October 30th, 2008 12:32 PM Eastern
Joe, where’d you go?
by Mosheh Oinounou
DEFIANCE, OH — A communication mishap left John McCain awkwardly looking for Joe the Plumber at his rally today in northwest Ohio.
While Joe Wurzelbacher has been out on the stump for the GOP nominee in recent days, it appears initial plans to have him attend McCain’s first morning rally near his home were never confirmed with America’s most famous blue collar worker.
But, campaign aides say that Wurzelbacher will appear with McCain in the near future. The GOPer is conducting a two-day bus tour through Ohio.
Tags: Joe the Plumber, john mccain, ohio
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who pay Joe the Plumber.
Joe the No Show. Fantastically pathetic idea to build your last campaign week around an unreliable guy like that. Another McCain lapse in judgment.
Joke the Plumber couldn’t come today, he had to fly to Pakistan to prevent future earthquakes.
Well well well ,
Mcains bad days just keep getting bad. Whats next “Mars Attack”….lol
Jay
Joe? Joe? Oh yeah, your name isn’t Joe and you aren’t really a plumber. Maybe he is out applying for a plumbers license John. You can’t even get an plumbing imposter to show up to your campaigns. You should have brought Elisabeth Hasselback to help you out.
Guess the RNC forgot to buy Joe and his family new outfits for the rally.
What a dog and pony show. With just a few days to go this is all you have? How are you going to be able to run the Country? Or do you need him to get you out of the toilet?
irongrumma, are you an American?? I’ve seen so many of your posts and I’m starting to wonder!
McCain Palin 08!!
Comment by irongrumma
October 30th, 2008 at 12:46 pm
who pay Joe the Plumber.
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Apparently not you. Have you learned diction yet?
I guess the RNC forgot to purchase Joe and his family new outfits for the rally!!
Someone didnt tell him about Joe’s new career moves.. recording contract, the whole nine. If he doesnt knock it off, he’s going to get his taxes raised.
Joe the Plumber shows defiance in Defiance, OH by switching support to Obama!!!
I can’t believe it! This thing is so over now!
who say yur bizness
Why oh why do they continue to champion this Joe the nobody? It’s just getting sadder by the day.
McCain’s campaign staff has been his worst enemy in his presidential bid. What is wrong with his people? Can they not do anything right? Is this the way they would run the country? All donors to McCain should sue each one of his staffers.
McCain will be asking the same question on Tuesday.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! that’s too funny. the mccain campaign isnt even organized enough to get him there to parade around their fake little plumber.
And by the way, can we please stop calling him a plumber now? he’s not. no license, he obviously must be recieving money from mccains campaign because otherwise he would have to be WORKING instead of campaigning for mccain, and i just heard that he hired a manager to help him possibly start a music career. hey what happened to that plumbing business? it’s like it never even existed… hmmm…
Either way, look at the chaos inside the McCain campaign. he can’t even organize a campaign, how do any of you expect him to be able to run the country?
once wasn’t enough. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
I guess the RNC forgot to purchase a new outfit for Joe.
I know where Joe is. He was hanging out with “that one”.
Nothing is going right for McCain. They speak of his leadership but he can’t even command a proper campaign… now even his key actors are going missing at key rallies! I can’t possibly imagine how he would run a responsibility that is GAZILLION times bigger than his campaign - the United States! He would go AWOL! Or “suspend his Presidency” when he runs into rough patches. Can’t figure anyone who’s still enamoured by this so-called leadership which he can’t even demonstrate in the biggest campaign of his life!
My vote is decided for!
Joe the Plumber is in the un-employment line along with the LA Times and the NY Times. He will be looking for the rest of the Democratic Liberal Media.
communication mishap? Or mcsame going insane?
Do you remember IMAGINARY FRIEND - Joe the Plumber from SNL?????????
Yes, mcsame IS going insane!!!!!!!
In the meantime, JtheP is rallying with Sarah the Hockey Mom!
Unbelievable!!!!
