McCain forgets that Joe the Plumber isn’t at his rally: ‘Where is Joe?’
By on Oct 30th, 2008 at 11:02 am
McCain forgets that Joe the Plumber isn’t at his rally: ‘Where is Joe?’
At a rally today in Ohio, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) accused Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) of wanting to “spread the wealth.” McCain then summoned Joe the Plumber, who wasn’t even in the audience:
McCAIN: That’s only because Joe the Plumber asked [Obama] the right questions right here in Ohio. … Joe’s with us today. Joe, where are you? Where is Joe? Is Joe here with us today? Joe, I thought you were here today.
[CROSSTALK]
McCAIN: All right, well you’re all Joe the Plumbers, so all of you stand up!
Watch it:
Update Joe Sudbay writes: "Maybe Joe was meeting with his PR team trying to get his country music deal. No matter, even Joe the Plumber has gotten what he can out of John McCain."
Update McCain staffers tell ABC News that it was "a simple mix up" and Joe "will join the campaign at a Thursday evening event."
Update Dana Bash updates:
McCain aides called it a “miscommunication,” but once I got on the bus I called Wurzelbacher myself and asked him what really happened. He told me that he had hoped to come to the morning rally, but that no one from McCain’s campaign ever called him back to confirm, Bigger ooops.
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Grampy, Grampy, Grampy!!! You’re embarrassing me, man!!!!
October 30th, 2008 at 11:04 amjoe was in the john tappin’ his toes for Sen. Larry Craig. Seems like he isn’t a “plumber” in the usual sense of the word.
October 30th, 2008 at 11:05 amJoe has an agent now, John, or hadn’t you heard?
October 30th, 2008 at 11:05 amSarah had him dressed up as a lumberjack yesterday, who knows what the RNC has him decked out as today.
Joe was with his agent working on plan to negotiate a book deal so he can pay off his back taxes.
October 30th, 2008 at 11:09 amDoes anyone know how much the RNC has budgeted for “Joe”?
Did they pay for the lumberjack costume he wears?
Who pays for his travel expenses?
How is he earning a living now that he is stumping for McCain?
Just asking.
No wonder he supports McCain!
October 30th, 2008 at 11:09 am“Joe Joe left his home in Findlay, Ohio..
October 30th, 2008 at 11:12 amFor some Alaskan ass…
Get back, get back, get back to where you once belonged…”
Joe was out getting his ass waxed for his next Palin rally appearance – he’s got high hopes since she touched his elbow at that last one…
October 30th, 2008 at 11:12 amalright, all politics aside, can we really afford a SENILE President right now? Come on, John, at least try to and FAKE some lucidity.
October 30th, 2008 at 11:15 amMcCain: Lets all give Joe a round of applause for what he’s done for America.
WTF!?! What exactly has that fraud done for America John?
October 30th, 2008 at 11:15 amCorrection: that’s Joe-the-unlicensed-plumber
October 30th, 2008 at 11:16 amIf any American can’t see the difference between McCain and Obama, your Fu*& en blind, stupid, ignorant, fool!!!
The country is on the edge of a cliff and we have an idiot who plays to joe the plumber. Small minds, small thoughts, small ideas. It’s time for the geeks to take the rains again…and the idiots…it’s time to go back into the woods.
October 30th, 2008 at 11:16 amJoe’s agent got him a gig as chief greeter at the Mr. Clean convention. And he said the new earring made him feel like Joe the Pirate. Arrrr.
October 30th, 2008 at 11:16 amthe perpetual ’senior moment’
isn’t there another word for that??
October 30th, 2008 at 11:17 amLOL! You doddering old man! Release those medical records! Beware of this delusional fool, the next time he mentions Joe the Plumber he’ll strip down to his underwear and point to his winkie.
October 30th, 2008 at 11:18 amCompare your financial plan under McCain vs. Obama.
http://www.planwithvoyant.com
What I find interesting is that tax cuts make a small difference in my long-term outlook, while market growth and inflation have a huge impact on my nest egg. The public attention given to tax breaks makes no sense to me. I’m voting for the candidate who will grow the U.S. economy and keep inflation down.
October 30th, 2008 at 11:21 amand just when we finally get rid of ClusterTim…
October 30th, 2008 at 11:22 amUnrelated thought: Does anybody else think that Repub “news anchor” in the Ad above for The Progess Report look like that woman in the film “Brazil” who gets the face lift? Or is that Joan Rivers? Mrs. Goebbels on botox?
