latimesblogs.latimes.com - 10/31/2008
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Although it might seem like Joe “the Plumber” Wurzelbacher is everywhere these days, he wasn't at John MCain's rally this morning in the small town of Defiance, Ohio.
Except that nobody told the Republican presidential nominee that.
And so, in the midst of his speech, McCain called out ...
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firstread.msnbc.msn.com - 10/30/2008
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From NBC/NJ's Adam Aigner-Treworgy DEFIANCE, Ohio -- "Where
is Joe? Is Joe here with us today?" That's
the question John McCain asked roughly 6,000 people at Defiance Junior High School here this morning, But the correct answer was no -- Joe ...
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Joe? Where did you go?
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... Conservatives may love Joe the Plumber and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R), but both of them are hurting John McCain's campaign just four days before the election, according to liberal bloggers. Conservative bloggers write that the press is the group that's hurting McCain. The plumber failed to show up at a McCain rally in Ohio, even though McCain was expecting him. While Joe Wurzelbacher and the McCain campaign traded blame for the gaffe, one thing for sure is that it flustered the candidate, who badly flubbed one of his attack lines at the rally, notes ...
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