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'Joe the Plumber' files for congressional run... Drudge Headline
CapitalNewYork/com ^
| 10/10/11
| Reid Pillifant
Posted on 10/10/2011 10:05:41 AM PDT by Evil Slayer
Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher, better known as "Joe the Plumber," has formed a congressional campaign committee and filed a statement of candicacy, according to the Federal Election Commission's website.
The filing for "Joe for Congress 2012" was just submitted on Friday, and the scanned file does not yet appear on the FEC's site, and went without notice, to my knowledge, until a couple of hours ago.
The statement of candidacy isn't online yet, but it lists Wurzelbacher in Ohio's Ninth District, which has been held by Democrat Marcia Kaptur since 1983. Wurzelbacher floated the idea he might challenge Kaptur in 2010, and there have been rumors recently that he might consider a run.
Wurzelbacher catapulted into the national spotlight in October 2008, when he confronted Barack Obama about the effect of his proposed tax plan on Wurzelbacher's small business. The encounter, during a campaign stop in Ohio, came a few days before the final presidential debate, and the plumber's everyman cause was then picked up by Senator John McCain, and became a big part of the Republican message.
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TOPICS: Breaking News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Ohio
KEYWORDS: 2012; 2012election; election2012; elections; joetheplumber; joetheplumberisgay; joetheplumbersucks; kaptur; ninthdistrict; wurzelbacher; wurzelbacherisgay
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To: ichabod1
Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher
He goes by his middle name "Joe" for Joseph.
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posted on
10/10/2011 11:51:54 AM PDT
by
Evil Slayer
(Onward, Christian soldiers, marching as to war)
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posted on
10/10/2011 11:55:33 AM PDT
by
TheOldLady
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To: Politics4US
That’s it?? What did O’Donnell ever do for Palin?
To: ErnBatavia
House gets it right this time :-)
44
posted on
10/10/2011 12:09:29 PM PDT
by
Evil Slayer
(Onward, Christian soldiers, marching as to war)
To: USFRIENDINVICTORIA
I am saying that Palin wasn’t going to be speaking at Iowa, unless the organizers had O’Donnell removed from speaking that day.
To: FreeAtlanta
Methinks Joe won’t have any problem raising money.
46
posted on
10/10/2011 12:38:11 PM PDT
by
RockinRight
(If everyone wants to ride in the wagon, then who is pulling it?)
To: Cyman
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posted on
10/10/2011 12:46:01 PM PDT
by
RockinRight
(If everyone wants to ride in the wagon, then who is pulling it?)
To: spokeshave
“He should carry a plumbers snake with him, and his campaign slogan should be that hes gonna clean out Congress. That should resonate well with the electorate. Lets hope he can unplug the the sewer that is congress....flush some turds out.”
4star! He should send her from the House to the outhouse, since he is privy to what is going on in the pits.
To: ken5050
He should call himself a commode-ity agitator
49
posted on
10/10/2011 12:55:46 PM PDT
by
Sgt_Schultze
(A half-truth is a complete lie)
To: Art in Idaho
“The sleeping giant is awake. “
Is that same giant the formerly apathetic, SILENT MAJORITY ?
50
posted on
10/10/2011 12:59:27 PM PDT
by
Graewoulf
( obama"care" violates the 1890 Sherman Anti-Trust Law, AND is illegal by the U.S. Constitution.)
To: Evil Slayer
I don’t understand all the adulation for this man. He asked a question. It was Obama’s answer that set off the firestorm. Joe asked a pretty generic question.
51
posted on
10/10/2011 1:16:15 PM PDT
by
raybbr
(People who still support Obama are either a Marxist or a moron.)
To: Graewoulf
The sleeping giant is awake. Is that same giant the formerly apathetic, SILENT MAJORITY ?Yes, but now we're not silent and definitely not apathetic!
52
posted on
10/10/2011 1:23:50 PM PDT
by
Art in Idaho
(Conservatism is the only hope for Western Civilization.)
To: Politics4US
At the Searchlight TeaParty event, Sarah rode into the event with Joe.
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posted on
10/10/2011 1:28:06 PM PDT
by
Loud Mime
(The Obama voters are dumber than you think, meaner than you can imagine)
To: raybbr
I dont understand all the adulation for this man. He asked a question. It was Obamas answer that set off the firestorm. Joe asked a pretty generic question. Yeah...but he asked it....put 0bambi on the defensive .....and followed up with more pithy and to the point comments.
Cain/Joe in '16
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posted on
10/10/2011 1:35:48 PM PDT
by
spokeshave
(Obama's ratings are so low...Kenyans accuse him of being born in the USA,)
To: raybbr
55
posted on
10/10/2011 1:44:04 PM PDT
by
Evil Slayer
(Onward, Christian soldiers, marching as to war)
To: Evil Slayer
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posted on
10/10/2011 1:48:55 PM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
To: Evil Slayer
57
posted on
10/10/2011 1:56:38 PM PDT
by
newzjunkey
(Obama wins in 2012.)
To: Joe 6-pack
Oh man, that's Great!!
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posted on
10/10/2011 1:57:09 PM PDT
by
Art in Idaho
(Conservatism is the only hope for Western Civilization.)
To: Clintonfatigued; ADemocratNoMore; Akron Al; arbee4bush; agrace; ATOMIC_PUNK; Badeye; Bikers4Bush; ..
Ohio Ping!
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both LasVegasDave and Flutters.
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posted on
10/10/2011 2:09:09 PM PDT
by
Las Vegas Dave
(The DemocRATic party preys on the ignorant!)
To: Evil Slayer
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posted on
10/10/2011 2:18:39 PM PDT
by
lonevoice
(The Fresh Prince of Bill Ayers, impeach we much. We will much about that be committed.)
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