That alleged “winner” of the final 2008 presidential debate is Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher, a Republican voter. Per various media reports he lived in Arizona and Alaska; is listed in a Toledo, Ohio phone directory as Samuel Wurzelbacher; is falsely registered to vote as Samuel Joseph Worzelbacher; is making much less than $250,000 a year; has a $1,200 Ohio tax lien on his house; isn’t a licensed plumber; and can’t operate or buy a $280,000 plumbing business.
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After being confronted with the fact that Obama’s tax plan would raise taxes on a personal income of over $250,000 and not on a $280,000 business, he agreed “I would, if you believe, I would receive his tax cut.”* Yet “Joe Six-Pack” Palin and “Straight Shooter” McCain are still using “Joe the Plumber” in their campaigns. He claims that when he asked Obama, “I still got a tap dance . . . almost as good as Sammy Davis Jr.”**
Thankfully, just 18 more days until November 4, 2008.
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*Reality Checking “Joe The Plumber”
www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/10/16/eveningnews/realitycheck/main4527129.shtml?source=mostpop_story
**Joe The Plumber’s Chat With Couric – Horserace
www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2008/10/16/politics/horserace/entry4525242.shtml
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