joe the plumber

Election 08: The Way We Were

Tuesday, November 4th, 2008

The election isn’t yet over but a look back at the last two years and the most defining moments seemed to be in order. After tomorrow, they’ll feel like they happened a lifetime ago.

January 2007: Hillary: “I’m in it to win it”


March 2007: New York Times cover photograph of Mark Warner kills his campaign. Before it even started.

The controversial 'New York Times Magazine' cover of former Virginia Gov. Mark Warner.

June 2007: Obama Girl

December 2007: everyone wondered: Prez Huckabee?

January 2008: Not if the Comeback Kid could help it.

January 2007: Hillary cries. People realize she’s human, after all.


January 2008: Bill Clinton’s mouth is stuffed with his foot.
Tells voters in South Carolina, “Jesse Jackson won in ‘84 and ‘88.”

Don’t forget the “fairy tale.”

January 2008: Barack tells Hillary she’s “likable enough” in the New Hampshire debates.

February 2008: Barack Obama’s Speech on Race in America in response to the Reverend Wright Controversy.

March 2008: Hillary Clinton’s 3 a.m. ad.

April 2008: Stayin’ Alive. Hillary Clinton defeats Barack Obama in Pennsylvania, giving her campaign extended life.

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June 2008: John Edwards reveals himself to be a slutbasket.

June 2008: “A million cracks in the ceiling.” Hillary concedes.

August 2008: Bill Clinton addresses the Democratic National Convention for Obama. Shows everyone how it’s done.

September 2008: The world is introduced to Sarah Barracuda.

September 2008: America wonders if maybe they got too drunk when they went home with Sarah Barracuda.

October 2008: Joe the Plumber arrives.

October 2008: Wardrobe-Gate

October 2008: Tina Fey Meets her Maker.

November 2008: John McCain does SNL.

Is Joe the Plumber Really Joe the Schmuck?

Thursday, October 16th, 2008

Jae C. Hong/Associated Press

If Joe the Plumber seemed too good to be true, a perfect Republican emblem for the hard-working, small business owner who’d get shafted under Barack Obama’s tax plan, that’s because he is too good to be true.

A New York Times report reveals that Joe the Plumber—the Ohio plumber who made national news and was mentioned two dozen times during last night’s debate—is actually Samuel the Plumber. His real name isn’t Joe Wurzelbacher, as it was originally reported by Fox News. It’s spelled a bit differently, with an “o”— Samuel Joseph Worzelbacher.

Perhaps he gave a slightly different spelling to throw reporters off the fact that he:
1. Isn’t a licensed plumber.
2. Doesn’t belong to the local plumber’s union.
3. Feigned that he’s really on-the-fence in the election when he voted Republican in March.
4. Actually owes back taxes and has at least one outstanding tax lien of over $1000.

Whoops.

He also told Katie Couric that he cornered Obama hoping to get a straight answer, and got a tap dance, instead. He added: “Almost as good as Sammy Davis Jr.” He might as well said, “that negro sure can sing!”

So, let’s review: the classic Everyman that everyone was looking to as a measure of the average guy’s thinking, who seemed to have an honest question for his honest dilemma, is actually a Republican who isn’t honest at all.

Say it ain’t, so, Joe.

Joe in the Spotlight – The Caucus Blog – NYTimes.com

Daily News Roundup: Meet Joe the Plumber

Thursday, October 16th, 2008

Thanks to John McCain, Joe the Plumber has made it BIG TIME. McCain had to lean on his old “buddy” Joe to keep his ground during yesterday’s presidential debate. Are we noticing a trend here? When the going gets tough, McCain gets—Sarah Palin . . . Joe the Plumber . . . who’s next, Bob’s Big Boy?

Someone left his windshield wipers on during last night’s debate. They say blinking is an indication of nervousness or lying, I say it’s an indication of getting straight-up whooped. Both McCain and Palin have problems keeping the blink-blink (or, ahem, the wink-wink) under control during debates and interviews. No surprise there. (Another idea: Is McCain one of Snow White’s Seven Dwarfs? McBashful!)

Not a fan of PDAs? Live it up in Dubai! The two Brits who met at an all-you-can-drink champagne bar (aka Heaven) were allegedly caught having sex on the beach in Dubai back in July and were charged with public indecency, drunkenness, and—dah, dah, DAH—sex outside of marriage. At a hearing today, they got fined and sentenced to three months in jail.

The dude who wants to sue God has a problem—beyond the cuckoo, cuckoo. He doesn’t have a home address for The Old Man upstairs and without that address, the court won’t let him pursue his lawsuit against the higher power, whom he says is responsible for the death and terrorization of millions. He also claims God made threats against him and all his peeps in Omaha. He’d would be better off suing all them voices in his head—but that’s assuming anyone’s actually home.

The more your parents know. More celebs dippin’ their toes in the puddle of politics, I know, I know. Enough already! But that “Gossip Girl” chick and her gang of young, rich celebuddies refashioned one of those anti-drug, afterschool special vids, directed it at their parents, and actually made it relevant: “Mom, Dad, I found this in your room today . . .”