God save the Middle East. When John McCain unleashed "Joe the Plumber" in the midst of the presidential debates, who would have thought that months later, "Joe" (who is not a licensed plumber and whose first name is actually Samuel) would have opinions that matter.
Apparently, conservative blog pjtv.com thinks "Joe" has a few more things for the world to hear. So, in their infinite wisdom, "Joe" is heading over to Israel to cover the current conflict in Gaza as a war correspondent in the Middle East for the blog.
Samuel J. Wurzelbacher (WUR'-zuhl-bah-kur) says he'll spend 10 days covering the fighting.
He tells WNWO-TV in Toledo that he wants to let Israel's "'Average Joes' share their story."
Wurzelbacher gained attention during the final weeks of the campaign when he asked Barack Obama about his tax plan.
He later joined Republican John McCain on the campaign trail. At one stop, he agreed with a McCain supporter who asked if he believed a vote for Obama was a vote for the death of Israel.
Below is the footage from last night's third and final presidential debate. It was by far the best debate of the election. Barack Obama, while strong all throughout the debate, was particularly strong on his health care, pro-choice, tax policy, and education plans. John McCain provided the entertainment of the night, whether it be a grimace or two when Obama referenced Fox News' criticisms of the McCain campaign or when McCain introduced "Joe the Plumber" and then proceeded to mention Joe over 20 times throughout the evening and change the analogy.
The most interesting question of the night though was this: "Both of you run or have run negative campaign ads. Senator Obama, you have called him 'out of touch' and 'unfit to lead.' Senator McCain, you have called him a 'terrorist,' 'pals around with terrorists,' and 'liar.' My question to both of you is would you say what you said in your ads to each other's faces? Senator McCain, you are first." While neither one came out and called each other those exact phrases, John McCain discussed his "hurt feelings" while Obama said that he did not care if he would be attacked for the next three weeks and that the voters do not care about the candidates' hurt feelings; they care about the issues. Obama also told John McCain that the one instance McCain referenced, the Obama campaign had nothing to do with it and issued a statement saying it was inappropriate and the senator that made the comment apologized and redacted the statement, while people at Palin/McCain rallies scream "Terrorist!" and "Kill Him!" and neither Governor Sarah Palin nor Senator John McCain request the crowd to stop and tell them that their actions are inappropriate. In my opinion, there is absolutely no comparison to what McCain was griping about and the fact that his campaign does not denounce supporters' calls for Obama's assassination as totally inappropriate. Grow up, McCain, and lose like an adult.
Another interesting question was asked about the vice presidential candidates. The question was, "why do you think that your vice presidential candidate is better than your opponent's?" I don't think that John McCain answered with nearly as many "mavericks" as "Joe the Plumber" references.
By the way, apparently "Joe the Plumber" really does exist. And he's kind of a stingy guy when it comes to tax policy for the richest 5% of Americans. Take a look at both videos and see what you think. Enjoy!
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God save the Middle East. When John McCain unleashed "Joe the Plumber" in the midst of the presidential debates, who would have thought that months later, "Joe" (who is not a licensed plumber and whose first name is actually Samuel) would have opinions that matter.
