Joe the Plumber Lands Book Deal

[kskiska]

Source: NYT

Samuel J. Wurzelbacher, the presidential campaign fixture and John McCain advocate better known as Joe the Plumber, won’t have to open his own plumbing business just yet: he has signed a deal to write “Joe the Plumber: Fighting for the American Dream.” PearlGate Publishing, a small publisher in Austin, Tex., announced the book on its Web site, pearlgatepublishing.com. The book, which will be written with Thomas N. Tabback (whose novel, “Things Forgotten,” was also published by PearlGate), will address Mr. Wurzelbacher’s ideas about American values, and is scheduled for release on Dec. 1. In an interview with Fox News Mr. Wurzelbacher said he could have signed a deal with a larger publisher. “But they don’t need the help,” Mr. Wurzelbacher said. “They are already rich. So that’s spreading the wealth to me.”

Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/20/arts/20arts-002.html?_r=3&pagewanted=print&oref=slogin

[Liberal Veteran]

1. Available for free from Newmax soon.....Direct to dumpster.

[Milspec]

31. Even if its a coloring book

I wouldn't give it to my 7 year old nephew.

[hamsterjill]

2. Will it even be bound????

Writing it for release by December 1st? Can't be much...not that *I* would spread any of my "wealth" to buy a copy anyway!!!

Incredible to me that ANYONE would care what this dipstick has to say!

[DrDan]

3. buy it here - avail 12/1

http://www.thingsforgottenbook.com/bookstore/

ordered mine . . . trying to avoid the Christmas rush . . .

[sinkingfeeling]

4. And what person wants advice from an unlicensed plumber? I'd rather have a good

DIY book.

[Liberal Veteran]

5. C'mon. You know that book will be chock full of pearls of wisdom.

...garnered from his extensive career as....um....whatever the hell he is.

[Roy]

26. Rush has taught the minions to support (buy) anything R.....

because he sez it drives Libs crazy...
So they spend mindlessly

[Alter Ego]

58. I don't care--that book will be bargain bin material within a month of its release.

Most of the country thought Joe Wurzeldouchebag was a retarded gimmick.

[redirish28]

6. OH GREAT!!!!! extending the 15minutes of fame to 20 mins...

Five years from now this guy will be punchline of a badly written joke told ten times too often...

[tanyev]

7. Back in the days before soft, plushy toilet paper, there might have been some demand for this book.

[foxfeet]

8. Entitled : "The Crack of Dawn in America"

[struggle4progress]

40. Flushed with Success: My Draining Days on the Campaign Trail"

from the jacket blurb: "Learn more about Joe the Plumber's many-fauceted personality"

[hadrons]

9. Mr. Wurzelbacher’s ideas about American values = What he heard Rush say on the radio

[yellowcanine]

10. December 1? The guy can't even talk in complete sentences. How is he going to write a book in less

than a month, assuming he has already started it, less than 2 weeks if he hasn't?

[DemWynner]

12. Maybe it is a comic book

That would take quite a while to develop even. What a joke.

:evilgrin: :crazy:

[Roy]

24. The book was written for D'ann Coulter last year....

It'll take til December to change all the names from his\hers to J the P's

[yellowcanine]

11. Waste of precious natural resources, imo.

[rasputin1952]

13. A book...ready on 1 Dec...sounds more like a pamphlet or

a religious tract to me...:D

I figure the the sales pitch will be something like:

"10 pages, 5 of them pic's, no words over two sylables!"

I'll wait for the movie...and then miss that too...:D


Holy Crap! I didn't realize this clown had a website...:rofl:

Odd, there was no "contact" link...

http://secureourdream.com/

[DavidDvorkin]

14. Not a real publisher

PearGates has one book in print, written by the guy to whom the publisher's URL is registered. He's also listed as Joe's coauthor.

[chelsea0011]

21. You got that right. It's like me printing my own book and saying

I'm a published author. The Pearl(y) Gate(s) Publishing, indeed.

[Robb]

48. Yep. "I could'a gone with Random House, but I wanna give the little guy a chance."

..."And a check." :rofl:

[DavidDvorkin]

56. Random House was beating at the front door!

And Simon and Schuster at the back door! I had to escape through the chimney!

[husky92]

15. Joe da Plummer

Enough with this guy already. Once again, it just shows what a bunch of dumb asses we have in America when they keep guys like this dimwit in the news. It was bad enough when McCain and Caribou Chloe kept referring to him and people talked about him getting a record deal or something and a bunch more hooey. Let the guy go back to manning his toilet plunger and fixing leaks in people's homes instead of offering him book deals. Sad thing is every Republican knucklehead will buy it and Hannity will probably have him on his show to help him sell it!! Look out Stephen King!

[Pathwalker]

16. Just another book to hide at Barnes & Noble.

goody!

[cosmicone]

17. Great packaging material for fine china and glass ....

although I regret that trees have to be killed

[prostock69]

18. This is what's wrong with America

A know-nothing who is class A Moron is writing a book about what he doesn't know. Who is seriously going to buy this book?

[LynnTheDem]

44. Answer:

Know-nothings who are class A Morons.



:rofl:

[Mz Pip]

19. That's barely enough time

to run a spellcheck.

Is this another book that will be bought in bulk by RW groups to be given away for $1?

I think the title should be "Things Better Left Forgotten - How I Helped Wreck John McCain's Campaign."