Well Irongrumma, let’s see who pays for Obama’s 10,000 surrogates or the 30 lawyers who went to Alaska to dig up dirt on poor Sarah or even to the town hall of Ohio to dig up more dirt on Joe the Plummer? Give us a break Irongrumma, you live in a glass house.
Joe finally came to his senses and decided to campaign for Obama instead. Sheesh what was he thinking?
maybe they dropped him off in Nebraska at one of the hospitals……..
WOW Sarah Palin & Joe Wurzelbacher aka Joe the plumber. If these are the only tricks McSame can pull out of his hat no wonder why all the republicans are jumping ship and voting for Obama. Oh and by the way John, in the beginning you said you were going to run a clean campaign and up to date you have run the dirtiest campaign ever, who is the real liar here.
Obama/Biden 08
PA-Hillary supporter for OBAMA
Undoubtedly, John McCain’s campaign is in such disarray these days, he needs an unlicensed plumber to try to unclog it for him! The idea of this millionaire calling on a red-neck to redeem his proposed policies (economic, foreign, you name it!) is absurd. Does McCain really think Wurzelbacher is representative of “mainstream America”? If so, then he’s even more out of touch than any of us suspected, proving once again why the only candidate worthy of the office of President will not be the one leader the red states (and all the rest of the country) further into the red!
Jos’s got him a manager now== McCaint will have to make an appointment
Another “senior moment” from the Geritol General, the Master of Mylanta, the Jedermann Jihadist, the Fake Folksy And Filthy Rich Ripoff Artist, the Wish I Was Crazy Like A Fox and Not Just Crazy….Senator John “Crash & Burn” McCain!
Woohoo! Let’s hear it for the man who put the final nail in the coffin of the Republican party.
So, now the McCain campaign’s own gimmicks–along with virtually everyone else–aren’t even showing up at his rallies.
I’m sure that the “Non-Liquid Plumber” had more important things to do, like pay his back taxes or meet with his publicist.
Sigh, where’s the Neiman Marxist when you need her?
Oh Where Oh Where is Joe today, Oh Where Oh Where can he be? hahahahahahahahaha!
Top 10 Reasons for Missing Joe.
10. His boss wanted him back on the job or he’s fired.
9. He’s out getting his very own $150,000.00 wardrobe.
8. Palin is taking him moose hunting.
7. Todd caught Joe checking out Palin’s plumbing.
6. The deal went through him paying $280K for a $100K business.
5. There was a skin head convention in town.
4. Joe is enjoying the State Of Ohio hospitality for working without a State Contractors License.
3. Joe’s at the American Idol try-outs.
2. Joe’s publicist wants more money for public speaking contract.
1. Joe has finally realized he is screwed under McCain’s plan!
Barack Obama discovers a leak under his sink, so he calls Joe the Plumber to come
and fix it. Joe drives to Obama’s house, which is located in a very nice
neighborhood where it’s obvious that all the residents make well over $250,000 per
year. Joe arrives and takes his tools into the house. Joe is led to the room that
contains the leaky pipe under a sink.
Joe assesses the problem and tells Obama, who is standing near the door, that it’s
an easy repair that will take less than 10 minutes.
Obama asks Joe how much it will cost. Joe immediately says, “$9,500.”
“$9,500?” Obama asks, stunned. “But you said it’s an easy repair!”
“Yes, but what I do is charge a lot more to my clients who make more than
$250,000 per year so I can fix the plumbing of everybody who makes less than that
for free,” explains Joe. “It’s always been my philosophy. As a matter of fact, I
lobbied government to pass this philosophy as law, and it did pass earlier this
year, so now all plumbers have to do business this way. It’s known as ‘Joe’s Fair
Plumbing Act of 2008.’
Surprised you haven’t heard of it, senator.”
In spite of that, Obama tells Joe there’s no way he’s paying that much for a small
plumbing repair, so Joe leaves. Obama spends the next hour flipping through the
phone book looking for another plumber, but he finds that all other plumbing
businesses listed have gone out of business.
