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October 20, 2008 By Fausta

“I’m Joe the Plumber!”

Via Ace, John McCain and an Army of Joes
The real anger at McCain’s rallies.

There’s an army of Joe the Plumbers, and they’re documented and licensed:

Munoz said he owned a small construction business. “I have a license, if you guys want to check,” he said.

Someone asked why Munoz had come to the rally. “I support McCain, but I’ve come to face you guys because I’m disgusted with you guys,” he said. “Why the hell are you going after Joe the Plumber? Joe the Plumber has an idea. He has a future. He wants to be something else. Why is that wrong? Everything is possible in America. I made it. Joe the Plumber could make it even better than me. . . . I was born in Colombia, but I was made in the U.S.A.”

The scene turned into a mini-fracas when David Corn, of Mother Jones, defended press coverage. Munoz was having none of it. Why, he asked, would the press whack Joe the Plumber when it didn’t want to report on Obama’s relationship with William Ayers, the former Weather Underground bomber? “How come that’s not in the news all the time?” Munoz said. “How come Joe the Plumber is every second? I’m talking about NBC, MSNBC, CBS, ABC, and CNN.”A black woman with a strong Caribbean accent jumped in the fray. “Tell me,” she said to Corn, “why is it you can go and find out about Joe the Plumber’s tax lien and when he divorced his wife and you can’t tell me when Barack Obama met with William Ayers? Why? Why could you not tell us that? Joe the Plumber is me!”

“I am Joe the Plumber!” Munoz chimed in. “You’re attacking me.”

“Wait a second,” Corn said. “Do you pay your taxes?”

“Yes, I pay my taxes,” the woman said.

“Then you’re better than Joe the Plumber,” Corn said.

David, David, David…

That set off a general free-for-all. “I’m going to tell you something,” Munoz yelled at Corn. “I’m better than Obama. Why? Because I’m not associated with terrorists!”

Bravo Tito, and Joe.

UPDATE
On Barack Obama and Colin Powell. What does this link have to do with Joe the Plumber? Well, read it and find out.

Duyen is Joe the plumber

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  1. Savvy says

    October 20, 2008 at 7:39 pm

    Video of ‘Joe the Plumber’: http://aipnews.com/talk/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=712&posts=19

    ‘Joe’ says Alan Keyes could fix the country in 2 years.

    The country just doesn’t have the good sense to elect him.

  2. JULEE says

    October 20, 2008 at 9:11 pm

    please stop the joe the plumber business..we are ALLL very sick of him, his name and everything about him! can you ppppppppppppllllllllleeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaasssssssseeeeeeee stop!

  3. Pat Patterson says

    October 21, 2008 at 12:05 am

    Why the heck is David Corn even engaged in a debate at a campaign event? Isn’t he there to cover the event not influence the outcome?

  4. Gringo says

    October 21, 2008 at 12:17 am

    Pat Patterson:
    Why the heck is David Corn even engaged in a debate at a campaign event? Isn’t he there to cover the event not influence the outcome?

    Because he is in the tank for Obama.
    As he is w Mother Jones, he doesn’t have to pretend to be objective as do the MSM journalists. Mother Jones from the get go has been “advocacy journalism.”

  5. Christina says

    October 21, 2008 at 7:44 am

    Do you think maybe the MSM has a double standard?

    Martin Haskell runs an illegal, unlicensed business in Ohio. Do you see the MSM getting their knickers in a twist about this?

    And — shades of “He’s not JOE! He’s SAM!” — Haskell’s name isn’t even Martin. It’s WILLIAM Martin MUDD Haskell. Yes, his name is Mudd.

    Gosh, why do you think William Mudd the business owner gets a pass by the media, while Sam/Joe the man who dreams of owning a business gets crucified?

    William Martin Mudd Haskell is the guy who popularized Partial Birth Abortion. His unlicensed business is an abortion clinic.

  6. Pat Patterson says

    October 21, 2008 at 12:06 pm

    But in multiculturalism owning an abortion clinic is arguably the work of God. And his name is Quetzacoatl!

  7. Dean Criswell says

    October 21, 2008 at 1:28 pm

    I bet Joe is really wishing he would have kept his big stupid mouth shut….lol. Or maybe he wishes he would have paid last yrs taxes before asking about next yrs. The median salary for a plumber is about 37,500….what a loser the republicans picked for a mascot.

  8. Fausta says

    October 21, 2008 at 1:51 pm

    I bet Joe is really wishing he would have kept his big stupid mouth shut
    Joe and Jack both, Dean.

  9. Fausta says

    October 21, 2008 at 1:52 pm

    And, Dean, if you could find a NJ plumber who makes <$37,500, please do make sure to ask for documentation.

  10. omelas says

    October 21, 2008 at 5:33 pm

    McCain picked Joe as his campaign poster-boy, not the MSM. It’s not Mother Jones’ fault that McCain vetted Joe with just as much thought as he vetted Palin. Come on, even the Wall Street Journal says “Joe” is a joke, and they are in the tank for McCain!!

  11. Pat Patterson says

    October 21, 2008 at 11:28 pm

    But are WSJ reporters out arguing with people on median strips at campagin events? But I guess that Joe should have called the McCain headquarters when he realized that The One was materializing in front of his house and no one had burst into flames when contemplating that visage or hearing that voice.

  12. Deans Conscious says

    October 22, 2008 at 3:35 am

    Dean, if you think making only $37,000/yr makes a person a loser then you’re an asshole. Period.

  13. Joe the Plumber says

    October 22, 2008 at 10:02 am

    Join the campaign.

    http://www.facebook.com/pages/Joe-the-Plumber/31260522949

    And spread the wealth!

    http://www.cafepress.com/gojoe08

  14. Tom the Techi says

    October 22, 2008 at 3:15 pm

    I’m the same as Joe the Plumber. And I want Joe to sucseed just as much I am. I make good money (Techies make good money and I’m worried about Obummer spreading my wealth around).

    Joe, you’re always welcome to come work at my place. I’d trust you a million times more than Obummer, he’d probably steal my valuables and give it away saying he’s spreading the wealth.

  15. Celeste in Ohio says

    October 22, 2008 at 5:52 pm

    As a small business we support Joe the Plumber, because we know where we came from and where we are now. In fact he has inspired us to pay tribute to him on our Toilet Tattoos, check themsout on our website.
    Way to go Joe, exercising your first amendment rights.
    God Bless America, American made products and ingenuity and Freedom of Speech.

  16. Stevo says

    October 26, 2008 at 3:10 pm

    Joe the Plumber is familiar stereotype to me as I’ve seen a lot of guys like that. Basically the porn consuming, booze consuming, immoral buffoons who come home and turn on Fox News and belch. Lot of guys like that and if you have any kind of education, etc they usually end up calling you a fruitcake (I would use other word they like) because very difficult to portray the level of ignorance they are in. You think its an act they are putting on as a defense mechanism but its not an act. They can see through anyone trying to fit in with them that isnt like them so they must have some kind of low intelligence going on for themselves.

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