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[...] der Klempner aber will offenbar mehr als seine 15 Tage Ruhm. Wie CNN meldet, denkt er darüber nach, 2010 "Joe the Congressman" zu werden. Er sei offen [...]

[...] answer appears to be a resounding 'Yes!'. Joe the Plumber open to 2010 [...]

[...] I now no longer feel bad for Joe the Plumber He's now talking about running for Congress in 2010. God help us! At first I felt bad that he was getting so much publicity and people were digging up [...]

[...] Wurzelbacher, you know, Joe The Plumber, has mentioned he may consider running for Congress in 2010 for his state of Ohio.  I'm sure it's just a sideways comment meant partially in jest. [...]

[...] the plumber may be looking to add a failed congressional bid to his resume. Of course if he did pull off an upset in 2010 he would still be qualified for a tax [...]

[...] I will lose all faith in America... If this happens.  [...]

What makes this guy qualify to run for an elected office? Did even he go to college and I don't mean driving by or thru one! 15 minutes of fame is gone thru Joe the Idiot, Joe the Tax Evader head!

Joe sounds like the perfect candidate for another bs soap-opera campaign from the republicans. He is following McCain's footsteps, just like McCain is following in Bush's (failed) example.

How about Thomas the Tank Engine? Sure to score high on security issues, since his middle name is Tank. We're all a bunch of idiots.

He's a big liar – he'd be an awesome politician!

Sarah Palin & Joe the Plumber, now there's the ticket.

James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, Ben Franklin are all rolling over in disgust right now. We have lost our way soooo badly.

Let's get back on track and vote Obama in.

What a geek Joe has turned out to be......run for the sake of running. Hey Joe, have you finally figured out that McCain's tax policies will only benefit Joe the CEO?

Agreeing to run against an incumbent democrat shows that you wouldn't vote for Obama even if he said you woud pay zero in taxes.

Oh, and when you buy that plumbing buisness, good luck getting a loan. The credit markets (if you have credit...see $1,000 owed in back taxes) are dried up.

OH well, comes to show anyone can be a politician.

“Plunge the crap out of Washington.”

I love that slogan, he really should run with it. But other than that, what message is Joe gonna bring? what kind of platform is he gonna prop?

Since he is poor, makes only $40,000 a year, and is self employed and struggling, I'm sure he's gonna become a very liberal republican.

Oh well, GO JOE! just don't go off spouting crazies like trying to tell us the average american makes $250,000 a year or that people who do earn $250,000 a year are struggling.

Joe, the unlicensed Plumber, probably shouldn't be working as a plumber never mind running for a seat in Congress. This guy is a real winner.

Bush and Cheney cast ballots for McCain ............. how sad it must been to know that McCain and for sure not Obama would want their votes .... ouch.

After Palin/Plumber fails in 2012, the GOP will once again turn on itself declaring Palin a false Joe sixpack.

Joe the Plumber will begin searching for his 2016 running mate and select Bob the Builder for a Plumber/Builder GOP ticket in 2016.

Joe the Plumber and Sarah Palin. Welcome to the new face of the GOP. Even dumber than the old face. At this rate, the dems will be in office for about a century.

Plunge the crap out of Washington...... Really? The gimmicky crap surrounding this guy is amazing....

I have to admit I'm confused about this whole "Republican" thing. Sam Wurzelbacher may have committed a crime by not paying his income taxes. Why is that OK? Why is it OK for a guy to practice any profession without a license? Is it because he's an American, darn it?To paraphrase Pat Buchanan: would the right still be deliriously in love with Wurzelbacher if he was an undocumented Mexican immigrant?

He definately has enough flaws to run on a Republican ticket. Sign him up!

I'm sure Joe the Tax Cheat, Joe the Fool, and Joe the Sham will back him wholeheartedly.