Not wanting to pay Joe’s price, Obama does nothing. The leak under Obama’s sink
goes without repair for the next several days. A week later the leak is so bad that
Obama has had to put a bucket under the sink. The bucket fills up quickly and has to
be emptied
every hour, and there’s a risk that the room will flood, so Obama calls Joe and
pleads with
him to return. Joe goes back to Obama’s house, looks at the leaky pipe, and says
“Let’s see – this will cost you about $21,000.”
“A few days ago you told me it would cost $9,500!” Obama quickly fires back.
Joe explains the reason for the dramatic increase. “Well, because of the Joe’s Fair
Plumbing Act,’ a lot of rich people are learning how to fix their own plumbing, so
there are
fewer of you paying for all the free plumbing I’m doing for the people who make less
than $250,000. As a result, the rate I have to charge my wealthy paying customers
rises every day. “Not only that, but for some reason the demand for plumbing work
from the group of people who get it for free has skyrocketed, and there’s a long
waiting list of those who need repairs. This has put a lot of my fellow plumbers out
of business, and they’re not being replaced – nobody is going into the plumbing
business because they know they
won’t make any money. I’m hurting now too – all thanks to greedy rich people like
you who won’t pay their fair share.”
Obama tries to straighten out the plumber: “Of course you’re hurting, Joe! Don’t
you get it? If all the rich people learn how to fix their own plumbing and you
refuse to charge the poorer people for your services, you’ll be broke, and then what
will you do?”
Joe immediately replies, “Run for president, I guess.”
bc
This is what happens when you try to use an unlicensed plumber to stop your campaign from going into the toilet. He should have used a licensed union plumber. You get what you pay for.
Joe is makin’ out pretty good……he’s using his 15mins as best he can….it’s been said, “Never underestimate the other guy’s greed”….(that is the reason we are in this mess today)…..maybe they can find him before the election,,,Good luck with that
Joe can’t show up near his hometown he’d get arrested for tax evasion!!!!!
Joe the Plumber overslept. He’s a loser.
I thought it was a great moment actually. A memorable moment from the speech. I looks a bit silly as a sound bite, but I liked it:
McCain “Well you’re all Joe the Plumber! So all of you stand up!”
Can you say “a campaign in disarray” ?
this is just pitiful from a war hero and u.s. senator to be hanging his hopes on some plumber who is to dumb to know he is better off under obama’s plan
Ahhh, or a second I though it would turn into a Spartacus moment. “I’m Joe the Plumber!” - “No, I’m Joe!” -”I’m Joe!” etc.
Joe was out voting for Obama….
Thank you John McCain for your final blow to the republican party. He’s running against a true socialist and the only weapon uses is Joe the plumber? If it weren’t for Gov. Palin he’d be done already. This election makes me sick.
Hahaha!
Regardless of who you vote for you just have to laugh at John McCain on this one.
What a scary president he will be if he wins.
And I am not talking about the man himself. I’m talking about all the incompetent campaign staff that will be put in white house positions of various responsibilities just because they backed the guy. Ouch!
He is preparing for running for Congress.
Now Joe has left the campaign too. How can you be this unprepared - not to know who is a show or no show. WOW!
Do you mean “Who pays ‘Joe the Plumber’”? I’d like to know who pays irongrumma.
Apparently he was home watching TV. Doesn’t the man have a real job?
If McCain can’t even control his own puppet Joe the Plumber, how can he take care of our nation?
I find it funny that there are not more comments here considering how much the republicans and Fox loved Joe the Plumber. What’s wrong, does Joe embarass you now? HA, HA Your hero just bailed on all of you MaCainiacts. Do you still think he is “all that”?
I am going to need McCain to give it up! He cant even run an organized campaign, how is he going to run a whole country! Please! In five days this will be over and Joe the Plumber will be a thing of the past!
John, Sarah, and also Joe, thanks so much for fighting for the truth. Please keep telling. Mick and Joyce Morrow, Michigan. (you have our votes and all our children and grand children.)
