Joe The Plumber To Talk Strategy With Luckless Conservatives

Gah, this guy again. Samuel J. "Joe the 'Plumber'" Wurzelbacher, freshly returned from bankrupting Pajamas Media with his "I Don't Know, Maybe Journalists Should Shut Up, Or Something" tour of Israel, is now going to be meeting with the Conservative Working Group, making working for the Conservative Working Group the worst possible job anyone could have this week.

Hilariously, the people who serve on the Conservative Working Group don't seem to want to do much Conservative Working, since Joe's appearance is billed as an incentive to keep everyone from sleeping in:

If nothing else, GOP aides are using the appearance to get staffers to attend the 9 a.m meeting.

"In case you weren't planning to attend CWG tomorrow morning, you might want to reconsider because Joe the Plumber will be joining us!" Kimberly Wallner, an aide to South Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint, wrote in a message to her e-mail list this afternoon.

Anyway, we are told that Joe is not a "fan of the economic rescue package," so, woo: there's some real high-wire opinioneering, right there. He'll probably say that the media shouldn't talk about the economy any more, or math, and that maybe Paul Krugman should do more to help people with their digital TV conversions.

Anyway, how dull is this guy? Consider this. The article that reports this news in Politico begins with the sentence, "Fresh off his stint as a war correspondent in Gaza, Joe the Plumber is now doing political strategy with Republicans," and ends with the sentence, "Last month, Wurzelbacher did a brief stint as a war reporter for the conservative web site pjtv.com." Normally, you'd wonder where the editor was, allowing the double mention of "stint," but your eyes just glaze over, thinking about this guy.

Comments

[chancher]

Joe the Plumber - the newest 2012 Republican Presidential candidate. After all, he's the smartest one of the bunch.

[Kay72403]

What about Tito the Builder?

[RRonin]

What, Homer Simpson wasn't available?

[drewziGNY]

Beavis and Butt-head were busy doing more meaningful things......

[AmandaBC]

(My name is not) JOE (and I'm not really) THE PLUMBER.

[FreelanceMinion]

While Jason did an admirable job utin this story in its roper perspective, stories about "Joe" the "plumber" should be restricted to humor news sites like Wonkette, or maybe just the Onion, because this guy can't be real, right... right?

[NWRICK]

Let Joey and the GOP enjoy their game of checkers. They are pretty good at it.
The problem is....The game is chess. And Obama is REALLY GOOD.

[AmandaBC]

Not to diminish 0bama, but when you're playing against someone with an IQ lower than 80, winning is super-easy... ;)

[RRonin]

You don't get to win, when he realizes he can't win, he upsets the board, scatters the pieces, accuses you of cheating, and declares it a stupid game that only losers would play....

[jcollell]

This guy is a bigger tool than the ones in his box. The GOP deserve him.

http://www.youspar.com/

[rattlesnk]

Hey somebody plug out dem lights yall,


and then we say your party is over!

[rabiddog6708]

Hey, Joe, the Tidy Bowl Man is on the other line......he would like you to fix the toilet before the confrence.

[humbug]

They deserve him. He'll fit right into the gang of obstructionist flunkies.

[martiniandabotoxchaser]

Bring on the Drano.

[NWRICK]

"Do you have Joe the plumber in a can"?
Why yes. Yes you do.

[drewziGNY]

Well, if JTP has a test tube baby, they could call it "Janitor In A Drum", or if JTP falls into a blender, he could become "Liquid Plumber"...there's too many really bad cleaning supply jokes to make from this......

[anneonn]

Stint...stench... with this guy, same diff!

[Mellenbal]

A plunger! A plunger! My party platform for a plunger!

[WowJones]

I find myself wishing Obama had never stopped and talked with this Bozo.

[goldiekins]

I still think that guy was a plant by the McCain campaign. He didn't just walk up and start a conversation with Obama and suddenly became this media sensation. Don't believe it.

[NWRICK]

I'm with you! 100%!!!

[Mellenbal]

McCain can sure pick 'em, can't he?

[AmandaBC]

I agree. Talk about a plan that backfired!!! Maybe the old man had no idea the guy was such a colossal mor0n. But then again, he did pick Palin, didn't he? ;)

[bokiluis]

A confirmed TAX EVADER with a LIEN against him........That tells me all I need to know about the integrity of a rethuglican.

[camper65]

He could have become Performance Czar, whatever that is!!

[drewziGNY]

Head of the NEA

[NWRICK]

He also opposes Obamas health care plan. AND he owes back hospital bills. Yep, sharp as a marble!