Can Joe the Plumber Turn It Around for John McCain?

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I think Obama stopped and asked the wrong guy a question. Thank God he did so more people could see Obama's true agenda. Spread the wealth. Why doesn't he find jobs for these people instead of taking money away from people who have worked their entire lifes to have some security?
I personally am tired of giving away America. At one time I worked two jobs to support my son and I and never had help from anyone. I have no patience for anyone that expects everthing handed to them. I really think this country needs to tighten all the give away programs. I believe if we are not drug testing people on welfare we need to begin and if they fail they get no more benefits. We need to turn this country around. We are allowing people to not work and stay home and have more children for the goverment to support. We need to break this circle not only to help the country but to help these people become functioning adults and therefore their children will have functional role models.
I know there are people that truly can not work and I do believe as a country we are obligated to take care of our sick and mentally challenged but not people with lead in their pants. That's not a disease!

B Raders of LA 7:11PM November 04, 2008

The only thing significant about Joe is the question he posed and Obama's response. Vilifying and investigating Joe is akin to killing the messenger. Obama visited Joe's neighborhood.

Myree Flanagan of AZ 9:31PM October 25, 2008

http://fakejoe.blogspot.com/
If John McCain or Sarah Palin ever returned my calls, I'd be happy to help out.
As it is, only Mike Huckabee has called me.

Joe Wurzelbacher of OH 5:41PM October 22, 2008

Joe the plumber asked a question of a candidate running to be his President.
Now we know more about Joe than we do Obama.
Where's the outrage from the folks who critized Bush for any policy that would infringe on personal privacy?
Where's the out cry from the media that a political party has investigated a private citizen?
Asking questions of folks running for office is not a crime. Is it?
Were any laws broken in this investigation?
There's all the time and money in the world to attack people who oppose Obama. I don't see this changing should he get in. And certainly not with Pelosi and Reid working with him. Watch your back. You could be next.
Just as Joe brought out the fact that your money will become the Democratic party's money, I now realize just how viciously they will attack anyone that doesn't agree with them. That's not working together and that's not setting a new course in Washington. What change?

Kim of UT 4:39PM October 21, 2008

Barone, you kill me. If you bothered to research this joker, you'd see he is a sham and a shame. But then that wouldn't help McCain, now would it?

Puller58 of TX 4:25PM October 21, 2008

It's amazing the amount of time and effort the media and their democratic hero's have spent in personally attacking this guy. Obama's just a recycled Bill Clinton, except he's furthur out in left field. Why not focus on Obama's core belief that anybody who makes good money should forfeit it to those who don't? The american dream? Hardly... Sounds like another socialist to me.

Ron of WA 10:11AM October 21, 2008

This latest attack on Joe Wurzelbacher, "Joe the Plumber", is not about Mr. Wurzelbacher. This is a direct attack on ALL of us, "Joe Public". My version of the American dream is, and hopefully will continue, to be philanthropic. I am all for helping, at my own discretion. Whether it be a kind word of encouragement, monetary contributions or supplying work by my efforts, we are all in this together. We have a moral responsibility to give what we can. The idea of mandatory "spreading the wealth" is very frightening. Joe Public has the right to freedom of speech, yet when asking the first question allowed to "that one", we are interrogated and "vetted" simply because his inadvertent "spread the wealth" answer was not properly screened by the DNC. We The People are not running for the most powerful office in the world, Barack "Kal-El (superman)" Obama is. Some of the most serious things are said in jest. So we see Clark "Barry Soetoro" Kent, the mild mannered presidential candidate, fighting for his version of truth, his version of justice and his version of the American way which has a strikingly socialist/marxist tone. For now, we are the kryptonite that weakens his audacity of hope.
Purple Thursdays
The possibilities of purple Thursdays are upon us. With the potential of a Democratic congress with a filibuster proof house and senate, combined in the company of a Democratic President, our nation could very well require us by law to wear purple on Thursdays.
Public Under Repressed Persecuted Liberal Electorate
Totalitarian Hubris Using Radical Subversive Divisiveness And Yes Socialism
Initially, purple Thursdays were an extreme example of the likelihood of a government with no checks and balances. It has evolved into a statement of the current situation.
Respectfully, We The People,
Joe Public

Joe Public of CO 3:56PM October 20, 2008

Those who dismiss 'Joe' The Plumbers' question, just because this man was not the type of person he pretended to be are missing the point. They are attacking the messanger (Joe) instead of discussing the question he posed and the answer Mr Obama gave.
It does not matter whether Joe makes over $250,000.00 or $8.00/hr. The question remains whether the taxation Obama proposed helps the economy to recovor or it would even sink it deeper. Is it true that Obama wants to disribut wealth among the working people. If that is the case he simply forgot the histroy of the Soviet Union and its satelites - how they ended up after 70 years of 'distributing weaslth'- under Socialism.

Tomas Abayre of MD 3:30PM October 20, 2008

Why is that the media is paying more attention to Joe the Plumer than Ayres, money collected form overseas donors, socialist ideals, muslem religion and other related matters?
Whe this man gets to power,if he does, you DEMOCRATS will be the first ones paying the consecuences, for unconditional blindness.
We, conservatives, are alerted and prepared!

Maria of FL 2:07PM October 20, 2008

An Ohio plumber asks the Dear Leader a question that that he fumbles and he gets slimed by the Dear leader,his running mate and his Ministry of Propaganda that we are pleased to call the MSM. Did you know that he doesnt even have a plumbing license ????? If you ask Dear Leader a question, you had better have your papers in order.As it is, we know know more about Joe the Plumber's life from the media crud than they have reported on Obama in two years

Terry of NV 11:35AM October 20, 2008