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Schaffer and Joe the Plumber related by marriage :  Elections : The Rocky Mountain News
Schaffer and Joe the Plumber related by marriage : Elections : The Rocky Mountain News
Bob the U.S. Senate candidate, it turns out, is related by marriage to Joe the Plumber. Joseph Wurzelbacher, the now-famous Ohio plumber referenced by Republican presidential candidate John McCain in the last presidential debate, has a family connection to GOP Senate candidate Bob Schaffer. But ...
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theglobeandmail.com — HOLLAND, Ohio — Forget Joe Six-Pack. It's all about Joe the Plumber. The most talked about man... in the U.S. presidential election is now a 34-year-old Ohio resident otherwise known as Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher. He was referenced more than 20 times in ... (more) Joe the Plumber isn't
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TPM Election Central — ... The Rocky Mountain News reports that GOP Senate candidate Bob Schaffer, who has been abandoned by his national party in the face of bad poll numbers, is related by marriage to Joe "The Plumber" Wurzelbacher. This actually makes a lot of sense -- Schaffer's campaign is in the toilet. ...

Ooh: Joe the plumber and Bob Schaffer, related
Anne Schroeder's Blog — ... Joe the Plumber and Bob the Colorado Senate Challenger - related by marriage says the Rocky Mountain News. By marriage. (There was also a blog out there saying that Joe the Plumber is related to....wait for it.......Charles Keating by marriage, so this is going around.) However, Big Oil Bob says it's true: ...

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