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John McCain "really screwed my life up"

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John McCain "really screwed my life up"

POSTED: Sunday, February 14, 2010, 5:55 PM

Hey Joe, where ya goin' with that wrench in your hand?

Wurzelbacher touched on several different points during his speech, and many of them were surprising. He said he doesn’t support Sarah Palin anymore. Why? Because she’s backing John McCain’s re-election effort. “John McCain is no public servant,” he told the room, calling the 2008 Republican nominee a career politician.

I pointed out he’d just be plain old Sam Wurzelbacher of Ohio — Joe the Plumber wouldn’t exist – without McCain. His response was blunt. “I don’t owe him s—. He really screwed my life up, is how I look at it.”

Wurzelbacher said, “McCain was trying to use me. I happened to be the face of middle Americans. It was a ploy.”

No offense, Joe the Plumber, but better you than the other 300 or so million of us.

Will Bunch @ 5:55 PM Permalink | 30 comments

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0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 8:42 PM, 02/14/2010

I don't know why Bunch is going after Joe the Plumber. Obama said spread the wealth around. Joe didn't endorse McCain. He just asked Obama a question.

— Phillies2008WSChamps

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0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 8:59 PM, 02/14/2010

---}}} So you get over it, you supported a war criminal. Moron. {{{--- Geez. What's the big deal? Couple a thousand military. Couple a trillion. Couple hundred thou' Iraqi civilians. Taliban resurgent in Afghanistan/Pakistan. American credibility undermined throughout the world. And you act like it's a big deal or something.

— Talking point sleuth

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0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 9:04 PM, 02/14/2010

Ask braindead Biden -- the success in Iraq is now the Obama administration's greatest achievement. What amateurs.

— Mr. Smith

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 9:48 PM, 02/14/2010

I suppose I'll take the bait; Wil, how, oh how, would President McCain have screwed up things any worse than President Hopenchange? I'm not sure if it's possible.

— ILikeIke

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 10:30 PM, 02/14/2010

He probably makes more money in one speaking gig than an entire year in the plumbing business. Yeah, it really screwed up his life.

— The Truth Hurts

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 11:05 PM, 02/14/2010

haha he thought he was pretty smart for a while there eh? i think he should forgive sarah palin and run as her VP during the campaign. im thinking that the army of democrtas who cant wait to see sarah palin doing national interviews again would support any Palin/Wurzelbacher ticket in a second

— IcanTakeit

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0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 7:15 AM, 02/15/2010

Joe gave us our chance. Obama told him exactly what he wanted to do, and people didn't listen. Now look where we are.

— jmc

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 8:20 AM, 02/15/2010

Either he's plumbing for a tea party candidacy or he's just working off his tax lien. Who cares?

— montani semper liberi

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0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 9:08 AM, 02/15/2010

Since Wurzelbacher had so many tax problems, you would expect him to be nominated to a senior position in the Obama administration. They all seem to think that everyone but them should pay high taxes.

— Mr. Smith

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 10:25 AM, 02/15/2010

"In the meantime, Tommy Teleprompter is murdering innocent civilians in Pakistan in an undeclared war. You must be very, very proud of yourself, bunch." Like you even care.

— BillHicksLives!

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 10:27 AM, 02/15/2010

""Shrub" didnt lie. Bush derangement over the Iraq War is 9 years old now." Yes, he did. And Obama Derangement Syndrome is affecting many middle aged white Americans these days.

— BillHicksLives!

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