What would a ramp up to election season be if we didn't have Joe the Plumber news? Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher swept into America's political consciousness in 2008 after a run-in with then candidate Barack Obama regarding his small business tax policy, thrusting "Joe the Plumber" into the spotlight as a metaphorical stand in for the middle class. Wurzelbacher jumped on his newly appointed images and milked his popularity into gigs as a writer, motivational speaker, and political commentator...Read Full Story
Cleaning out the "Shiz" in the Capitol From Eric Dondero: Various media are reporting that Joe Wurzelbacher will run for the 9th congressional district seat for 2012, as a Republican. From NewsMax : Wurzelbacher has filed papers to run as a Republican in Ohio’s newly drawn 9th District, where Obama scored nearly two-thirds of the vote and where antiwar leftist Dennis Kucinich and trade protectionist/socialist Marcy Kaptur will face off in the Democrat primary, the Los Angeles Times reports...Read Full Story
It seems Samuel Wurzelbacher, a.k.a. "Joe the Plumber," is planning to run for Ohio’s 9th Congressional District. Wurzelbacher made the announcement Tuesday evening at a Hungarian restaurant in Toledo. (Gotta be a joke there, but I'm too tired to come up with it.) He'll be running as a Republican.
Apparently his 15 minutes of fame during the 2008 presidential election didn't quench his thirst for the limelight. Don't get me wrong. It's not that I begrudge him the right to enter into...Read Full Story
Joe the Plumber was in Springfield, Missouri, making an appearance at an Allen Icet campaign rally. The good people at the Icet campaign invited me to the rally, and I was in for a treat. When the event was announced about a month ago, I accused the campaign and Joe the Plumber of astroturf. Nothing could have been farther from the truth. Joe the Plumber has become one heck of a motivational speaker for the average man celebrating liberty and freedom--hoping you will take charge of what the...Read Full Story
One of my favorite hangouts in Kenosha, Wisconsin, is the Brat Stop. It's hard not to live in or near Wisconsin and not have an appreciation for bratwurst. The Brat Stop features some exotic brats like wild game brats, so it's definitely worth the stop. It was where the Spending Revolt bus ended up just a couple days after pulling out of Doling Park in Springfield, MO. While Billy Long didn't impress too many people and kept his lips closed during his appearance at the Spending Revolt, not...Read Full Story
WASHINGTON -- HuffPost's Zach Carter and Howard Fineman on Friday spoke with Joseph Wurzelbacher at the 2012 Conservative Political Action Conference. Wurzelbacher is also known as "Joe the Plumber," a name he was dubbed during the 2008 presidential campaign when he was portrayed as a symbol of middle-class America.CPAC is a major annual event for the conservative movement, and on Friday GOP presidential candidates Rick Santorum, Mitt Romney...
... presidential race is endorsing a familiar name in the 2008 presidential election. Former Republican candidate Herman Cain told the crowd that he is supporting Ohio congressional candidate Samuel "Joe" Wurzelbacher, also known as "Joe the Plumber".
1. Obama is a socialist.
This myth began with a 2008 campaign stop in Ohio, when then-Sen. Obama was caught on tape telling Joe Wurzelbacher (“Joe the Plumber”) that we needed to “spread the wealth around.” Sen. John McCain said that “sounded a lot like socialism” and cited the quote often during the campaign.
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When Joe the Plumber Samuel Wurzelbacher announced he was running for Congress against Democratic incumbent Marcy Kaptur, the big question was why he'd bother. As David Nir wrote, Ohio's "new 9th District was drawn as a deliberate Democratic vote sink ... It's a clever gerrymander, which means any Republican who would try to run here just isn't very clever at all."
But it turns out Wurzelbacher had a solid plan, in the grand tradition of...
WASHINGTON — The president is a socialist. This myth began with a 2008 campaign stop in Ohio, when then-Sen. Barack Obama was caught on tape telling Joe Wurzelbacher ("Joe the Plumber") that we needed to "spread the wealth around." His Republican ...
This myth began with a 2008 campaign stop in Ohio, when then-Sen. Barack Obama was caught on tape telling Joe Wurzelbacher (“Joe the Plumber”) that we needed to “spread the wealth around.” Sen. John McCain said that “sounded a lot like ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- GOP congressional candidate Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher of Holland ... along with first-time candidate Graham Veysey of Cleveland. Kraus reports that he and Wurzelbacher were both endorsed by the Ohio Right to Life Society's ...
"Joe the Plumber" is Joe Wurzelbacher, a plumber from Ohio who approached Barack Obama about his tax system. "Joe the Plumber" became a buzz phrase used during the third debate between Barack Obama and Senator McCain Oct. 15, 2008.
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Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama fought over their tax plans and promised to help working Americans like "Joe the plumber" early in their final presidential debate on Wednesd