October 30th, 2008 at 11:23 amOnce this nonsense is over, I’m going to love reading in Howie Kurtz’s column, or somewhere, just how “Joe” was planted by the GOP. If there ever was a plant, it’s this guy. Enjoy your 600 seconds of fame, because next Tuesday you will become the future answer to the $800 question on Jeopardy under the category: Republican Operatives.
October 30th, 2008 at 11:25 amChuck Graham stand up….. Chuck stand up….. Oh.. God what am I talking about!! Everybody stand up for Chuck HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA The gaffe that will live forever!!! HAHAHAHAHAHA
October 30th, 2008 at 11:26 amso if we vote for
mcsame we all
become joe the plumbers?
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i’m voting for the candidate
that doesn’t promise that.
:)
October 30th, 2008 at 11:29 amI can’t hold “Joe’s” frenzied, frantic grasp at the brass ring of fame and/or fortune against him.
America has become a lottery culture.
Merit has become irrelevant.
Nothing matters but luck.
If the light falls on you, dance for all you’re worth, sing, tell a story, and worry about your reputation on the way to the bank…
If you get the chance, mount the elephant or he tiger or whatever metaphor you choose, and ride it as far as you can.
You’ll only get one MAIN chance…
October 30th, 2008 at 11:31 amBam_Bam Says please don’t talk about mccain….lets talk about something else for a couple of days.
October 30th, 2008 at 11:31 amBam_Bam
Need to try harder, loser.
5 days and counting until the GOP is officially a third party.
October 30th, 2008 at 11:31 amQuite the freak show act the McCain campaign has become.
October 30th, 2008 at 11:32 amWhat’s next, a chorus line of trolls?
bam_bam,
nov. 4th.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
enjoy.
*
thank you.
:)
October 30th, 2008 at 11:32 amBam_Bam
At least the guy Biden was referring to was ACTUALLY IN THE AUDIENCE AT THE TIME.
October 30th, 2008 at 11:32 am“Joe” was with Sarah bouncing ideas off one another for their post-November 4th career paths.
October 30th, 2008 at 11:36 amI think I may be even more bored with old Sam Joe than I am with Ms. Palin. They both started out as amusing sideshows but it is way overdue for the freakshow to move out of town
October 30th, 2008 at 11:37 amClean coal technology??? Yet another lie, there IS no such thing as clean coal technology.
October 30th, 2008 at 11:38 amUncle Fester Lurks Says:
Your buddy B.O. believes in it.
October 30th, 2008 at 11:41 amJoe’s off getting his Master’s degree at RNC Narrative School.
Next time you see him, Joe will be wearing a suit, talking about public/private partnerships and Middle East democracy.
October 30th, 2008 at 11:41 amProof positive that joe the plumber doesn’t know what’s good for his own best interests is looking for a recording contract. That’s sooooo 1990’s.
Much more money to be made by self publishing on the net; particularly if you’ve got an active fan base to buy direct.
But I guess conservatives don’t get the bottom-up tubes thing, do they? They just don’t get democracy.
October 30th, 2008 at 11:41 amJoe the plumber. WTF?
I cannot believe they are sticking w/ this grift.
Oh, and “bam_bam.” Your name is a bit over the top for a sniveler like yourself. You should stick to something that’s more in line with the current republican party, including you and this Joe the plumber flunky.
how about… tap_tap?
October 30th, 2008 at 11:41 amHey, Bam Bi – I sure hope you’ll stop by here on November 5th – so we can laugh our friggin’ asses off at you.
xoxox,
~A
October 30th, 2008 at 11:45 amGet this straight, Troll, Barack Obama is not our ‘buddy’ or our ‘pal,’ he is our CANDIDATE. We don’t like everything about him (at least I don’t, sorry, I don’t mean to speak for others) but he is still a damn sight better than the alternative.
I WISH this race was between Ron Paul and Dennis Kucinich but c’est la vie.
Barack Obama also doesn’t support Gay Marriage, which though I am straight, really pisses me off about him. I will still vote for the man because McCain is worse.
All the things that tick you off about the candidate you vote for are what CONGRESS is supposed to be for in some ways.
So once again, piss off troll.
