Joe The Plumber Sours on McCain

truble2301 · #1 (**permalink**) 12-10-2008, 06:13 PM

I think this is funny. Now that McCain is toast, Joe's willing to say he doesn't like him anymore. Palin, though, she's alright with old Joe.

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Think Progress reports that Joe Wurzelbacher isn't a huge fan of the man who made him famous. He told conservative radio host Glenn Beck that he felt "dirty" after "being on the campaign trail and seeing some of the things that take place."

"I honestly felt even more dirty after I had been on the campaign trail and seen some things that take place. It was scary, man," Wurzelbacher said. He told Beck he asked McCain "some pretty direct questions" about the bailout, and wasn't pleased with the response. "They appalled me, absolutely. You know, I was angry. In fact, I wanted to get off the bus after I talked to him.

Asked why he didn't leave McCain's campaign if he was "appalled" by the candidate, Wurzelbacher said, "Honestly, because the thought of Barack Obama as president scares me even more."

While Wurzelbacher was critical of McCain, he gushed about Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. "Sarah Palin is absolutely the real deal," he said.

You know, I only got to spend a short amount of time with her but, you know, it was been asked if I felt any presence when I was with John McCain or Barack Obama. You know, with Sarah Palin, I don't want to say I felt a presence but she definitely had energy and she definitely went to work for American people, and it disgusts me on how often they try to bash her just for her sincerity. It's just, you know, she really wants to work for America and I mean, I wish people would listen to her and let them, and let her work for us. You know, she wants to serve us. She's not looking for power.

That's right, Palin just wants to work for us out of the goodness of her heart. I'm touched.

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jeanief · #2 (**permalink**) 12-11-2008, 01:24 AM

Pretty obvious that Joe doesn't want his 15 minutes of fame to be over. AND, while I don't believe McCain will run again, I do believe that at least Sarah Palin BELIEVES she will be on the 2012 ticket.....so he attaches himself to the coattails of the one who might bring him into the public again in the future.

mycouponsgreg · #3 (**permalink**) 12-11-2008, 11:20 AM

I'm hoping for an Alaskan as POTUS after the product of the cesspool that is Chicago politics is done milking the federal government for all it's worth to pay back all of those people who helped him along the way.

Joe soured on McCain, I share his distaste. I too held my nose and voted for the lesser of two evils. Here's hoping that in 2012 we have a Republican running that understands what Reagan believed -- government is the problem. Unfortunately the current POTUS is a big government Republican. We need a choice between two distinct people, not a choice that is merely different shades of the same color.

All Joe did was ask "the one" a direct question. He caught him off guard because nobody ever asked him any real questions and he answered honestly. Joe did us all a favor.

PS Given the fact that "the one" endorsed that dirt bag governor 4 times. Given all of the interconnected ties in Chicago style politics... Given the huge raise his wife got following his election to the Senate (and the money that then flowed to her employer)... The land purchase, the board seat for Mrs. "the one" on a company that is completely outside of her realm of expertise... It's only a matter of time until the stench coming out of Chicago starts to stick to "the one" who can do no wrong.

The only question is will the same media who got him elected, actually do any real investigative reporting. I doubt it. I hope he has a successful FOUR years as President. I hope our country remains safe and that our economy turns around. I hope that he was able to thrive in that cesspool of corruption and remained clean.

jeanief · #4 (**permalink**) 12-11-2008, 03:56 PM

I am sure that after the 8 years that PE Obama has in office the Republicans will have come up with a new candidate. Highly doubt that it will be Palin, however. I find it amusing that only those, mostly republicans, who choose to denigrate Obama are the ones to use "the one" to describe him.

And,so much for YOUR call for a friendly board...."dirtbag" "cesspool" "stench", "the one".....if you, as "MC Prez" can't follow your own "rules" calling for a "friendly board", how will anyone else and how do you expect them to? This leaves the boards wide open again....

jeanief · #5 (**permalink**) 12-11-2008, 06:11 PM

Bob Cesca: Obama Unfairly Tainted by Crimes He Didn't Commit

kokoisland · #6 (**permalink**) 12-12-2008, 12:57 AM

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Originally Posted by mycouponsgreg

I'm hoping for an Alaskan as POTUS after the product of the cesspool that is Chicago politics is done milking the federal government for all it's worth to pay back all of those people who helped him along the way.

<cut>.

Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.

My advice turn your radio dial away from the conservative talk...trust me you'll feel better. At the very least look for more balanced “news”. Then you can join the majority of us and put your energy towards the positive. Time to get over this hate and sour grapes.

kokoisland · #7 (**permalink**) 12-12-2008, 01:01 AM

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"You know, with Sarah Palin, I don't want to say I felt a presence but she definitely had energy" Joe the (loser) plumber

Ah.... I'm sure he felt an energy with Palin...just a few inches down from his belly-button

kokoisland · #8 (**permalink**) 12-12-2008, 02:51 AM

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Originally Posted by mycouponsgreg

I'm hoping for an Alaskan as POTUS after the product of the cesspool that is Chicago politics is done milking the federal government for all it's worth to pay back all of those people who helped him along the way.

