Joe the Plumber takes union job at Chrysler

[Holly_Hobby]

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Mr. Wurzelbacher, 40, of Springfield Township, who once was vilified as an "unlicensed plumber," said he was on his fourth day today and taking a smoke break at the time, when he was accosted by a co-worker as a “teabagger,” a derogatory term used for Tea Party members.

In long message, Mr. Wurzelbacher said, “I was just recently hired on at Chrysler,” and explained that while he's known as a conservative, he's not an enemy of private unions.

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"Yes, I have a website that puts out conservative news. Yes, I am part owner of a gun company. Yes, I’m a Republican who was cast into the limelight for having the temerity to confront Barack Obama on the question of redistributing wealth… But I’m a working man and I’m working,” he wrote.

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In 2012, Mr. Wurzelbacher unsuccessfully ran for the 9th Congressional District as the Republican nominee against U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D., Toledo).

http://www.toledoblade.com/local/2014/02/17/Joe-the-Plumber-Wurzelbacher-hired-by-Chrysler-Corporation.html

[shenmue]

1. Hah

Yet another conservative bailed out by the goodness of liberal ideas.

[Blue_Tires]

2. he was NOT vilified as an "unlicensed plumber"

he was technically at the time an "unlicensed apprentice"

and it's not "vilifying" someone if it's the truth...

[Iggo]

4. He was vilified for being a villain. (n/t)

[Initech]

5. He was vilified for being a dumbass and a hypocrite.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

8. And a liar.

Yeah, I make err, I'm going to make err, I wanna make $200k... yeah that's the ticket.

[Scuba]

3. Apparently the gig shining Sarah Palin's shoes didn't work out.

[Chakab]

6. "Vilified" my ass. The entire premise of this guy's question to Obama and, by extension, his

original fifteen minutes of fame was bullshit.

He said that he was planning to purchase his boss's plumbing business but wouldn't be able to do so if Obama implemented his plan to raise the tax rate on the top bracket back to what it was in the 90s.

The facts were that was that he wasn't planning to buy his boss's business, that he only made about $30,000 a year at the time and that wasn't even paying his taxes because he had liens on his property. Even if he had been in a position to buy his boss's company, Obama's original tax plan wouldn't have in any way affected the business because his boss didn't make anywhere near $250,000 a year after expenses.

The entire thing was horseshit, and he was forced to concede that Obama's plan wouldn't have any conceivable effect on him in an interview on CNN. It's another example of an imbecile who's barely middle class but identifies with the top 1% of income earners in the country and thinks that any slight increase in their taxes somehow "hurts" him.

It's ridiculous that this guy is still getting any press so many years after the fact.

[lpbk2713]

7. He'll sell out the UAW on every vote they take.

Count on it. Once a weasel, always a weasel.

[NightWatcher]

9. Union Joe took a job from a company that Obama bailed out?

Thanks Obama (should be tattooed on his forehead)

[mazzarro]

11. Shouldn't that be...

Anti-union Joe takes a union job from a company that the socialist/communist/evil Obama bailed out?

This is the height of hypocrisy!

[freshwest]

14. Nah, it's a lifestyle. You know, from the party that rages against 'lifestyles.' Another RW worm!

[NightWatcher]

17. yeah, what you said

[freshwest]

15. I know someone who could do that for him. n/t

[denverbill]

10. Hey News Media! Ask him why he didn't buy the business!

You know, the one he was on the verge of buying right up until Obama's 'tax increase' which never happened.

[Chakab]

12. I don't think that banks are in the habit of giving people who have tax leins on their property

business loans.

[Skidmore]

13. JtheP admits hypocrisy. 'Nuf said.

[JI7]

16. why ? i thought he was making 200k a year and shouldn't he have bought that business by now ?