This is bullshit. Per Politico Joe the plumber is doing all the morning shows. They better not try

[jezebel]

to make him the everyman, he makes above $250,000 and he is for McCain.
http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/

[billyoc]

1. Like that plumber in "The Money Pit".

:rofl:

[johnaries]

32. "2 weeks!" Yeah, like a plumber is going to generate sympathy.

Anyone who's ever hired a plumber and seen thier bill is going to say "F*ck you, Joe!"

[ErinBerin84]

2. maybe they can pass around a money jar in the audience.

[Clio the Leo]

3. called it! Like 45mins ago.

He'll be on Larry King tomorrow. Mark my words.

[gardenista]

So is Larry going to enlighten him on gross vs net income

Even if he's a master plumber making the big bucks, no way can he afford to buy a business with that net, not if he's an hourly worker.

[WCGreen]

21. Why wouldn't he do like the guy I just did taxes for...

Start out on his own and build his business...

[gardenista]

25. Indeed.

Businessmen who NET $250,000 are not talking about the difficulty of buying a new truck. They are thinking about adding a fleet, because they are making gross revenues in the millions.

He's already changing his story, because he's by now been enlightened that he was confused about net profit.

[gardenista]

11. So is Larry going to enlighten him on gross vs net income

Even if he's a master plumber making the big bucks, no way can he afford to buy a business with that net, not if he's an hourly worker.

[medeak]

4. can't find on politico link please? n/t

[jezebel]

7. ben smith's column

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/

[Stagecoach]

5. He's gotta be a plant

Interesting how other people like that don't get so much play in the media, yet this Joe guy is able to? Doesn't quite pass the smell test.

[susanna]

6. On the plus side, if "Joe" is a plant...

I don't know too many people in my neck of the woods (Michigan) who are gonna give a rat's a$$ about someone pulling down $280K a year complaining about his lot in life, especially when he bought hook, line and sinker the McCain campaign falsehoods about Obama's tax plan (which Barack refuted nicely). I am serious.

I say bring "Joe the Plumber" on. Dipsticks. The GOP deserve the backlash.

Not to put too fine a point on it, but my husband (not super-political) was "WTF?" on all that in the debate. "Who cares about Joe the Plumber?! What about the rest of us?" (His words, and though we are doing okay, it certainly struck him as pandering. He saw right through it.)

[okieinpain]

34. that's what i'm thinking. n/t.

[beachmom]

8. OMG. "Tap dance" like Sammy Davis Jr.! What the heck.

And he admits he doesn't even make $250K, and won't have his taxes raised.

I don't think this guy is representative of America at all.

[KathieG]

9. I can't wait for someone to dig up the dirt on this guy...he has to be a plant.

[Jersey Devil]

I think it may actually help Obama if they ask him details

I'm just guessing, but based on the original video of Obama talking to him he said the company he wanted to buy "makes about $250,000-$280,000 a year". I think he was talking about gross revenue and not profit and that he and Obama misunderstood each other on that. If it was gross revenue then he'd get no increase at all because profit would have been much, much less.

The original interview:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22425001/vp/27208022#27208022

[gardenista]

12. Bingo. That's what I've been saying all along

If he can't afford another $800 in taxes, he can't afford to buy a business making that net. No way.

[OnionPatch]

31. Yep, let him go on the shows.....opposite of someone who knows what they're talking about.

I highly doubt that Joe the Plumber makes $250,000 and can't afford to pay his taxes. I also doubt that a business is going to be taxed the same as individual income.

[BlooInBloo]

10. Tweety JUST did that! Said "you might have won the polls, but you lost Joe Plumber"

said that "Joe Plumber" was for McCain.

THE MEDIA IS LITERALLY MAKING PEOPLE UP TO BE FOR MCCAIN.

[Cha]

13. And who cares, tweety? joe the plumber isn't everyman.

The Plumbers' Union endorsed Obama.

[1corona4u]

14. It's disguisting that they are even giving this moron the time of day...

we all know he wasn't going to vote for Obama, and it had nothing to do with taxes. I can't believe the media is going to give this idiot his 15 minutes of fame, when there are 300 MILLION other people in the USA.

[Cha]

17. Typical CorporatemediaWhore action..

We need to have a campaign to counteract joe the plumber.

[SharonAnn]

26. And apparently he's not even registered to vote in Ohio.

[4lbs]

35. Yup, they need to ask him why he's not registered to vote.

All this concern and yet he's not voting.

DOH!

[nomaco-10]

15. mccain aide: "We're not going to put him thru media training." ...

We tried to call him during the debate, but his line was busy."

I smell something rotten in the state of holland, (ohio that is).

[gardenista]

19. It's just that same old bad McCain vetting process

Joe is looking at buying a company that "makes $250K, maybe $280K"

That's GROSS REVENUE, not NET PROFIT

Poor Joe.

I feel kind of bad for him now, and unfortunately Obama didn't catch that the guy was talking revenue, and was confused/misinformed.

To purchase a business NETTING $250K, he'd need huge bucks.

[firedupdem]

16. One of Obama's people said that Joe was a McCain supporter

when Barack knocked on his door. I think he was one of the people in that neighborhood Barack visited who was already a rabid McCain supporter and promptly called the McCain campaign to get a little publicity.

[gardenista]

20. I was impressed with the time and attention Barack gave to him

too bad he didn't deserve it. I hope that someone else benefited from the thoughtful answer that Obama gave him.

[scarface2004]

18. i ll betcha joe doesn t even pay taxes on his business

any small business knows you operate as an S Corp...passthrough the net income

[progressivebydesign]

22. and the dude isn't even registered to vote! what a fucking poseur! n/t

[Hugabear]

23. How many REAL plumbers can afford to miss this much work?

Especially with the way the economy is heading nowadays.

[Liberalatus]

24. He seemed awfully confident and like it was

a "gotcha" question when he asked Obama. I thought he was just some cocky repug who listens to too much right-wing radio that wanted to go toe-to-toe with the man himself. That's how he came off to me the other day when I saw the clip of their conversation.

here: http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/10/spread-the-weal.html

So, I don't know if he was an intentional plant, or just some right-wingnut, but it seems like he was going to support Republicans, no matter what, even if they had George Bush running again.

[Cali_Democrat]

27. Nobody gives a shit about Joe the plumber

[gabby garcia]

28. racist ringer

"but I still got a tap dance. Do you - almost as good as Sammy Davis Jr."

seriously.

[Lugnut]

29. Oh, good!

Then he can explain why he's not registered to vote. He's a freaking GOP plant.

[FatDave]

30. Fuck Joe the Racist Rich-Ass Plumber Plant

[Jed Dilligan]

33. Will Playgirl be featuring his plumber's crack?

[BlooInBloo]

36. He's an anti-Obama bigot - the teevee shows will LOVE him.

[The Magistrate]

37. He Had Better, Ma'am, Be Able To Name The Business He Meant To Buy

And show some earnest towards securing the purchase price of it....

At this point he is simply the punch-line of a bad joke: if it turns out he was engaged in fantasizing, lying, he will be a national laughingstock, a hounded unemployable.

[Stagecoach]

38. I wonder if Joe is his real first name LOL

Sarah Palin is always mentioning Joe 6-pack, and now we have Joe the Plumber that says he's going to support John McCain? Just so happen to find Joe 6-pack who's also Joe the Plumber! How convenient!