October 30th, 2008 at 11:45 amNevar Says:
Sarah had him dressed up as a lumberjack yesterday…
_____________
Cue up music… 3… 2… 1…
“He’s a lumberjack and he’s okay…”
October 30th, 2008 at 11:46 am“Joe the Mascot”
October 30th, 2008 at 11:46 amBam_Bam Says:
Your buddy B.O. believes in it.
Your mom is tired of your B.O.
October 30th, 2008 at 11:48 amI can’t remember who started this a day or so ago, it was either here or on C&L, but after this election season is FINALLY over we need to start a “Retired Words, Phrases, Memes, and Narratives List.”
This list includes:
Anyone else want to add some?
October 30th, 2008 at 11:53 amLeftside Annie Says:
I’m going to love the disappointment on the faces of the kool-aid drinkers when they realize this guy is an empty suit politician just like all the rest of em, and a great deal worse. HAHAHAHAHAHA
October 30th, 2008 at 11:54 amB.O. says absolutely nothing better than anyone I have ever seen.
Awe, poor GOOP. The “party of wealth creation” can’t even run their own 30-minute ad. I guess the power of small donations is evident over calling up fortune 500 companies, huh troll?
October 30th, 2008 at 11:54 amThis whole “Joe T. Plumber” thing is really getting old.
October 30th, 2008 at 11:55 amGlad to see you’ve got your talking points from Ed Rogers already. You right-wingers are so predictable and pathetic.
October 30th, 2008 at 11:56 amBam_Bam Says:
B.O. says absolutely nothing better than anyone I have ever seen.
____________
Whilst what you say is correct, Bill O’Rielly is NOT the topic of this thread.
Try again, and please choose an adult name.
October 30th, 2008 at 11:56 amFrom the Daily Show video of the town hall debate:
McBane wandering the stage aimlessly, mumbling, “Mr. Puddles? Mr. Puddles, I have snausages.”
October 30th, 2008 at 11:56 amMcWars Says:
It was a horrible idea and I think it will have the opposite affect on actual voters. It was a play right out of Nazi Germany propaganda playbook.
October 30th, 2008 at 11:59 amNot even Joe the Plummer showed up for McCain even in his own State of Ohio. Looks like Sarah Palin and Joe the Plummer have moved on. Joe most likely got fired for letting the World know he’s not licensed nor is the company he worked for, plus that 1,100 lean on his house. Sarah now has a base that she created to run for President in 2012 and spent as much as possible for the Palin Family. Sarah knows she will lose her job in Alaska so she’s sitting up shop in DC. Now yes Sarah’s base are made of nuts and kooks but they come in large numbers to her rallies and call themselves Republicans.
October 30th, 2008 at 11:59 amBam_Bam Says:
Leftside Annie Says:
I’m going to love the disappointment on the faces of the kool-aid drinkers when they realize this guy is an empty suit politician just like all the rest of em, and a great deal worse. HAHAHAHAHAHA
The GOP is not in any position to rate the party above them, but how, exactly, would Obama turn out to be an “empty suit politician” under your guidelines? Answer the question or return to the daunting task of counting your droppings scattered on the basement floor.
B.O. says absolutely nothing better than anyone I have ever seen.
That’s because you’re unable to understand him. After all, you speak trollish.
October 30th, 2008 at 12:00 pmBam_Bam Says:
Leftside Annie Says:
I’m going to love the disappointment on the faces of the kool-aid drinkers when they realize this guy is an empty suit politician just like all the rest of em, and a great deal worse. HAHAHAHAHAHA
B.O. says absolutely nothing better than anyone I have ever seen.
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so you don’t mcsame’s
gonna win either, eh?
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good luck.
#
October 30th, 2008 at 12:01 pmActually, give MyCane his props…he hasn’t drifted off and called him “Jim the Plumber” or “Joe the Shoe Maker”….yet.
My guess is that this time next year we’ll be hearing whispers of the name Johnnie Mc and Oldtimer’s Disease in the same sentence.
October 30th, 2008 at 12:03 pmAnyone else want to add some?
“you betcha”
October 30th, 2008 at 12:03 pm“my friends”
talby
I’m voting for the candidate who will grow the U.S. economy and keep inflation down.
Enlighten us Jim – who do you think that this will be? Job export proponent McCain?
October 30th, 2008 at 12:04 pm47. stewarjt
McCain: “I will veto every single beer…er…um…”
McCain on MTP: “Henry Kissinger, Jim Baker, Larry Eagleberger, Al Hague…uh…he he, ha…ehhh…um…uhhhh…Jim Baker, Henry Kissinger, Al Hague, Larry Eagleberger…and one other…um…” later in interview “George Schultz!! George Schultz is the other guy.”
