From left to right: Will Croswell, of the Washington D.C. area; Andrew Butash, of Scranton, Pennsylvania; Byron Hodkinson, from Melbourne, Austrailia; and Charlie Smith, also from the Washington D.C. area, greeted Sen. Obama in Virginia Friday. (Photo Credit: Sasha Johnson/CNN)
ROANOKE, Virginia (CNN) - The new symbol of the McCain campaign: the plunger.
As Democratic nominee Barack Obama pulled into the Roanoke Civic Center on Friday, he was greeted by the usual McCain campaign supporters that show at Obama rallies. But this time, those waving McCain-Palin signs were joined by dozens of people waving standard-issue plungers. Some wore white t-shirts emblazoned with "I AM JOE THE PLUMBER" on the front. The protesters all said they were volunteers and not paid by the McCain campaign.
The plungers serve as a reference to the 2008 campaign's latest cult personality, Joe "the Plumber" Wurzelbacher of Holland Ohio. (Joe is actually his middle name. First name: Samuel).
While the plungers emerged in Roanoke, McCain's vice presidential running mate Sarah Palin told a fundraiser in neighboring North Carolina Thursday night that she's already tired of "Joe the Plumber."
"Don't make me say Joe the Plumber, please, in any speeches," Palin said.
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Wow...just, wow.
Of course, Sarah Palin is tired of Joe the Plummer. She is jealous of the spotlight being on someone else. She likes being the center of attention and wants the spotlight to be focused on her.
Well, if they were truly Joe the Plumber, they would realize they would be saving money under Barack's plan, just like he admitted today.
I bet they aren't real plumbers either. McCain the fraud, perpetrating a fraud that was so easy to uncover. Joe "the plumber" as it turns out isn't a plumber, isn't interested in buying a business, owes back taxes, and only makes about 40K a year (not 250K). He would be better off under Obama's tax plan, if only he were smart enough to figure that out.
Why doesn't Sarah Palin like Joe the Plumber? She loves Joe Six-pack. What gives?
"The new symbol of the McCain campaign: the plunger."
Perfect!! Because McCain/Palin are going down the drain!!!!
I believe they should be using those plungers on the McCain campaign that's in the toilet.
I wouldn't get too cute with those plungers guys. Good old Joe has turned into "Say It Ain't So Joe" . LOL By the way...Palin can make SNL but not Meet The Press? Now THAT'S a real story.
These guys need to do something useful like unclog some toilets.
is the plunger a reference to McCain's campaign going down the tubes?
McCain has become desparate and sleazy. I received a robocall about Obama and it should be illegal to do this and lie. Can this be stopped. McCain you are a sleaze . I have no better word for you. Instead of knocking jdown a man why don't you stand up like a man and talk positively about what you will do for our country besides negative talk. This is worse then pig with lipstick talk. I am ashamed of you John and you have lost my vote.l
And palin we all know she lies. But this is not how to win.
For once I agree with Palin about being tired of the Joe the Plumber fixation.
Joe was a fraud, and was a Republican plant that is starting to backfire.
Hehe...McCain and Palin need to distance themselves from that goof they planted at an Obama event and their supporters are going to ruin it for them.
As a Plimber myself I like this and to my brother plumbers out there.... Stay Stong and let's get Obama elected.
If you the real Joe the plumber, earning the average wages for the plumber, Obama tax cuts will definitely benefit. YES that is TRUE.
I guess whoever wins will cary a plunger to unstop the negative direction in which we're going. Will it be Obama or McCain–Of course the best guy to win. I don't think it will be Ralph Nader because his platform is environment and safe cars.
Obama will probably succeed according to the present polls, and Powell will probably endorse him. 19 days left, so get out the vote America.
Please tell me the tide is not turning back to McCain. This happens every election. Just when theres a chance for positive change, Lee Greeenwood starts singing "Proud to be an American" and the country caves to the inbred racist, cling to your guns and religion that is the reaso nwhy the rest of the world hates us. You may all get exactly what you deserve.
The fact that they have to carry around plungers says it all considering McCain's campaign is in the toilet. LOL
Go Obama!
They don't even realize that Obama's plan will help them. McCain has no plans to help them and actually no intentions to help them. I hope they see this picture and realize how stupid they look.
While they are there at the Obama rally maybe they will listen and see who has the better plan.
Obama/Biden
wow. how do those guys run businesses that net over $250 000 a year and still have time to dress up in costumes and stand on the side of the road?
This is beyond dumb. I am at a loss for words. Hurry, Nov 4, goodbye mccain palin and joe the plumber..
Joe-the-plumber is just another distraction. People, please keep your minds on the issues and not fall for all this fodder... There are more intelligent things to be discussed. Such as who is going to be the better POTUS come 2 1/2 weeks.
These must be guys who dont pay there taxes either or get there facts checked that Obama is giving them a tax cut!!! so sad!
This whole plumber thing just makes McCain look more foolish/senile. The guy was/is a total fraud and plant. No wonder Palin wants to suddenly move on.
Interesting! I recognize the road, but not the people. But I am very glad to see young people getting involved in the political process. Roanoke, a historic town, will remember Obama's visit.
I don't get it. What are they protesting with the plungers and tee-shirts? Haven't they found out yet, that Joe the Plumber is a fraud?
Someone should point out to these men that a FAKE plumber was planted by McCain. He's making them look like fools.
Do yall make over $250,000? If so, you have an argument, if not shut up and go home.
Joe the license-free, tax-owing Plumber, that is. The plumber who, coincidentally, happens to be Charles Keating's grandson. The plumber whose dad did time for his role in the Keating S & L scandal. The plumber who earns $40,000/year and would clearly prefer Obama's tax plan - if he were genuinely an "undecided" voter as opposed to a Republican plant.
