'Joe The Plumber': 'I Don't Have To Try' To Stand Out At CPAC (VIDEO)

WASHINGTON -- HuffPost's Zach Carter and Howard Fineman on Friday spoke with Joseph Wurzelbacher at the 2012 Conservative Political Action Conference.

Wurzelbacher is also known as "Joe the Plumber," a name he was dubbed during the 2008 presidential campaign when he was portrayed as a symbol of middle-class America.

CPAC is a major annual event for the conservative movement, and on Friday GOP presidential candidates Rick Santorum, Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich all addressed large crowds.

Yet Wurzelbacher told HuffPost he has no problem distinguishing himself.

"I don't have to try," he said. "My name is Joe Wurzelbacher. I'm going to speak the truth. And I don't have to remember what I said five years ago or three years from now because it'll always be the same thing -- because it's the truth."

Wurzelbacher is now running as a Republican candidate for Congress in the 9th District of Ohio.

Comments

[americanwoman1]

07:51 PM on 02/12/2012

Google "Koch formaldehyde", it seems they have made so much money poisoning us.

[BeBop33]

01:47 PM on 02/12/2012

Plumb and Plumber...

[pgold1230]

01:28 PM on 02/12/2012

Mr. Plumber, your 15 minutes of fame were up in 2008. Move on please...

[labtestbunny]

01:20 PM on 02/12/2012

Oh dear lord . . . who the FV(k cares???

[Makeredhappy]

01:08 PM on 02/12/2012

You just know Wurzelbacher is a Republican cause he, too, isn't going anywhere! Get in line, Joe....

[Jimmy Klinicki]

12:38 PM on 02/12/2012

...This guy needs a job with the circus,he sure is a gop clown.....

[fallenawayrepublican]

12:36 PM on 02/12/2012

Joe, you had nothing then, you have nothing now. Get a job. Get a life. Get a clue.

[macsandcats]

11:43 AM on 02/12/2012

"Hey Joe, where ya goin with that gun in your hand?"

[richdove]

11:45 AM on 02/12/2012

Good one!

[imshandon]

11:35 AM on 02/12/2012

Wasn't he that Obama "plant" of a real American that helped him along his way to president?................I never believed he was real then and I still don't believe it now.

[macsandcats]

11:40 AM on 02/12/2012

sorry, typical righty twist, he was a Palin stooge. But you're correct he wasn't real then and he isn't now.

[richdove]

11:43 AM on 02/12/2012

He challenged Obama the candidate on his "redistribution of wealth" statements during the 2008 election. The press then investigated and belittled him him just for that!

[Robert Knapp]

12:23 PM on 02/12/2012

You're right - the liberal press does a great job at belittling anyone who doesn't agree with them - through insults, lies, whatever it takes. Joe the Plumber merely asked an honest question, and BO, with an inadvertent slip of the tonque, spoke the truth (a rare occurence for a liberal). Joe is as qualified as BO - at least he has performed an honest days work, as opposed to BO. He actuallly contributed to society with his skills.
It scares me to think that the american people actually voted for an anti american, with literally no experience in anything except communty organizing, to run the most powerful country in the world.

[ptrgamb]

11:16 AM on 02/12/2012

He has no intelligence and no knowledge. He's one of those guys who says he speaks the "truth" without knowing what he's talking about. Remember his interview with Shep Smith ... to call Joe dumb as a post is an insult to posts. Apparently all of this is considered qualification by Congress by Republicans now. What a world.

[Bob McEntyre]

11:08 AM on 02/12/2012

Yesterday I blog that Joe was probably in a 3 pcs suit for the very first time hob-nobing with men in 2000.00 dollars suits and then we get this picture.I see Joe dressed up for this,C,mom Joe,you need some new threads.Even though you have a IQs of a housefly,you still got to dress the part,or the crowd will think you are there to inspect the water supplies and fix leaky faucets.