McCain: “My fellow prisoners…”
October 30th, 2008 at 12:04 pmSo you just live in the slim hope of enjoying someone else’s misery?…….what does that make you?
October 30th, 2008 at 12:06 pmBam_Bam Says:
I’ve got nothing. Look away – look at the CAPS
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAOHHHHBOOOOHOOOOOOOOHAHAWEEPWEEPWAHHHHHHH!!!
Nice try you troll. McCain/Palin are walking gaffes who trot out tax cheat Joe the Unlicensed Plumber when they can find him.
October 30th, 2008 at 12:06 pmBam_Bam Says:
It was a horrible idea and I think it will have the opposite affect on actual voters.
Ever the political strategist, the stupid troll. Of course you think it’s a horrible idea, it summed up the GOP-inflicted pain on average Americans. You intended for it all to remain under the rug.
It was a play right out of Nazi Germany propaganda playbook.
Wow. Black is white. Pain is pleasure. War is peace. Just accuse those in the right of doing what you know (or what others know) you’re doing wrong.
October 30th, 2008 at 12:07 pmMcWars Says:
The GOP is not in any position to rate the party above them, but how, exactly, would Obama turn out to be an “empty suit politician” under your guidelines?
None of B.O.’s past backs up his claim of change. His rise to power is indicative of business as usual politics. Look at how he forced Alice Palmer off of the ballot in Illinois.
October 30th, 2008 at 12:07 pmShe’s the former state senator who picked Obama to be her successor back in the mid-90s.
Why does
October 30th, 2008 at 12:07 pmJohn the Liar
John the Hypocrite
John the Fraud
keep addressing Americans as if they are five years old?
Joe the non-plumber who reneged on his taxes.
Yeah, I guess that is a little long.
Seriously though, at first I thought it was a dumb McCain stunt that went too far to bring him into the limelight. Then I went to wondering if Joe was just taking advantage of an opportunity.
Now I wonder if the whole thing had been a set up with prior collusion?
Anyone else feel the same ?
October 30th, 2008 at 12:07 pmThanks Bam Bam but I am well aware who she ias. Me thinks you just learned this though since you have been trying to drop this over and over again today. Is it possible you ran across the rontline biographies episode?
October 30th, 2008 at 12:11 pmBam_Bam Says:
McWars Says:
The GOP is not in any position to rate the party above them, but how, exactly, would Obama turn out to be an “empty suit politician” under your guidelines?
None of B.O.’s past backs up his claim of change. His rise to power is indicative of business as usual politics. Look at how he forced Alice Palmer off of the ballot in Illinois.
She’s the former state senator who picked Obama to be her successor back in the mid-90s.
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yeah, and he’s a
socialist too.
:)
October 30th, 2008 at 12:12 pmI’d just like to make a point about so-called elitism. Liberals are supposed to be effete, gourmet-eating, late-sipping idiots who are out of touch with “real” Americans. Yet, it is John McCain (multi millionaire, longtime Senator) who is happy to reduce us all to what our quaint working class occupation is. “Joe the plumber”, “Bill the rancher”, “Bob the mechanic”….whatever. Where supposed to have good, happy, “salt of the earth”, American thoughts when considering us, the working classes. It’s all just such bullshit. It’s the same thing when Palin says “we grow good people in small towns…” This is the kind of shit that we’ve gotten for the last eight years so it’s no surprise that we’re just so used to it. If that’s not elite, condescending and pandering, then I don’t know what is.
-B
p.s. What if “Joe the plumber” had been “José”?
October 30th, 2008 at 12:13 pmSo you are a socialist like palen?
October 30th, 2008 at 12:13 pmSince there are 6 days left until the big voting day, I would really like the candidates to focus on really important issues such as global poverty. According to The Borgen Project:
October 30th, 2008 at 12:14 pm$30 billion: Annual shortfall to end world hunger.
$540 billion: Annual U.S. Defense Budget.
Brain_Dead Says:
Now you’re just babbling troll. If I ever heard the sound of a last gasp, the GOP is that sound. I don’t care what you think about the democratic candidate, you will never call him qualified in your neopartisan world. You are unimportant and circling the drain. Not to mention, you don’t know shit about running a campaign.
Tea time is over, troll.