There is a full week left in the campaign, maybe Palin will ditch McCain and run w/ Joe the Plumber for Pres and VP

they took your job away
they took your house away
they took your money away
they took your early retirement away
they took thousands of your young soldiers away
they took your respect away
they took your future away…
and you would still vote republican??

hard for people who believe in true democracy to understand!

if a foreign country had done this to you – you would have declared WAR on them…

Joe check with your doctor!

hope you have herlth care!

Still milking the 15 minutes, so much for wanting the media to leave him alone.

Songbird, Nightingale. People like you are needed on the board to help OBAMA win. You claim you have info from reliable sources re McCain's grandiose plans. You have been fleeced by your clairvoyant.

NOT NEWS...

It will be in 2010 if this slacker actually does it.

Joe. Joe.... Joe...... you are a loser. No one wants to hear from you after your republican plant stunt. You were lying. Get lost Joe.

Fun Joe Run. Ha ha ha. The party is truly a joke.

Sure Joe, go for it...if Bush can become a President, why not you....why not...

If Wurzelbacher run for congress,he better pay those back Taxes, finish plummer school, open his bussiness. Go Obama/Biden

LOL, he should be Palin's VP pick in 2012!!!

The founding fathers would prefer he sticks to unclogging the toilet. . .

BO08

Wait, what? After "buying his plumbing business", he's just going to drop that and become a congressman in two years?

Well, if he becomes "Joe The Congressman", he wont be making his $250k anymore, and he wont have to worry about Obama's tax plan! Genius!

Can't be any worse than the current flock of bozos that inhabit Congress.

If he can wait around until 2012, I'm sure Sarah Palin would select him as her running-mate.

It's interesting how the republican party has decided to choose it's representatives based on some kind of hollywood casting call. Ignore the lack of education or experience, just go for the guy or gal who looks the part. It's costing republicans a huge amount of money to dress Sarah Palin for the VP role. Extraordinary measures have been taken to explain away Joe's lies, history of tax evasion, ugly divorce involving domestic violence charges. It's really an odd way to choose a candidate.

Joe, if ya do, prepare to have every imagineable (and even those unimagineable) lie thrown at you. The Barry and his fellow koolaid drinkin nutjobs have shown that no level is too low.

Just remember – they can make up any lie about you that they want (and more than likely the media will run with it), but watch out when you bring something truthful about them. Remember, they try to dish it out but they can't take. Crybaby brigade attack.

Although keep this in mind Joe, if Barry does become president there may not be an American Congress to run for. If we haven't been destroyed (as Biden hinted) you may want to instead consider a seat in the politburo of the Union of Socialist States under Barrack. Of course seeing as you are smarter than a thumbtack that disqualifies you from serving, or for that matter being a liberal.

So he gets found out for being a tax-dodger, and for being unlicensed, and NOW he wants to be a REPUBLICAN congressman. When can we finally just call Joe for what he was: a McCain campaign PLANT!!!

Oh this is the best....another delusional Republican. Clear up your taxes first Joe and then do some real work instead of the imaginary stuff you and McCain have been touting.

Nightingale-Republicans lie to hard working Americans every day. That is why we are in the mess we are in yet their good corporate friends continue to make money off of us. Pay attention.

Okay, what happened to him trying (lying) to buy a business?

This guy is a LOSER, LIAR, FAKE, FRAUD....

HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE WHEN EVERYTHING.......... HE TOLD SEN. OBAMA WAS A LIE!

NOT A PLUMBER

NOT BUYING THE BUSINESS HE WORKED AT FOR 15 YRS

NOT INTERESTED IN SEN. OBAMA, "JOE" WAS A PLANT, A RIGHT-WING-NUT

GOOD LUCK WITH THAT!

Washington does not need any more liers.

How will he have time? Since he is buying a business, and is going to be making $250K , he seems like he would be too busy to run for office.

He would have almost as mush experience as Obama.

