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Joe the Plumber
Preamble - What if "Joe the Plumber" was no longer able to do the business?
In a subsequent interview with journalist Pam Meister of
Family Security Matters Wurzelbacher was sharply critical of Sarah Palin,
accusing the President of These populist comments reflected the sentiment of many Americans who also felt 'had', none more so than Ohians who had unexpectedly voted in a Republican White House.
Author's Notes
The primary source of this post is Wikipedia which records - On October 12, 2008, three days before the final presidential debate, Obama met residents in Wurzelbacher's Ohio neighborhood. Wurzelbacher, who had been playing football with his son in his front yard at the time, asked Obama about his tax plan. As ABC News cameraman Scott Shulman recorded the conversation, Wurzelbacher suggested that Obama's tax plan would be at odds with "the American dream." Wurzelbacher said, "I'm getting ready to buy a company that makes 250 to 280 thousand dollars a year. Your new tax plan's going to tax me more, isn't it?" A big fan of conspiracy theories, the author suspected that
Joe the Plumber was a republican stooge.
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On
February 5th, 2010 the small plumbing firm, Newell Plumbing and Heating Co. of
Toledo, Ohio entered a state of involuntary liquidation by invoking chapter 7 of
the United States Bankruptcy Code. And Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher joined the
millions of angry minority shareholders forced into unemployment by the wave of
business failures sweeping across America. 
failing to protect
the late John McCain's legacy by fighting for the American dream
. 
Mischievously,
Meister concluded the article by speculating that Wurzelbacher might resume the
secondary career which had made him a national celebrity during the recent
Presidential Election. Released on November 4, 2008, Wurzelbacher starred as a
moustachioed handyman - 'Joe the Plumber' - in
