Joe Plumber

Joe The Plumber Fights With Israeli Reporter

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 02.12.2009 | Politics


Joe the Plumber has been reporting from Israel in his new position as Pajamas Media war correspondent. The campaign trail celebrity went to war to c...

Jason Linkins

Joe The Plumber Launches Website, Will Ruin Websites Forever

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 12.15.2008 | Media


No, my friends, it has not escaped my attention that Samuel J. Wurzelbacher - also known by his idio(t)syncratic alias "Joe the Plumber" - has launche...

Would Republicans Accuse Joe The Plumber Of Voter Fraud?

UK Guardian | James Ridgeway | Posted 11.17.2008 | Home


Under the GOP's vote suppression strategy in Ohio, McCain's now famous icon could have had a hard time casting a ballot. In a case that has now gone ...

McCain Discovers Plumber No Ordinary Joe

Politico | Posted 11.17.2008 | Politics


John McCain hung his final presidential debate performance on an Ohio plumber who campaign aides never vetted. A day after making Joseph Wurzelbacher...

We Need a President Who Plays Well With Others

Pam Atherton | Posted 11.17.2008 | Home


Pam Atherton

Enough with the campaign promises. That's not what we need right now, especially since most of the promises probably won't happen anyway. What we need is a president who respects others. Especially the women-folk.

What Joe the Plumber Really Means

David Sirota | Posted 11.16.2008 | Politics


David Sirota

Our democracy is kabuki theater, replete with symbolic archetypal Americans, used as scapegoats (Reagan's "welfare queens"), for fearmongering (Harry & Louise) and now as mythic idols (Joe the Plumber).

Sam Stein

Joe The Plumber: Not A Tax Expert

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.16.2008 | Politics


Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher, a.k.a. "Joe the Plumber," is the topic of the day on the campaign trail, in part because he held an impromptu press confer...

"Joe the Plumber" Wurzelbacher Not Voting for McCain

Off The Bus | Posted 11.16.2008 | Home


Off The Bus

It might be heartening to McCain to know that he has at least one vote in Democratic stronghold Lucas County, Ohio, but for one small fact: "Joe Wurzelbacher" don't vote!

Liveblog! Obama and McCain Meet Head On For The Last Time, Unless You Count Election Day

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 11.15.2008 | Media


Will McCain lose his temper? Will "That One" speak professorially? (Drink every time someone on cable says that!) What will the squiggly lines of CNN have to say about it? Tune in, all, because our liveblog is live!