Joe upset but McCain won't let go

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Registered: 10-12-2008
Joe upset but McCain won't let go
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Sun, 10-19-2008 - 3:02pm

Today in USA Today:
(((NEW YORK (AP) — "Joe the Plumber" is lashing out at the media for analyzing his personal life since he suddenly became a focal point of the presidential race last week.

Joe Wurzelbacher, a plumber from Holland, Ohio, told Mike Huckabee on his Fox News talk show Saturday that he is upset by the attention and has been unable to work with reporters crowded on his front lawn.

"The media's worried about whether I've paid my taxes, they're worried about any number of silly things that have nothing to do with America," Wurzelbacher told the former Republican presidential hopeful on his show, Huckabee.)))

But McCain won't stop bringing his name up in his rally's - so how is that helping Joe? Or is he just using him for political gain? So who is using Joe - Obama or McCain?

In the Raliegh News and Observer:

(((In Concord, McCain delivered a 30-minute speech interrupted by chants of "U-S-A, U-S-A!" and a roar at every mention of vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin. He pledged to rein in spending, explore new energy sources and help troubled homeowners by buying up bad mortgages.

He invoked Joe the Plumber nearly a dozen times.

Wurzelbacher, an aspiring small-business owner, had asked Obama on a campaign stop this month whether his tax plan would hurt him. Obama gave a detailed explanation of his proposal and said by giving tax breaks to more people, it would help small business.

"Right now, everybody's so pinched ... ," Obama told him. "And I think when you spread the wealth around, it's good for everybody."

McCain has pounced. His campaign passed out posters that read, "I'm Joe the Plumber" and "Let Joe keep his dough."

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iVillage Member
Registered: 08-29-2008
Sun, 10-19-2008 - 5:47pm
iVillage Member
Registered: 08-29-2008
Sun, 10-19-2008 - 6:03pm
We are talking about him owning a small business, not him personally. He is interested in buying a small plumbing business.
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Registered: 08-29-2008
Sun, 10-19-2008 - 6:05pm

Here is more from the same guy. Very interesting.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0JOTXgwWME&feature=related

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Registered: 10-14-2008
Sun, 10-19-2008 - 6:21pm

>>> But McCain won't stop bringing his name up in his rally's - so how is that helping Joe?

I'm sure "Joe" is making a wad of cash from his sudden celebrity...and, if he plays his cards right, he'll be making a wad more...which probably means he'll vote for McCain rather than have Obama's Marxist policies take his money and "spread it around."

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Registered: 03-27-2003
Sun, 10-19-2008 - 6:35pm

Ok, I; halfway through the clip, and they are still playing the victim card. (Yeah, he's a real victim, why is he on TV if he doesn't want the attention ????)

How did you come up with an additional $30,000 on an additional 3% of the income in EXCESS of $250,000.

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Registered: 08-29-2008
Sun, 10-19-2008 - 7:27pm
Watch the entire clip.
iVillage Member
Registered: 03-27-2003
Sun, 10-19-2008 - 7:38pm

Why can't you just tell me how that figure was arrived at ?

Was it based on 3% of the amount OVER $250,000 or was it base calculating the ENTIRE income at 39% ? Were the tax credits for healthcare figured in ??

I really don't want to sit through all that belly aching about how poor JTP has been victimized by the media, while he is deliberately putting himself in the media spotlight, over and over again.

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Registered: 07-03-2008
Sun, 10-19-2008 - 8:14pm
Yes, he has accepted interviews on television while saying he's tired of the media, DOH! How much is he making on those interviews? Are thy paying his travel to the location of the interview also? I no longer feel sorry for him.
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Registered: 10-13-2008
Sun, 10-19-2008 - 8:49pm

This poor dead horse was beaten ad nauseum in that other thread with over 300 posts.


Some of these people should be reported to the ASPCA.


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Registered: 10-12-2008
Sun, 10-19-2008 - 9:27pm
Joe didn't say he made $250K a year.

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