Did Barack "Spread the Wealth" Obama Just Blow the Election?

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Tsk Tsk,
Are you really serious? It was a good attempt at comic relief though, keep it up.

1:12PM October 16, 2008

....poor joe. the loony left is going to crucify him. for telling the truth. poor guy. hope they do it before Nov 4, so more "joe's" will be reminded just who these haters really are. guess we'll see. get a food taster too joe......

fred of MD 1:08PM October 16, 2008

Dont vote for Obama. He wants to "spread the wealth around". That means using tax revenue to investing in poor working Americans and grow the economy.
Vote for McCain, he's a "wealth creator". He'll use distribute tax revenue to profitable corporations through tax loopholes and subsidies. He'll fight to wars and bail out banks with McBush dollars.
Will my daughters age ever exceed the number of trillions of dollars of national debt? We shall see!!!
Joe the Plumber doesnt make $250,000. He lied to Barack. He would get a tax break under Obama's plan. He just doesnt trust Barack... because Barack reminds him of "Sammy Davis Jr."
End of Story

Joe of OH 12:45PM October 16, 2008

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James Everitt of TX 12:34PM October 16, 2008

Two glaring misrepresentations show that the "Joe the plumber" story is bogus. First, it makes the assumption that there's some magic threshold at $250000, as if an individual would get a refund at $249999 and a big tax bill at 250000. That's not how it works. Second, Joe said he wanted to buy a business for $250-270000. Nobody's talking about taxing business purchases. An expense like that would remain a legitimate deduction from income under the Obama tax plan, and would reduce Joe's taxes.

JJ of TX 12:32PM October 16, 2008

He may have lost the election for you, but you'd have to check the poll numbers to see what the rest of America thinks of him. It's lookin set to be an Obama landslide. So I suggest, if you really don't like the guy, then lock your doors and bolt your windows for the next four years. But you might come out at the end of it crazier than some of Sarah Palin's supporters, I don't know. And of course, the only poll showing McCain behind by 3 points is the only right one. All those others are just the product of that gosh darn liberal lovin' media, aren't they?

Lisa of AL 12:31PM October 16, 2008

JOE PLUMBER, WON'T BE HELPING MC CAIN, HE IS ***NOT*** REGISTERED TO VOTE!!! THIS IS WHO HE IS:
Joe the Plumber:
Turns out that Joe Wurzelbacher from the Toledo event is a close relative of Robert Wurzelbacher of Milford, Ohio. Who"s Robert Wurzelbacher? Only Charles Keating"s son-in-law and the former senior vice president of American Continental, the parent company of the infamous Lincoln Savings and Loan. The now retired elder Wurzelbacher is also a major contributor to Republican causes giving well over $10,000 in the last few years.
What a "coincidence"!
Joe the Plumber's plumbing license EXPIRED in 2002.
Hard to BE a plumber with an EXPIRED LICENSE!
Go to the below link & type in Joe's last name "Wurzelbacher" & find out how many Wurzelbacher's WERE and ARE licensed as a plumber in Ohio ...
http://elicense1-lookup.com.ohio.gov/SearchCriteria.asp
You"ll need to type in:
Board: Ohio Construction Industry Licensing Board
Last Name: Wurzelbacher
State: Ohio
Results: the ONLY Wurzelbacher is Lawrence NOT JOE (must be Joe's first name) and Wurzelbacher's license EXPIRED in 2002.
So Joe isn't registered to vote AND Joe is NOT a licensed plumber.

Sam Jenkins of LA 12:31PM October 16, 2008

I hope he keeps on saying who he really is. Thanks for the straight commentary. And I would have to agree with the professor's assessment based on what I have been able to learn about him. You really have to dig to find out what the guy has actually done, not just said. But what you do find is that he has some radical ideas that fall wayyyyy left of center. Rock on, Joe Plumber. May some other middle class questioners throw him some basic curve balls (honest questions).

Lookin for genuine of VA 12:01PM October 16, 2008