I'm so sick of Joe the Plummer. He's owes back taxes, Not registered to vote and is not even a licensed plummer.
Looks like McCain's campaign has really gone down the toilet.
They'll come in handy when the McCain/Palin campaign goes all the way down the toilet.
Yeah sarah I wouldn't want to talk about him either now that he has been exposed as a right wing shill. I am just waiting until we find out he is on the McCain payroll. PS tell Samuel to pay his taxes!
If you vote in a way that doesn't benefit you finacially, but it benefits a system that doesn't benefit you financially, that sounds like taking one for the team, which sounds like socialism to me. Especially when you're taking one for a team your not even on.
"Pinhead", it looks Joe the Plumber is going to be your undoing. If your vocal "pipes" weren't so dirty a plumber wouldn't have had to be called.
Oh, so they're all stupid.
What's the Aussie doing there? This is really stupid!
I can't wait until OBAMA FLUSHES MCCAIN!!!!
OBAMA/BIDEN
Obama is a lawyer, not a plumber. Look for a McCain upset.
Enough already with this political theme. I live in Canada where plumbers make $70.00 bucks an hour, $100.00 for after hours. They are not hurting trust me! McCain screwed up "joes" name and he isn't even a plumber!
Of course these guys are all typical McCain supporters.. or supporters for anyone not black that is! Flush it pals.
And yet she used it again in this morning's rally. Can't not say it, it's by far the most effective thing they have... although I don't think it's going to make a dent. Mr. Obama and his supporters ( including me ) are gonna roll right on forward and make a difference.
The're going to need those plungers come November 4th
I was flush with excitement when I considered the puns possible for this article. With the economy in the toilet as it is. McCain is just plum out of ideas so it is time to pull the lever for Obama.
Do they know that turns out Joe the Plumber will get a tax CUT from Obama's plan? McCain certainly knows.
Maybe all these plumbers can help get the McCain campaign out of the toilet.
So...does any of these men have a "License" to be a plumber, or are they like the real guy with no license, back taxes and debt to shirk their tax paying responsibility????
Funny. McLames campaign is in the toilet and it's gonna take more than a plunger to fix it.
And too bad these people don't understand our progressive tax system. Too bad they don't understand they will get more money back from Obama than McCain in their respective tax plans.
The uninformed voter is really scary in our electorate.
GET EDUCATED!!!
These are the type of guys who peel off a half dozen McDonald's Monopoly game pieces per day trying to get from the bottom 5% wage earners up to a level where they would not be hurt by McCains tax policies.
Look at these idiots. What a waste of time.
Hey CNN – Perhaps you haven't noticed, but Obama is ahead in the polls, not McCain...why is every single one of your articles today pro-McCain and anti-Obama?
Trying to follow in Fox news' footsteps of extreme bias? Or are you trying to influence the polls to keep the ratings up?
ho cares about plungers? How about reporting on the two Obama supporters that were beaten up at a McCain rally yesterday? Or would that tarnish the image you are trying to project for McCain?
Honestly, with a slogan like no bias no bull, you could at least pretend to keep it fair, even if it is in your corporate interest to see McCain elected.
joe the plumber admitted he'd save money under obama tax plan. somebody forgot 2 tell those 3...
More phony plumbers...
Buttcracks for McCain! How revealing...
No substance, just gimmicks!
From October 6 through October 15, CNN aired at least 54 segments mentioning allegations that ACORN submitted allegedly false or duplicate voter registration applications this year in a number of states.
Problem is, CNN failed to mention:
A) Acorn is obligated by the state law to submit those applications, even if they know they are suspicious.
B) Registration fraud rarely leads to voter fraud, something CNN does not even differenciate.
I do not see any ticker about his. 54 times, you badly reported the news. (without suprise, Dobbs is leading the dance.) Are you going to explain this?
A bunch of dummies. "Joe the Plumber" was a Republican plant all along. It kind of fits since he doesn't have a license for plumbing (doesn't believe in regulation) and is a tax cheat where he is being sued on back taxes.
The only argument left for McCain is that he is not black. Nothing else is left.
Joe the plumber has no been shown to be a fake. First of all he has no plumber's license. Secondly hia name is not Joe, its Samuel. Thirdly, he makes far less than the $250,000 dollars a year that McCain used as his tax bracket.
Nice try John, but you are full of it again.
The earth must be moving. I can't believe I actually agree with Sarah Palin for once. Give it a rest, folks, and get rid of "Joe the Plummer." Just two minutes into the narrative about him during the debate and I was sick of the whole thing already. Besides, isn't this supposed to be the day of "Jane the Hairstylist."
How ignorant can these fools get? Do they honestly make over $250,000 a year, so that they have a right to be worried about Obama's tax plan? Probably not. Do they really want to align themselves with a man, "Joe the Plumber", who owes back taxes and does not have a plumber's license in violation of statute? Puuuuleeese. Get a grip folks, grow and pair and stop acting juvenile. Not McCain plants? Hmmm.
McCain brings it up and now Palin is whinning about it...come on ..this lady is a piece of work..and not ready to lead.
As for the protesters with plungers,,,from the picture I am not sure that any of them ahve the brains to use one..or to handle a simple plumbing job.
Wake up America....McCain/Palin are loosing it...grasping at anything.
DESPARATE FOLKS!
LOSERS! Go get yourself a job...opps...maybe you are jobless due to Bush/Cheney/McCain/Palin's policies...
Just the antics with "hockey moms" they'll be PLENTY of other plumbers who support Obama and not these ignorant yokels voting for a man who could care less about their finances.
It doesn't take a plumber to know that Obama stinks?
Hopefully these guys are just taking the day off as opposed to collecting from that socialist Unemployment Compensation progrm.