OBAMA = SOCIALISM

What a joke. For one thing, the guy's not even a plumber. For another, he's a tax cheat with a record for beating his wife; he's not gonna become a congressman. This is a very silly guy who's famous for asking about taxes based on some *theorhetical* future life he might have. The boy's so dadgum dumb that he's wanting to vote against his own current best interests in favor of some fantasy where he makes a quarter million a year. In pursuit of pie in the sky, he's going to forego lower taxes under Obama's plan, and pay more in taxes under John McCain's plan... just in case he becomes a millionaire.

This guy lives in a constant state of "future." Someday he wants to be a plumber, then someday he wants to make $250,000, and now someday he wants to be in Congress. He's not Joe, or even Sam... he's Walter Mitty! This dude's probably going to spend the weekend building fences to keep out cattle rustlers in case he someday becomes a cowboy.

Aren't his 15 mins up yet? I guees I need a new watch.

We already know he's a liar so why not? Give me a break! That guy needs to get out of everyone's face right now!!! Obama 08

Why not...Sarah Palin is running for VP. That seems to be the way things are going now. People without a decent education wants to run for office just because they get some quick fame. That's exactly why the United States is in the shape it's in now.

HUH??? You can't be serious!

Oh dear god no....not another minute on this guy! C'mon, Joe, don't you have an actual job any more? How do you have time for all this nonsense?

I'm with RIF: try getting your license and paying your taxes first. I mean, if you're going to "clean up Washington," you should probably clean your own house first.

Can we just stop this nonsense.....how can we elect a lying tax evading plumber for congress?

yea yea yea ...ma grandma always wanted to do this too....

OK!!! what are they thinking? they are nuts!!!!

Well, I guess he's as qualified as Sarah Palin – meaning not at all.

CNN please get a life for all of us. I know Barack visiting his Toot makes for a slow news day with McCain's lying plants, Palin's daily bold face LIES, and McCain's complete and utter ineptitude. But no one in their right mind would elect this blithering idiot. back taxes owing loser to public office.

joe your 15 minutes are up. please leave quietly.

He's more qualified then Palin...and he is not even close to being qualified to be a plumber.

Give it up, Nightingale. Your guy's not gonna win. Acceptance is always the hardest part. You'll do fine. LOL!

.......BWWWWAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!
This guy is just mind blowing.

I swear this this only speak to the thought process of most of the Republican base!!! This guy is got 15 min of fame and he is ready to run for Congress!!! LOL I'm all for the Mr.Smith goes to Washington motiff but, come on give me a break. First he need to realize that he is currently no a plumber therefore he misrepresented himself when he purposed the question to Obama. Second he needs to pay and take care of those liens he has with his current tax situation. Third he should hope Obama wins and past a new tax plan so that, he can get a tax cut!!! OMG HOW STUPID CAN YOU BE!!! The funny part about it is the Republican base EATs this stuff up...LOL Make you go hmmmm?

If this is the best the Republicans can do, they are in big trouble. I guess if living next to Russia can make you an expert on foreign policy, I don't see why haivng been on TV and spoken to a presidential candidate cannot quality you to serve in Congress. The best of luck, Joe!

Only in America !!!!!

at this rate he will make way over 250K with his celeb status and his taxes will rise.. its kind of a messed up way to get there but hey 250k is still more than he was making as an unlicensed plumber.

Well I guess he could have been making 250 under the table and he wouldn't get tax increases under Obama, Bush, or McCain!!

Seriously.....I might as well put my name on the ticket to run in California. The GOP again jumped the gun in showing their "support" for someone that served their immediate needs (AKA Malibu Barbie). We see how underqualified she is.....Now Joe the Plumber who doesn't make anywhere near enough money to benefit from McCain's tax plan. The guy is an idiot....Rebulicans are like Lemmings....Hateful lemmings that can't think for themselves....That is the type of people they prey on....Thank goodness for change November 4th. I can't wait for these windbags to disappear.

You can't be serious!

