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Joe The Plumber Talks About Bill Maher, Old Yeller And His Love Of Australia

First Posted: 07/10/10 06:12 AM ET Updated: 05/25/11 05:25 PM ET

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He used to be just Sam Wurzelbacher. But after hitting Barack Obama with a tough tax question as the then-candidate passed through his Ohio neighborhood in 2008, he became Joe the Plumber, the McCain-Palin campaign's favorite stand-in for middle-class America.

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He used to be just Sam Wurzelbacher. But after hitting Barack Obama with a tough tax question as the then-candidate passed through his Ohio neighborhood in 2008, he became Joe the Plumber, the McCain-...
He used to be just Sam Wurzelbacher. But after hitting Barack Obama with a tough tax question as the then-candidate passed through his Ohio neighborhood in 2008, he became Joe the Plumber, the McCain-...
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Aidan Cole
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04:43 PM on 05/20/2010
Don’t encourage him. I would not be surprised if Joe Dubya, with his down home, fly-over state appeal and wholesome, Mr. Clean-esque looks, were to use this as a launching pad for future endeavors, which may eventually extend to jailing gays and outlawing poor people. Say it ain’t so, Joe.
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juanjo
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03:01 PM on 05/18/2010
My father, a real plumber for 30 ears, cannot believe anyone would give this lying jerk the time of day.
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malcolmnext
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10:39 PM on 05/17/2010
omg...PLEASE stop with the cheesy act Billo the plumber. That Q&A left me laughing harder than anything Palin has said in at least 4 hrs. He tries to come off as some kind of everyman with his myopic lexicons and Chevy-headstrong-working class folley. Cheeseball. Why didn't he just conduct the interview via morse code cuz that's how our forefathers communicated. lol. Moron. " I used to bench 450 when I was 28" lol. He couldn't begin to flush this garbage down and he's a plumber.
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exile
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09:21 PM on 05/17/2010
once more the truly dumb in the usa randomly focus on some total moran to look to for enlightment.

meanwhile the truly bright continue to live their lives and forget to focus on the dismal direction the usa is headed.
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lsudem
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12:42 PM on 05/17/2010
I'm not even remotely surprised that he admires Robert E. Lee and wishes he lived in the 1800s.
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Twinings
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12:31 PM on 05/17/2010
Show's how ignorant the guy is. I'm from Australia and we believe in free state run health care, the separation of church and state and have strict gun control. We also have government regulation of the financial markets. Despite all this "socialism" we have unemployment at less 5% and the government producing a budget surplus.
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desertdweller
I didn't know him but he knew me.
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10:24 AM on 05/11/2010
Now I know why my parents were so adamant in their insistance that I get an education.
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Okieborn
Equal Rights For All !
1468 Fans
10:16 AM on 05/11/2010
What can one really say about Joe the plumber ?
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fgdmorr
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10:02 AM on 05/11/2010
He can live without all technology...think he's going to cut those three oak trees into cordwood with a hand saw and split the wood with an axe? Doubt it.
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RJB Boston
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09:57 AM on 05/11/2010
this yahoo rates himself a 7 out of 10 eh? what a bozo
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grata2ude
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09:34 AM on 05/11/2010
Who asked those questions a third grader? Joe really gets into an issue doesn't he? What kind of animal are you? Seriously?
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Countess
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09:23 AM on 05/11/2010
He did lie about being a plumber and he does fit the stereotype I have of the ignorant right wing christians.
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Margo Arrowsmith
Elizabeth Warren in 2016!
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12:31 PM on 05/17/2010
Exactly. McCain made up his name, not such a big deal, but he lied about being a plumber. THAT is who and what he is. Oh, and a whiner, remember after getting a book deal and other offers, he whined that he was taken advantage of.
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Grrrrrrrrrrr
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09:14 AM on 05/11/2010
Prediction: there will be a Joe the Plumber se xtape.
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littlemonster
Grrrrrrrrrrr
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09:12 AM on 05/11/2010
He didn't have a problem sucking up to Maher when he was trying to sell his book. What a sweetheart.
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GlenRast
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08:59 AM on 05/11/2010
Webster's needs to put a picture of this guy as a definition meathead.
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