"Joe the Plumber, who backed Sen. John McCain for president in 2008, is back. But this time, he trashes the Arizona senator as "no public servant" and says McCain "really screwed my life up."
Joe, aka Samuel J.Wurzelbacher, made his comments to Pennsylvania public radio's Scott Detrow, whowrites about it on his political blog.
Joe, who was in town to back a Pennsylvania state gubernatorial hopeful, told Detrow that "McCain was trying to use me."
"I happened to be the face of middle Americans," Wurzelbacher says. "It was a ploy.
He adds: "I don't owe him s—. He really screwed my life up, is how I look at it."
Wurzelbacher is also withdrawing his support for Sarah Palin. Why? Because she has endorsed McCain for re-election in Arizona."
16 comments:
So Joe...you mean to say that McCain and Palin never did really give a shit about you after all?!
Wow. I'm shocked.
hey Joe, so sorry man. put your face up there, somebody fursure is gonna shove it in the shit. that happens
J.D. Hayworth for Senate.
Yes and I'd bet the 1,000 or so people that bought his book would agree.
Such bitter Americans..
Bitter? Nah. I've got nothing to be bitter about.
Jaded and cynical, probably.
I would say that I'm not alone.
Look at the exodus currently taking place in Congress. From both sides of the aisle.
Partisan acrimony is rendering our representative democracy to a near exercise in futility.
Partisan acrimony exists, to be sure. But, I hope you're not also blaming the failure to pass healthcare on partisanship (like the departing Evan Beyh did). Obama talks about partisanship as if that were what blocked his healthcare initiative. Silly, of course, since the democrats had an unassailable majority in both houses and still couldn't get it done.
No, I'm glad to say, that WE, the people are what have derailed this effort. Unfortunately, it seems that THEY, the a-holes in power, might not be listening even now and are considering to use reconcilliation to jam this through anyway.
I'm not bitter. I'm old enough to know,life is too short for that. In the whole scheme of things, what really matters? not politics.
60 Democrats does not equal 60 votes. Some of the Democrats from the South are more conservative than your average Republican.
But more to your point I wasn't thinking of the debacle that the current health care bill has become. No I was thinking more along the lines of oh say a proposed piece of legislation that is written and co-sponsored by eight Republican legislators. It would mandate a Budget Deficit Oversight Committee. So....after some thought the President says okay, sounds good, let's give it a shot.
At which time the same eight Republican legislators that actually co-wrote and sponsored the proposal change their minds and say hell no it's a terrible idea in it's current form. WTF.
Oh, and congratulations to "we the people" on their derailing of the proposed health care legislation. The only problem with that is a majority of Americans still do see the benefit of some form of a National Health Insurance Plan. The problem now is that anything that actually is as you say "jammed through" will have been so eviscerated by special interests and compromise it will have little value to anyone save the Insurance Industry. That, in some part is why it has lost support. At least for me anyways. The Health Care Bill, if we can still it call it that, can be shoved sideways up the a-holes of those in power.
They don't need to worry. They have excellent health insurance.
The congress is already responsible. There is no need to form a new committe for this as that would be contrary to the constitution.
60 percent of Americans receive more (from the feds) than they contribute (to the feds) and this is well on the way to 70%. Is it any wonder that "the majority" wants more entitlements rather than fewer? Now that we have more recipients than producers, we are on the road to ruin.
This is the fault of both parties, to be sure. The democrats for pulling us down this hole and the republicans for not doing a better job educating our people.
Correct me if I'm wrong but wasn't it the Republicans that engendered the recent prescription drug coverage assistance that is going to run a deficit of multi billions over the next ten years?
Holding the Republican party harmless in the seeding of this entitlement shit storm is laughable.
You are correct (in my opinion) that somethings got to give.
It's all a question of priorities.
Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, S/ChIP, TARP, recovery act of 2009, healthcare "reform" act, etc. etc. etc.
In general, this road is paved by democrats, but certainly the republicans have their hand in them all too often. Hands which, by the way, I am more than happy to bite.
I'm gonna take a lunch break and watch "king of the hill". I hope you guys figure out and fix every thing.
Figuring out and fixing are I think two different things altogether.
Doesn't really matter because I have yet to do either.
Joe The Plumber can't fix this main break!
and you never will darlin
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