REPUBLICANS ARE JUST PICKING UP ANYBODY OFF THE STREET THESE DAYS... HA HA HA . THE PARTY IS A JOKE! THIS GUY WAS A MCCAIN PLANT FROM THE BEGINING.

............you better get a plumbing license, and pay all your taxes before thinking abt election, you think this few days of press will get you to unseat someone who has been in the congress for 25 years.

Kathleen the cube dweller is rolling on the floor laughing.

Against the rules, Joe! You have had your 15 minutes of fame. Now, go get a plumber's license, will you?

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.... Well let's face it gang, if Sarah can run why not Joe the unplumber! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Joe the tax dodger running for office. LMAO!!

Same mistake is made by Republicans with Joe the Plumber as they've made with Sarah Palin. At first there's excitement . . . because for awhile novelty and attitude are all that's necessary. But eventually the rest of the story gets out

It turns out . . . Joe the Plumber doesn't have a license . . . would never qualify for the kind of bank loan necessary to buy a business with $250,000 in annual profit . . . and doesn't understand the distinction between net income and gross revenues. Probably he's an okay guy. But he's totally out of his league when it comes to the legal, political, and economic issues facing this country. And that would come out in an election.

oh lord
if palin mouse can ran anyone can run

and if the GOP and the RNC approves them, hey even lilmbaugh will run,

we had rove adn cheney
why not joe

after all ,we are the laughing joke of the whole planet
with brainless women speaking in non english, and old mcgrumpy being grumpy every moment and confusing cindy with palin

ohhh
we have lost it and our expectations are that low..............cant get lower..

someone save the planet

IN THE INFAMOUS WORDS OF GOV. SARAH PALIN, SAY IT AINT SO JOE. PLEASE SAY IT AINT SO!!!!

Under the Bush administration, I have become BITTER.

That One 2008

Wait, I forgot, I won't pay taxes either
YEAH

No, I'm not a PLUMPBER

You have got to be kidding me. He's not even a licensed plumber! And I know I'm not the only one who's sick and tired of hearing about this guy. November 4th can't come soon enough...

Obama/Biden '08

It makes sense as I'm sure he's the best and the brightest that the republican party has to offer.

He might be the most viable RepubliKKKan candidate running for congress in 2010.
They are gaining experience promoting vacuous, inexperienced, uneducated candidates that show skill in lying for the party.

Joe is still trying to hold on to those 15 minutes of fame...LOL. He's even shopping around a book. Can't blame Joe if the opportunity arises might as well take advantage. But he may be getting a little too "big for his britches" as they say in MS.

Obama/Biden 08!

What does this teach our kids... "Well, if I default on my taxes and act like someone I'm not while a TV camera's in range, maybe I'll be the President someday!!! Woo hoo!!!"

Is this for real? An unlicensed "plumber" for congress? I guess that if you don't pay your taxes, get a license, get your name all over the place, you are qualified? Just like a Republican...What a surprise!
Vote DEM!!! Remember Nixon's plumbers???

Not Sleeping At The Swtich thank you! I couldn't agree with you more. And the Obama supporters are the original Kool-Aid drinkers huh? Bawhahahaha. I think "Joe" needs to call up Ashley Todd and take their show on the road since McCain is now on the Joe The Plumber tour and he's all for anything reeking of being morally bankrupt. LOL

Yes, run Joe. Tax cheats and liars always get a fair shake at the polls.

Joe the Plumber is Joe the Plant is Joe the Fake.

He is not even licensed and he has a lein on his taxes.

That's it, I'm running too...
I'm S--n E--–z and I approve this message

Did I win any votes yet?????

Obama/Biden
YEAH

YOU HAVE GOT TO BE ABSOLUTELY 100% COMPLETELY TOTALLY FREAKING KIDDING ME!!! (Yes, meant to shout).

Hey, why not have Joe the Liar run on the GOP ticket? He'll fit right in with the rest of them.

Let your gal pal Palin put you on her administrative team when she returns as Governor of Alaska. The lies and deceit will fit right in with the way she runs her state.