[richdove]

11:31 AM on 02/12/2012

You have no idea of his IQ and probably haven't done half of the work in your lifetime as this American icon. You are just jealous!

[imshandon]

11:37 AM on 02/12/2012

LOL,American icon? You do jest sir.........

[macsandcats]

11:42 AM on 02/12/2012

Icon??? You must be into plumbers butt.

[mijjy]

11:01 AM on 02/12/2012

I live in NW Ohio, and it bothers many of us that we're breathing the same air. He stands out, alright, and it's NOT in a good way. The Toledo Blade ran an article of a candidate running against him for the Rep. nomination for the post. He's going to lose, the other guy has some Rep. bona fides - or they wouldn't have put him up. In the meanwhile...egads, he'll keep talking.

[dragonlady620]

05:49 PM on 02/12/2012

Sure- it beats working. http://www.cleveland.com/open/index.ssf/2012/01/joe_the_plumber_pays_himself_a.html http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2008/10/20/radio-hosts-help-joe-the-plumber-pay-his-taxes/

[mijjy]

11:33 PM on 02/12/2012

hehe, yeah, WE too have said that, among other things, and others - thanks, ain't it all just RICH? @ least there's the chuckle for the irony of it, except the gerrymandering sure puts it in higher relief - and the chuckles don't last long. Looking to smile come November, though. Motivating, huh?

[a2004ssr]

10:58 AM on 02/12/2012

He has an IQ under 90 , yeah he should fit right in with the repubs

[luv30five]

11:28 AM on 02/12/2012

Unfortunately, I am a real plumber, fully licensed in several states. I am middle class, am college educated, and have been tested with an IQ over 140. I am really pissed off that some idiot has gained such status that anybody would even consider him as a candidate for any political office. Just goes to show that any idiot can be in a political position, and we have plenty of that at the moment. WAKE UP PEOPLE!!!!!

[richdove]

11:34 AM on 02/12/2012

Jealousy is not a good trait.

[luv30five]

12:11 PM on 02/12/2012

No jealousy, man. I would not even aspire to be in politics. But would like to see some intelligence for a change.

[clarence swinney]

01:37 PM on 02/12/2012

I challenge you to show me a Repuglinut IQ over 90.

[beemerboxer]

10:56 AM on 02/12/2012

How many pieces of silver did this man accept to appear as a Republican cheer leader? The Republican candidates identify well with Joe the Plumber; imagine Romney asking him over for a beer and brat or Gingrich sharing his little black book with him!. This one beats the Swift Boat saga.

[richdove]

11:39 AM on 02/12/2012

He challenged Obama on his comments about "redistribution of wealth" here in the US. That was his claim to fame back in the 2008 and the press did a hatchet job on him in a disgraceful attack on an American citizen, just like you.

[RedWhiteandBrooklyn]

11:58 AM on 02/12/2012

Joe (not his name) the plumber (not his trade), writes a book (no, he hires someone to do that). He lies to Barack Obama on camera about his income (says he makes 250K, when he was actually making 40K) and about buying a business that is not for sale and that he could not afford to buy if it was and did not have the credit to buy. He tells Obama that he has never "taken a dime from the government", when he has actually been on welfare twice. When Barack patiently explains his tax cuts for the middle class, this dropout calls Obama a liar because he, "Joe", knows better? If this is what the republican party is calling a "hero" and a "role model" I'm even more proud to be a Democrat!

[griddleriddle]

12:54 PM on 02/12/2012

He wasn't attacked, the press just showed us how dumb this guy is--oh that makes him a perfect GOP candidate, a plumbers helper!

[dragonlady620]

10:40 AM on 02/12/2012

http://www.cleveland.com/open/index.ssf/2012/01/joe_the_plumber_pays_himself_a.html Sure beats working, doesn't it, Joe? http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2008/10/20/radio-hosts-help-joe-the-plumber-pay-his-taxes/