Poor Poor Joe the Plumber - NOT!

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Poor Poor Joe the Plumber - NOT!
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Wed, 10-29-2008 - 4:53pm

So this poor poor man that is so put upon because he 'dared to ask a question' is now writing a book???? Honestly what can he possibly have to say that anyone wants to read???
So we are supposed to believe he is such a victim?? I don't think so!!!

"Joe the Plumber' says he'll 'keep speaking for middle-class America'
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And he might do some singing as well.

As we wrote in this post earlier, "Joe the Plumber" -- Samuel Joe Wurzelbacher of Holland, Ohio, the man who has become a favorite symbol of "real America" for Republican presidential nominee John McCain -- has moved up another notch in the celebrity spectrum. He now has a publicist.

Actually, as we've since found out, he now has a team of folks backing him up. There's country singer Aaron Tippin. Music industry manager Bobby Roberts. And there's Nashville publicist Jim Della Croce.

More on how they got involved in just a bit. First, here's the audio of a phone conversation we had with Joe a short time ago:

Among the highlights of what Joe had to say:

• He plans to "keep speaking for middle-class America."

• "I do have a book that is going to be coming out shortly ... couple of weeks." It will be "dignified."

Sarah_and_joe • Why should people listen to him? "I speak straight. I'm not going to tap dance around anything."

• On Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin, who he met today at a campaign rally in Bowling Green, Ohio: "She'll really serve America. ... She doesn't see it as her due. She sees is as a privilege to serve the American people." (Photo by Amy Sancetta of the AP.)

• On whether he views the Democratic ticket as "a danger" to the nation: "Yeah, I do. ... I think it is dangerous, I've got no problem saying that."

• Does he have a political future? "That's a huge commitment and I'd have to learn a lot."

• Perhaps a singing career, since he's become buddies with Tippin? "They talked about possibly throwing me into the studio. I think we're going to have a good laugh" and that will be it. "I never ever have entertained the notion."

• But will he keep plumbing? "I'm not going to rule it out." It's a career you can "always fall back on."

• Isn't he just trying to make a quick buck of his sudden fame? "People are going to have to decide for themselves."

So how did Joe get connected with Tippin, Roberts and Della Croce? According to Della Croce and Tippin:

It was Tippin who first came up with the idea, after he met Joe on the set of Mike Huckabee's Fox News Channel program.

"There's something in that guy's voice. They're something magnetic about Joe the Plumber," Tippin said by phone, also from Bowling Green. "He is real America and I've fallen in love with the guy."

Della Croce says he sees a couple different ways Joe's new "career" could go. He might hit the speaking circuit. There's the book. Maybe singing.

And for now, Della Croce says, he and his partners Tippin and Roberts are providing their help to Joe for free. "No money will change hands in any way shape or form until we get beyond" next week's election, he says.

Our original post, " 'Joe the Plumber' has a publicist:' "

As Calvin Gilbert at CMT.com says this morning, "it was inevitable."

"Joe the Plumber" has a publicist.

Nashville-based Jim Della Croce, who runs a public relations company called The Press Office, has signed on to handle media relations for Joe Wurzelbacher.

In case you've been in a cone of silence the past couple of weeks, Joe is the Ohio man who has become one of Republican presidential nominee John McCain's favorite symbols of "real America" since he asked Democrat Barack Obama about taxes and Obama replied that it's a good idea to "spread" some of the nation's wealth around to those in the lower and middle classes.

Della Croce's office confirmed the CMT.com report for us this morning. One of his staff, Meredith Carr, said Della Croce was with Joe the Plumber and Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin and would have to get back to us later.

Della Croce's clients -- mostly in the country music business -- have a varied political background. They include the usually reliably Republican Gatlin Brothers and the Vietnam-era draft resister Jesse Winchester, who spent more than a decade living in Canada.
Posted by Mark Memmott at 11:59 AM/ET, October 29, 2008 in People in politics, Presidential race, 2008,"

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Thu, 10-30-2008 - 10:02am

Actually I think you're close but just missed hitting the nail on the head. Here's the key...Who, inside the MCCAIN camp persuaded him to be in that particular neighborhood on that day and time when Joe and his son could be outside playing ball soooo Joe could ambush him with that very unsavory question.

Because, you know this is McCain's fault. Joe was a McCain campaign plant don't you know?

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Thu, 10-30-2008 - 10:06am

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He asked Obama the first real question he'd faced during this campaign. He then was the victim of an assault on his character.

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Thu, 10-30-2008 - 10:07am

<>That being the case, do you have any specifics as to all the deals and dollars Joe is raking in?


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Thu, 10-30-2008 - 10:11am
Oh yes, I do see the error I made. Now we need to find out who made Obama say what he said that has made this entire Joe the Plumber thing,

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Thu, 10-30-2008 - 2:15pm

Jane, you are going to love this from Keith Olbermann on "Joe the Plumber"

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Thu, 10-30-2008 - 3:27pm
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Thu, 10-30-2008 - 5:33pm
Obama did not 'assault his character' he patiently answered his question. McCain used him in a misguided and botched attempt to further his campaign goals. This thrust Joe into the spotlight, which he seems to enjoy. Ironically, Joe doesn't seem to be repaying McCain very well for his new found fame:
http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/10/30/1616435.aspx
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Thu, 10-30-2008 - 5:44pm
That is funny! Thanks.
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Thu, 10-30-2008 - 7:30pm
He asked the right question. He should capitalize on Obama's big mouth. He was able to get the the from him...LOL
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Thu, 10-30-2008 - 7:35pm
Too bad I can't go to a McCain rally and ask him about how his Health Care plan will affect me and my Dh. Also how he can say he won't tax anybody, yet the Middle Class gets the short end of the stick every time. I'd love to "get in his face" with that. But, I wouldn't be able to get a Camera crew come and film me, and

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