timesonline.co.uk - 10/17/2008
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Barack Obama speaks to plumber Joe Wurzelbacher in Holland, Ohio
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online.wsj.com - 10/17/2008
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"In Wednesday night's debate, John McCain warned that
a group called Acorn is 'on the verge of
maybe perpetrating one of the greatest frauds in voter history' and 'may be destroying the fabric of democracy.' Viewers may have been wondering what Mr. ...
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Is America A Great Country Or What? (Samuel J. Wurzelbacher / Worzelbacher Edition)
The Moderate Voice —
... “disenfranchised by typo.”
His name is spelled Worzelbacher, not Wurzelbacher, on Ohio voter registration rolls, a simple data-entry error that would disqualify from voting in his home state, as well as Florida and Wisconsin.
The balding Wurzelbacher’s smiles have now turned to frowns.
“I don’t have a lot of pull. It’s not like I’m Matt Damon,” he complained.
Oh, and he has yet to talk to McCain.
More here, here and here.
Give me an M! Give me a C! etc. FOX cheerleads for McCain
News Hounds —
... - The media scrutiny (led by bloggers) into "Joe the Plumber" was characterized as unfair, kill the messenger type attacks, character assassination even, rather than investigative reporting of a new face on the national scene. That he misrepresented himself is of no interest to the couch 'tators; bringing Obama's "spread the wealth" soundbite is all that matters. Malkin described the ongoing revelations about him as "JTPDS - Joe the Plumber Derangement Syndrome." She really needs to get some new material. ...
Newsflash to Joe: The Real Plumbers are Endorsing Obama
BuzzFlash.org - Progressive News and Commentary with an Attitude | Fight Ignorance: Read BuzzFlash —
... before any other union had done so. Hamilton said the problems facing his union, as well as the entire country, make Obama a clear choice. Specifically, he said the economy has been dragging down the pensions of union members, and that spiraling health care costs are making it even more difficult for workers to scrape by."We need to get a handle on those issues," Hamilton said. "We think he's going to be very good for the working people." On the other hand, "Joe the plumber" is not a licensed plumber . He's not even a licensed journeyman or plumber's apprentice. His name ...
Joe The War Correspondent
Daily Kos —
... (AP) - Joe The Plumber is putting down his wrenches and picking up a reporter's notebook. The Ohio man who became a household name during the presidential campaign says he is heading to Israel as a war correspondent for the conservative Web site pjtv.com. Samuel J. Wurzelbacher (WUR'-zuhl-bah-kur) says he'll spend 10 days covering the fighting. He tells WNWO-TV in Toledo that he wants to let Israel's "'Average Joes' share their story." So Not-Joe the Not-Plumber has now gone from not-plumbing, to being Joe The Candidate, to ...
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