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But meet this six-figure pompatus of plumbing who stole the show in the debate. Fox News gave him three minutes of airtime before the last debate. And another three minutes on Fox and Friends.
Wednesday night, the candidates dropped Joe by name more than two dozen times. ...
Joe Wurzelbacher or Wazerburger or Whatever, "Joe The Plumber," was this debate's "Joe Six-Pack." That's you and me I guess. We're no longer Americans. We're beer drinkers and plumbers.
See, Obama met Wurzelbacher on the trail. Or, you could say, Wurzelbacher cornered Obama on the trail for what's fast becoming a vile err... viral video.
This smells "Carl Roveish" to me. Did someone plant this guy the day before the debate to approach Obama?
"That's the American Dream to me," Wurzelbacher said. "You work hard. You're going to get what you want eventually. It's not going to happen overnight by no means, but if you work hard enough you will get it. I resent the government or Obama's plan to take more away from me."
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By: Marc on 10/21/2008 8:25AM
It boggles my mind at the stupidity of people. If Joe the Plumber had been black, none of us on here would be bashing him one bit. We would be praising him. You say that Wall Street has done nothing for you. Who do you think owns Wal-Mart and that factory? Wall Street. Who owns that little corner store, your neighbor. Who is going to be hurt by these new taxes? Your neighbor that owns that store. Before you get on the internet and start sounding ignorant, do some home work on how the tax system works and how the American economy works. We have struggled for over 100 years to stop being called stupid and treated as such. Most of you on here have no clue. Because Mr. Obama is black, does not mean he is going to be doing us all favors!
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By: ksssmine on 10/21/2008 9:58AM
spread the wealth? You idiots actually think that means give money to the unemployed. Thats your stinking thinking and john mcplayed fed that into your ignorant psyche. No where did the plan call to give anybody anything. It is to STOP giving ADDITIONAL tax cuts and favors and etc etc to those friends of Bush, Dick, Keating and McCain types who get rock hard off of YOU same jack offs paying more taxes (middle class) You let that idiot mold your
head into a big bucket of helium. What is sooooo funny is that the ones with the biggest amount of indignance have never, and will never make that amount of money in the next 8 years or in a lifetime, and would benefit from the tax plan (including Joe the planted plumber) McLie got you so brainwashed that YOU actually believe that YOU will reach the American dream and this would affect YOU. Sure there is a snowballs chance in hell that YOU would make 250,000 up from your 35-40,000 bucks a year within the next 8 years but c'mon people...Right now the middle class and the single have been paying ALL of the taxes while wall street gets fatter. How can you actually advocate against yourselves for a dream that you wont be able to even obtain if you keep paying ALL OF THE TAXES. Let the ones who America just bailed out finally pay their fair share!
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By: Bianca' on 10/27/2008 4:31PM
Joe the Plummer is a Racist! He was just trying to destory Obama in front of people but all I got to say is God has the last vote!
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