'Joe the Plumber' Mulling Run for Congress

[depakid]

Source: The Hill

Joe Wurzelbacher, a.k.a. "Joe the Plumber," said Friday he may consider running for Congress in 2010, challenging longtime Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D) in the Toledo-area district.

"I'll tell you what, we'd definitely be in one heck of a fight," Wurzelbacher said during an appearance on the Laura Ingraham show Friday, "but, you know, I'd be up for it."

"There is a movement afoot to draft you to run for Congress," Ingraham said. "Joe, let me tell you something: you decide to run for Congress, and I'll help you with your PR, I'll help you do your ads, I mean, I'll volunteer to help you."

Ingraham's producer, Brad Feldman, said that during the break after the segment, Wurzelbacher told Ingraham that his statements today represent the first time he has acknowledged considering a bid for Congress in public.


Read more: http://briefingroom.thehill.com/2008/10/24/joe-the-plumber-says-hes-mulling-run-for-congress/

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Delusions of grandeur from a guy who's about to lose his Ohio divers' license.

[LaurenG]

1. Oh that's special. I'm sure he was inspired by Sarah.

:eyes:

[rockymountaindem]

2. I thought this clown was tired of the media spotlight...

I encourage him to run. Let's see ALL those skeletons. Kaptur would wipe the floor with him.

[pirate_satellite]

3. Maybe he can be Palin's running mate in 2012

You betcha.

[KansDem]

4. There's something eerily familiar about "Republicans" and "Plumbers"

Why does the year "1971" suddenly pop into my mind?

[LiberalFighter]

55. It would be so easy to campaign against Joe the Plumber...

Joe doesn't have a license... the Watergate plumbers didn't either.

[Kerrytravelers]

5. And he has such a grasp on the issues. Taxes? Social Security? Iraq?

Just think... all those those front lawn interviews will be fodder for Kaptur. Just wait... :evilgrin:

[struggle4progress]

59. He'd be the ideal GOP Presidential candidate! "Let's go down the drain with Joe!"

[melody]

6. Wurzelbacher/Todd 2012

They can run on the Narcissist Party ticket.

[John Q. Citizen]

7. A star is born? Tom DeLay was a bug killer. "Joe's" a roto rooter dude.

[TomInTib]

8. Lose his DL?

What is that about (I've been distracted, as of late)?

[depakid]

13. He drove without insurance and ran a red light in Arizona- didn't pay the ticket

so his Arizona license was suspended. He moved to Ohio, and somehow got a license there (DMV has said this was due to an oversight on their part, and will suspend him if Arizona sends the information through the official channels).

[TomInTib]

17. Wow. The Old Man sure knows how to pick 'em, don't he?

Can you just imagine what the atmosphere must be like in Campaign Central?

This late in the game, and it gets weirder by the hour.

[KewlKat]

9. He'd fit right in with the other rethug liars

Maybe in 2012 we'll have McFailin and Joe

[nyc 4 Biden]

10. Joe the Congressman??

hahahahahahahhahahaha, what an asshole.

[KewlKat]

12. Well at least he won't NEED a license for that job

but he won't be able to buy the company but then he really wasn't going to buy the plumbing business either.

[chelsea0011]

11. Sorry, but someone who doesn't pay taxes usually gets nowhere in any election.

[Journeyman]

14. If ever a fool got punked by his own PR. . .

"Joe the Tool" has certainly gone over the edge...

[madmom]

15. Um I thought Marcy Kaptur was pretty popular in her district, am I wrong?

[Peggesis1]

21. Marcy *is* very popular here

She'll be in congress as long as she wants to be.

[understandinglife]

26. Unless she decides to run for President!! She is great!!

[rucognizant]

49. I have been watching her for years on cspan............

SHe is one of the most intelligent, honest, dedicated, humble members of COngress! If she ran for Pres. I would support her in a jiffy!

[Peggesis1]

23. Marcy *is* very popular here

She'll be in congress as long as she wants to be.

On Edit: Sorry about the duplicate post.

[du_grad]

57. Marcy has been our Rep since 1983

She was born and educated in Toledo and always gets at least 60+% of the vote if not more. It would be a joke if Joe ran against her.

Ed Emery ran against her in 2002 and lost. He was recently arrested for stealing metal from buildings.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_S._Emery

We went to her office in Washington, DC in the 1990's with our daughter. She talked to us for about 20 minutes and was very gracious. She is very trustworthy and honest and this is why she gets elected again and again. She has a big following even among local Republicans.

The 9th District has not had a whole lot of turnover since the 1950's. Lud Ashley was the Democratic Congressman from 1951 until 1981. There was one Republican for one two year term (1981-83) until Marcy was elected, and she has been in ever since.

I can't imagine Joe will have much of a chance to score this congressional seat.

http://tinyurl.com/5kdqzr - this shows the voting record for the 9th District all the way back to 1920 (all the way to the bottom). The Republicans in the district are few and far between.

[du_grad]

58. Here is correct URL for 9th District Voting Record

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Election_Results,_U.S._Representative_from_Ohio,_9th_District

Apparently the tinyurl isn't always reliable - sorry.

[caraher]

16. BRING IT ON!!!

The forecast: epic FAIL

What a tool!

[mitchum]

18. Maybe he can be a congressman's...helper?

[noiretextatique]

19. Joe the Dumber

sure...i'd vote for a guy who can't vote a guy who would decrease taxes on his current income because he might possibly make 5 or six times his current income...someday...maybe :eyes:

[Voice for Peace]

20. the deal

McCampaign: Joe, we need your help

Joe: what's in it for me?

McCampaign: Oh, I don't know Joe.
How'd you like to have a job in the government?