"Make you say" Palin? Sounds like you just support America's claim that your nothing but a pretty face reading a script. You're a political tool, a puppet. Granted a good one. But who is gonna be there to tell you what to do if you have to take over? A scripted speech won't "shake up Wahington" and accepting what people "make you say" doesn't make you a maverick.
McCain's policies would "plunge" us further into the toilet, so his love of "Joe the Plumber" are certainly appropriate.
Okay media- we get it. You want this to be a close race so there is more "drama" on election day and more for you to cover but seriously, can we stop taking about this (not really a) plumber guy and talk about the issues? McCain has a terrible healthcare plan- can we focus on that?
This tells me this kids are not serious about life and what Obama is trying to say... Joe the plumber isn't the only person who has goals but Obama wants us all to get a piece of the pie.
Sarah Palin is suddenly tired of Joe the Plumber because his name is not Joe, he is not licensed as a plumber in Ohio and he owe a lot of unpaid taxes to the state of Ohio already.
Ignorant Joe.
Joe doesnt doesnt even know that he get a tax cut under Obama's Plan.
Ignorance is the reason why i voted for Bush and i'm not making the same mistake again.
So, the guy's name isn't even Joe.
He doesn't make $250k/year, and even if he bought a business and did, he most likely still wouldn't be affected by the Obama tax plan.
And, oh yeah, he's related by marriage to Charles Keating – of the Keating 5 scandal, not exactly a McCain career highlight.
Is this really the best that the McCain camp could come up with as a rallying cry?
It's a shame that the John McCain of 2000 seems to be MIA; I would have voted for him.
Ha. the plunger as a symbol of the McCain campaign. How...appropriate.
I'm just trying to watch which areas of the country McCain and Palin think are "pro-America"...
Plumbers voting against their economic interests. Joe the Plumber is a caricature. The real Joe is not really named Joe, is not a plumber, made 40K in 2006, and has not put a bid in for the business he wants to acquire (which only netted 100K last year, by the way). More right-wing propoganda
Shouldn't their shirts say "I am Sam, the unlicensed, back tax oweing plumber who doesn't really make $250,000 a year?"
I guess they are not suffering at all from the economic policies of the last 8 years, so I can understand their support. I however, am not better off today than I was eight years ago and my vote goes to Obama. He has the better plan for out country and the know how to carry the plan out. I love his outlook and the way he has run his campaign, his work and attitude gives me confidence and faith in his judgment. I cannot wait till Nov 4th and those guys protesting Obama can benefit from my vote even though they may not agree with me! Thanks but no thanks to Mccain/Palin!
this campaign season has turned into an all out circus. so much for restoring our status in the world...
Their ignorance is showing. Sad for them.
oh brother, another one falls for the McCain lies. I guess they didn't watch the debate when Obama said you would not be taxed unless you make 250K a year. It doesn't appear that the real Joe Plumber or any of these guys in the picture have to worry about that.
Yup and Palin is no more tired of "Joe" than we are of her! Now this boob is running around and speaking only in "pro-America area."
Palin is the most insulting and dangerous (think George Bush) boob this election season. Let's hope she's back home in Oblivion, Alaska in time for her to be ousted from the governor's mansion.
Those boys are just ignorant. If they did there research they would realize that they will recieve tax breaks under Obama's plan.
You can be quite sure they don't make over $250,00 per yr, just by looking at them!
They look as silly as all the other silly McCain supporters. And they probably don't realize that Joe the Plumber is a fraud...he isn't a plumber, he can't afford to buy the business (that doesn't make the $250,000), even if he could he would still get a tax cut, he makes 40k a year so he should be voting for Obama. So Joe the Plumber, as usual with many a McCain supporter, is misinformed (or self deluded). Sort of like their two candidates, eh?
Bob in Milford
I know there is a joke in there in regards to McCain and Plumbers butt.
Wow! One of the guys in the pic is from Australia.
Hmmm....could McCain be taking contribution from foreigners?
See the pic again...From left to right: Will Croswell, of the Washington D.C. area; Andrew Butash, of Scranton, Pennsylvania; Byron Hodkinson, from Melbourne, Austrailia; and Charlie Smith, also from the Washington D.C. area, greeted Sen. Obama in Virginia Friday. (Photo Credit: Sasha Johnson/CNN)
Aren't there still some McCain and Palin taxes that have not been displayed? Whats up with that!
Does that mean Mccain's campaign is going down the toilet?????
If these guys were real plumbers, they would be working making the $20+ an hour that plumbers make. It's a good thing they have plungers, because McCain's campaign is in the toilet.
Some folks truly "take pride in their ignorance."
You mean these 4 guys are unlicensed, lying tax evaders?
The plunger is a perfect prop for the last eight years of Bush-Cheney-McCain economic policies.
It was a plunger which was used to torture a Black Haitain immigrant in New York City.
So, waving it front of Barack Obama has other implications.
And by the way, find a real plumber to make your hero.
If you support mccain you might as well flush this country down the toilet so we'll need you guys. Is the clueless, pathological liar palin back in alaska yet? And last comment, why would people vote against their best interest just so they don't vote for a black man? How stupid and self destructive can you be? (I am a white woman by the way, and a PROUD supporter of Barack Hussein Obama!
Maybe they can get McCain's ugly desperate campaign out of the toilet.
Notice that Obama did not have them removed when protesting or supporting their personal views. Can we say the same for the McCain/Palin people?
John McCain is gaining in the polls and he almost tied with Obama. John McCain did well at the last debate by lecturing on the issues and separating himself form George Bush, so this should go well in putting John Mccain ahead in the polls in the coming days. Joe the plumber was also a great help for Mccain too.
@NO HILLARY NO OBAMA...
MCCAIN UPSET? IS IT THAT YOU ARE UPSET THAT OBAMA IS AHEAD OR ARE YOU JUST A MISERABLE PERSON....I THINK THE LATTER IS THE CASE, AS ALL YOUR BLOGS ARE SOOOOOOOO
NEGATIVE......
