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 the Plumber was nowhere to be found.
There are conflicting reports about where or when or if Joe will appear with McCain at some point during his two-day bus tour of Ohio, but the candidate clearly thought that he was meeting him here in Defiance, the ...
rasmussenreports.com - 10/29/2008
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rasmussenreports.com —
After several weeks of John McCain’s campaign attacks
on Barack Obama’s tax plan and idea of “spreading...
the wealth around”, the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds voters trust McCain more than Obama on taxes, 47% to 45%. Two ...
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McCain Trusted More on Taxes and Economy
bostonherald.com - 10/30/2008
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bostonherald.com —
erosmith has generally left the politics to bands
like U2 and the Dixie Chicks, but axeman Joe...
Perry says national security and economic woes have prompted him to split from the rest of the entertainment world and throw his support behind John McCain. ...
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Aerosmith’s Joe Perry walks this way with John McCain
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John McCain Gets Stood Up By Joe The Plumber
Daily Kos —
Now this is hilarious: John McCain calls on Joe The Plumber to stand up and be recognized...but Joe's nowhere to be found, and it confuses the hell out of McCain. Joe must have been trying to get a record deal or something... h/t: Joe Sudbay of AMERICAblog Update (9:43AM): In the comments, Trix noted that two-thirds of the crowd were bused in school students: A local school district official confirmed after the event that of the 6,000 people ...
McCain Camp Busses In School Kids To Fill Crowd
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... But that rally featured another embarrassing moment, one that illustrates a far more troubling dynamic for the Republican ticket. The McCain campaign actually had to bus in school kids from the surrounding area in order to fill the event. As reported by MSNBC: ...
McCain Camp Busses In School Kids To Fill Crowd
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed —
... But that rally featured another embarrassing moment, one that illustrates a far more troubling dynamic for the Republican ticket. The McCain campaign actually had to bus in school kids from the surrounding area in order to fill the event. As reported by MSNBC: ...
No Show Joe: A Haiku
The Atlantic Politics Channel —
"Joe is
with us today," Joe. Where are ya? Where is Joe? Is Joe here with us?
Joe the Plumber Stands Up John McCain
PoliGazette —
... Not only did Wurzelbacher fail to show up, reports indicate that virtually every other McCain supporter in Ohio - because he and Obama are virtually tied in this key battleground state - also neglected to travel to the rally. In the end, the McCain campaign felt forced to bring students to the rally. ...
When I'm President, Kids WON'T Be Pulled Out of Class to Attend Hack Rallies
Hoffmania! —
... Um...I'd be pretty pissed if I were the parent of one of them. Use my child as a political prop? No way, old man. A local school district official confirmed after the event that of the
6,000 people estimated by the fire marshal to be in attendance this
morning, more than 4,000 were bused in from schools in the area. The
entire 2,500-student Defiance School District was in attendance, the
official said, in addition to at least three other schools from
neighboring districts, one of which sent 14 buses. ...
Where Is Joe the Plumber?
N/A —
“Joe’s with us today. Joe where are ya? Where is Joe? Is Joe here with us today? Joe, I thought you were here today.“ Joe the Plumber was No Show Joe.
John McCain wants to know where his new best buddy Joe is. Where is Joe the Plumber?
Guess. Guess really hard. ‘“Well, you’re all Joe the Plumber…“
Remainders: Joe the surrogate
Jonathan Martin's Blog —
Palin gets in trouble for celebrating the Phillies in Pirates-Indians country.
Kit Bond warns about judges who over-empathize with "the gay."
Most of McCain's audience were bused-in schoolchildren.
Early voting takes nation by storm.
McCain-Palin campaign snubs the president of Penn State.
George the Sunday Show Host reminds that not only is tomorrow Halloween, but also the Freaky Friday before Election Day
Lily-white Montana considers voting for a black ...
Ashs & Ashs: McCain Campaign Staffer Asked To Choose Between Prison And Seeking Mental Health Treatment
DownWithTyranny! —
... Today a woman who was about to rise to the ranks of a Joe the Plumber in the McCain-Palin hagiology, Ashley the Campaign Worker/Martyr, was ...
Desperate times call for desperate measures
WTF Is It Now?!? —
... An Ohio school district official confirmed that of the 6,000 people present at a McCain rally, 4,000 were bused in from schools in the area. The entire 2,500-student Defiance School District was in attendance, the official said, in addition to at least three other schools from neighboring districts, one of which sent 14 buses. ...
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First Read 10/30/2008
From NBC/NJ's Athena Jones SARASOTA, Fla. -- At an early vote rally in a county President Bush won the last two elections, Obama talked about new data showing an economic slowdown, saying they were a result of the failed, trickle-down ...
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