RIP
October 30th, 2008 at 12:16 pm1980-2008
When I think of the GOP and Plumbers, I flash on Nixon, not Joe. Maybe I need an update.
October 30th, 2008 at 12:18 pmWhat is most stunning about this is that McCain thinks a guy who says a vote for Obama means death of Israel is a campaign asset. I don’t know how these people can get any more wretched, but I’m sure they’re working on it — maybe a Liddy Dole-style ad with outtakes of Jeremiah Wright & Louis Farrakahn ending in a picture of Obama in ‘Muslim’ garb & a ‘blackety-black’ voiceover saying ‘death to Jesus.’ There are lots of possibilities they must be mulling now — better not give them any ideas.
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October 30th, 2008 at 12:21 pmFred Says:
I don’t like the idea of taking money from one segment of society and giving it to another.
October 30th, 2008 at 12:22 pmBam_Bam Says:
None of B.O.’s past backs up his claim of change. His rise to power is indicative of business as usual politics.
WRONG!!
His meteoric rise hasn’t been attributable to crony-ism and inheritance. His education and career weren’t propped up by his parents. His work as a community organizer is different then spending 26 years as a Washington insider with little to show for it.
His “rise to power” seems to buck the trend of cronyism and fraternization that McCain the Fake Maverick stands for.
October 30th, 2008 at 12:23 pmBam_Bam Says:
Fred Says:
I don’t like the idea of taking money from one segment of society and giving it to another.
Fine. You’re an anti-American, anti-tax dolt. How do you propose we pay our firefighters and cops? Where does the money come from? How are we going to pay for infrastructure? You don’t have a clue of what you’re talking about and your selfishness is pig-headed and disgusting.
October 30th, 2008 at 12:24 pmDr. Hussein Matt Says:
If B.O. wins i’m going to close my business and get out of the stock market, and try to get a Govt job.
October 30th, 2008 at 12:25 pmDr. Hussein Matt Says:
Bam_Bam Says:
I don’t like the idea of taking money from one segment of society and giving it to another.
Then the military, police, and fire department should work for free? jebus, you reich-wingers are pathetic.
Even further than that…apparently, Bam_Bam thinks we need to return to the barter system? That all goods and services should be free? What? The transference of money from “one segment of society to another” can also be used to describe commerce.
BB you anti-American DB.
October 30th, 2008 at 12:27 pmIf we’re “all Joe the plumbers” then what does Joe represent?
October 30th, 2008 at 12:28 pmBam_Bam Says:
Dr. Hussein Matt Says:
If B.O. wins i’m going to close my business and get out of the stock market, and try to get a Govt job.
You’re lucky Obama isn’t a partisan moron like Bush…if he goes about politicizing the gov’t like your apparent hero, you’d be SOL on the gov’t job front.
What kind of business do you do anyway? Do you pay people for their work? Aren’t they, as employees, from a different “segment of society” than you are? Why on Earth would you violate your principles by transferring money between “segments”?
October 30th, 2008 at 12:29 pmSo, Bam_Bi, tell me – would you let a senile old man perform brain surgery on you (that, of course, posits that you *have* a brain)…?
No? Whyever not?
After all, you’re here advocating that a senile old man run our nation…
October 30th, 2008 at 12:30 pmOctober 30th, 2008 at 12:30 pm
There is no way on this earth that meathead sam joe the plumber’s gopher represents me in any way shape or form
October 30th, 2008 at 12:30 pmBam_Bam, are you Joe the Unlicensed Plumber? Shouldn’t you have been at the rally? Or are you still trying to earn more McCain points by trolling?
October 30th, 2008 at 12:32 pmbam+bam,
stephen colbert
endorses barack obama.
now what?
^
btw – the chupacabra is
a desert creature.
#
thank you.
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October 30th, 2008 at 12:32 pmGood. One less GOP call center to worry about.
October 30th, 2008 at 12:33 pmconservatism has failed again. It is the politics of despots and monarchs throughout history and is doomed to eventual failure.
If you are a member of an advancing society then you accept the responsibility of a government to it’s citizens.
Only tyrants think like you do. You are an embarrassment as a human being.
October 30th, 2008 at 12:33 pmDr. Hussein Matt Says:
Last I checked policemen and firemen actually provide a service. Segments of society that just get checks with no obligations to perform any type of social service or duty is very unfair.
October 30th, 2008 at 12:35 pmBam_Bam Says:
I don’t like the idea of taking money from one segment of society and giving it to another.
