Joe ("the non Plumber") a No-Show in Ohio (ditches McCain @ rally)

[sabra]

Source: WashTimes

DEFIANCE, Ohio -- Sen. John McCain, running through Ohio on a daylong bus tour, introduced Joe the Plumber at his first stop of the morning at an outdoor rally in this tiny town not far from where Joe Wurzelbacher confronted Sen. Barack Obama about his tax plan.

"Joe's with us today. Joe, where are you? Where is Joe? Is Joe here with us today?"

The problem? Joe wasn't here.

McCain aides scrambled; one ran past reporters in one direction, then back in the other, talking frantically into her portable radio. Reporters streamed up to other aides asking if the world's most famous plumber was indeed here.

"Joe, I thought you were here today," McCain said as the crowd murmured. After half a minute of silence, as everyone in the crowd scanned for Joe, McCain tried to make the best of it. "All right, well, you're all Joe the Plumber so all of you stand up and say -- I thank you," he said as the crowd applauded.

Afterward, one McCain aide sought to downplay the misstep. "It was a metaphor; they're all Joe the Plumber."

But reporters weren't buying it. "This is going to make every network news channel tonight," one said a few minutes after the goof. Another joked: "Are you kidding? It's already got 100,000 hits on YouTube

Read more: http://washingtontimes.com/weblogs/trail-times/2008/Oct/30/joe-no-show-ohio/

[Betsy Ross]

1. Joe's getting a book deal and a music contract.

He doesn't need McCain anymore.

[TheEuclideanOne]

49. His publicist told him to distance himself from McCain.

John Who?? :rofl:

[MindMatter]

59. He was behind hte grandstands getting all rouguey with Palin

[JerseygirlCT]

91. Exactly. Just like all good GOPers, he's got his. nt

[Mz Pip]

2. Joe the Opportunist

probably was working on his next gig, maybe that congressional run or his record contract or his book deal. Joe doesn't need Johnny Mac anymore.

[Raschel]

35. Gee, why isn't he busy starting that "new business"? Bwahaha.

[Supersedeas]

99. Joe the paid-campaign staffer wants to have his tax evasion bill paid

[sattahipdeep]

104. Has K.O React To this interview?

KEX AM Joe the Plumber interview

http://www.1190kex.com/cc-common/mediaplayer/player.html?redir=yes&mps=markanddave.php&mid=http://a1135.g.akamai.net/f/1135/26191/1h/cchannel.download.akamai.com/26191/610/richmedia/Joe_Plumber-1.wma?CCOMRRMID=20863245&CPROG=RICHMEDIA&MARKET=PORTLAND-OR&NG_FORMAT=newstalk&NG_ID=kex1190am&OR_NEWSFORMAT=News/Talk&OWNER=610&SERVER_NAME=www.1190kex.com&SITE_ID=610&STATION_ID=KEX-AM&TRACK=Joe_the_Plumber_interview

Oregon has paid Wurzelbacher's taxes.

[quidam56]

100. Joe the blunder...

http://www.wisecountyissues.com

[AlCzervik]

3. "This is going to make every network news channel tonight," Hehe.

[DS1]

4. Probably in the bus tapping Palin's bung

:eyes:

[Name removed]

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[DS1]

20. Glad to see you go

door, ass, alla dat

:hi:

[uppityperson]

33. looks like you have a stocking troll

[DS1]

44. Not anymore, the scum is back in the ground

[uppityperson]

45. that is good. 10 posts was too many.

it is nice when they are so obvious though.

[saigon68]

52. Yes, a big Adios

Vaya Con Dios

[Richard D]

5. "they're all Joe the Plumber."

This creates an image of repervlican rallies with hundreds of people revealing their butt cracks. Ewwwwwwww.

[Raschel]

39. Joe the plumber, John the bumbler.

[dennis4868]

6. maybe he is with...

sally the hooker? Just asking....

[slinkerwink]

7. hahaha! They so didn't want this to happen!

[yellowcanine]

8. One word.......Wait for it.........LETTERMAN! Wait until Letterman gets ahold of this.

"He is talking to Katie Couric, John!"

"May be he is at the airport, rushing back to Washington, John!"

[AlphaCentauri]

9. oops! someone got a clog drain n/t

[Virginia Dare]

10. I guess everybody but McCain got the word..

Joe's in Nashville hooking up with a new country record deal...:eyes:

[shadowknows69]

11. His new publicist probably told him to distance himself from gramps

He'll drag his new career down lol.

