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Joe the Plumber goes off on McCain, says he 'screwed up my life'
thehill.com ^ | Feb. 14, 2010 | Eric Zimmermann

Posted on 02/14/2010 12:25:00 PM PST by Free ThinkerNY

Joe the Plumber is no longer a fan of either Sarah Palin or John McCain, it seems.

Joe, also known as Sam Wurzelbacher, told an audience in Pennsylvania this week that McCain "is no public servant."

"McCain was trying to use me," Wurzelbacher said, according to public radio correspondent Scott Detrow. "I happened to be the face of middle Americans. It was a ploy.”

"I don’t owe him s—," Wurzelbacher continued. "He really screwed my life up, is how I look at it.”

(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...


TOPICS: Politics
KEYWORDS: joetheplumber; mccain; palin; wurzelbacher
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To: Joann37
From what I remember, “Joe” is not really even a licensed plumber

Joe doesnt need a license to be a plumber as long as he isnt self employed and works only on residential jobs. Otherwise he is required to get a license.

21 posted on 02/14/2010 12:49:07 PM PST by lowbridge ("We may be wrong, but the point is, we believe in what we're doing." - Joe Biden)
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To: lowbridge

Joe needs to stop drinking.


22 posted on 02/14/2010 12:49:40 PM PST by bmwcyle (Free the Navy Seals)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
As for Obama: "I think his ideology is un-American, but he’s one of the more honest politicians. At least he told us what he wanted to do."

That's the sound of Geroge Soros buying someone a home in the Caribbean and stuffing their bank account with money.

23 posted on 02/14/2010 12:50:02 PM PST by avacado
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Perhaps there is a lesson to be learned here and that would be to be very careful of those who you wish to elevate to national prominence to represent your movement.

Joe The Unbalanced and Unlicensed Plumber may have been an bad choice.

And to think that not too long ago, there were people here on these very pages who wanted Joe to run for public office.

And here is a good rule to live by:

If a person acts like a Media Whore, it probably means that they are indeed a Media Whore.


24 posted on 02/14/2010 12:51:45 PM PST by trumandogz (The Democrats are driving us to Socialism at 100 MPH -The GOP is driving us to Socialism at 97.5 MPH)
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To: lowbridge
Joe doesnt need a license to be a plumber as long as he isnt self employed and works only on residential jobs. Otherwise he is required to get a license.

I imagine that between all those media appearances, it is hard for Joe to find the time to study for the Plumbers exam.

25 posted on 02/14/2010 12:55:03 PM PST by trumandogz (The Democrats are driving us to Socialism at 100 MPH -The GOP is driving us to Socialism at 97.5 MPH)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Yes, Joe’s mad at Sarah for supporting McCain, and that puts him in line with a lot of us here. I understand why she’s being gracious, but it irritates people and Joe’s one of them.

And Joe’s right about Obama. If people were listening they knew exactly what Obama was going to do at least on the home front. He said he was going to shut down coal, and he’s going to try. He said he was going to bring in carbon trading and even said he was going to make your electricity go sky high. Even though they made fun of the “death panel” comment, in actual fact they have him talking on video about the need for exactly that.

The guy was quite open about where he wanted to take this country. The people who were dishonest, the people who basically lied to themselves, were the “moderates” who voted for the guy.


26 posted on 02/14/2010 12:55:19 PM PST by marron
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To: Free ThinkerNY
Joe, we know EXACTLY how you feel!

We're all plumbers now!


27 posted on 02/14/2010 12:55:54 PM PST by Servant of the Cross (the Truth will set you free)
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To: Servant of the Cross
We're all plumbers now!

Yes, we are. I love Sarah, but she's walking a fine line in endorsing McCain. I understand why she's doing it, but she's treading where angels ought not.

28 posted on 02/14/2010 12:59:08 PM PST by marron
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To: Servant of the Cross

Look for Joe the Plumber to show up in Arizonia any day now.


29 posted on 02/14/2010 1:02:03 PM PST by csmusaret (Right wing extremists: Jefferson, Adams, Madison, Paine, and me.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

We all owe gratitude to John McCain for his service to our country. However, he failed to come to the defense of either Sarah or Joe when they were viciously attacked by the left. They were left to the cannibals, without even a peep from McCain. Neither owes him a thing.


30 posted on 02/14/2010 1:12:04 PM PST by taraytarah
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To: lowbridge
As for Obama: "I think his ideology is un-American, but he’s one of the more honest politicians. At least he told us what he wanted to do." Excuse me, Joe?

It's true. Obama said he was going to "fundamentally change America" and that's what he's doing. He told Joe he was going to redistribute the wealth and that's what he's doing.

31 posted on 02/14/2010 1:16:21 PM PST by raybbr
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To: trumandogz
Joe The Unbalanced and Unlicensed Plumber may have been an bad choice. And to think that not too long ago, there were people here on these very pages who wanted Joe to run for public office.

Werent you one of them?

Without a doubt the JTP Book will be a Number 1 Best Seller and a classic

32 posted on 02/14/2010 1:24:32 PM PST by lowbridge ("We may be wrong, but the point is, we believe in what we're doing." - Joe Biden)
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To: Free ThinkerNY; All
Despite what you might think of Joe, any of you guys who still hold a candle for the *progressive repub* J. Sydney McQueeg and believe that he will ever be good for this country, need to think again.

Sooner he's gone the better off we are.

33 posted on 02/14/2010 1:24:37 PM PST by wolfcreek (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lsd7DGqVSIc)
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To: lowbridge

I must have forgotten my sarcasm tag on that one.


34 posted on 02/14/2010 1:29:36 PM PST by trumandogz (The Democrats are driving us to Socialism at 100 MPH -The GOP is driving us to Socialism at 97.5 MPH)
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To: trumandogz

Sure you did ;-)


35 posted on 02/14/2010 1:30:51 PM PST by lowbridge ("We may be wrong, but the point is, we believe in what we're doing." - Joe Biden)
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To: lowbridge

Joe the Plumber’s usefulness ended the moment to polls closed in Ohio.

After that Joe should have exited the stage and not have elected to become of media whore.

But, I guess I really cannot blame him since he did make quite a bit of cash off the deal.


36 posted on 02/14/2010 1:37:04 PM PST by trumandogz (The Democrats are driving us to Socialism at 100 MPH -The GOP is driving us to Socialism at 97.5 MPH)
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To: taraytarah
I think gratitude to him for his service to the country was worn out about 30 years ago. For what he has shoved at the American citizen, he get no gratitude from me....the man is a traitor that loves to stop freedom of speech and no borders for our country....He's the symbol of the democrat party. A jackass
37 posted on 02/14/2010 2:15:00 PM PST by goat granny
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To: Sarah Barracuda

I just saw a picture of Kato just the other day. I couldn’t remember his name! Ha!


38 posted on 02/14/2010 2:20:20 PM PST by Sunshine Sister
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To: afraidfortherepublic
he really lost me when he said that Obama is an honest politician because “he tells you what he’s going to do

He's right about that. The only time to pay attention to politicians is during unscripted moments. And Obama was being 100% truthful.

39 posted on 02/14/2010 5:43:26 PM PST by libh8er
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Had the McCain/Palin ticket had been in reverse order, today we could very well have been saying Madam President, because Palin would have gone after Obama like a pitbull armed with a hockey stick, political correctness be damned.


40 posted on 02/14/2010 5:50:17 PM PST by libh8er
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