But taking money from the cherished oil companies and giving it to every man/woman/child in Alaska is exempt from the GOP socialism scare. Understandable, Caribou Barbie is the next leader of your soon-to-be third party.
BTW, basement dweller, the middle class has been giving their wealth to the rich for years. Having their tax breaks returned to them for their sweat, blood and tears is a handout in your book, but giving tax breaks to corner-office honchos is A-OK. Not that I’d expect a smarmy piece of shit like you to understand.
Don’t worry, the scurry middle class WILL NOT confiscate your Cheetos supply.
October 30th, 2008 at 12:35 pmMcCain’s entire economic plan hinges on small business owners and yet he couldn’t find an actual small business owner. That’s because anybody who actually has a small business that hires other people knows that McCain’s premise is crap.
October 30th, 2008 at 12:37 pmYou mean like palen giving alaskan’s money every year just because they are “alaskans”
Exactly what service did they provide?
October 30th, 2008 at 12:40 pm“Whos gonna ride that chrome three wheeler
October 30th, 2008 at 12:40 pmWhos gonna make that first mistake
Who wants to wear those gypsy leathers
All the way to fire lake
Who wants to break the news about uncle joe
You remember uncle joe
He was the one afraid to cut the cake
Who wants to tell poor aunt sarah
Joes run off to fire lake
Joes run off to fire lake”
“Fire Lake”
words and music by Bob Seger
Bam_Bam Says:
If B.O. wins i’m going to close my business and get out of the stock market, and try to get a Govt job.
Eight years of GOP corruption is enough. Pink slips are going out to GOP loons on January 20th. What makes you think a dem majority will be hiring more of them? There’s no chance you’re going to work for our government.
October 30th, 2008 at 12:40 pmThe era of incompetence in government is over. You will be denied a job with the government and it won’t be based on the color of your skin anymore. It will be because you lack the basic critical thinking skills to be involved.
You kinda remind me of ol brownie. Where is he these days?
October 30th, 2008 at 12:46 pmLeftside Annie Says:
So, Bam_Bi, tell me – would you let a senile old man perform brain surgery on you (that, of course, posits that you *have* a brain)…?
Would you let some kid right out of med school do the most complicated brain surgery in medical history? When you ask him what experience does he have with this type of surgery he says. “I have never done this type of work before but I have a mentor that hates this profession with a passion. And a close friend that I no longer associate with that’s in this line of work who has killed a couple of patients for the betterment of the field. They have taught me everything I know so just trust me.”
October 30th, 2008 at 12:46 pmJust to point out how ignorant you obviously are.
Stock market under a democrat(Clinton) went from 3k to 11k
stock market under bush went from 11k to 8k
So seriously, when do you think a smart time to invest in the stock market would be?
ps. I don’t really believe that you own any stocks or a company.
October 30th, 2008 at 12:49 pmShayne Says:
McCain’s entire economic plan hinges on small business owners and yet he couldn’t find an actual small business owner. That’s because anybody who actually has a small business that hires other people knows that McCain’s premise is crap.
Thank you Shayne for the perspectives you provide as an actual small business owner. Too bad the trolls are incapable of processing any rational thought.
October 30th, 2008 at 12:51 pmWhy doesn’t John McJoeThePlumber just cast off Sarah and announce that Joe Wurzelbacher is now his VP running mate?
October 30th, 2008 at 12:54 pmNo, that’s what happened in 2000. The patient is in critical condition. We don’t want his apprentice to finish the job.
October 30th, 2008 at 12:56 pmThanks McWars. Bambi is going to close his small business and go work for the government. Do you think he’ll he’ll have a big sale on all that Tupperware now?
October 30th, 2008 at 12:58 pmbam + bam,
don’t worry,
you have to have a brain
to get brain surgery.
you’re safe.
*
good luck.
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October 30th, 2008 at 1:00 pmWorse than an agent Joe the Plumber got a publicist. As Olbermann said yesterday he doesn’t have a publicist. Most performers don’t or hire one temporarily when they have a new movie out. Publicists don’t work on commission they charge a fee. Joe is quite the business man.
October 30th, 2008 at 1:02 pmGimme a Break Says:
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Once this nonsense is over, I’m going to love reading in Howie Kurtz’s column, or somewhere, just how “Joe” was planted by the GOP. If there ever was a plant, it’s this guy.
