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Post by Jodie on Mar 22, 2009 16:25:35 GMT -5
...who?
/canadian
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Post by devilschaplain2 on Mar 22, 2009 16:44:01 GMT -5
During the 2008 Presidential Election there was a bald, white, pissed-off conservative schmuck named Samuel Wurzelbacher who asked some questions of Obama during a rally; the media and the McCain campaign christened him "Joe the Plumber" and from that point on he's become a quasi-celebrity among the conservative movement. He's a typical backwoods hick who despises social security, complains about taxes (even when he doesn't pay his taxes), thinks Obama wants to destroy Israel, and blames all his problems on the poor, elderly and minorities. He's the embodiment of all that is wrong with this country. Now this semi-literate stooge thinks he's a political expert because of his bullshit 15 minutes of fame and even wrote his own book following the election--what a joke...
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Post by Jodie on Mar 22, 2009 19:52:42 GMT -5
During the 2008 Presidential Election there was a bald, white, pissed-off conservative schmuck named Samuel Wurzelbacher who asked some questions of Obama during a rally; the media and the McCain campaign christened him "Joe the Plumber" and from that point on he's become a quasi-celebrity among the conservative movement. He's a typical backwoods hick who despises social security, complains about taxes (even when he doesn't pay his taxes), thinks Obama wants to destroy Israel, and blames all his problems on the poor, elderly and minorities. He's the embodiment of all that is wrong with this country. Now this semi-literate stooge thinks he's a political expert because of his bullshit 15 minutes of fame and even wrote his own book following the election--what a joke... Jesus on a pogo stick, that's pathetic. He even looks like a dumbass turd.
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Post by BenderBRodriguez on Mar 22, 2009 20:02:47 GMT -5
I don't know exactly where it was, but he made an appearance on McCain's campaign trail and some hecklers were shouting "Get a license" and "Pay your taxes."
The whole "I want to buy a business" thing was bullshit all along. Fuck the media.
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Post by schizophonic on Mar 22, 2009 20:12:12 GMT -5
During the 2008 Presidential Election there was a bald, white, pissed-off conservative schmuck named Samuel Wurzelbacher who asked some questions of Obama during a rally; the media and the McCain campaign christened him "Joe the Plumber" and from that point on he's become a quasi-celebrity among the conservative movement. He's a typical backwoods hick who despises social security, complains about taxes (even when he doesn't pay his taxes), thinks Obama wants to destroy Israel, and blames all his problems on the poor, elderly and minorities. He's the embodiment of all that is wrong with this country. Now this semi-literate stooge thinks he's a political expert because of his bullshit 15 minutes of fame and even wrote his own book following the election--what a joke... It's worth noting that the question that made him famous was based on a lie in the first place. He claimed he was in a position to buy the plumbing business he'd been working at, and that Obama's plan would make him pay more taxes. It seems the latter point may be untrue, but we know he wasn't actually in a position to buy it. Not only that, but he wasn't a licensed plumber, and while he railed against welfare, he'd been on it at least twice. That's in addition to the aforementioned not paying his taxes in the first place. But thanks to John McCain, he became a figurehead for the working man, and made me consider Canadia, because it really does seem the average Joe loves him. They look to him for social, financial, and political opinions, when the guy isn't even able to get a real plumber's license.
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Post by Jodie on Mar 22, 2009 22:55:39 GMT -5
But thanks to John McCain, he became a figurehead for the working man, and made me consider Canadia, because it really does seem the average Joe loves him. They look to him for social, financial, and political opinions, when the guy isn't even able to get a real plumber's license. What is this Canadia you speak of, and is it truly as free of fundies as you suggest? ;D
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Post by schizophonic on Mar 23, 2009 7:36:37 GMT -5
Canadia is my neighbour to the North, and while they might not be free of fundies, I have trouble believing they have as many Ann Coulters, Fred Phelps, and Joe the Plumbers (Or is it Joes the Plumber?) as we do.
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Post by booley on Mar 23, 2009 12:55:15 GMT -5
..... After taking the stage to a standing ovation( ) Thursday night at the annual "Dishonors" Awards, Wurzelbacher told a crowd of conservatives "God, all this love and everything in the room-I'm horny." Umm.....ew? Nevermind the horny part, but a standing ovation??? For Joe the Plumber??? Someone please explain this crap to me. Why does this idiot deserve a standing ovation? And yet he can't get any of his adoring fans to buy his book. Hmmmmmmmmm..... In any event, "Joe" is a lying ignorant amoral fraud who doesn't care how stupid he looks. The Cons probably confused him for one of their other interchangeable "leaders"
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Post by antichrist on Mar 23, 2009 14:23:59 GMT -5
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Post by schizophonic on Mar 23, 2009 15:57:01 GMT -5
I've heard a lot of women of the fundie persuasion talk about how attractive and talented he is. Where IS that vomit-spewing smiley? Hey, that's not any harder to believe than most of the stuff they preach.
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Post by dasfuchs on Mar 23, 2009 16:09:07 GMT -5
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Post by dantesvirgil on Mar 23, 2009 16:20:31 GMT -5
So he's hoping to bang some fundie tail? Yeah, good luck with that. I've heard a lot of women of the fundie persuasion talk about how attractive and talented he is. Where IS that vomit-spewing smiley? Oh my god, I could've gone the rest of my life without knowing that!!
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Post by devilschaplain2 on Mar 23, 2009 16:21:30 GMT -5
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Post by mistermuncher on Mar 23, 2009 16:35:00 GMT -5
Anyone else get the feeling that whilst he's not really saying anything particularly smart, he's been briefed on what to say?
Not to go RR nuts or anything. It just seems odd that all his bullshit seems to directly relate to whatever's being bitched about that day.
Still, how the fuck, like? At what point did someone calling themselves a journalist decide "This is the man who's political opinions I want to hear. A dozy fucker who doesn't seem to know what he earns, or what he does for a living, blethering on like a half-wit between half-remembered soundbites. Joe the Plumber. He's our man."
To put it another way. If any party offered up a Joealike as a kind of "he speaks for you!! he has your hopes and fears! He's *just like you*" avatar of "the Common man", the only debate I'd have would be how many of their offices I'd visit to shit through the letterbox for such a grievous insult before never, ever voting for them again.
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Post by dantesvirgil on Mar 23, 2009 17:58:44 GMT -5
I'm quite sure he has "handlers" by now.
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