Joe the Plumber Quits the GOP

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Thursday, May 07, 2009 at 9:48 am

I’m pretty sure he’s hinted at this before, but Time magazine gets the, uh, scoop:

Samuel Wurzelbacher, better known as Joe the Plumber, tells TIME he’s so outraged by GOP overspending, he’s quitting the party — and he’s the bull’s-eye of its target audience.

Wurzelbacher has become a spokesman for a pro-Fair Tax (replacing the income tax with a sales tax) service that “lets” people pay money to dial a telephone number.

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9 Comments

freepatriot
Comment posted May 7, 2009 @ 7:34 am

oh NO

what will the repuglitards do without their GIANT of an intelectual force ???

joe the NOT A PLUMBER, and not a JOE either, say it ain't so

will the last person in the repuglitards party please turn out the lights


Kathy
Comment posted May 7, 2009 @ 10:44 am

Should someone who can't even spell “intellectual” be casting aspersions on other people's intellects?


Tim The Enchanter
Comment posted May 7, 2009 @ 11:02 am

Hahahaa! Typical left-wing, Kool-aid drinking plebe. I like the use of the word, “repuglitards” too. That speaks volumes about the intellectual level of “freepatriot.”


James
Comment posted May 7, 2009 @ 11:09 am

Seems to me that freepatriot isn't much of patriot after all if he feels it's okay to belittle and criticize a citizen for merely expressing his opinion. How did it feel for Kathy to make fun of you freepatriot? Joe IS a plumber and who cares what his name is? Is your name really freepatriot? Does the fact that his name “isn't” Joe somehow discredit his opinion? Why don't we deal with what is? For instance, the fact that our country is now TRILLIONS of dollars in debt?


Patrick
Comment posted May 7, 2009 @ 11:11 am

Joe The Plumber has just exposed his hatred for fellow Americans with his anti-Homosexual comments. I would be more cautious to let me children be around heterosexual pedophiles, who are usually family members or members of the church. It is fun watching the right wing conservatives flounder in their narrow minded thought processes. His 15 minutes of fame are just about to go out! If he is a typical tea bagger, then the tea bag party is over as well. It was a joke anyway. Why are Christians so worried about same sex marriage? How does it have any effect on them individually? Maybe the Christians can go find an island that they can all live on and not be worried about “outsiders”. I am very welcoming of people who have a different point of view than me>>that is what America is about. I enjoy a good debate with Republicans as long as the debate does not turn into a shouting match like Hannity and O'Reilly do. We are evolving and the sad truth for the Christian right wing Republicans is that the younger generation does not feel as hateful as the elders. Chill out and let's all just get along.


Grace56
Comment posted May 11, 2009 @ 9:37 am

Yawn Joe the Plummer like most normal men doesn't like degenerates…how shocking…ok not!


Gerry
Comment posted May 11, 2009 @ 2:54 pm

I agree that the Replicans have become too much like Democrats and their big spending. Where will Joe go now??????????????


Virgil
Comment posted May 17, 2009 @ 2:46 pm

Why champion the so-called “Fair Tax”? How is the “Fair Tax” any less parasitical then the income tax? I suggest Joe the Plumber stop trying to prolong his 15 minutes of fame and instead go learn a thing or two about economics from Dr. Ron Paul.


Virgil
Comment posted May 17, 2009 @ 9:46 pm

Why champion the so-called “Fair Tax”? How is the “Fair Tax” any less parasitical then the income tax? I suggest Joe the Plumber stop trying to prolong his 15 minutes of fame and instead go learn a thing or two about economics from Dr. Ron Paul.


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