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Joe the Plumber lashes out: McCain ‘appalled me,’ ‘I wanted to get off the bus.’
Think Progress —
Joe “the Plumber” Wurzelbacher has a book coming out later this month, called “Joe the Plumber: Fighting for the American Dream.” He previewed it on Glenn Beck’s radio show, revealing that “a lot of liberals are going to love” some of his criticisms about Sen. John McCain (R-AZ). He was particularly angry about McCain’s support for the $700 billion financial bailout:
WURZELBACHER: When I was on the bus with him, I asked him a lot of questions about the bailout because most Americans did not want that to happen. Yet he voted for it. … And I asked him some pretty direct ...
When the feeling’s gone and you can’t go on? It’s a tragedy.
The Poor Man Institute —
And they seemed like such a happy couple:
Joe Wurzelbacher lashed out Tuesday at former GOP presidential nominee John McCain, the man who made Wurzelbacher famous as “Joe the Plumber.”
Wurzelbacher told conservative radio host Glenn Beck that he felt “dirty” after “being on the campaign trail and seeing some of ...
Et Tu, Joe the Plumber?
Political Punch —
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Joe the traitor now flushing good friend John McCain
Top of the Ticket —
Maybe you remember Joe the Wurzelbacher, an Ohio plumber who so sincerely quizzed a campaigning Barack Obama on a Toledo cul-de-sac that his videotaped answers about the Democrat's damaging "tax cuts" attracted the opportunistic eye of Republican John McCain's aides.
Obama, apparently thinking Joe was genuinely concerned about the tax cuts' impact on his professed dream to someday own a small plumbing business, provided a full answer that included mention of redistributing wealth.
The GOP senator promptly took the occasion of the next debate to ...
Ticket Replay: Joe the traitor flushes good pal John McCain
Top of the Ticket —
The Ticket is republishing some of our favorite items during the next two weeks from the reservoir of some 4,000 written since we launched on June 11, 2007. This one originally appeared here on Dec. 10, 2008:
Maybe you remember Joe the Wurzelbacher, an Ohio plumber who so sincerely quizzed a campaigning Barack Obama on a Toledo cul-de-sac that his videotaped answers about the Democrat's damaging "tax cuts" attracted the opportunistic eye of Republican John McCain's aides.
Obama, apparently thinking Joe was genuinely concerned about the tax cuts' ...