@VINCENT GREAT LAKES IL
WHAT STINKS IS YOUR HATEFUL COMMENT!!! PLEASE SEEK THERAPY!!!
Joe the Plumber is Joe the Dumb. The Replubicans have always reiled on stupid folks to win elections. And, I think most plumbers are really smart, but the Replubicans are experts at locating all of the dumb folks through out every profession.
We need to SHUT JOE UP. Now. Joe must be destroyed. His views have no place in a humane democracy. Obama will win this election, and use the Fairness Docterine to shut these clowns down. End Fascism, vote Obama.
Why is CNN, once again, following McCain's talking points? Aren't you the non-biased news channel who stands for no bull or bias? Where is the honest "Anderson 360" reports? ACORN does not have any connection to votes for Obama. Why are you allowing mistruths to stand and why are you supporting them? Why aren't you reporting about voter suppresion by the Republican party which happened in 2000 and 2004? Why aren't you reporting McCain's ABSOLUTE connection to G. Gordon Liddy? On Letterman, McCain says his relationship with him is okay because the man went to jail. Are you kidding me? What about McCain receiving free cell towers from Verizon and AT&T? Where is CNN's "best news team on TV ' on these issues? Why no discussion? Talk about cover up for the Republican candidate. You should be sued by America for being a party to fraud in this election. Sickening.........
You have to love McCain's brilliant Campaign. 'Joe the plumber' is the reason i should vote for you....
Sorry Senator McCain but 'Lori the Cashier' is voting for Barack Obama and I like her better!
Brilliant strategy to sway the intelligent Senator McCain!
Voting for Obama/Biden in 08!
How appropriate McCain has adopted a plunger as the symbol of his campaign.
Let the toliet humor commense!
OBAMA/BIDEN '08
Oregon loves OBAMA!
YES WE CAN!
I hope unlike the last Joe the Plumber, these guys have their licenses to work on the plumbing in peoples homes and offices. I hope that they are not liers like the last Joe. McCain seems to surround himself with liers and cheaters and thieves. Shameful stuff i'd say. McCain must not know how to VET anyone and he is just a figurehead. Can you imagine having this Lier, mean spirited man and that STUPID women in the White House. I can't see them in the White House not even for a visit.
From left to right: Will Croswell, of the Washington D.C. area; Andrew Butash, of Scranton, Pennsylvania; Byron Hodkinson, from Melbourne, Austrailia; and Charlie Smith, also from the Washington D.C. area, greeted Sen. Obama in Virginia Friday.
Byron Hodkinson, from Melbourne, Austrailia; what he has to do in us politics?
OMG MG! I just read about the violence against the Obama supporters and a rock being thrown at a camera man at a Palin rally yesterday too. What's next? A return to good old cross burngings? And there is good old Eva Braun Palin smiling and aw shucking for the camera claiming she don't know nothing. Puhleeze.
Poor guys, they kinda look like fools–duped by the McCain plan(t) to spread untruths about Obama's tax plan.
It doesn't appear any of this bunch is making six figures to me. But perhaps I am judging by the cover. . .
They'd actually do better under Obama's plan than McCain's according to neutral tax experts. . .
............And the point of this IS? What?
Joe is the typical American and that is why he is such a hit with the public. the elite leftist just can't stand it! First thing they do is smear Joe. Why not look into Obama's RADICAL friends like Wright and Ayers just to name two. Can't do that now can we? Don't want the public to hear the truth on what a bunch of socialist/Marxist these people are and what they will do to this country.
Lol – that's actually pretty funny.
how easily america gets distracted.
what sort of people have we become to be fooled so easily with ridiculous slogans about "joe the plumber" or whatever.
such a shame, we have fallen so low, yet we want to claim we are the best in the world.
it seems we are the best in one thing: being ignorant.
Vote Obama and let's end this mental crisis that has spread through this country like a virus.
Meet Joe the Fake Plumber, he's the new Sarah Palin.
Well anything to help his campaign??
Obama/Biden 2008
those guys look like they could use Obama's tax plan... but they are too stupid to realize it!
Unpaid taxes??? No business license??? It seems McCain's ordinary American hero Joe the Plumber was vetted by the same people that vetted Sarah Palin. And where was John McCain's flag pin during the last debate??? How incredibly unpatriotic!
This is truly troublesome, I just heard Obama's speech in Virginia asking , How many Joe the plumber make 250K? Is he truly questioniong this voter at asked do you bielve in the Americn Dream?
Apparently Sarah doesn want to talk about Joe the Plumber – since it reminds everyone of the fact that McCain clearly did NOT do a
good vetting his running mate OR Joe the wanna-be plumber.
why do these people still call him the joe the plumber. the guy has no plumbing license. he makes 42k a year, how on earth could he possibly buy the company he works for?
also that company hardly makes 100k a year. so much worry about the over 250k taxes huh! that's called lying. must've been planted by the mccain camp .
I think the Obama people have been the ones that have been so negative. They are the ones that are keeping the country from coming together. They seem to be consumed with hatred toward anyone who disagrees with them. I feel that they have been disrespectful in much of the campaign and it is because of them that this country will struggle to unite.
Plungers of America unite!!!
I couldn't help myself with this priceless picture! At least it added a bit of humor to the campaign!!!
Why do plumbers have a problem with Obama? Obama is going to help the average plumber.
I wonder if any of these plumbers make more than $250,000 per year!!
This CNN Article should be properly titled,
"Republican plumbers don't accept truth that Obama will help them more than McCain will help them"
I think the Obama people have been the ones that have been so negative. They are the ones that are keeping the country from coming together. They seem to be consumed with hatred toward anyone who disagrees with them. I feel that they have been disrespectful in much of the campaign and it is because of them that this country will struggle to unite.