[bushisanidiot]

12. I'm guessing McHate tried to ad-lib and screwed up his lines.

he probably was supposed to just say that joe couldn't be there today and everyone is joe the plumber or some such crap like that. but the idiot tried to ad-lib and he ended up making himself look like a senile old man that didn't know where he was or what he was supposed to be saying.

what a total moron. everything that man touches turns to shit.

[madaboutharry]

13. That damn You Tube!

They ought to pass a law or somethin'!

[Twinguard]

14. hahahahaha

:rofl:

Laughed hard enough to get my boys' attention. They were in their toy room, and if you know about toddler toys, you know how noisy they are! :)

Made my morning.

:rofl:

[snooper2]

15. Saw it live...funny shit

glad I'm home sick today now :)

[GinaMaria]

28. Hope that laugh has you on the mend

and feeling better. :-)

[Name removed]

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[CJCRANE]

22. Sam the non-plumber.

Go back to freeperville and worshiping your socialist & secessionist Governor of Alaska.

[tclambert]

90. Darn it! I keep missing the troll posts.

They're already deleted by the time I get to 'em. Can you leave 'em up a few minutes longer, so I can get a laugh, too? Some of the jokes made in reply don't make sense w/o the set-up. Oh, well, I suppose they make some people upset. When I go over to freerepublic.com I just laugh and laugh. Now that change is coming (in T minus 5 days). That stuff wasn't so funny for the last eight years.

[dgibby]

24. I smell pizza! Anybody hungry? Should I bake a batch of Trollhouse cookies?

[YDogg]

86. I LOLd.

[redqueen]

27. Socialist? Like Palin with her windfall profits tax? Like McCain with his tax plan from 2000?

How is it that rightwingers aren't embarrassed by their idiocy?

Is it that you're too dumb to know that most people see right through RW spew? So you just vomit it out like a dittohead, thinking others will lap it up as well? Is that it?

Read something other than rightwing lies, moran.

[Blue For You]

29. Later loser!

[Raschel]

30. Funny how Joe misrepresented himself and expects nobody to point it out! LOL!

He's a phony like McCain and Palin.

[riverdeep]

31. You do know that McCain was the one who admitted,

on national TV no less, that it was HE who had made Joe's life a goldfish bowl? Obama calmly and sincerely answered the man's question and thought that was the end of it. It was McCain that mentioned Joe 21 times in the next debate and has subsequently made him a centerpiece of his campaign.

As for the liberal press, all sides except the right wing recognize it was their job to see how much of Joe's story was accurate; it turns out not much. That you can't see the brutal irony of the fact that Joe would actually be helped by Obama's plan both in his true identity AND the one he made up, means you are a true believer.

[Shardik]

36. wHAT DO YOU WANT ON YOUR PIZZA?

[PA Democrat]

38. Since you are opposed to socialism

I hope you don't plan on driving on public roads, sending your children to public schools, eating safe food, collecting Social Security when you retire, using Medicare, or taking advantage of a whole host of other "socialist" programs.

Here's a clue for the grossly uninformed: there has been a massive redistribution of wealth over the last 8 years, but it has been all upward.

[GinaMaria]

41. How are tax cuts for the middle class socialism?

The top 1% has had tax cuts for the last 8 years. Why isn't that called socialism? Sounds like you're waging class warfare against the middle class in this country.

Let's face it, tax cuts for the top 1% did nothing for the economy. If we keep doing what we've always done, we shouldn't be surprised when we get the same result. It's time to try a different approach. Give the middle class a chance to help the economy. Stop all this socialist crap. It's nothing but an attempt at a scare tactic in hopes of turning the middle class against their own best interest.

Try the Obama Biden tax calculator as a starting point:
http://taxcut.barackobama.com/

[Grinchie]

95. Actually, they already have a word for the top 1% -- Oligarchy

You see, Oligarchism is a good thing for the rich and powerful at the top, so they defend their word feverishly through expensive lobbying efforts, rewriting history books, and not teaching the word in school.

Socialism is promoted vociferously in the same context as Communisim, so it gets a bad rap. It's kinda like the difference between using the Politicallay incorrect word "Bitch" and using the well accepted, "I'm just kidding" "Beeyatch".

See how acceptable one is over the other?

The Oligarch are running scared right now, and they are dependent on poorly educated people to link Socialism to bad things.

