Joe Wurzelbacher has become an overnight celebrity, now known nationally as ‘Joe the Plumber’. He was mentioned numerous times in tonights final presidential debate. Now everybody wants to know who this guy is and why the presidential candidates are vying for his vote.
Joe the Plumber
Poor Joe Wurzelbacher got into a conversation with Barack Obama during Obama’s photo-op of going ‘door to door’ in Ohio to meet the people. Wurzelbacher, of Holland, Ohio, wasn’t buying what Obama was selling. I’m sure it surprised Obama a little that the average American had insightful questions about Obama’s policies. You know, Obama explains them at GREAT length repeatedly with the air of a man who believes that we Middle American’s are incapable of really ‘getting it’.
Meanwhile, Obama explained to Joe the Plumber, that he didn’t want to take away everything Joe had worked for over the years. He just wants to make sure that those ‘behind him’ have as much as he does. You know, spread the wealth around. Joe’s eyes got a little wider as Obama told him that. He probably was expecting a politicians spin, instead of Obama actually telling him that he WILL take his money. I know, Obama couched it in words he didn’t expect Joe to understand. But Joe understood. So did all the other Joes in the country.
“I’m gonna cut taxes a little bit more for the folks who are most in need and for the 5% of the folks who are doing very well - even though they’ve been working hard and I appreciate that – I just want to make sure they’re paying a little bit more in order to pay for those other tax cuts,” Obama told Joe.
“It’s not that I want to punish your success – I just want to make sure that everybody who is behind you – that they’ve got a chance at success too.”
You see, Joe the Plumber is Joe Six Pack. He’s the guy that works hard, has talent, takes his lunch to work, loves his wife and kids and is reaching for the American dream. No one, no Joe’s the Plumbers or Joe’s six packs, want that dream taken away.
In that brief encounter with Joe the Plumber, Barack Obama exposed himself as the socialist he is. I don’t think he realized it at the time. But it exposed his Marxist ideology. His intention to take from small businesses and divide it amongst those who don’t have.
As Americans, we all want to make sure that those who can’t take care of themselves are taken care of. We don’t mind doing what needs to be done and pay our taxes and make charitable contributions to help see that is done. But we don’t like wealth redistribution. That’s a sure fired way of destroying the American dream.
Joe Wurzelbacher will be on Huckabee’s show on Saturday. It’ll be interesting to watch. I’m thinking the man deserves an invitation to the inauguration.
Joe the Plumber - Video
October 16th, 2008 at 10:17 am
Yes Pravin isn’t it interesting that McCain had foreknowledge of Joe’s last name.
October 16th, 2008 at 10:44 am
everyone seems to ignore the national debt and its interest; 10 trillion and growing by leaps and bounds!!! It has to be paid. To be able to pay it, government has to take in more money…from those who still can afford tax increases. This is pure mathematics.
October 16th, 2008 at 11:18 am
So Obama is “socialist” because he wants to distribute”wealth” to the middle class.
So what do we call distributing wealth to the the wealthiest these past 8 years.
Please….Democrats want to help EVERYONE , Republicans want to help the Wealthy….simple as that
October 16th, 2008 at 1:29 pm
No Vince - he’s actually Marxist. But if he considers it an insult to identify his politics then perhaps he should change his politics.
October 16th, 2008 at 2:13 pm
Someone sent this to me.
It looks as if Joe the Plumber may be a Republican plant.
And his family may be connected to Charles Keating of the Keating scandal.
Joe the plumber has a very usual last name and it appears he is a relative of Charles Keating. Also, what are the chances that FOX would capture it? And his name is Joe? And he cornered Barack?
Turns out that Joe Wurzelbacher from the Toledo event is a close relative of Robert Wurzelbacher of Milford, Ohio. Who’s Robert Wurzelbacher? Only Charles Keating’s son-in-law and the former senior vice president of American Continental, the parent company of the infamous Lincoln Savings and Loan. The now retired elder Wurzelbacher is also a major contributor to Republican causes giving well over $10,000 in the last few years.
Check it out here:
Martin Eisenstadt’s Blog » Blog Archive » Joe “the Plumber” Wurzelbacher related to Charles “the Crook” Keating. Oops.
http://www.eisenstadtgroup.com/2008/10/15/joe-the-plumber-wurzelbacher-related-to-charles-keating-oops/
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October 16th, 2008 at 4:05 pm
You Left Wing Communist Pigs! You truly are sick, very sick sub humans.
October 16th, 2008 at 4:13 pm
It should be ” Joe The Dumbass Plumber”.
October 16th, 2008 at 5:53 pm
So far, all the conclusions by all the pundits are
totally based upon POLLS. Not a single actual vote
has been cast yet. Obama supporters gush at how
well their man has done in the debates, which proves
once again that Obama is a good debater and a good
speaker. It doesn’t say anything about his character,
judgement, or what kind of a leader he would be.
I still would rather trust a man who would not sell out
his fellow prisoners, even during 5 years of torture,
than to trust a man who betrayed a 20 year friendship,
for personal ambition. And … regarding this election,
until people actually vote … it ain’t over till it’s over!
October 16th, 2008 at 8:59 pm
Whether you are Democrat or Republican it is time for the Common Man of America to take back our Goverment. We must elect “real” Americans. The Common Man of America will be realistic and will fix the problems that politians created. I hope more “Joe the Plumbers” stand up, and that we take back our country.
October 17th, 2008 at 12:32 am
Joe stated “my American Dream was to have a house, a dog, a couple rifles, a bass boat…making a good living and being able to provide for my family, college for my son.” [Interview at http://familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.1465/pub_detail.asp
If, as he now admits, $250k is the gross revenue of his prospective business, not the income he derives from it, he will be better able to reach these goals under Obama’s plan—much more so than McCain’s, which will tax him MORE.
Joe seems to want a flat tax, which is worth debate, but to say that a progressive tax is “socialist” is to say that that EVERY President and Congress since 1913 has been “socialist.”
If he has his house, rifles, dog, boat, and son’s college, easily paid for with a $250k income, and he’s complaining about a 3% marginal increase over that amount…that’s just sheer greed. He himself says he has no need for the money.