Obama/Biden '08

Uh, Joe, you're a very temporary fad. Your fifteen minutes of fame are going to be up on November 5.

Well, he has made a good start in politics. He has already started lying.

YES! WE NEED MORE "REAL PEOPLE" LIKE SARAH PALIN IN OFFICE AND IN WASHINGTON, LIKE OUR FOREFATHERS ORIGINALLY INTENDED, NOT "CAREER POLITICIANS," WHO WITH RARE EXCEPTION END UP AS DIRTY AS A CLOGGED TOILET!

He could be mayor of Wasilla!

Republicans have short memories. They forget that he lied and misrepresented himself. He is not who he said he was. In Republican circles he is eligible for the Medal of Honor.

He will be unpopular after Nov.4, goodluck in 2010

Can this idiot just go away.His not even a quilified plumber I'm sick and tired of listening about this liar.pay your back taxes and then you can think about running for office.

Obama/ Biden 2008

American Idol, do you realized what you have started? I admire Mr. Wurzelbacker's ambition and desire to run for congress but you have to at least know what you're doing to have a legitimate chance.

This loser does not even have the proper credentials to fix my toilet, and you imbeciles want to elect him to congress????

I thought after Bush 8 years of Bush folks would know better than to elect a person that they would have a beer with.
Pathetic!!!

That's nice.

If he does, then Obama's tax plan will really be helpful to him, as he will be making under $250,000 per year...

Joe is smart... He is basically saying to himself... "I'm up for it, especially if i can get that 150,000 clothing allowance that my GOP peeps provide. Heck, I can lose and win at the same time."

Sweet. Who needs experience or education anymore?? This guy isn't a even a real plumber. He has no license. And he would probably be better under Obama's tax plan anyways. Anyone seen the movie Idiocracy?

That is just grand.... We need a bubble head who steals from his government and lies to run for an official office.
But on the other hand we can sell almost anything to stupid americans, who claim to have masters in education. The news media should stop giving Palin and Joe the plumber a free ride. Boycott all media who do so, show the smart people rule.

I guess good ole "Joe", has seen the silver lining... I wonder if he will be done with his book by then. I guess you can't blame the guy for cashing in, but can be serious.

Maybe McCain can pay off his back taxes and give him one of his homes. I really don't think being a plumber that lied about his intentions and status his a good prerequisite for being elected.

Haven't the republicans suffered enough, I would recommend they not try and redefine the party around "Joe".

Soon Joe will be contacted by publishing companies and TV talk show hosts. He will make so much money that he will be in a high tax bracket. Oh, oh!

god....make this nonsense stop

Lying idiotsshould be prevented from voting and running for election.

We shouldn't elect our government like American Idol.

HEY OBAMA FANS,

GET READY FOR A DEPRESSION AND THE END OF THE WORLD.

THANKS TO YOUR MESSIAH.

I amazed that the media is still allowing this guy to have TV time when his whole relevance is based on lies.

I think he would be a good representative.......on the MOON! Or some place further away. If the GOP is going to embrace this kind of nonsense, they will be marginalized.

what a jack, this guy is not real.

He's probably as good as the next one. Maybe better since he would be unseating a Dem.

I may travel to Ohio to vote for him since the democrats seem to think that it's ok to do that.

This dude is only slightly brighter than Palin. Why are most rethugs kind of stupid?

Joe you can't run for office. If you win you won't get that tax break that Obama's about to give you...

I hope he does run. Good to see this is the best the repubs can bring to the table.

Oh, that'd be great. Joe and Sarah have made a mockery of our political system (okay, okay, it was already a joke). In order to contribute to the growth of our nation, it really helps to have a functioning brain. Joe seems like a nice enough guy - heck, I know a thousand guys just like him. And that would be my point.

OMG, another illiterate person going to run for office. What is our country coming to? I am still a registered republican but have voted democratic this year. All this article does is make me consider changing my registration to democrat or at least independent. I am very ashamed at what the republican party has come to (the more the merrier, the dumb the dumber).

