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From the department of laying down with dogs...

2008-12-10T14:00:00Z

Honestly who didn't see this coming:

Joe Wurzelbacher lashed out Tuesday at former GOP presidential nominee John McCain, the man who made Wurzelbacher famous as "Joe the Plumber."

Wurzelbacher 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."

Recalling a conversation he had with McCain about the $700 billion financial industry bailout in September, Wurzelbacher said: "When I was on the bus with him, I asked him a lot of questions about the bailout because most Americans did not want that to happen."

"I asked him some pretty direct questions," he continued. "Some of the answers you guys are gonna receive -- they appalled me, absolutely. 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."

Wow. This is as a good a time as any to remind people of how "Joe" acted when the actual opposition was right there. Whatever happened to the business anyway...

UPDATE: H/T to the CAP folks for the original link

Comment from Tessa on 2008-12-10

2008-12-10T14:10:18Z

Whatever happened to the business anyway...

I hate to sound flippant, but who cares? Same goes for the book deal. And Joe himself. I wish he'd just go away.

Comment from Incertus (Brian) on 2008-12-10

2008-12-10T14:11:34Z

Isn't his 15 minutes up already? Seriously, who gives a crap what a guy who's virtually indistinguishable from any of a couple thousand right-wing bloggers/blog commenters has to say?

Comment from Bruce on 2008-12-10

2008-12-10T14:23:59Z

thanks T...this answers the age-old question "what's weaker than weak-sauce"....apparently...it's JtP's spine...wow...

Comment from Mr. Roboto on 2008-12-10

2008-12-10T14:28:23Z

Yup, who cares. The whole Joe the Plumber thing reminded me of an old Onion article (years ago when they were still run largely by students and therefore funny) which read:

"Uneducated Forklift Driver to Address Nation on Rush Limbaugh Show Tonight - Nation Eagerly Awaits Ohio Man's Profound Insight Into Current Events"

Comment from Alyson Miers on 2008-12-10

2008-12-10T14:43:56Z

The sooner we stop hearing from this asshat, the better off we'll all be. Go get your plumbing license, Sam, pay your tax bill, and quit darkening the Internet's doorstep.

Comment from ed on 2008-12-10

2008-12-10T14:45:05Z

If there were ever two people who deserved each other, it's Joe the Phony and Glenn Beck.

Comment from Persia on 2008-12-10

2008-12-10T15:39:15Z

ed, I think it was Joe the Phony and John McCain, actually.

Comment from Ange on 2008-12-10

2008-12-10T15:50:16Z

Jesus Christmas! Will this flea flee already? The worst part is that he really thinks he's brilliant. What a chump.

Comment from sgwhiteinfla on 2008-12-10

2008-12-10T15:54:42Z

So now the Joe the Plumber who was totally against government hand outs has been found to have been on welfare and is now currently starring in a video about how you get a government discount on a digital box for your Tee Vee. The same guy who is upset about politicians lying to the people lied and said he was buying a business that was making over $250,000 in order to try to paint a candidate he opposed in a negative light. The same guy that talked about how he hates that politicians compromise their morals by voting for stuff they are against, voted for a guy that repulsed him. The same guy who says he is against corruption has a lien against his house and is a strong supporter of a woman who was found to have abused her office of Governer almost from the moment she won the job.

Yep his effort at total hypocrisy is complete.

Comment from Tom in MA on 2008-12-10

2008-12-10T16:37:15Z

What's really weird about Joe the Plumber is that he always talks about how he tries to ask politicians some tough questions and get some straight answers, but can never tell us what the questions were and what the allegedly non-answers were. Just that it was a profoundly, life-changingly, disappointing experience for Joe. The man is stupid because he won't learn, not the other way round.

Comment from Dayana Martinez on 2008-12-10

2008-12-10T19:53:36Z

Joe Wurzelbacher is simply telling the truth. John McCain lost the election the moment he bought into the Wall Street bailout.

If McCain had stood against the Bailout, he would have clearly distinguished himself from Obama and the congressional Democrats as well as Bush who was their ally on this socialist fiasco.

Now with Obama headed to the White House and Congress socializing the auto industry, there's no-telling what else the government will take over. Soon we'll have Soviet-style "Five Year Economic Plans" to completely destroy our freedom.

Since Socialism has never worked anywhere, a backlash will inevitably come, either in 2010 or 2012. Then people will wish they listened to people like Joe. When that happens, Wurzelbacher will make a great congressman!