Posted on 10/15/2008 8:29:25 PM PDT by housedeep
Who is Joe the Plumber?
He is Joe Wurzelbacher, an Ohio man looking to buy a plumbing business who came to symbolize the notion of "spreading the wealth" in Wednesday night's third and final presidential debate between Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain.
Earlier this week, when Wurzelbacher got a chance to speak with Obama when he visited Toledo, he told Obama that his tax plan would keep him from buying the business that currently employs him.
Sensing an opening in the debate, McCain cited that exchange when the candidates were asked to explain why their economic plans are better than their opponent's. McCain said Obama's plan would stop entrepreneurs from investing in new small businesses and keep existing ones from growing.
"Joe wants to buy the business that he has been in for all of these years, worked 10, 12 hours a day. And he wanted to buy the business but he looked at your tax plan and he saw that he was going to pay much higher taxes," McCain challenged Obama.
"You were going to put him in a higher tax bracket which was going to increase his taxes, which was going to cause him not to be able to employ people, which Joe was trying to realize the American dream," McCain said.
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bingo!
McCain needs to get “Joe The Plumber”, and take him on the road with him.
It’s nice, but I don’t think it will impact the large number of hard-core and soft-core socialists in the United States. They are committed to Oprah’s choice even tough they are unaware of the consequences.
Yup. He completely wiped the floor with Obama, though you’d never guess it from the media spin.
My only concern in all this is that Joe may not have wanted his name out there as much as it’s been mentioned.
this has fascinated me since this morning when i heard rush play it.
agree. definitely a psychological boost for our tribe.
errr... plummer lol
Very powerful moment especially since Drudge leads with Joe as the main story including the video.
The right man at the right time.
“Senator Government” - Make it stick.
Two things or maybe three things won McCain the election tonight:
1. Joe the Plumber - no doubt.
2. Murtha - his whites in W PA are racist was a setup. Murtha and white PA & Hillary Dems want Obama to lose. The white Dems want the Party back and this is their last chance.
3. McCain - he did a great job. Fox News is pandeirng to Murdoch’s Saudi investors.
There is no more Fox News for me. Trust Rush and probably Drudge followed by Hannity and Savage. I would not be suprised if Hannity goes to CNN. Fox are traitors. Glen Beck and Joe are at CNN. I hate CNN but they could change.
Could Joe the Plumber save American from the Socialist Abyss?
God truly loves this country. What a gift.
yup... daddy made a typo
moderator please fix for me?
Obama-lama sez: “95% of small businesses make less than $250,000 per years.”
Wanna bet?
Send Joe out as Sarah’s opening act.
Todd and Joe will probably be fast friends.
Amazing. In 2000, Elian Gonzalez gave Dubya the edge in Florida by having every single Cuban come out of the woodwork. In 2008, Joe the Plumber gives it to McCain (assuming he says he’ll vote for McCain).
Sarah will pick up on this and keep carrying it forward against Obama!
Go, McCain-Palin!
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