[GinaMaria]

106. what if we switched it

Tax cuts for the middle class = Oligarchy

Tax cuts for the top 1% = Socialism

Let's make the top 1% afraid of themselves :evilgrin:

[Blue For You]

17. Maybe Joe the Plumber is hooking up with Bob the Barr. n/t

[bigworld]

19. Here's the youtube link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1TT7gt5F0w

[redqueen]

32. That one's kindly edited... the one mentioned by the reporter

is said to have had lots of views... and hopefully it shows the full unedited version with the long delay.

[Joe Chi Minh]

93. I couldn't finish watching it. I was beginning to feel sorry for him again.

[road2000]

21. You know what's just plumb dumb, though?

The fact that McCreep is still using Joe as a prop, after everything about the man has been discredited. It's as though the news never reached him. Or if it reached him, it certainly didn't penetrate.

[riverdeep]

42. They kept using the bridge to nowhere line for weeks after it was discredited.

They're playing by the Rove playbook of 'creating their own reality'. This time, parts of the press occasionally report their lies.

[BREMPRO]

23. McCain's a LOSER, even Joe the Plumber has abandanded him!

Maybe he now has realized that he will actually do better under Barack's economic plan
and will be voting for OBAMA!

[GinaMaria]

25. The laughs just keep coming

:rofl: No wonder the comedians are worried. With Obama in office they are going to have to work to find the funny.

[lonestarnot]

79. You can't make this shit up!

:rofl:

[Lorien]

26. They are all lying, dipshit redneck tax cheats?

Please John, don't be so insulting to your rally attendees!

[redqueen]

46. No kidding... dipshit is right. He'd save more in taxes under Obama's plan.

BOTH of his personas would!

[armed_and_liberal]

34. Has any plumber ever shown up when he said he would?

:kick:

[tclambert]

84. Funny! 'Cause it's true.

Good one.

[Mad_Dem_X]

105. *rimshot*

Welcome to DU! :hi:

[bahrbearian]

37. Puddles , Here Puddles, ,,,has any one seen my little dog Puddles

Puddles I've got Snausages,

[frylock]

40. ich bin ein joe the plumber

:rofl:

[RevolutionStartsNow]

58. LOL!

I stole that, hope you don't mind!

[frylock]

109. feel free to distribute widely!

[madmom]

43. I was there, I was there!!!!!!!!and I don't care what anyone says there was NOT 5000 people there!

That's what they're reporting but no way.

[DemoTex]

47. D-NIP?

Drunk, Not Interested In Politickin'

[tclambert]

85. Looks like you found Joe the P

[riverdeep]

48. Is there no honor among thieves?

The McCain campaign is finding out what pure selfishness and self aggrandizement does on their own circle. First, Palin using McCain for her own ends, and now Joe, using it to have his own Joey Buttafuoco-like career trajectory.

[George II]

50. Maybe he was up in Toledo paying off his back taxes?

[Poll_Blind]

51. Joe the Plumber is financially assisting Crystal the Poledancer....

PB

[FVZA_Colonel]

53. Hmm, I guess he is able to tell when a ship is sinking after all.

[demo dutch]

54. Joe's just another opportunist, alining himself with Palin and abandoning ship

[Gregorian]

55. Short Bus Express to Joe the Bummer! Come in! Come in! Are you there?

I want to see this short bus express crash and burn.

[David__77]

56. That moment is definitional.

It reflects on the bungling, bumbling campaign from start to finish.

[RevolutionStartsNow]

57. That is hilarious!

Joe the Plumber will go down as one of the great comedic foils in political history.

[mcjackson]

60. maybe...

...he was off getting his license.

[Critters2]

61. Now this is getting sad!! How can a campaign be so badly managed?!

And still have people voting for the guy in charge? Unbelievable!

[BayjanDem]

62. When is this

dudes 15 minutes gonna be up? I'm referring to McCain. When will he just go away. Oh look Nov.4th is right around the corner. The Fat Lady is warming up. Time for Jurassic John ta GO!

[indypaul]

63. Is it possible there was no agreement

this time on the appearance fee?

[leftchick]

64. he should ask Joe the Bartender

:eyes:

[saigon68]

67. Or Karl the White Hood Wearer

[Joey Liberal]

65. Joe the Jerk nt

[Kalifornia.Kid]

66. Where's Joe? - He's tied-up at the moment.

[brooklynite]

68. The backstory is almost as funny...

from CNN:

A campaign aide later said Wurzelbacher had "decided not to come" and may join McCain later in the day.

