Who's 'Joe the plumber?': ask Google

Take what you want from this.

Joe the Plumber
- Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher
- Does not have a license to be a plumber
- Is a registered Republican (but his name is misspelled)
- Previously lived in AZ
- Previously lived in AK (on Keating Dr.)
- Charles Keating's granddaughter is married to a Wurzelbacher
- There's a Wurzelbacher living in Wasilla, AK, that participates in sled dog racing with Todd Palin

I'm just sayin. Coincidences can be fun.

Threads like this need to be buried. This has nothing to do with science at all. Vote 1 on all comments and articles. I'm not sure if flagging helps because it puts more stress on the moderators. Rating should do just fine.

About this Joe the plumber guy, both sides put this person in the spotlight. They opened up on an average guy and pretty much destroyed him overnight. If you want to politicize someone, research a little bit more about them before you put them through public scrutiny. It's irresponsible of the Republicans to do put this guy on stage. It's irresponsible for the Democrats to demonize someone so quickly. Both parties are to blame for this one.

So what!

Hey, he stepped into the limelight when he went on camera with Obama. All Obama did was answer his question. I guess he got more than he bargained for.
If he works so hard and has enough financial clout to think of buying a business, then why does he owe back taxes??????

You Democrats are really something...

The first post didn't read Democratic. The second one was anti-Joe. Mine was kind of a troll. I just posted bits of information and asked the reader to think for himself.

I'm an independent and supported Ron Paul, and frankly think the McCain campaign and the Obama campaign are equally corrupt. I still intend to write in Ron Paul for President.

Your anti-Democratic bias shines, though. Of the four posts, yours reads the most biased.

Wurzelbacher was declining media requests after reports circulated that he did not have a plumbing licence. It also emerged Wurzelbacher owes Ohio $1,182.98 in taxes, and that state officials filed a lien against him in January 2007.

http://www.usatod...er_N.htm

Sirussinder: Snap out of the Obam spell. I repeat, it does not matter who Joe the Plumber is. The issue is what Obama said. Unfortunately, I suspect that most of his supporters know nothing about socialism and how it ruins a country by eroding individual initiative. Socialists lust what rich and successful people have. They want it for themselves, but do not feel they have to earn it. Their mantra is "what is yours is mine, what is mine is mine". But their wealth does not last, because they do not know how to create wealth of their own, they just know how to spend it. No country ever became wealthy through socialism. But socialism has destroyed the wealth of many countries.

OMG!

I am stunned by the inability of so many posters here to recognize my posting (1st in this thread) to be an "ode to the traditional American work ethic", not a praise of the literal Joe the plumber!

I bet some of these guys are still trying to figure out what "Yes, Virgina, there is a Santa Claus" was all about!
http://en.wikiped...ta_Claus

I'm sorry some of these people live in such a literal world that allegory and abstract ideals are lost on them.

And, oh! I've learned my lesson:

Disclaimer: I assure you that "OMG!" meaning "Oh My God!" is intended only to express surprise and astonishment.

I did NOT a) mean to take God's name in vain (for all you literal thinking religious nuts), nor did I mean to insult any agnostic or atheist who may happen to read this post literally.

I now realize that a saying like, "As American as motherhood, apple pie and baseball..." is now off limits because it potentially offends ultra literal readers who could assume I'm dissing non-American, feminists, football lovers and abusing the Apple Computer trademark for the enrichment of apple growers and/or the big bad pie makers industrial complex.

...and yes, believe it or not anti-PC readers, apples did fall from trees before Jobs founded Apple. Check Wikipedia under the entries for "Adam and Eve" and "Sir Issac Newton".
--- That is a joke! Understand ??? ---

CWFlink: Nice, you gave me a chuckle. That makes reading through all the rubbish worth it. :)

Some of you (CWFling, et al) never stopped equating monetary wealth with merit. Grow up.

The more I think about it, to more angry I get that Obamas supporters are going after Joe. If McCains supporters did the same thing to someone who questioned him. The news media would go ape (and justifiably so!) I wonder if this election will be the most historic US election ever. The first (and only, so far) election determined by the media.