A plunger isn't so much the symbol of Sen. McCain's campaign as it is a toilet.
My question is will John McCain offer contract work on all his seven houses in exchange for all these plumbers support? And at what point prior to the debate did John McCain become an "old buddy" with this ficticious Joe whose real name is Samuel the unliscensed plumber? Keep plumbing out of politics!
If they were real workers, they wouldn't be wearing EMPTY toolbelts. hahahah.
VOTE YOUR HEART NOT WHAT YOU HEAR
Yeah guys... You see McCain supporters don't have anything better to do with their time than to dress up like a lying, unlicensed, none tax paying, $250,000 a year ( oops! $47,000 ) a year wanna be plumber. What McCain needs to do is tell those guys that Joe the Plumber has not been paying his taxes under the Bush tax laws. Go figure....
For once I agree with Palin. I am tired of hearing and talking about Joe also. The Joe that matters rightnow in this election is Joe Biden
Obama/Biden 08'
I cannot believe how many posters on this site are unable to spell. So much hate being spoken. Why is it impossible to share one's views without insults and barbs being tossed into the comment? All of this hatred and all of this polarization is what is dividing and destroying America. BOTH parties are playing into this as well. Noone wants middle ground any longer. It is always "my way or no way". NONE of our problems will be solved unless we ALL work together and ALL give some ground to get to the common center. Please...let the hate go and let's fix our country. If the parties want to spit on each other, let them. Let's ignore them and get this engine working again!
Disrespectful comments from Obama supporters, what's new?
Sarah Palin should be the last person to even utter anything closly related to fraud. Her entire life as Governor has been questionable. Whenever she is on, I turn my channel. She is not worthy of listening to.
News reports say the unlicensed Samuel earned about $40,000 last year and owes about 1,000 in back taxes. Additionally, this man has no immediate plans to buy a business.
Under Obama's tax relief this man would owe about $500 less in taxes
McCain campaign gets funnier and funnier each day.
No plumber can save the plunging McCain campaign now.
Yes please STOP talking about this supposed rich plumber!!
I am so sick and tired of hearing about this guy. I couldn't care less about him, so PLEASE!! PLEASE!! STOP TALKING ABOUT HIM!!
Keep trashing Joe the Plumber, all you hateful obama supporters. Its going to cost you the election. So, please, keep it up. We appreciate the help. And, by the way, your leader is doing it, too, so that helps even more.
Get a quote from a plummer. It is $120 to walk in your door. Remember the movie THE MONEY PIT? The plumber shows up in a limousine.
The way the democrats attacked Joe the Plumber should make every American very scared. If you dare dissent against a president Obama, the AP, CNN, NBC will look into your tax filings, your divorce, and camp outside your house. If you dare question a President Obama, you will be called a racist. If you dare express your dislike of his policies, you will be charged with a hate crime.
I want a president I am free to disagree with, and the media has used censorship and propaganda to suppress our free speech rights.
My vote for McCain is a vote against the media.
They look like Joe the plumbers hahaha.
Poor Judgement the selection of Palin and the endorsement of Joe the plummer... wonder what selection for a judge would look like Judge Wapner?
joe the plumber is a joke,he makes 40.000 a year and no licence,i will not let him fix my plumbing.i think he wasd by the mcaine team to divert the attention from economy.sorry it will not work.
"John McCain is gaining in the polls and he almost tied with Obama. "
Gaining a hair? Maybe. Almost tied? You're living in a fantasy.
Maybe McCain and Palin can start a plumbing business together when their political careers are over on Nov 4.
Well it is getting close to Halloween.
THOSE PLUMBERS ARE MORONS – THEY BENEFIT FROM OBAMA'S PLAN, BUT REDNECKS ARE A HARD NUT TO CRACK.
This 'Joe Plummer' is not even a licensed plummer a. I have no pity for this guy who makes 280,000 dollars a year, cry me a river Joe.
i'm sure none of those protesters are making over $250,000....
they need to put down those props(plungers)...the stupid signs, and vote for Obama/Biden.
I wonder if these are McCain's personal plumbers for his 7 or 8 homes he owns?? I wonder if these people know that Joe the Plumber was a McCain plant...a fraud, just like McCain himself.
The Russian flag would be appropriate.
McCain 2008
Hillary 2012
Joe The Plumber – Senator from Illinois.
Hmmm....trolls around going berserk here? They must be losing.
I have a couple of questions: 1) Why didn't Sarah Palin accept the invitations to appear on the networks following the 3rd debate? Joe Biden appeared on all of the networks but Palin declined. That's a fact.
2) Senator McCain said he is not President Bush. That's fine, but why then did he accept money raised by Bush when he appeared at fundraisers behind closed doors? He pushes the President away with one hand but takes money Bush raised with the other. That's a fact.
And finally, 3) Why are the McCain/Palin signs blue? The Republican party is identified as being red with the Democratic Party being the one seen as blue. Are they attempting to fool people? That's a fair question, isn't it?
"Joe the plumber" is just the personification of Obama's idea of economy system of re-distribution of wealth. It is a significant interpretation of the difference between a welfare state and a ownership state.
There is no need to attack Joe, every voter must endeavor to understand how the economy will affect them if such concerns Joe shared with Obama are anything to go by. Before you cast your vote, I employ everyone to research or ask anyone who has lived under such welfare-state economy system Obama intends to introduce to America.
Democratic Voter said: "We need to SHUT JOE UP. Now. Joe must be destroyed. His views have no place in a humane democracy. Obama will win this election, and use the Fairness Docterine to shut these clowns down. End Fascism, vote Obama."
Did anyone else's irony meter just explode??
Hint (since a Democratic Voter probably cannot understand the irony): Your statement was the very essence of Fascism!
