Posted on 10/17/2008 2:15:59 PM PDT by NCjim
(CNN) – He went from being an average plumber in small town Ohio to a talking point in a presidential debate. Now, a new group is asking “Joe the Plumber” to run for Congress.
With the slogan, “plunge the crap out of Washington,” Trevor Lair, chairman of the Massachusetts College Republicans, launched a website on Friday to try to get Joe Wurzelbacher to run for Congress. The Web site calls on visitors to sign a petition to show support for what Lair hopes will Wurzelbacher’s congressional bid.
"Washington, DC is broken and it needs to be fixed. Joe Wurzelbacher has a real-world perspective and the right attitude to clean up the mess on Capitol Hill,” Lair said.
Lair is aiming to get thousands of signatures to put Wurzelbacher on the ballot against Rep. Marcia Kaptur of Ohio, whom he called a “tax and spend liberal.” Lair praised Wurzelbacher for standing up to “big-government socialism” and said he would be the right candidate to fight for working class Americans.
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Tongue in cheek, tongue in cheek. Don’t get your shorts all in an up roar.
To start with, he didn't cheat on his taxes. He has a lien on his property, I understand it is for back payment of child support, the media is the one saying it is taxes. As for the child support sometimes a guy gets behind. Now any other smarmy remarks you want to make?
You got your shorts pulled up too tight? You must be a democrat to be so mad all the time.
Sorry, I didn’t see any hint that it was sarcasm. That’s good because if it wasn’t my shorts would be in a big uproar. I’m sick to friggin’ death of liberals.
No problem. I totally understand the frustration. Lock and load.
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