Poor McCain lost his Plumber, now no one is around to shovel McCain’s Shxx!
Please people vote for your Country and not these stupid parties…
Think before you vote. Would you employ one who would not qualify for a security cllearance or would you employ one who served his Nation with pride and who came close to giving his life in its defense.
I have voted across party lines my entire life. I vote for the person not the stupid party…
Chararter counts…
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John is looking older and more tired each day……so we all need to overlook him thinking that Joe the Plumber was suppose to be there. Can we say….becoming senile???? In fact, he and Sarah Palin have used so many people as puppets on the campaign trail (Joe the Plumber, Harriett the Teacher, Mickey the Mouse, etc.) that it’s probably getting difficult to remember them all. NEWSFLASH!!!!! it’s not working….stage right “then throw some more names out towards Obama that might stick”…..wink..wink…”we’re running out of time”….”you betcha”
I guess the check they sent joe bounced. Oh well he’ll just write a book about it.
joe sold out
Joe is out writing a book
Joe went and voted for Obama
at the same event:
“A local school district official confirmed after the event that of the 6,000 people estimated by the fire marshal to be in attendance this morning, more than 4,000 were bused in from schools in the area. The entire 2,500-student Defiance School District was in attendance, the official said, in addition to at least three other schools from neighboring districts, one of which sent 14 buses.”
Just can’t compete. Sad really, I liked McCain in ‘00 but unfortunately he has changed completely. And then to pick Pailin….just not good decision making.
Please STOP with the Joe the plumber stuff.
First off, his name is not Joe. It’s Samual.
Second, he’s not a plumber, he’s a plumber’s helper (big difference).
He doesn’t pay his property taxes.
He’s was a wife beater (before she got smart and devorced him).
He doesn’t have $250,000 for any plumbing company.
I feel sorry for Joe that he’s being used in such a manner.
Cut it out with Joe.
Fox News Biased? NEVER
Except they forgot to report that 4,000 kids were bused in to this rally.
Must of been an oversight. Fox would never fail to report ALL of the facts.
Joe is recording his 1st single
I have always voted the issues first instead of parties. Lets remember neither of these candidates were born on American soil but only one of them has not cheated on his wife while she was rehabilitating, finished in the bottom of his class, (if he actually passed at all, his dad was an Admiral with influence, signed a confession with three other POW’s, (Again daddy’s help him avoid a court martial like the other three) and lastly helped Bush destroy this country’s economy and wage an illegal an unwarranted war. Remember, every reason they gave us for going to war was a fabricated. I could go on and on but Just like “Thanks but no Thanks to that Bridge to Nowhere”
No thanks to Palin / McCain
Fox News biased? No way@!!!
They just simply failed to report that 4,000 kids were bused to this event.
Let see…6,000 total minus 4,000 = 2,000 Macsame supporters
If they can’t organize a rally, how can you expect them to be able to run the country?
Joe damaged your campaign and u still looking for
After Obama’s orchestration last night of going from a taped message to live and not missing a beat. This is a debacle. McCain can’t even organize an appearance from his puppet.
LMFAO
Hey, all of you that are so witty with your comments. They did meet up later in the day. In addition, at least Joe got out there & asked a question to a politician instead of complaining, dissing others who leave comments that you don’t agree with & making rude, negative remarks. I think you all are jealous that Joe is getting the attention & you aren’t.
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No offense to Plumbers even the aspiring ones. Guess it take a lesson to get John McCain to fall in line with the plumbing business model. Any one ever call a plumber and get an exact arrival time. You’ll get things like” between 8am and noon” or “between Noon and $pm” then they end up showing at 3:52 or just 7 minutes before 4PM. Just at the point you were about to start throwing things.
Unless the joke is on us. Maybe we should all try our luck with the unlicensed plumbers.
Figure with his 7 homes atleast one would have had a plumber visit.
JMCAIN
For Senate 09
iF DEms dont snatch that one from you too.
Arizona 09