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John McCain Made Joe the Plumber Feel Dirty
John McCain Made Joe the Plumber Feel Dirty
Man, I swore I was done getting on Joe the Plumber's case after I visited his sad little website , saw that only 14 4 people had registered there to pre-order his book, and yet they still couldn't meet their original publication date. Here's the problem: The guy won't stay off the TV. He gave ...
Report: Joe the Plumber Says McCain 'Appalled' Him - FOXNews.com Transition Tracker
foxnews.com — 'Joe the Plumber' told conservative radio host Glenn Beck on Tuesday that he felt "dirty" after hitting... the campaign trail with Republican presidential nominee John McCain and "seeing some of the things that take place," Politico reported. Joe ... (more) Report: Joe the Plumber Says McCain 'Appalled' Him - ...
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Glenn Beck gets intellectually upstaged by Joe the Plumber, and earns the Media PUTZ award
BuzzFlash.org - Progressive News and Commentary with an Attitude | Fight Ignorance: Read BuzzFlash — ... America. The beauty of being on right-wing talk radio is that you don't have to be right, you just have to be loud. One of the more uninformed of this class is Glenn Beck. But on his December 9 radio program, Beck outdid even himself, but what makes this fun is how Beck got intellectually beaten up -- by Joe the Plumber. Beck and Mr. Plumber were discussing the finer parts of Hillary Clinton and the Constitutional issues as to whether she could become Secretary of State. Here's the intellectual portion of the conversation -- from Joe the Plumber: Hillary Clinton, the whole ...

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