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John McCain in Kettering, Ohio: Barack The Redistributor October 27, 2008 (Video)
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John McCain talks about the bombshell new 2001 interview of Barack Obama in which Obama discusses his desire for the redistribution of wealth
Government computers used to find information on Joe the Plumber
Author: Randy Ludlow
Link: Columbus Dispatch (Full Article)
Date Published: October 24th, 2008
Excerpt:
"State and local officials are investigating if state and law-enforcement computer systems were illegally accessed when they were tapped for personal information about "Joe the Plumber."
Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher became part of the national political lexicon Oct. 15 when Republican presidential candidate John McCain mentioned him frequently during his final debate with Democrat Barack Obama.
The 34-year-old from the Toledo suburb of Holland is held out by McCain as an example of an American who would be harmed by Obama's tax proposals.
Public records requested by The Dispatch disclose that information on Wurzelbacher's driver's license or his sport-utility vehicle was pulled from the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles database three times shortly after the debate.
Link: Columbus Dispatch (Full Article)
Date Published: October 24th, 2008
Excerpt:
"State and local officials are investigating if state and law-enforcement computer systems were illegally accessed when they were tapped for personal information about "Joe the Plumber."
Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher became part of the national political lexicon Oct. 15 when Republican presidential candidate John McCain mentioned him frequently during his final debate with Democrat Barack Obama.
The 34-year-old from the Toledo suburb of Holland is held out by McCain as an example of an American who would be harmed by Obama's tax proposals.
Public records requested by The Dispatch disclose that information on Wurzelbacher's driver's license or his sport-utility vehicle was pulled from the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles database three times shortly after the debate.
John McCain and an Army of Joes (Byron York - National Review)
Picture taken from Byron York's article--credit AP.
Author: Byron York
Link: National Review (Click for the full article.)
Date Published: October 20th, 2008
Excerpt:
Woodbridge, Va. — Tito Munoz was ready to rock when John McCain showed here up at the Connaughton Community Plaza in Woodbridge, Virginia Saturday afternoon. Dressed in a yellow hard hat covered with McCain-Palin stickers, wearing an orange high-visibility vest, Munoz carried a hand-lettered sign that said CONSTRUCTION WORKER FOR McCAIN. He got a coveted spot in the bleachers directly behind McCain, where he could be seen in the camera shot along with the guy holding the sign that said PHIL THE BRICK LAYER and the woman with the ROSE THE TEACHER banner. He cheered a lot.
Everybody was playing on the Joe-the-Plumber theme. McCain spent a lot of time on it in his stump speech, using the now-famous Joe Wurzelbacher of Toledo, Ohio, as a stand-in for “small businessmen and women all over America [who] want to keep their earnings and not give it to the government.”
McCain added that Obama’s response to Wurzelbacher — the assertion that it would be best to “spread the wealth around” — made Joe the Plumber “the only person to get a real answer out of Sen. Obama.”The crowd laughed and cheered. But for them, Joe the Plumber is much more than a zinger in McCain’s stump speech.
In recent days, the Joe the Plumber phenomenon has taken on a deeper meaning for McCain’s audiences, for two reasons.
First, he is a symbol of their belief that Barack Obama is going to raise their taxes, regardless of what Obama says about hitting up only those taxpayers who make more than $250,000 a year. They know Wurzelbacher doesn’t make that much, and they know they don’t make that much. And they’re not suspicious because they believe that someday they will make $250,000, and thus face higher taxes. No, they just don’t believe Obama right now. If he’s elected, they say, he’ll eventually come looking for taxpayers who make well below a quarter-million dollars, and that will include them.
LESSONS FROM THE PLUMBER (NY Post)
Author: NY Post Editorial Board
Link: NY Post
Date Published: October 16th, 2008
Excerpt:
Who was the big winner in last night's presidential debate?
That would be Joe Wurzelbacher - "Joe the Plumber" - who Sunday demanded that Barack Obama explain why he should pay higher taxes for "fulfilling the American dream."
Obama confessed to the aspiring Toledo businessman that the taxes are important to "spread the wealth around."
To which John McCain said last night: "I'm not going to spread his wealth around. I'm going to let him keep his wealth." He added, "We need people like Joe the Plumber to create jobs."
McCain went on repeatedly to invoke Joe's name as he discussed health care, education and cutting federal spending.
It was Joe the Plumber as Everyman - and it seemed to work.
(Not surprisingly, Wurzelbacher came away from the evening saying that, on taxes, McCain "got it right.")
It remains to be seen whether the electorate agrees - but it was a confident McCain on display last night against an oft-defensive Obama.
Link: NY Post
Date Published: October 16th, 2008
Excerpt:
Who was the big winner in last night's presidential debate?
That would be Joe Wurzelbacher - "Joe the Plumber" - who Sunday demanded that Barack Obama explain why he should pay higher taxes for "fulfilling the American dream."
Obama confessed to the aspiring Toledo businessman that the taxes are important to "spread the wealth around."
To which John McCain said last night: "I'm not going to spread his wealth around. I'm going to let him keep his wealth." He added, "We need people like Joe the Plumber to create jobs."
McCain went on repeatedly to invoke Joe's name as he discussed health care, education and cutting federal spending.
It was Joe the Plumber as Everyman - and it seemed to work.
(Not surprisingly, Wurzelbacher came away from the evening saying that, on taxes, McCain "got it right.")
It remains to be seen whether the electorate agrees - but it was a confident McCain on display last night against an oft-defensive Obama.
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