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Joe The Plumber: 'Absolutely Not,' I Don't Support McCain's Reelection To The Senate (VIDEO)

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During an interview on Sean Hannity's TV show last night, Joe "The Plumber" Wurzelbacher said that he does not support the reelection of Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), whose campaign made him famous as an icon of conservatives during the 2008 election.

"And you know, I went around with John McCain because it was the lesser of two evils, to be quite frank. You know, I'm not afraid to say that," said Wurzelbacher, discussing his experience in 2008. "John McCain exactly doesn't represent true conservatism. He does represent the Republicans, but not true conservatism."

Hannity asked Wurzelbacher whether he would support McCain's reelection. "Absolutely not. I mean that's what the Tea Party movement is against. You know, John McCain is of Washington. He's a career politician. He's had plenty and ample opportunities to fix things and get things done, and yet here we are," said Wurzelbacher. "I mean, he's just the face of what's going on in Washington. And I'm not necessarily trying to pick on John McCain. I mean, we need to get rid of most of those guys that are in there that are career politicians -- your Barbara Boxers, your Nancy Pelosis."

Wurzelbacher also backed off an earlier statement that McCain "really screwed up my life," saying that his words had been misrepresented by the media.

"I tell you what, let me paint you a picture. As you know, media likes to sit there and cut off what you're saying. They didn't go on with the full sentence. I actually said the rest of the sentence and a paragraph afterwards," said Wurzelbacher. "Let me paint you a picture here. You know it took nine years to get custody of my son. I got custody of my boy six months prior to me meeting Barack Obama. All I had in my thoughts were, 'man, I got custody of my son, I got a great job, I'm about to make payments to my boss to buy his company.' I mean I was living the American dream.

"So yes, John McCain and Barack Obama, in essence, screwed up that life. Now screwed up my life, you know, that's going overboard a little bit. They screwed up that life that I was very much looking forward to. But I definitely embrace what's come my way. I've been able to get out there and encourage Americans to get involved and actually take responsibility for being Americans, because there is a responsibility being born in this country and you have to fulfill it. There's civic duty. It's not a punchline. It's a very real thing."

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February 17, 2010 10:54 AM   

Oh brother!!!!!

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February 17, 2010 10:56 AM    in reply to lousgirl84

Hey, Lousgirl! Are you having problem with the pages here? I'm not able to scroll down.

Thanks!

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February 17, 2010 11:01 AM    in reply to FreeRider

seems fixed...

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February 17, 2010 11:06 AM    in reply to Dorn76

Not the front page. I still can't scroll. I have to click on muckracker or dc

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February 17, 2010 11:04 AM    in reply to FreeRider

Hi you. Yes, I am also having problems. I sent them an email telling them. Especially the front page.

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February 17, 2010 11:02 AM   

lie down with dogs...
Wasn't this knucklehead's 15 minutes up a year ago?

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February 17, 2010 11:04 AM   

McCain really knows how to pick 'em. Palin for Veep and Sam the non-plumber for domestic policy advisor. All three deserve one another.

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February 17, 2010 12:29 PM    in reply to Moose49

My thought exactly. Seems to like those pit bulls, forgetting the part about biting the hand that feeds them.

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February 17, 2010 12:41 PM    in reply to Moose49

LOL

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February 17, 2010 11:16 AM   

Please, TPM, please, just stop.

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February 17, 2010 11:25 AM   

I'm pretty sure nobody in Arizona - the only people with a real say in McCain's campaign - gives a damn what Joe the Not-A-Plumber thinks of McCain.

Let's see how dumb JD Hayseed is - if he brings Joe the Plumber to Arizona to campaign for him, then he is even dumber than everyone assumed.

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February 17, 2010 11:54 AM   

Love the way he can preach 'personal responsibility' in the same breath where he blames Obama and McCain for screwing up his life...

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February 17, 2010 12:03 PM   

Who gives a shit what "Joe the Plumber" does or says? His fifteen minutes were up nearly two years ago.

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February 17, 2010 12:31 PM    in reply to Nandemosan

Maybe his time is up, but maybe he'll be another Poster Boy for the Tea Baggers.

But either way, it's just so much darned fun to see yet again how bad McCain's judgment is in picking "real Americans" to align himself with.

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February 17, 2010 12:13 PM   

The guy is a loser, he was on welfare once. He didn't pay his taxes. He's not too bright, jeez, why is anyone talking to him at all about what he thinks.

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February 17, 2010 12:33 PM   

Man o man.

"They screwed up my life by making me famous after the stunt I pulled to get into the limelight."

Grow UP icehole.

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February 17, 2010 12:40 PM   

Whoa, somebody cares what this arse has to say, really?

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February 17, 2010 12:43 PM   

Wait, Hannity is booking this guy to be on his show? Why exactly? Does Hannity think his audience wants to be affiliated with this clown? I think very little of Hannity's audience, but come on, this is low even for them.

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February 17, 2010 12:47 PM   

the only bigger arse than mccain is joe who isn't really a plumber.

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February 17, 2010 1:05 PM   

Will he campaign for JD Hayworth? That would be epic.

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February 17, 2010 1:51 PM   

Hear, hear! Let's impose term limits for pretend-plumbers while we're at it! This Joe/Sam/WTF-his-name-is clown doesn't even deserve an interview with Jerry Springer.

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