos (grain of salt time), he may be related to Charles Keating:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/10/16/02217/845

Joe is a Libertarian Republican? Great! anonymous October 17 2008, 11:56:13 UTC

This is supposed to be a negative for Joe the Plumber, that he's unlicensed, a registered Republican, and a small business owner who doesn't like regulations.

My gosh. This makes him an even bigger hero! There's a huge backlash going on now against Obama over his redistributionist/socialist remarks. The guy's a Commie, and Americans now know it, thanks to Joe.

Obama's going down.

Re: Joe is a Libertarian Republican? Great! tri_blog October 17 2008, 15:37:21 UTC

He's not a business owner at all. He hopes to be.

Obama wants to bring taxes back to where they were under Bill Clinton, who was not a "Commie" or "Socialist." It's call the "progressive tax," which we Americans have had throughout our history. Very American.

Real Deal on ‘Joe the Plumber’ Reveals New Slant tri_blog October 17 2008, 15:41:42 UTC

Real Deal on ‘Joe the Plumber’ Reveals New Slant (NYT).

McCain/Palin throwing Joe the Plumber under the Straight Talk Express tri_blog October 17 2008, 16:20:25 UTC

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/10/17/105213/44/158/633451

Thread 5

anonymous October 17 2008, 15:19:33 UTC

I'm not sure why you imply that it's bad to have your name misspelled in the voter database. As an election judge myself, I get quite a few people who come in saying, "My name is Smith, but it's going to be spelled Smyth in your book, I've tried to get them to change it so many times and they never do no matter how many corrected forms I fill out ( ... )