Uh, right. Asking a question of a presidential candidate sure does sound like good experience to be a congressperson... And so does not paying your taxes and misrepresenting yourself. He'd be a fabulous addition to the GOP.

Is this some kind of a joke?
God save us !!

I THINK PEOPLE HAVE NO RESPECT FOR THIS COUNTY. THEY HAVE LOST THEIR MARBLES!!!!!!. THIS IS NOT A GAME. THE REPUBLICAN PARTY HAVE SHOWN AMERICA THAT THEY DO NOT CARE. THEY HAVE ALWAYS PLAYED WITH PEOPLES LIVES. I HOPE THE DEMOCRATS WIN THIS ELECTION. HOPEFULLY, THE COUNTY WILL GET BACK IN ORDER. MC CAIN & PALIN ARE SUCH A DISGRACE TO THIS COUNTY. ESPECIALLY MC CAIN AND THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.

nobody likes a LIAR....

What's wrong with the people who like this guy?

answer: they are delusional...

-V

suddenly I feel like I am in Phillipines OR Burma OR one of the Asian countries....

I heard folks over there are full of such election gimmicks and guess what, such characters win public office too there!!!

So we indeed ARE IN A RECESSION ( a recession in intellectual property) and that means we are ready for an acquisition (by you know who)!!!

I will be sending money to Kaptur. this guy is a joke.

I guess Palin has proved that ANYONE can be taken seriously by the RNC...actually maybe Bush did that back in '00...

Eitherway, this is getting really annoying. Samuel the not-in-the-relevant-tax-bracket-to-begin-with-non-plumber, go away!

People in Ohio. Scrub adub you are in for a real surprise. Joe the Plumber. I am glad I don't like in Ohio where that whacko lives and people please don't even let him on the ballot.

Joe the Plumbing Company Employee is a tax evader and a shill for the McCain campaign. The Democrat incumbent in his district would LOVE to see him get the Republican nomination.

Hell, if Palin can run for VP, joe the plumber, mickey mouse and Elvis and all be politicians.

There goes CNN again, going after Joe the Plumber for asking the tough the questions. If the media had been asking Obama the tough question, joe the plumber would never have happened.

"But Wurzelbacher, who gained fame after he challenged Barack Obama on his tax plan earlier this month, has attained a certain rock-star status in the Republican Party"

Let me correct you on this, Joe the Plumber has become the symbol of Small Businesses in America who are going to be hurt due to Obama "Spread the Wealth" approach to fixing the economy

Well Joe is already a liar when he claimed he was buying his business so he would fit right in with the GOP. Joe isn't even a licensed plumber. He is perfect for the republican congress, he has no qualifications and he lies all the time.

To nightingale His name is Obama , Why do you hate him so much?

Say it isn't so Joe! What platform will he be running under?

quote:
Ingraham herself said she would immediately volunteer for his campaign and help him with campaign advertising and PR. Meanwhile, the National Republican Congressional Committee said they would welcome Wurzelbacher's candidacy with "open arms.”

How stupid can you get?

Can I throw up now?

He might want to start paying his taxes before considering a run for public office. What a joke.

Enough of McCain, Palin and "Joe" the Fake Plumber, they all need to plunge the crap out of the B.S. they've been selling the media!

Well, he's a good liar. So I'm sure he'll do fine

Sure Joe Plumer you can run for the Senate...but probably McCain will be the only one voting for you....so dont think that just one lucky question gets you in congress....

Look what you have done McCain... Goddess forbid...

Go Obama/Biden08/12

Lord help us all, each and every one if this guys fifteen minutes land him on Capitol Hill.

ROTFLMAO ~ first he needs to pay his taxes and go back to school. He's a joke, along with John and Sarah.

Can we stop talking about this guy? NO ONE CARES!

