Posted October 30, 2008 3:15 PM
by Mark Silva
Can a guy with an unpronounceable name become a star?
Wurzelbacher. Sounds like popcorn.
How about a guy with a readily recognizable name?
Joe the Plumber.
The plumber from Ohio may have stood up the Republican nominee for president whom he has endorsed at a rally today, but Joe has an agent -- an agent who reps the likes of Larry Gatlin and the Gatlin Brothers and Leon Redbone. The TV's abuzz with talk of a record contract -- seems he can sing.
But he may want to cut that track fast.
Comments
He's not a plumber. He's not a cowboy. He's not a fireman.
Posted by: why not call him joe the dinosaur? | October 30, 2008 3:49 PM
I can see it now the PP twins:
Palin and Plumber in 2012
You would have to admit they could have done a better job than Bush and Cheney.
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Posted by: Brian | October 30, 2008 4:45 PM
So this guy who doesnt have a license to practice plumbing and owes the US Government back taxes is a hero now? I cant stand it anymore. McCain and Palin must go!!!
Posted by: Scot S. Blakeley | October 30, 2008 4:59 PM
Joe the Plumber is a joke..Not even a funny one..Just makes the Repubs look stupid to extend him ANY credibility to a losing campaign...Go home and stay...
Posted by: Kaye C. | October 30, 2008 5:17 PM
I suspected this guy was a ringer from day one.
I.e., a plant.
A setup.
The fact that McC has been using him and announcing his presence at rallies seems to suggest he was a ringer, a plant.
Karlito may have come up with this one.
But, like Palin, he didn't withstand the withering heat of close examination.
Tax cheat.
No license to base a business upon.
Faux entrepreneur.
Sort of Palinesque.
Posted by: ornery | October 30, 2008 9:54 PM
Let's not forget Joe the Plumber. If this guy is as hard working as he says, and he and the owner are the only two in the business, how can he take off so much time to travel around Ohio with McCain??
Posted by: BobinATL | October 31, 2008 11:38 AM