Of course Sam Not The Plumber is a GOP plant. Anyone with two brain cells to rub together knows that. It is so sad that the “liberal biased” news media will wait until after the election to investigate this obvious ruse. They wouldn’t want to affect the election and upset the dumbass Republican base with the truth before Nov. 4.
October 30th, 2008 at 1:05 pmBam runs his business on “the idiot math” like most Righties do. Like Joe the Phony does. Like George “I bankrupted 3 businesses” Bush does.
October 30th, 2008 at 1:08 pmBam_Bam Says:
If B.O. wins i’m going to close my business
Blogging for the RNC at 10 cents/post does not qualify as a business.
Bam_Bam Says:
and get out of the stock market,
How’s that stock portfolio been looking lately?
Bam_Bam Says:
and try to get a Govt job.
I don’t think the government will be looking to hire wingnut trolls next year.
October 30th, 2008 at 1:12 pmshoeless Says:
Only Down 8%. and yours?
October 30th, 2008 at 1:33 pmGrandpa missed his naptime again!
October 30th, 2008 at 1:35 pmI hear Larry the Cable guy’s career isn’t so hot lately. Maybe he should apply for Joe’s old spot.
October 30th, 2008 at 1:36 pmWould you let some kid right out of med school do the most complicated brain surgery in medical history?
Compared to a guy who keeps forgetting where the pancreas is located?
You bet.
October 30th, 2008 at 1:40 pmHe’s Mc cain but is he able ?
October 30th, 2008 at 1:45 pmbam + bam,
ted stevens is
looking for a
prison pen pal.
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bam, will you be
ted’s prison pen pal?
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October 30th, 2008 at 1:47 pmBam_Bam Says:
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shoeless Says:
Only Down 8%. and yours?
I was talking about the stock market, not the stock of Cheetos you keep in your mother’s basement.
October 30th, 2008 at 1:50 pmthis is fun.
a huge rally:
“A local school district official confirmed after the event that of the 6,000 people estimated by the fire marshal to be in attendance this morning, more than 4,000 were bused in from schools in the area. The entire 2,500-student Defiance School District was in attendance, the official said, in addition to at least three other schools from neighboring districts, one of which sent 14 buses.”
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“forget joe,
where’s my supporters?”
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October 30th, 2008 at 2:40 pmWhy didn’t he have a backup shill who works hard for a living, like Paula the Prostitute?
October 30th, 2008 at 3:05 pmMcSenile. Sad stuff.
October 30th, 2008 at 3:06 pmWhat is it with McCain doing all these appearances at public junior and high schools? It’s distasteful, if not unethical, if not illegal.
October 30th, 2008 at 3:10 pmHe has a captive audience, 2,500 school children and staff who may or may not have a choice to attend.
To be pandering to underage and under voting age citizens in this manner smacks of pure despotism.
Nevar Says:
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What is it with McCain doing all these appearances at public junior and high schools?
The RNC knows he is finished, so they are sending him out to propagandize new voters for the next election.
October 30th, 2008 at 3:24 pmHow is it legal for a school district to use their entire student body as a political prop for the Republican party.
If I run for office, how do I get the same kind of support from the school district. However, I would like not only Defiance ISD, but the Columbus ISD and all intervening school districts.
Please let me know ASAP because I may want to run for president, too.
This just does not pass the smell test.
October 30th, 2008 at 3:25 pmSince I have a degree in Poli Sci from UC Santa Barbara, when I run for Congress I demand that every student from every UC campus be bussed to Seattle to support me.
Right.
October 30th, 2008 at 3:31 pmLittle late to bash the Bam Bam, but I have to ask–is his blog name that because he thinks dinosaurs walked the earth the same time as humans like Moose Lips does? Or is it because he is a knuckle dragger? Wondering, because the Gieco caveman dude is a heckuva lot smarter.
October 30th, 2008 at 4:12 pmOh, Grandpa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
October 30th, 2008 at 4:12 pmAin’t that sweet, he couldn’t find Joe the p. at his bused in rally and quicker than Dorothy clicking her heels, he turned everybody into Joe the plumber , “We’ll EVERYBODY is Joe the Plumber “ , just what we need 2000 more plumbers with no licenses , enough crack to put the Bloods out of business and another crowd doesn’t know hell about foreign policy .