I can't believe these media stories. A plumper comes out of nowhere, asks Obama a question, then you just keep talkin and talkin about him. making such a big deal out of him. now you wanna sent him to the congress? what the hell?!

Is this some kind of a joke?

he will have to pay his back taxes first

We'd be happy to see this novelty of a "gimmick'" lose an election. Just make sure he's paid off the IRS with his back taxes before he runs.........

Let Joe the Plumber get a life first, before considering a run for office.

Hmmm. I'd actually have to say it would be a good thing to have Joe the Plumber run for public office. Maybe we need an entire nation of Joe the Plumbers to enter the political fray.

Just one gentle reminder Joe: a Main Street, $40k/yr guy isn't going to fit in very well on a Republican ticket.

This beats all.

Again this Joe the FAKE was sent in to HELP McCain, but it turns OUT he is just LIKE Palin, ALL FOR SELF AGENDA IN 2010 & 2012!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

GO JOE.................

Dear God No!!!

Next thing you know, Gayle Quinnell (aka crazy "Read Obama's an Arab" McCain rally lady) will be running for Governor of Minnesota.

He's a legend in his own mind.

Oh my heavens, you are friggin kidding me?!!

That is just plain stupid!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Perfect, one more highly educated republican who doesn't pay taxes.

His 15minutes are so over! Wishful thinking.

Joe, can you go to Alaska with Palin after this election is over? (and don't come back)

OH MY GOD!

Like Fey in SNL. This just proof that anyone.. and I mean it from the bottom of my heart. ANYONE even the most unqualified clown in this country can consider being a politician.

"We just had another big layoff at the jeep plant, another 800 workers," – "Kaptur has served in the district for 25 years" so hes getting off on the wrong foot when the jeep plant is laying of workers and Kaptur in the one in power when that happened... Seems to me like Kaptur should lose her seat for doing nothing for her area...

A Palin clone.

Is this a joke...dear god.

The level of intelligent brain cells keep dwindling down...

Who in their right mind would have this kind of crap around...

Please let him run – that would be sweet! He'd be dogfood in a week if he seriously made himself GOP fair game. Republican party: no training or skills needed.

He's off to a good start – lying in front of the media and not paying his taxes. Clean up the mess in Washington? He needs to clean up his own act first! I felt sorry for the guy until I looked at that video again – if he was not a McCain campaign plant, then there are no buckeyes in Ohio.

I guess when the republicans paid his back taxes, he decided he would run and lie some more and become wealthy. ha ha ha ha ha

SO A MCCAIN CAMPAIGN ADVISOR HAS ENDORSED SENATOR OBAMA AND THIS IS THE NEWS STORY??? CNN IS THE NATIONAL ENQUIRER OF NEWS MEDIA. FOX NEWS IS THE REPUBLICAN'S & THE BUSH ADMINISTRATIONS PROPEGANDA CHANNEL.

Wow really??? He will be the male version of Sarah Palin.

How about those tax returns

The perversity of politics. Here's a guy who flat LIED about his prospects for buying his business and what it might earn.

A know-nothing who shot his mouth off gets rewarded.

Meanwhile, the rest of us REAL Joe's get shafted by the Republicans and their buddies the wealthy....

Before he can run for anything he would have to pay his tax bill to the state of Ohio. Why is this man in the media? He isn't a tax paying citizen. He isn't trying to buy his own company. He isn't even a licensed plumber. He is really just playing "handy man" and collecting a pay check for it. Joe the Plumber's picture should be posted in the Post Office for not paying his taxes.

What a joke this guy is. But hey, if he wants to run more power to him.

WoW. This guy had 5 minutes with Obama and now he is freakin famous.
WHISKEY
TANGO
FOXTROT!
So it doesn't matter that his first name ain't Joe, He doesn't pay his taxes, he lied (he is a rethuglican that was trying to get Obama to say "I'll raise your taxes" and he knew exactly which circumstances in which Obama would raise his taxes and that's what he gave him.
That's okay, if he runs on the rethuglican ticket against a dem in the near and distant future, he is sure to lose!

