Poor Poor Joe the Plumber - NOT!

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Registered: 10-20-2008
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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Registered: 08-27-2005
Thu, 10-30-2008 - 7:44pm

I agree. People should get on the faces of the politicians and ask the questions.

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Registered: 08-27-2005
Thu, 10-30-2008 - 7:52pm

Again. You don't need to be licensed if you are working for someone that is licensed..He said he is hoping to be able to buy the business. He is

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Registered: 07-03-2008
Thu, 10-30-2008 - 7:53pm
No, I'm hoping I'll win the lottery one of these days. As for Joe the Plumber, he knew exactly what he was doing. He must have stepped in some horseflop that morning. I still want to know why no other questions but HIS were filmed, and sent directly to the McCain camp. I'm sorry, I know you don't agree, but something is fishy about the whole thing.
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Registered: 07-04-2008
Thu, 10-30-2008 - 8:03pm

>>Then the senator covered up for Joe's absence by saying, "All right, well you're all Joe the Plumber. So all of ya stand up ,and say I thank you." McCain went on to say that he had seen Joe on TV this morning, and he asked the crowd to "give him a round of applause for what he's done for America.<<

"for what he's done for America" -- WTH??? What has Joe done for America?

>>McCain also hit Obama on some comments he made to ABC's Charlie Gibson last night when asked if he had thought about what he would do after November 4th if he lost. "Last night, Sen. Obama said that if he lost he would return to the Senate and try again in four years with a second act. That sounds like a great idea to me. Let's help him make it happen."<<

In your dreams, McGoo!

>>A local school district official confirmed after the event that of the 6,000 people estimated by the fire marshal to be in attendance this morning, more than 4,000 were bused in from schools in the area. The entire 2,500-student Defiance School District was in attendance, the official said, in addition to at least three other schools from neighboring districts, one of which sent 14 buses.<<

Again, WTH? Doesn't ANYONE WANT TO GO TO HIM? If I knew my kid was going to be bused to a McCain rally, I'd make her stay home.

Anyhow, I guess Joe had to actually go to work today. LOL

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Registered: 03-30-2007
Thu, 10-30-2008 - 8:05pm
Joe the plumber didn't show up today at the McCain rally cause he watched Obama last night.
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Registered: 03-30-2007
Thu, 10-30-2008 - 8:20pm
Arr-nold will be with McCain tomorrow in Columbus.
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Registered: 08-27-2005
Thu, 10-30-2008 - 8:40pm

He clarified Obama's tax platform.


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Registered: 10-07-2008
Thu, 10-30-2008 - 8:49pm

I am puzzled by the absolute efforts many Obama supporters go to in order to bash poor old Joe.

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Registered: 07-04-2008
Thu, 10-30-2008 - 8:53pm

>>He clarified Obama's tax platform.<<

my bad, I thought Obama did that himself.

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Registered: 08-27-2005
Thu, 10-30-2008 - 9:00pm
no, Obama is good about not Clarifying things...

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