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Joe the Plumber was on Welfare (video)
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But he thinks Obama hates America because he wants to take away his money. Or something like that. He really doesn't make any sense at all
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columbusdispatch.com - 11/1/2008
State employee says she was ordered to check out Joe the Plumber
— columbusdispatch.com — Niekamp didn't know she just had checked on "Joe the Plumber," who was elevated the night before... to presidential politics prominence as Republican John McCain's example in a debate of an average American. (more) State employee says she was ordered to check out Joe the ...

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secureourdream.com - 11/6/2008
Joe The Plumber - SecureOurFreedom.com - Home
— secureourdream.com — A Message From Joe . . . Congratulations to Barack Obama. The American electorate has decided that... you will be our next president. As I have stated, I will honor and support my president, but there will be no free ride. When President-Elect Obama ... (more) Joe The Plumber - SecureOurFreedom.com - Home

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Politics Daily:  Joe the 'Plumber:' Fellow Traveler

d r i f t g l a s s:  I wonder what Ronald Reagan

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Joe the 'Plumber:' Fellow Traveler
Politics Daily — Filed under: Republicans, Barack Obama, John McCain, Featured Stories, GaffesMan, it doesn't get any better than this. Joe the Plumbing Hobbyist, who thinks a 3% marginal tax increase for people who earn a quarter-mil per is socialism (He checked it in the Webster dictionary, whatever that is), is himself a "fellow traveler." That's right, folks, Joe the Wrench Jockey was once a lazy, no-good recipient of other people's hard-earned tax dollars. Mine, in fact. So, when Joe says he "supports" liberals so we can be "more vocal," he must be referring to some kind of moral support. (h/t Crooks and ...

I wonder what Ronald Reagan
d r i f t g l a s s — Would call a welfare mooching... Minority... Operating under an assumed name... Who cheats on his taxes... Doesn't have a license or training for his "business"... Spouts hateful, ignorant nonsense about the President Elect of this great country... And has glommed onto a gig as the entourage filler-outer of some rich guy... If he were a "strapping young buck" of African American descent And not the White Right's Skinhead Hero Du Jour? ...

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