Is this for real? I guess I'll run too. Why not.

Enough with Joe the plumber. This isn't news. BORING!!!! I thought he wanted privacy. You can't tell by all the interviews he is doing. Can someone tell him to pay his back taxes before he runs.

come on this guy is a joke....you had your 10 minutes of fame...let it go.

Let's see... doing plumbing work without a license, not paying taxes...

Yep, he's ready for the Republican party alright.

Glad to see they're not taking current events as a sign to move in a new direction or anything. Shine on, you crazy diamonds.

OMG – more crazies in our politics. Does he know what the job entails.

Thanks but no thanks.

The fake plumber is going to run in 2010 .... only in America. I suppose the folks that voted for Bush twice will vote for him. Give me break! back to seriousness.... folks remember to vote on the 4th the Rethugs will do anything to win and cheating is in their scope.... take a friend, neighbor come all ... no matter how long the lines or the people trying to turn you away just VOTE ....... Vote as if your life depend on it...... vote for:

********************Obama and Biden 2008!*********************************

Thank you!

You have got to be kidding me!!!! This guy is so full of himself...But I guess if the bugman DeLay could do it so could the plumber...LOL

Another Keating?This is a man who has broken the law already by working without a license and now he is popular? Now I know that McCain has really lost his bearings~

Just what the Repugnant Party needs, another angry, underqualified phony!

It took me ten FULL Minutes to finishing laughing and half choking to death after reading this.

Has the Gop dug completely THROUGH the bottom of the Barrel and into the dirt now.

If I were a Hard working HONEST member of the GOP I would be completely insulted at how they keep bringing in these amatures who are also FAKES to jump over all of the hard work ,training and education I had worked so hard to accumulate to see THEM put up for office over me.

GOP is looking more and more like a joke everyday.

Why is the media entertaining this?

After his unpaid taxes issue, unlawful plumbing work, and lies about buying a business should be a far cry to NOT prolong his 15 minutes of fame.

Joe The Plumber is a fraud, they even said he was on some conservative radio show before he confronted Obama on the street in his town!!!!

Totally fake

sooooo sick of Joe the Plumber !!!!!!

dropping my ballott off today to my County elections office, not taking any chances here in Oregon......

Voted for Obama/Biden

CNN why must you continue to toture your readers with this joe the plumber crap! ENOUGH!!!

Of course he can.....any idiot can run for positions in the Republican party.....you don't need a brain or even any policy.....look at their master and commander the President.....look at their candidate for President, look at their air head VP....look at all their representatives...all dodo heads. Even the Crazy McCain rally lady who said Obama was Arab can run!! Country first right.....how about intelligence and knowledge first! They should have used that $150K they spent Palin's clothes to buy her a brain!

Thank GOD I don't live in OH...and if I did, I would write in Thomas Crapper instead of voting for this tax evader

Congress is certainly a better fit in government for an "Average" Joe.
Then in 2012 the GOP can have a Palin/Plumber ticket!

Why not run as a Republican, he lies and misleads people.......He'll fit right in.

Please no. Just fade away into election history if you want to do any good for people!

Give me a break.

Try actually getting a plumber's liscence and paying your taxes first.

You....have....got....to...be....kidding...me....

is this a joke???

Why is he still even in the news...he's not even a PLUMBER!!!!

This guy is clearly delusional. Wow, the Republican Party is desperate.

Dear Joe,

Get out.

Love

America

Interesting, Senator Obama was attacked over his experience, and Joe has less than him.

are you for real? here we go...dumb, dumber, dumbest moves ever by the republican party!!

Voted for OBAMA early in Florida!!

Well, he's got the right resume to run in the GOP party. Lying, low-life, scumbag.

His name is not Joe isn't it Samuel and he is not a plumber more like

SAMUEL THE LIAR

Great, yet another big fake in the GOP.