Joe The Plumber Wanted Off McCain’s Bus
Mirroring our sentiments almost precisely, “Joe The Plumber” found former GOP presidential nominee John McCain to be a distinctly unappealing choice … and ended up supporting him only because “the thought of Barack Obama as president scares me even more.”
In an interview Republicans everywhere should pay attention to, Joe Wurzelbacher told conservative radio host Glenn Beck that he felt “dirty” after hitting the campaign trail with the Arizona Senator,
“When I was on the bus with him, I asked him a lot of questions about the bailout because most Americans did not want that to happen,” Wurzelbacher told Beck. “I asked him some pretty direct questions.”
Whatever McCain’s answers were to those questions, they did not sit well with Joe, who referred to McCain’s support of the bailout as “appalling.”
“I was angry,” Wurzelbacher said. “In fact, I wanted to get off the bus after I talked to him.”
Having been on the bus twice with McCain ourselves, we know the feeling.
In fact, we expressed virtually these same sentiments in a begrudging endorsement of McCain earlier this year.
Wurzelbacher did have nice things to say about GOP Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin, though, calling her “absolutely the real deal.”
Comments
By Ben on December 11th, 2008 at 2:22 pm
Really who cares what Joe the Plumber thinks. McCain name drops him as the representative of the way every American feels and now are we supposed to believe that? I know several plumbers, should they be fielding questions about the state of the union on prime news?
By RedBank Bar on December 11th, 2008 at 3:08 pm
Joe the DumbArse is more like it. An unlicensed jack-leg who doesn’t understand the difference between gross receipts and net income when it comes to tax cuts. No one cares what he thinks other than fellow wingnuts.
He is the poster child for the Repugnant Party, 2009. IGNORANCE IS US.
“We don’t know nuthin and don’t want to know nuthin. We got us our prejudices and that’s all we need”
By Gen. Longstreet on December 11th, 2008 at 4:32 pm
Back in the day, we didn’t even have plumbers. We just dug a whole and took a squat.
By Gen. Longstreet on December 11th, 2008 at 4:33 pm
Oops. I meant “hole.” My apologies, sir.
By Cotton Picker on December 11th, 2008 at 6:54 pm
That’s how we had babies back in the day, as well. Pickin’ that cotton…when our time came, we would just squat. It was much less complicated. No freaking doctors…no insurance…no hassles.
By James the Foot Soldier on December 11th, 2008 at 6:59 pm
General, if I may be so bold as to correct you sir, it wasn’t “We the Generals” that dug the holes – it was “them there soldiers”.
But I digress – time to continue with the plumber metahpor.
The one good thing the bailout achieved was a prevention of a run on every bank in the land since Wachovia and Citibank didn’t have holes big enough to hide their turd-filled books.
Two real culprits in all this mess:
Rating agencies that rated all the sub-prime paper as AAA. HELLO, what the F***, how do you lump little nuggets of sub-prime paper into a huge steamy pile of sub-prime paper and then wrap it in a bow and slap an AAA rating on it????
The big six (or whatever their number is today) accounting firms that turned a blind eye to the pile of manure perculating in the bank’s books and records and gave them their blessing.
Lawyers being lawyers are now wallowing in this steaming putrid pile filing lawsuit after lawsuit against the accounting firms and the rating agencies and the bank holding companies.
Ain’t America grand?
By Gen. Longstreet on December 11th, 2008 at 8:06 pm
As you were, James.
By Old Bike Dude on December 11th, 2008 at 11:00 pm
“Sarah Palin is the real deal”. Well I’d say she’s as real a deal as he claims to be. Joe the Plumber’s crack needs to get back in the sewer he crawled out from. Joe here’s my advice for you.
a. Shut up.
b. Go back to night school and get your GED.
c. Then study and pass your state plumbing codes exam.
d. Get your Business degree.
e. Acquire enough assets to qualify for your state license/bond.
f. Go to work.
g. Never forget “a”.
By hmmmm on December 12th, 2008 at 4:16 am
Old bike dude.
May I plagarize these step buy step rules for many other people? Thanks!!
By rick on December 12th, 2008 at 10:29 am
Old Bike Dude….If the Contractor holds the license, he doesn’t have to. And remember, this is America…we all have a voice,even you.
By Ben on December 19th, 2008 at 10:44 am
Joe has a right to express himself. I am just amazed at how everyone is listening.