WOW great to find this site full of brain dead socialists. Obama is a communist with a litte "c" who will do great damage to this country. He has no history, no accomplishments, a true Mancurian Candidate. You all need to look at what you are doing.
Palin has more experience than O, and loves this country unlike him. Wake up look at who he is.
Right wing shill? How about left wing loon? That's what all of you Obamabots are. You don't even make sense. Wait and see who comes out of the woodwork to vote AGAINST Obama.
Those four look really smart.
So Joe (whose name is Sam) the Plumber (who isn't a plumber) was used by McCain to attack Obama's tax proposal, though Joe/Sam actually pays less tax under Obama (if he actually got around to paying his taxes.) That's right... seems that Joe/Sam the plumber owes some back taxes...
Is this average, model American citizen a tax cheat? Oops.
It seems that they would want to choose an upstanding citizen as their blue collar icon instead of this Joe/Sam guy...
Do these guys even get that the debate isn't about plumbers? The debate is about guys who make $250,000 or more a year.
I guess they don't get that... BECAUSE THEY'RE PLUMBERS!!!
McCain needs these guys because he, Palin and his entire campaign are really starting to stink.
Obama/Biden
Spin this one Lou Dobbs you are about as up front as this guy Joe the plumber which he aint and Dobbs you are a gutless idiot who through fear of ridicule did not stand as a candidate in this election, Nuff said
Oh Please. "I am Joe The Plumber" t-shirts. Really. So, what you are saying is you are a lying, republican plant who doesn't pay his taxes or even have a plumbing license. Not something I would be advertising.
Joe the plumber has been debunked as a fraud and so are these people.
These are my dear friends,we all sit in my cellar all day and think of ways to get on TV and help Rush Limbaugh spread more lies and vile hate.
ha ha they're cute!
Now are these Plungers making more than 250K/year? I have my doubts...
Plumb the ignorance out of your heads. And the hate out of your hearts. Don't vote against your childrens future just because you cant move one and join us in the 21st century. 1962 was a long time ago. Move on.
It's to bad Obama didn't stop and talk to the M/P supporters and see if they make $250K a year....considering Joe Wurzelbacher only makes in the $40's and his boss only makes in the $100's....Joe and his boss would be better off under Obama's tax plan.
McCain vetted Wurzelbacher just like Palin...HE DIDN'T!!!! Wurzelbacher can't even pay his own personal taxes an he is thinking about buying a company...ya right!!!! In a way, I feel sorry for Wurzelbacher because his whole adult life will now be dissected by the public.
So far we know he has no plumbing license, has a lien against him for back taxes, same name as a relative to Keating 5 (but no relation), what next...cheated on his wife.
Hummmm...let them protest as long as the mind their manners. For those of you adictided to polls (and I mean real day to day pills) not CNN's "Poll of Poll" TRY...Pollesters.Com...
They all are probably unemployed and I hope they don't think McCain and Palin give a rat's behind about them. Poor things.
Why would anyone be concerned over GOP bloggers or protesters it is a known fact they are beung paid to do it................it's their job.
GO PLUMMERS!!! FLUSH OUT THOSE VOTES!!!
I believe it will still be a close election. Obama will not win by a landslide. Obama will possibly win by around 3%. But he could lose too.
I hope Obama can win by a small margin. Maybe Americans need a fresh start with Democrats. Even though we will pay more taxes under Obama. My wife has decided to vote for him and I will likely not vote against him.
But if Obama wins by a landslide, Democrats will sense a mandate for much bigger governments. Obama repeately said he would only raise taxes only for families with over $250,000 (actually, $210,000). But do you really believe in the campain slogan? How many positions has he changed during past several months? With a landslide win, Democrats will get a mandate. There is no way the tax increases will only be for folks with over $250,000 (my family is in the bracket, and I hope we will still be there during the economic downturn). But if Obama wins by a very small margin, then he will be restrained to raise taxes.
We may want a fresh start with Democrats and a very different President from history. But I do not like a landslide win for Democrats. How many social programs have been established after Democratic landslide win in 1964? That was the last landslide win by Democrats.
So let's see who McCain/Palin talk to: hockey moms, joe six pack, joe the plumber, and yesterday in Maine, the dimwit was excited because Maine reminded her of home with 'all the Carharts and steel toe work boots'.
Do their supporters even realize they talk down to them? I have yet to hear either of them address business moms, joe educator, or nurses wearing scrubs. Seems pretty divided to me and sad that they have targeted such a small segment of people worth talking to.
These poor folks don't even know that they would be better off in an Obama administration. That's the price to pay for a lack of education and attention to the issues.
Even "Joe the Plumber", when things were explained to him, admitted that he would be better off tax-wise under Obama. However, he has his own reasons for not publicly backing Obama. Joe's comparing Obama to Sammy Davis Jr. might provide a clue. Here are some other clues:
- He's not even a licensed plumber
- He makes no way near $250K
- He's a registered Republican
- He's from Arizona
Hmm.....Am I the only one that finds this too convenient?
He might be a plant/mole just like the other McCain-Pail protesters.
Obama is not able to send out his message properly, I think. He is getting pounded McCain/Palin's gimmicks. He is cutting more taxes for more people than McCain.
Why is it so hard to understand?
It not about Joe the plumber. It's about the answer from Obama, showing his true socialist stripes. His tax "cuts" for 95% is also bogus as it includes givebacks to people who don't pay taxes.
As for the "fairness doctrine", it great how you wan't to shut up people with whom you disagree and then call THEM the fascists. Please look up fascist in the dictionary. Argue or discuss the issue of the question, "Wealth redistribution" not the questioner.
Hey you smug Marxisits: flush your job goodbye under Obama!