But reached at his home by CNN's Mary Snow, Wurzelbacher said it was "news to him" that he was supposed to be at the McCain rally. Wurzelbacher said nobody from the McCain campaign confirmed he was attending the event and called the incident a "miscommunication."

Wurzelbacher also said he is headed to Philadelphia for a charity event unrelated to the campaign and has no plans to meet up with McCain today.

[adadem]

70. LOL

:rofl:

[truthisfreedom]

71. campaign of errors...

This is like a Laurel and Hardy skit.

[mikeytherat]

76. "Well, here's another fine mess you've gotten us in!"

:rofl:

mikey_the_rat

[Politicalboi]

69. Well maybe Joe

Thought MaGoo was a Democrat. According to Faux, MaGoo and Stevens are Dem's.

http://www.jabberwonk.com/flinker.cfm?cliid=19tcjp

http://www.jabberwonk.com/flinker.cfm?cliid=13v0i0

[EnviroBat]

72. Hey John, it's hard to keep tabs on a fart in a windstorm

Joe the Plumber is a fart. He could be anywhere...

[Divine Discontent]

73. McCain slammed his staff afterwards, once being shown where they were at...

John said, 'don't you understand that's the only gimmick we got left without outright calling Obama an anti-American terrorist! what the hell do we pay you people for - get an actor that looks like him if you have to, shit, shave Todd Palin's head and stick him out here, he doesn't do anything else but eat all the buffet food every day and I'm sick and tired of him saying "hey dude" to me all the time, he gives me the creeps, like he wants me gone!'

[bullwinkle428]

75. BEAUTIFUL!

:thumbsup:

[GinaMaria]

107. truly inspired. Bravo!

Hope you write the script for the made for TV movie about the unraveling of J. McSame.

[bullwinkle428]

74. A metaphor? Kinda like the way his whole campaign is metaphor

for "epic fail"?

[Forrest Greene]

77. Joe Is Not The World's Most Famous Plumber

That distinction belongs to Jason Hawes & Grant Wilson.

(ETA "Most.")

[Myrina]

82. mmmm ... Ghost Hunters

:loveya:


But my 'most famous plumber' would be E Howard Hunt and G Gordon Liddy ...

[tclambert]

88. Ack. Watergate humor. I love it.

[GinaMaria]

108. he's not even the most prestigious plumber

no one calls him MR. Plumber. He's just plain inefficient and ineffective Joe Plumber. Not even a good generic knock-off.

[lonestarnot]

78. OMG.

:rofl:

[Canuckistanian]

80. 'John McCain' is also a metaphor - for EPIC FAILURE

Thanks, Joe. Maybe you've seen the light and ditched this loser.

[Myrina]

81. Rally sign: "His name's not JOE and he's not a PLUMBER!"

:spank: Enough with that bullshit already, old man!!!

[KansDem]

83. Wow!!! Defiant in Defiance...

Couldn't they get a sub? Someone like "Joe the Pipe Fitter?"

[GoddessOfGuinness]

87. Joe took your money and ran, you fool!

:rofl:

[KansDem]

89. Maybe "Joe" was really auditioning for Wall Street CEO...

Maybe "Joe" got the idea from Obama's reference to McCain wanting to help "Joe the Hedge Fund Manager."

I mean, why earn money when you can steal it?

[GoddessOfGuinness]

92. Maybe Joe really is related to Keating

[DS1]

94. Apparently CNN managed to reach him at home today.

While he was being a non-plumber earning 40k

[mikeytherat]

101. Amazing how the media can always reach SamJoe at home.

How does a plumber work from home? I know. Maybe his home is waste-transfer station? Yeah, that's the ticket.

mikey_the_rat

[cartach]

96. THEY FOUND HIM !!!

In the back of the bus, with Sarah, checking out her plumbing.

[Historic NY]

97. he is out cutting a CW deal

[jtrockville]

98. DEFIANCE? Sometimes Karma's a B*.

[NYC Liberal]

102. Wow...that crowd seemed REALLY excited to be at a McCain rally!

:rofl:

They don't even boo anymore when McCain trots out the "spread the wealth" line.

[orleans]

103. JOE THE PLUMBER GOT LAID!!

some woman swooned: you're joe the plumber--let's ditch this rally & go fuck.

so joe said: damn right!

(my mother said: "well, maybe sarah needed it".....MOM!!!)