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Joe The Plumber Backs Roy Blunt Rival In Missouri's GOP Primary (VIDEO)
Joe the Plumber and US Senate candidate Chuck Purgason (R-MO)
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Democrats are treating Rep. Roy Blunt (R-MO) like the certain Senate nominee this fall, but Blunt's rival in next week's Republican primary is getting an insurgent boost from Sam "Joe the Plumber" Wurzelbacher.
Wurzelbacher endorsed state lawmaker Chuck Purgason for the Aug. 3 Republican primary in Missouri, saying in a new television ad (which he paid for) that voters "do have a choice" in the race. He noted his emergence on the national stage and said he's made it his goal to "stop politicians like Obama." Wurzelbacher calls Blunt a "Washington insider," and Purgason a "man with character."
TPM interviewed Wurzelbacher this afternoon. He said some people hedge their bets with endorsements because they "don't want to pick a loser" but he recorded the audio for Purgason's ad because "doing what's right is always the most important thing."
On a break from a fishing trip in Wisconsin, Wurzelbacher said the many who have endorsed Blunt want favors and the fact he's the presumed nominee proves Blunt is part of the "good 'ol boy network." He said Purgason can still win, and should, because he has "more integrity."
Blunt leads Purgason 62-13 in a primary poll conducted by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Watch the ad, which will run through the primary:
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SkepticalCidada
July 27, 2010 2:15 PM
Why are the ramblings of this complete moron news?
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farnsworth
July 27, 2010 2:16 PM
In a thoughtful country, an endorsement by this liar would be the kiss of death.
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Matt Jones
July 27, 2010 2:17 PM
Some people don't want to "pick a loser", for fear that they might be considered a loser by association. Joe, on the other hand, has nothing to worry about.
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bluestatedon
July 27, 2010 2:29 PM
Now we just have to work on getting Palin and Bachmann to endorse Purgason.
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Dadzilla
July 27, 2010 2:40 PM
Hmmm, I'd rather see Blunt lose the primary. You go Joe!
P.S. - I'm from Missouri.
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randomname
July 27, 2010 4:57 PM in reply to Dadzilla
I hear you! Live in MO, too.
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mophan
July 28, 2010 5:40 PM in reply to randomname
I'm voting for Joe next week. If he wins (a long shot) it gives Carnahan the election for sure.
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mophan
July 28, 2010 5:41 PM in reply to mophan
oops.. meant to say Chuck.
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CityGuy
July 29, 2010 11:01 AM in reply to randomname
Me three! But unfortunately, I think we're gonna be stuck with Blunt running hard against Robin Carnahan. Well maybe this has moved him too far to the Right already... maybe.
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Signalman
July 27, 2010 2:48 PM
So Not-Joe the Not-Plumber endorses a dude who wears a string tie. We needed to know this?
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CT Voter
July 27, 2010 3:54 PM in reply to Signalman
. . .endorses a dued who wears a string tie. We needed to know this?
Well, since the hair styles of either candidate run from mostly non-existent to outright fake, you gotta focus on something!
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John M
July 28, 2010 12:53 AM in reply to Signalman
Colonel Sanders????
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jimwolf359
July 27, 2010 3:24 PM
And we should care what Joe says.
Because?
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ADad
July 27, 2010 3:28 PM
Joe the Village Idiot Plumber, back in the news, and more irrelevant than ever.
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It's Pat
July 27, 2010 3:49 PM
Two people I thought would go the fuck away after the elections: the fake plumber and the flake governor.
Thanks "liberulll" media.
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boudin
July 27, 2010 4:08 PM
Why in the world are you spending any energy at all reporting on Joe the Plumber? Please just let him fade back to nothingness.
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boudin
July 27, 2010 4:10 PM
Why in the world are you spending any energy at all reporting on Joe the Plumber? Please just let him fade back to nothingness.
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Stratdude
July 27, 2010 5:37 PM
Does Joe the Dumber have a job?
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Bonedaddy King
July 27, 2010 5:52 PM
Joe the Dumber Endorses Tea Party Comic Book, Asks Someone to Read It to Him
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greenmean
July 27, 2010 9:36 PM
This guy Joe the plumber and Sarah Palin have got to be the luckiest imbeciles on the planet how these two turned ignorance in to big bucks I'll never know, they give hope to morons every where.
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aacme
July 27, 2010 11:34 PM in reply to greenmean
You have to be a Republican moron, though. Shouldn't be too hard to find. Every Republican can be a hero.
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aacme
July 27, 2010 11:28 PM
62-13? Wow. Way to pick 'em Joe.
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Nancy Irving
July 28, 2010 3:29 AM
Joe is endorsing Chuck Purgason? What, isn't Buck Turgidson running?
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