Signed, a small business owner with PLANS TO LAY YOU OFF ON JAN. 1, 2009
Yet another misstep by McCain campaign managers: voting public now notified that Joe the Plumber is an impostor! Said imposter is actually Sam the Ain't No Plumber Lyin' Income Tax Deadbeat, aka "Sam the Liar". Public perception is Sam the Liar was a "plant" by the McCain campaign.
Memo to McCain:
True hard-working, tax paying independent and conservative democrat voters believe they were deceived by both the McCain campaign and Sam the Liar. Strongly advise vetting of all future "plants".
Word of the Day: vetting
v. vetting: to appraise, verify, or check for accuracy, authenticity, validity, etc.
I don't think these fools quite understand. Since it looks like none of them make over $250k, they would be better off under Obama's plan. It looks to me like they just need a job.
Come by my office, gentlemen. I can set you up with a great job! Travel the world, meet interesting people, serve your country........
Eight Is Truly Enough, who through a rock through a window at a McCain office in PA? was it the Obama Brownshirts? The same ones trying to destroy Joe the Plumber for asking a legit question
First, you don't need a liscence to be a plumber, he works for a liscenced one. Second, if your concerned about owing back taxes, take a look a BHO's campaign treasurer. Third, your attacks on a man who asked a question that exposed your holiness as a socialist shows how far the democrat party has gone to the left. You should be asking how a marxist was able to avoid the vetting and rise to the head of your party! Finally, you attack Sara Palin's intelligence while your veep candidate apparently can't count past 3! It's going to be fun watching the rage when McCain/Palin win! Hopefully most of you will make good on those pledges to leave the country if a republican wins again.
Joe the Plumber is a bust now, folks, not licensed, owes back taxes, in short, a tool that McCain tried to wield that grew tired REALLY quickly. I am afraid that those plungers are indicative of where McCain's campaign is headed, fellas, so keep 'em handy!
OBAMA/BIDEN '08 & '12 YES WE CAN!!!
Anyone else beginning to think Palin is a spoiled brat? She demands everything her way just how she likes it all the time. Now shes whining about her own campaign? God forbid if she ever had to show the fortitude of Hillary Clinton!
so funny–Joe the plumber doesn't have a license to be a plumber and he owes the Gov. money for unpaid taxes.. Guess Mc Cain is going to help pay the tax bill....He's a plant
Matt, "Byron Hodkinson, from Melbourne, Austrailia; what he has to do in us politics?" C'mon thats nothing compared to Obama doing campaign stops in *europe*
Gold-plated pipes and yet again a pack of lies by McWarmonger
WOW. I can sure tell this is on a lib cnn site. Are you all braindead? Why are you blaming the guy who ASKED the question. Blame the guy who gave the ANSWER. Who cares what he does, or what he asked ? They ( msm) should have taken as much time vetting O'great one, as they have this poor guy who just asked a question. Go get em boys. Loved the picture. This comment will probably be vetted too.
They don't realize that McCain could care less about them and will continue to raise their taxes. Morons.
If these yoyo's were real plumbers, they would be at work. PLANTS.
Do these guys REALLY want to declare themselves "Joe The Plumber"? Hope they know whom they are emulating.
As for Sarah, I think McCain needs to "school" her on current ploys. He was the one to bring "Joe the Plumber" to the forefront, and now SHE'S saying she wants to let the topic drop. Division in the camp?
This is another tactic of Sarahs to put these people out there and of course John boy is enveloved in it too. I cannot believe how low these two are and their campaign, I hope this all comes back to hunt each and every one of them. Why dont they put Cindy out there to help campaign for John.
was reading Joe the plumbers conversation with reporter.
"If you believe (Obama), I'd be receiving his tax cut,
But I don't look at it that way. He is still be hurting others."
THANX JOE FOR WORRYING ABOUT 5% OF THIS RICH PEOPLE WHO MADE MILLIONS FROM REAGAN AND BUSH CUTS.
Joe and his employer does not have license and their business does not make $250000 nor he is going to get hurt but he is ready to play republican game to hurt everybody.
Quit focusing on Joe the Plumber and how much he makes and whether he is registered to vote. FOCUS ON OBAMA'S ANSWER!
Spin it all you want, what came out of his mouth was pure Socialism!
Any candidate in the last 100 yrs who uttered a phrase even remotely close to what Obama answered would lose the election on the spot.
We used to put people in jail for promoting communism.
Hey you marxist Obama supporters;
Kiss your jobs goodbye under an Obama Admistration. After paying his increased taxes I will no longer be able to afford to pay you or to invest to expand my business.
Sincerely,
Joe Small Business Owner
PS: I will begin layoffs upon inauguration Barack Hussein Obama
I am literally amazed at the ignorance spewing forth from you brownshirts. Keep drinking the koolaid. You make me sick.
Too funny, I mean Joe the Plumber. Just like McCain failed to vet Palin, he failed to vet Joe the Plumber. Who actually isn't a Plumber, Doesn't make $250K a year and owes back taxes. I'm on the floor laughing!!!!
They obviously didn't get the news that Joe is a hoax..
Amy, get a grip...you're so full of hate you don;t even realize that Senator Clinton is out of the race!
PLUNGERS!!!!!! Is that all they got????
Do Palin know how to use one?????
YES WE CAN AND YES WE WILL!!!!!!!!!
Obama/ Biden 08 – 16
You can dig up dirt on Joe the Plumber but you can not kill the idea.
No more spreading the wealth.
Latest Gallup poll using their traditional method(they are issuing two polls based on two different methods) Obama 49%, McCain 47%. This is within margin of error and is considered a tie. Rasmussen and Zogby both have McCain within 4 which is within margin of error so technically considered a tie. All three polls show McCain gaining over last week.
"Sarah Palin told a fundraiser in neighboring North Carolina Thursday night that she's already tired of 'Joe the Plumber.'"