[PatSeg]

22. That's the funniest thing I've heard all day!

Once again the movie Idiocracy is proving to be more prophetic than entertainment!

"The world is just a B movie and I keep forgetting my lines." Bob Lind

[Bushies gotta go]

24. Did he not get the memo that he is a joke to those of us who are normal?

[Maeve]

25. Run, you lemming, run! eom

[krkaufman]

27. Definitely a dude who's bought into his own hype. n/t

[IndianaJohn]

28. Yeah Right!!!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Sewsojm]

29. Hey Joe, where you going with that plunger in your Ass!!!

[bulloney]

30. This guy's gotten so full of himself that he actually believes this shit?

Hey Joe (which isn't even your first name), you can't pay your taxes, your fines, or keep a driver's license. You lie about your profession, the business you said you're buying (but really aren't), and the value of that business.

You've done nothing but BS this country for the past two weeks. But, you've had the good fortune of BS'ing when McCain and Palin are so desperate that they'll cling on to ANYTHING to give their campaign something to rally around.

And he thinks he can defeat a congresswoman who typically gets 70-80% of the vote every election? The only close race she had was years ago when she ran against Frank Venner, a local TV news anchor and celebrity.

[BearSquirrel2]

31. It really sucks when your 15 minutes ...

It really sucks when your 15 minutes only lasts for 3 minutes.

[mamameow]

32. birds of a feather

say it ain't so, joe! well you will be with like company, liars and phony. laura ingram would be just the person needed to spread the spin/lies, she has lots of practice.

[Lorien]

33. A lazy, dim witted con man and pathological liar who is eager for handouts?

He would be PERFECT for the GOP ticket!

[customerserviceguy]

34. Just Say No to (Butt) Crack!!

Well, we know what other type of pipe this guy plays with...

[CLANG]

35. Braindead does as braindead is.

[hvn_nbr_2]

36. Well, he could pick up some big constituencies

The whole Keating clan

All the plumbers that make $250K a year

Well, uh, yeah, I'm sure there must be some others.

[Duncan]

37. LOL! Go for it dipshit! nt.

[NM Independent]

38. Oh, give me a damn break.

This dillhole is way too full of himself.

[caitlincsnms]

39. Maybe he can fix the Iraq drain on our economy

[Kalifornia.Kid]

40. Go "Septic Joe" !!

[kskiska]

41. Reminds me of Donato "The Fisherman" in the Elian debacle

(snip)

He added, life can be hard. But what happened to the child and the lives that
have changed being with him... This makes people feel important, loved and
powerful.

Another part of the article draws attention to how the cleaner points out that he
had dined a few nights previously with Bob Smith, the senator. I am on the front
page of almost all the newspapers and magazines of the world and I am moving
in the same elite circles as all these people.

He went on to say, when I am in Miami, people pleading with me fisherman...
fisherman, don't go to Washington, we need leaders here. I hear people calling
for Donato for mayor... Donato for mayor. I am moved. 800,000 Cubans love
me.

Perhaps I even see myself in the campaign for mayor or for a lower position,
you know what I mean, what is it?... I think it is commissioner, or something like
that.

more…
http://www.discip.crdp.ac-caen.fr/anglais/documents/cottenceau/elianfinal/donato.htm

[lumberjack_jeff]

42. The money's not what you're used to Joe. n/t

[kitty1]

43. Paline for VP; Joe the P for Congress; How about Dame Edna for Sec of State

[louis-t]

44. He's the perfect repug politician, the first thing

out of his mouth when he entered public life was a lie. "I'm planning on buying a business" (no plan or money)followed by "the income is $250,000-280,000"(it's not).

[kitty1]

45. Washington would look like Petticoat Junction with their pics lately.

[Mugweed]

46. Sam the Republican Fraud?

That's what I've been calling him to anyone who dares mention "Joe". His name is Sam, not Joe. He's not a licensed plumber. He's not buying a business. He doesn't make or stand to make $250,000 a year. How many more misrepresentations of yourself do you have to make before you're labeled a fraud?

Fox Noise on Sunday made me about sick. That guy was everywhere!

[latebloomer]

47. You can't make this shit up!

:eyes:

[Tutonic]

48. Can someone send this loser a clock so he'll see that he's exceeded

his fifteen minutes?

[santamargarita]

50. Pay your tax bill first, asshole!

UGH!

[IndianaGreen]

51. Joe supports the Libertarian flat tax and opposes Social Security

The fraudulent anti-union Joe the non-plumber has exposed himself as the hot air balloon that he is.

[fascisthunter]

52. wow... these people a stupid and crazy

[lenegal]

53. What a Moron

Thanks, but no thanks, Joe.

Stick to your day job. I hear this douche bag has a book deal?

[timtom]

54. Not only do we need a shiftless

lying ne'er-do-well agent provocateur in Congress (along with the many others), but we especially need that bum to go up against one of the few honest and courageous Representatives we have, Marcy Kaptur.

Makes perfect sense to me.

Republicans. It's what's in the sewer.

[xchrom]

56. oh what would be better than that? -- please joe -- please run.

:rofl:

[Political Heretic]

60. Oh please, god let him.... it will be like our own state's Pro-Life (his legal name)

Who runs for office each cycle and creates fantastic entertainment value.

[Algorem]

61. Road apple.

Needs to roto-root his brain.

[denverbill]

62. Fucker is too stupid to buy a business that net's 250K/year when it's offerred to him.

And decides against it because his net might drop by $800/year if Obama is elected. Opts instead to make whatever the hell he makes as an unlicensed plumber.

Divorced, angry, stupid, tax cheat, and liar.

Yes, sounds like a prime candidate for a Republican congressman.