October 30th, 2008 at 4:17 pm“The number one job facing the middle class happens to be as B.O. says a three letter word J – O – B – S”
Joe Biden
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
October 30th, 2008 at 4:24 pmBam_Bam Says:
“The number one job facing the middle class happens to be as B.O. says a three letter word J – O – B – S”
Joe Biden
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
^
nov. 4th.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
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$150,000
for clothes?
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October 30th, 2008 at 4:32 pmjoe cantwell Says:
4,000,000 Propaganda Video
October 30th, 2008 at 5:06 pmBam_Bam Says:
joe cantwell Says:
4,000,000 Propaganda Video
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30 million viewers.
worried?
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October 30th, 2008 at 5:18 pmBam Bam:
October 30th, 2008 at 5:20 pmCan you please remember to post some sort of evidence of you closing your business after Mr Obama is elected. I don’t mean to be impolite but I sort of think you are full of shit on this one
bam + bam,
before you go upstairs
for dinner have some fun.
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good luck.
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October 30th, 2008 at 5:42 pmWho the What? Good grief, McCain, at least be honest about this– he is neither Joe nor a plumber. It doesn’t take a genius.
October 30th, 2008 at 7:54 pmI’m surprised McCain remembered his name.
October 30th, 2008 at 7:57 pm{I also think Joe the plumber is the PERFECT rep. for “ordinary Americans”, he wants to own his own business, but there’s no way in hell he ever can, he owes back taxes (damn there’s a lot of people out there with that problem, really), he’s kind of a liar, or at least “stretched the truth”, I mean how is NOT the great example of American?)
UPDATEDana Bash updates:
McCain aides called it a “miscommunication,” but once I got on the bus I called Wurzelbacher myself and asked him what really happened. He told me that he had hoped to come to the morning rally, but that no one from McCain’s campaign ever called him back to confirm, Bigger ooops.
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it just keeps getting better.
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and funnier!
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October 30th, 2008 at 7:59 pmEnough is enough! I have had it with this fraud “Joe the Plumber” Your campaign has chosen not to respond to this bogus “Every Guy” but I can’t let this go on. I have been a repeated victim of the “Special Interest or Do nothing” Republicans and John McCain’s failed Veteran policies since 1993 and a victim of the Bush/McCain Economic policies since 2003.
My name is Charles Stanley Marion; I am a 53 year old African American disabled Veteran and yes I am a LICENSED BY THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, PLUMBING AND CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTOR, and I already own my company:
Rizing Starz Plumbing and Construction
California State Contractors License # 773326
I also created a program that would generate nearly $50 Billion in State revenue and create a job for every California veteran, while California struggles with a nearly $20 Billion deficit, but I can’t even 5 minutes with Governor Schwarzenegger yet this jackass “Joe the Plumber” is on every news channel.
So the next time you or one of your staff happen to run into McCain’s bogus plumber tell them to call me, I have a few questions for them.
October 30th, 2008 at 10:42 pmliberal traitor Says:
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47. stewarjt
McCain: “I will veto every single beer…er…um…”
McCain on MTP: “Henry Kissinger, Jim Baker, Larry Eagleberger, Al Hague…uh…he he, ha…ehhh…um…uhhhh…Jim Baker, Henry Kissinger, Al Hague, Larry Eagleberger…and one other…um…” later in interview “George Schultz!! George Schultz is the other guy.”
McCain: “My fellow prisoners…”
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Hey, you forgot…”Murtha says you’re all racists and I couldn’t agree more…”
October 30th, 2008 at 11:37 pmBam_Bam Says:
You are nothing but an ignorant troll. I think you better scuttle back to your bridge moron
October 31st, 2008 at 10:29 pmBam_Bam Says:
McWars Says:
It was a horrible idea and I think it will have the opposite affect on actual voters. It was a play right out of Nazi Germany propaganda playbook.
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Well since you pathetic wingnuts have been playing FROM the Nazi playbook for the past 8 years I guess you would know. I will have to take your word for it since us liberals have no use for Nazis. Hence our distaste for both Bush and YOU.
October 31st, 2008 at 10:33 pmBam_Bam Says:
I don’t like the idea of taking money from one segment of society and giving it to another.
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The government does this all the time. They just did it when they took TAX DOLLARS and gave them to the financial bigwigs instead of letting them fail. The government redistributes income UPWARD all the time and you buttkissers to power LOVE it when that happens but just HATE it if anyone in need is actually helped. You Ebeneezer Scrooge loving weasels are dinosaurs.
October 31st, 2008 at 10:38 pm