The news media is censoring any negative news about Obama (honestly can anyone give anything negative the news media has said about Obama????), entertainment industry puting out propaganda for Obama the likes havent been seen since Hitlers time (any pro-McCanin propaganda by the entertainment industry???), people trying to destroy anyone who questions Obama.

Why are there so many posters that still don't get it? Its not about the life of 'Joe the plumberr?. Its not about whether he has a license to plubb or whether he ever has. Its not about whether he is a Republican, or Democrat. Its not even whether he is a U.S. citizen. Its all about Obama's anser to his simple question. If it is all about Obama's contention that its about 'spreading the wealth' as most of us already understood, HE'S TELLING US ALL ITS ABOUT EQUALIZING INCOME REGARDLESS OF CONTRIBUTION. Now many of you believe in this doctrine because its your only hope for any substantial income. I understand that. I don't agree with that, but I understand why you feel the way you do. Understand this.....socialism has been tried and rejected in Europe. It doesn't work. You may say they're still doing it, so of course it works. . I have one answer....NO, IT DOESN'T WORK. The problem in all nations that go down this path is that it is very, very difficult to reverse. Its much like smoking for 30 years. Now I have cancer but where can I buy my next smokes?

Man, you guys still don't get it. I don't want to get into political discussion in this site but this article is still up so I might as well put my two cents here as well.

The same thing happened back in the 92 election to some average Joe. I'm amazed by all this punditry on this site. I'm amazed that this article is still up. Like someone posted before, "I'm a registered Independent." I am a registered Independent and was once a registered Republican when McCain was running in the 2000 election. McCain is a big disappointment in my eyes. When he bashed Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell then recanted a year later, it was the start of a horrible legacy for McCain.

BTW, it wasn't the Democrats that tore "Joe the Plumber" down. It was the media. Even Fox News admits this in their transcripts.
http://www.foxnew...,00.html

If you don't know about political plants then you know very little about politics. If you parade around pointing the finger and never focusing on the important issues, (ie. the economy, trade deals with foreign powers that reduce our national security, a bailout that both candidates supported, more bailouts that McCain is proposing, etc) then you need to grow up and stop playing games that children play with each other. My dad might not be bigger than yours and to be honest with you I could care less. If you believe that Obama said anything derogatory then you haven't listened to anything that Obama said about the working class, small businesses, you don't listen at all. If all you want is to win regardless of the consequence then you do not give a shit about the American people. You only give a shit about yourself and maintaining your own sense of power. When McCain says that Obama wants to spread the wealth, well, I hate to say this, but so does McCain. Where will he get the money to cover a $300 Billion dollar bailout for home mortgages. Mainly from the lower to middle class. What good is that money going to do in order to renegotiate the value of the property? Where is that money going to go to? It's going to go to the banks that pulled money out of their customers savings to pay for their executive bonuses. Banks will get the difference through negotiation with that money. They need to go to prison, not rewarded.

On a side note and just to set the record straight, plumbing licensing in Joe's state are really business licenses, and Joe's boss does have such a license. Joe doesn't have one because the business requirements of such a license actually prevent Joe from getting such a license, himself.

The media lies about this matter, as well as conveniently neglecting Obama's perfect paraphrase of communism, yet it takes about two minutes of internet research to find these things out. So not only are the spin doctors to blame, so are the people that trust those spin doctors implicitly.

If you live in a solid red or solid blue state (most of us do), then the fastest way to throw away your vote is voting red or blue. Learn how the electoral college works. Politicians, if they have any brains at all (sometimes I wonder) should know there are three voter blocs in this country: solid democrats, solid republicans, and the swing/independent vote. Since the solid party voters are pretty much equally matched, it is the swing vote (and the media) that elect the president. Help make politicians cater to that swing vote by DEFINING the desires of the swing vote. Vote third party this election. There really are better candidates out there than Obama or McCain.