Say it aint so, Joe (the Plumber)

Brain of J.Lo
Brain of J.Lo Posts: 3,259
edited October 2008 in A Moving Train
...if that is your real name. (It's not, actually.) ;)

Looks like McCain's campaign did as good a job checking out this guy's background as they did checking out Palin...lol. :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aejhxaNzMKM
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  • sweet adeline
    sweet adeline Posts: 2,191
    this guy was certainly not an undecided voter as they played him to be. he was quoted as saying that social security is ridiculous, we should seal our borders and that invading iraq was a good idea, even if there were no WMDs. sounds like a mccain guy to me.
  • Brain of J.Lo
    Brain of J.Lo Posts: 3,259
    sweet adeline wrote:
    sounds like a mccain guy to me.

    haha, yes...through and through. :D
  • unsung
    unsung I stopped by on March 7 2024. First time in many years, had to update payment info. Hope all is well. Politicians suck. Bye. Posts: 9,487
    sweet adeline wrote:
    this guy was certainly not an undecided voter as they played him to be. he was quoted as saying that social security is ridiculous, we should seal our borders and that invading iraq was a good idea, even if there were no WMDs. sounds like a mccain guy to me.


    Other than the Iraq thing I agree with him, and I'm not a McCain guy. Besides McCain was the one who authored amnesty for illegal aliens so I don't know how someone wanting the borders sealed makes them a McCain guy.
  • blondieblue227
    blondieblue227 Va, USA Posts: 4,509
    it'll be sweet if he doesn't vote mcCain even after all the ass kissing!
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  • sweet adeline
    sweet adeline Posts: 2,191
    unsung wrote:
    Other than the Iraq thing I agree with him, and I'm not a McCain guy. Besides McCain was the one who authored amnesty for illegal aliens so I don't know how someone wanting the borders sealed makes them a McCain guy.

    http://www.jedreport.com/2008/10/joe-the-plumber-admits-he-wasn.html
  • Dirtie_Frank
    Dirtie_Frank Posts: 1,348
    So what he asked a legit question to Obama and the news jumped all over it. If this was a liberal and asked McCain a question to go against his proposals Keith Olberman would be all over it. My point is who cares about this plumber?
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  • stuckinline
    stuckinline Posts: 3,407
    joe the plumber is mccain's best friend ;)

    http://www.nbc.com/Saturday_Night_Live/video/clips/update-thursday-final-debate/768721/
  • Dirtie_Frank
    Dirtie_Frank Posts: 1,348
    Why are people trying to smear this guy? Did he do anything wrong? Can someone answer this? Like I said all he did was ask a question. Obama is to the one that said spreadi the wealth.
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  • Commy
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    Dirtie_Frank wrote:
    Why are people trying to smear this guy? Did he do anything wrong? Can someone answer this? Like I said all he did was ask a question. Obama is to the one that said spreadi the wealth.
    they paint him as undecided, when he's clearly pro-Mccain.
  • Dirtie_Frank
    Dirtie_Frank Posts: 1,348
    Commy wrote:
    they paint him as undecided, when he's clearly pro-Mccain.

    So what he asked Obama about his policies. That is all he did. He did not call Obama a terrorist or spit on him or anything else. He asked him about his tax plan.
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  • sweet adeline
    sweet adeline Posts: 2,191
    Dirtie_Frank wrote:
    So what he asked Obama about his policies. That is all he did. He did not call Obama a terrorist or spit on him or anything else. He asked him about his tax plan.

    wtf are you talking about?

    mccain just brought him up as a tool to somehow show that undecided voters are tending toward he and palin.
  • Dirtie_Frank
    Dirtie_Frank Posts: 1,348
    sweet adeline wrote:
    wtf are you talking about?

    mccain just brought him up as a tool to somehow show that undecided voters are tending toward he and palin.

    But Biden and news servies are smearing him. Why? Because he supports McCain?
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  • Speakers
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    Dirtie_Frank wrote:
    But Biden and news servies are smearing him. Why? Because he supports McCain?

    He lied to people. He isn't a registered plumber and he owes taxes that he hasn't paid. He doesn't have the means to buy a plumbing company either.
  • Dirtie_Frank
    Dirtie_Frank Posts: 1,348
    Speakers wrote:
    He lied to people. He isn't a registered plumber and he owes taxes that he hasn't paid. He doesn't have the means to buy a plumbing company either.

    So he asked Obama a Hypothetical question then. Does it matter? Politicians lie all the time. He owes 11 hundred in taxes big deal. That gives the press to smear him?
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  • Brain of J.Lo
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    Dirtie_Frank wrote:
    But Biden and news servies are smearing him. Why? Because he supports McCain?

    How are they smearing him? Some news organizations have reported on some factual information that happens to be embarrassing for "Joe" and for the McCain campaign. Revealing embarrassing (true) information isn't a smear, and no one would give a damn about "Joe" the "Plumber" if McCain hadn't decided to make him the centerpiece of the debate Wednesday night.
  • meistereder
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    By the way, if he is an unlicensed contractor, he's breaking the law in most states. In CA, it's a misdemeanor.
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  • Speakers
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    Dirtie_Frank wrote:
    So he asked Obama a Hypothetical question then. Does it matter? Politicians lie all the time. He owes 11 hundred in taxes big deal. That gives the press to smear him?

    People don't liked to be decieved and find out the truth on their own. If he had said, "Mr. Obama, hypothetical question here, if i was a plumber and i could affort to buy a business that made 250,000 dollars a year, etc. and by the way I dont pay all my taxes" people wouldn't have called him out. Just my opinion.

    I am with you, he probably doesn't deserve the treatment, but I dont think people are saying these things because he is a McCain supporter. I do place a lot of blame on McCain for referencing him so often at the debate. A lot of people ask questions to candidates but it was the McCain camp that pulled this one out and drew attention to it.
  • Dirtie_Frank
    Dirtie_Frank Posts: 1,348
    Brain of J.Lo wrote:
    How are they smearing him? Some news organizations have reported on some factual information that happens to be embarrassing for "Joe" and for the McCain campaign. Revealing embarrassing (true) information isn't a smear, and no one would give a damn about "Joe" the "Plumber" if McCain hadn't decided to make him the centerpiece of the debate Wednesday night.

    Why do they care? The only thing he did was ask Barry a question. I guess if you support McCain you cannot ask him a question.
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  • Speakers
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    Dirtie_Frank wrote:
    Why do they care? The only thing he did was ask Barry a question. I guess if you support McCain you cannot ask him a question.

    See my above comment
  • Brain of J.Lo
    Brain of J.Lo Posts: 3,259
    Speakers wrote:
    See my above comment

    exactly.

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