Turns out that per-capita Alaska politics is much more of a cesspool than Illinois. And you're hoping for an Alaskan politician. LOL!

North Dakota tops analysis of corruption - USATODAY.com

truble2301 · #9 (**permalink**) 12-12-2008, 05:04 AM

You know, I agree that Joe did us a favor. When he asked that question, he showed the world that, unlike McCain and Palin, Obama would answer honestly, something the other two could never quite bring themselves to do.

As for the cesspool of Chicago politics, what greater proof of Obama's innocence and clean hands, than Blagojevich going postal on him and his refusal to play along? Never heard anyone from the Keating Five talk about how McCain wouldn't play. And we've all seen evidence of Palin's delight in using state funds to pay her own household bills.

marilynk · #10 (**permalink**) 12-14-2008, 02:26 PM

It seems to me that "Joe" was a willing participant in this whole election. If he was truly your "average" person, I would think he'd want all the attention on him to die off!

Regardless of the person I supported/voted for--the nation has spoken. WE have elected a President and it's time to stop flinging mud and sh*t, and get down to fixing what's been broken by the previous administration.

wildwood · #11 (**permalink**) 12-14-2008, 04:41 PM

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Originally Posted by mycouponsgreg

PS Given the fact that "the one" endorsed that dirt bag governor 4 times. Given all of the interconnected ties in Chicago style politics... Given the huge raise his wife got following his election to the Senate (and the money that then flowed to her employer)... The land purchase, the board seat for Mrs. "the one" on a company that is completely outside of her realm of expertise... It's only a matter of time until the stench coming out of Chicago starts to stick to "the one" who can do no wrong.

The only question is will the same media who got him elected, actually do any real investigative reporting. I doubt it. I hope he has a successful FOUR years as President. I hope our country remains safe and that our economy turns around. I hope that he was able to thrive in that cesspool of corruption and remained clean.

Speaking of doing no wrong. Funny, I don't remember cries of indignation over all the "odd" ties and dealings that "the shrub" has been involved with. There are so many and I know it's hard to keep track of them all. But there were all the companies that he somehow set up with no money of his own, prior to being elected to anything. Companies that invariably ran into financial problems and that were frequently the recipients of large sums of money from one of Daddy Bush's friends. There was the strange dealings with the baseball team that when he first became involved, he was gifted 2%, but without any money of his own being put into it, had somehow accrued 12% when it was sold at something 4 or 5 times the estimated value. And in more recent times, his lies about Iraq and starting an unprovoked war, his mishandling of Iran and Korea, his promise to fire anyone involved with the Valerie Plame incident, such as Cheney, and then not doing so, his ignoring the Geneva Convention, allowing renditions and torture, his mismanagement of Walter Reed, hurricane Katrina, and wiretapping of American citizens, doing away with habeas corpus, putting total incompetents in many positions of power, bypassing the will of the people with his signing statements, which I understand are perhaps in the thousands, awarding no bid contracts to Haliburton and others. And I know I've forgotten some really big ones. He is so overwhelmingly corrupt and/or incompetent that it boggles the mind. Obama will have to go a long way to even come close to the record of the current POTUS.

As for the media. That same media is the one that has basically given Bush a pass for 8 years. There are, few if any, true investigative reporters left.

My hope is that now that there is a Dem in office that the justice department will start looking at corruption in areas other than those that are heavily Democratic. Even though we are about the get a Dem Gov, they should feel free to start right here in Missouri. I'm pretty sure there are good pickings here from the current administration. I think there are a few other southern and midwestern states that could stand a little scrutiny too.

Kelliiii · #12 (**permalink**) 12-15-2008, 06:16 PM

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Originally Posted by mycouponsgreg

I'm hoping for an Alaskan as POTUS after the product of the cesspool that is Chicago politics is done milking the federal government for all it's worth to pay back all of those people who helped him along the way.

Joe soured on McCain, I share his distaste. I too held my nose and voted for the lesser of two evils. Here's hoping that in 2012 we have a Republican running that understands what Reagan believed -- government is the problem. Unfortunately the current POTUS is a big government Republican. We need a choice between two distinct people, not a choice that is merely different shades of the same color.

All Joe did was ask "the one" a direct question. He caught him off guard because nobody ever asked him any real questions and he answered honestly. Joe did us all a favor.

PS Given the fact that "the one" endorsed that dirt bag governor 4 times. Given all of the interconnected ties in Chicago style politics... Given the huge raise his wife got following his election to the Senate (and the money that then flowed to her employer)... The land purchase, the board seat for Mrs. "the one" on a company that is completely outside of her realm of expertise... It's only a matter of time until the stench coming out of Chicago starts to stick to "the one" who can do no wrong.

The only question is will the same media who got him elected, actually do any real investigative reporting. I doubt it. I hope he has a successful FOUR years as President. I hope our country remains safe and that our economy turns around. I hope that he was able to thrive in that cesspool of corruption and remained clean.

Ridiculous. Just plain unprofessional and ridiculous. At the very least you could have created a fake persona to spout this off topic commentary...because you know how much we all love the fake personas around here....

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