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Joe The Plumber's Lawsuit Thrown Out Of Federal Court

08/ 4/10 08:42 PM ET   AP

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Joe The Plumber Lawsuit

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A federal court in Ohio has dismissed a lawsuit that claimed former state employees violated the constitutional rights of a man Republicans dubbed Joe the Plumber by illegally accessing his personal information.

The GOP hailed suburban Toledo resident Samuel "Joe" Wurzelbacher (WUR'-zuhl-bah-kur) in 2008 as an example of the middle-class worker who would be hurt economically by a Barack Obama presidency.

Wurzelbacher sued Ohio Department of Job and Family Services Director Helen Jones-Kelley and two other department officials. He claimed they were retaliating against him for speaking out against Obama and violated his privacy.

Jones-Kelley and one official resigned. The other official lost his job.

The U.S. District Court said Wednesday the retaliation claims weren't concrete enough and the privacy claims didn't amount to constitutional violations.

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TeeLolly 12:35 PM on 08/05/2010
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Poor Joe. First it turned out that his name is Sam. Next we learned that he's not the plumber he pretends to be. Then we saw that he doesn't earn enough to benefit from all the tax cuts for the rich that he championed. And now, even though his defendants resigned or were fired for engaging in the activities Joe complained of (what better admission of "guilt" can a plaintiff ask for?), his lawsuit gets  Read More...
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11:08 AM on 08/06/2010
He's actually Joe the Almost-a-Plumber, as he never actually made it through the apprenticeship requirements to become a full-fledged plumber. The tests were probably too hard for him as they were created by liberal elite plumbers and required some small amount of book learnin'.
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12:25 PM on 08/06/2010
Don't you mean book larnin??
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softvoice
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10:13 AM on 08/06/2010
We may not be certain of very much these days but what we do know for sure is, President Obama has not been bad for "Joe the Plumber." Joe has been carted all over the country and touted as some sort of hero for doing absolutely nothing and he has been given the royal treatment by the GOP for over two years now. So, the GOP'S claim that the plumber would be hurt by a President Obama, has been proven wrong by the GOP themselves.
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09:52 AM on 08/06/2010
He should be hitting up his gal, Sister Sarah or J Mc for a job in their campaigns.
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09:51 AM on 08/06/2010
"Jones-Kelley and one official resigned. The other official lost his job."

Interesting, though.

Ok, Sam's 15 minutes are up.
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1differentdrummer
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05:55 AM on 08/06/2010
His name was never Joe and he was never a licensed plumber.
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sylhines
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03:03 AM on 08/06/2010
Poor Joe, still trying to find fame when John and Sarah used and left him, incapable of understanding that he was politically raped without recourse, even in the courts. A typical low IQ political consumer in the GOP universe.
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ScorpioTop
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02:55 AM on 08/06/2010
Doesn't Joe the Plumber know celebrities have no privacy?
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S1m0n
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02:29 AM on 08/06/2010
Your fifteen minutes ended some time ago, Joe. Go the hell away.
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brklynivn
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02:05 AM on 08/06/2010
His fellow republicans just used him up and tossed him away like kleenex.
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01:29 AM on 08/06/2010
How much more pathetic can he be in his drive for personal relevance???
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01:24 AM on 08/06/2010
This guy is an assclown
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Boopsie2008
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12:35 AM on 08/06/2010
Well, I for one am delighted. Who needs another 15 minutes from this guy, anyway.
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11:35 PM on 08/05/2010
A "Tea Bagger" bubba named "Joe"
filed a law suit but the judge said no.
Jones-Kelley "beat feet"
but Joe's claim's not concrete
and once more he just looks like a schmo.
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kamakiri001
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10:49 PM on 08/05/2010
Another activist (liberal) judge hard at work:

"Appointed United States District Judge for the Southern District of Ohio, Eastern Division at Columbus on November 7, 1997, sworn in on November 10, 1997. The position was formerly held by United States District Judge John D. Holschuh. Judge Marbley was recommended to President Clinton by Senator John Glenn on May 14, 1997; nominated by President Clinton on July 31, 1997; Senate hearing was on September 30, 1997, and Senate confirmation on October 27, 1997. President Clinton signed the Commission on November 7, 1997."
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but I know where to look it up
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10:52 PM on 08/05/2010
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had enough of the hatred from the right!!
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11:21 PM on 08/05/2010
Just out of curiosity, do you think Chief Justice Roberts is an activist judge?
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11:45 PM on 08/05/2010
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10:19 PM on 08/05/2010
McCain is campaigning in AZ, why don't Joe go there and help him? He could at least help build the fence.
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