This is purposefully inaccurate. Palin didn't say she was tired of Joe the Plumber. She said she didn't want to just repeat the same points. She spoke extensively on how Joe was able to get the true answer from Obama: spread the wealth around, take the money away from small businesses which employ millions of people.
Parenthetically, haven't you guys figured out that once he's in power, Obama's going to grab the media by the neck like a Denver cop on an ABC producer?
CNN...don't you think Palin saying today she enjoys visiting the "Pro-America" places in our country is worth writing about a little more?
Am I living in an anti-american part of the country because Obama is going to win my state hands down? CNN how come you never write anything about McCain or Palin except their talking points and never point out when they are just telling LIES?
I'm sick of racists and joe the plumbers who are not named joe and who are not really even plumbers. I am so sick of all the lies and you guys are becoming as bad a fox news.
Obama's Marxist tax plan certainly would flush the U.S. economy down the toilet. Say no to socialist "share the wealth" plans that punish everyone who works!
"Byron Hodkinson, from Melbourne, Austrailia; what he has to do in us politics?"
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He's obviously anti-marxist and pro-liberty. Unlike Barry-the-puppet.
Puppetmasters: David Axelrod, Bill Ayers, Bernardine Dohrn, Franklin Raines.
It will take more than a plunger to fix this economy. The stock market plunge, record job losses and foreclosures has flush a lot of wealth down the toilet and has been devestating to American Families. Barack Obama and Joe Biden offer a new leadership that will inspire and engage Americans in service and responsibility for our country and neighbors. They are ready to go to work not on January 20th but on November 5th.
Another example of the GOP grasping at straws and not vetting people in advance. This plumber guy isn't licensed, is in not position to buy a business and yet he's now the spokes-puppet for the GOP.
So pathetic ... so sad. The plungers will come in handy, though: McCain and Palin are a HUGE mess to flush down the toilet.
Joe the Plumber represents many of us that want to work hard and get ahead. Possibly even own a business one day.
Why does Obama insisist on "spreading the wealth" from successful people to people who don't take chances with their small businesss.
Google,AAPL, Amazon were all small businesses at one point, now they hire thousands.
Redistribution of wealth is not the American Way.
She's tired? She must be tired of the guy who made Joe famous and herself famous for their and his "coup".
Good try McCain...but not good enough ...sorry ...we Americans dont want to suffer anther 4 years because of a few Joe Plumers you put together.....
"""Sarah Palin told a fundraiser in neighboring North Carolina Thursday night that she's already tired of "Joe the Plumber.""""
OH My goodness! How funny is that? They have a new catch phrase that is getting people fired up and she is already tired of it! Maybe it's because it wasn't her idea...isn't her catch phrases of joe-six-pack etc. Way to be on message!
Obama/Biden '08
Guess these guys haven't heard yet that "Joe" isn't really licensed to work as a plumber, doesn't have plans to buy the company he works for (which doesn't make over $250,000 per year) and owes back taxes. When are the "Joe" plumbers and six-packs out there going to realize that it's really Obama's plans which will work for them? Hopefully before November 4 or we could all be in a lot of trouble. Obama '08
I guess these plumbers aren't earning $250 K per year much less providing significant employment for others. The legitimate issue "Joe" brought up was the impact of additional taxes on employers. Ransacked employers results in fewer employees... no jobs. I don't own a business but I can see how Obama's pandering tax program will actually cause more harm that may lead to a President Hoover style depression.
Poor Joe, he should not have spoken against the "snowsen one".
Heyyyyy--Candy in West Virginia---I know that right!!!
Thanks for boarding the train! There is no stopping this OBAMA/BIDEN Steam engine!
The Republicans are shaking in their boots:) foomc! OMG, it's a site to see... don't cha just love it? they are scrambling around like squirrels.
sis4OMABA ~08!
IF OBAMA WINS, I HOPE AND PRAY THAT TEXAS WILL PULL OUT OF THE UNITED STATES AND BECOMES ITS OWN REPUBLIC AGAIN.
WITH REID ,PELOSI AND OBAMA WE ARE HISTORY, GAMEOVER
Bless Obama's heart as he deals with these narrow minded people.
Yeah, plungers are such a joke. Hammers and sickles are way more effective for Obama.
It is an appropriate symbol...Washington is clogged with liberal waste and it all needs to be flushed along with Barney, Raines, Dodd and the rest.
CALL THE PLUMBER!!!
MCCAIN/PALIN 08!!!
She don't want to hear anything aabout Joe the Plummer but she can talk about killing mooses.When she needs to do is have interveiws with the news networks and let the american people see just how much experience she do have,Fox news is the only station she will speak to because they are pro Obama.McCaintold a big lie last night that this woman was vetted and David Letterman asked him with sincerity in his heart do he beleive that should she have to take over as president could she handle the job and he said of course.He barely got an applause from the audiance in agreement on the show.He really must think we ar crazy to compare her as a govenor to Bill Clinton.You never remember Bill Clinton with the lack of intelligence this woman have such as the proxmidity from Alaska to Russia.Supreme Court cases and what magazines you read.
CNN please tell those guys that Joe The Plumber is not really a plumber (he doesn't even have a license), and that he makes just $40K a year, so he would get by far most tax relief under the Obama's plan...
All of you lefties are missing the point: Obama let the truth out. He wants to redistribute wealth. Joe the Plumber could have been anyone, he was just the one with the courage to ask the right question. One that CNN should have asked were they actually fair.
I suggest you all go out and get jobs and move out of your mother's basement instead of figuring out how to get "rich" people's money.
The emergence of the plungers can only mean one thing - the McCain campaign is in the toilet.
why are you not covering joe biden?
Joe the Plummer does not have the necessary license in Ohio to be a plummer and he has a lien on his property for owing taxes. You are right he is the perfect poster child for corrupt republicans. Dirtbags.