[Earth_First]

20. The same 'Joe the Plumber' who eventually became irate over the media attention?

Hey Joe, get over yourself. You LOVE it!

[katty]

22. New Talk Show, hosted by: Joe the Plumber, premiere guest

will be Sarah Palin.

[JohnWxy]

23. here's what they can put opposite the title page (link)

http://www.geocities.com/jwalkerxy/Bush_Gramm_Catastrophe.htm

[CitizenPatriot]

25. it's his 2012 platform, y'all

Palin/Wurzelbacher 2012

Oh, god. I'm laughing too hard to finish typ...

[Roy]

27. Sheesh... That's my Birthday.....Acckk... What a present.......

[Vinca]

28. Will Joe be doing book signings at the dollar store? nt

[GETPLANING]

29. Freedom's Defense Fund will buy every copy,

guaranteeing Joe the Plumber instant best seller status.

[aggiesal]

30. It's called socialism when, ...

Obama wants to change tax law and redistribute wealth to the middle class,
but when this butt wad wants to make sure that the "rich, larger publishers"
don't get a piece of his action, that's called "spreading the wealth".

Someone needs to call him on his flip/flop.

[frylock]

33. i'm guessing that the "rich, larger publishers" wouldn't take this shit stain's phonecalls..

just a hunch, really.

[Lorien]

35. You betcha!

that's what really stood out to me as well.

[Trajan]

36. Redistribution of wealth ...

I redistribute wealth when I buy coffee in the morning ....

When you pay your electric bill : You redistribute wealth ...

When oil companies ramp up prices beyond reason and pocket the exorbitant profits: They redistribute wealth ....

The term 'redistribute wealth' is a red herring - DONT be fooled by using it too ...

The Middle Class want's a FAIR DEAL .... They dont want 'free money', they want to get PAID for their work ....

The rich have reduced the middle class by denying them decent wage increases over the last 3 decades ...

THAT is the cause of our current debacle .... and other than some stupid loan terms, that is the PRIMARY cause of our current market distress ....

No money in workers pockets ???? : No purchases, No sales volume, NO profits for producers ... By starving the Middle Class, the Plutarchs have starved themselves ....

WE DONT WANT A REDISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH - WE WANT TO GET PAID FOR OUR WORK !

[all.of.me]

32. Dec 1? Will it have maybe 12 pages? On copy paper? Made in Word?

A well thought out treatise, no doubt... :eyes:

[clspector]

34. This is Pearlgate's 2nd book

Yeah, I bet he got huge whopping advance. Oh, and that's it's going to be out by December 1st speaks volumes about the high quality word-smithing.

[superconnected]

37. hahahha. Republicans really know how to pick their heros...

[ailsagirl]

38. Just like Caribou Barbie: What kind of crap will these two fill

up their books with??? Who'd pay to read either??? Neither could write one sentence worth reading. I don't get it.

:freak: :rant: :crazy: :wtf:

[UTUSN]

39. Well, *I'll* buy it now for sure!1 (Yeah,right) n/t

[Posteritatis]

41. NaNoWriMo isn't for memoirs, Joe (nt)

[sutz12]

42. To write one or read one? nt

[Bhaisahab]

46. Ha ha!

THAT's funny! :)

[LynnTheDem]

43. LOL!!!

:rofl:

[onager]

45. Did his HIGH-POWERED AGENT arrange this?

...Like all good celebrities, Joe the Plumber has hired a publicity team.

The Press Office in Nashville, where clients include rockers Grand Funk Railroad, and Eddie Money, will help him handle the flood of interview and appearance requests that have poured in since he was mentioned during a presidential debate and quickly became a household name...

Grand Funk and Eddie Money are still household names? Maybe in those households with a rusty 1980-something Camaro up on blocks in the front yard, for the herd of mullet-wearing kids to play in.

Mr. Della Croce has managed rock stars, but Joe the Plumber is a special case.

“Never in 25 years have I seen this level of interest in a celebrity,” Mr. Della Croce said.

:rofl:

Sounds like none of Rip Van Della Croce's clients have been heard from for 25 years. This outfit ain't exactly ICM. (This article says they're handling PR, but I'm pretty sure another branch of this outfit is also managing Joe The Plumb-Bob.)

http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081030/NEWS09/810300219/-1/NEWS

[Joe Bacon]

47. Grand Funk and Eddie Money?????

What a pair of has beens. They can't even get a gig in Branson! :rofl:

WHO has heard ANYTHING from either one of them since the 70s? Heck, I thought Eddie Money was a has been when he begged Ronnie Specter to sing with him again, she had the good taste to turn him down.

[apnu]

49. Enjoy your dagger on then NY Times best seller list, Sam.

[LynneSin]

50. We know what a raging success that book by Cheney's daughter Mary was

Yes she's a Lesbian but she also campaigns for a party that wants to repress who she is - who the hell wants to buy that book?

[Hubert Flottz]

51. 'From Hair To E-turd-ity'

'A Tampon Too Far'

'Compassionate Family Values And Shit'

'The Rise And Fall Of The Flapper Valve'

'Cornfessions'

[JI7]

52. he is lying again, he got no offer from a larger Publishing Company

he certainly likes to think of himself as being higher up than he is. from thinking he is in the top income tax brackets to thinking he can afford a business that makes 250k a year.

[jmowreader]

53. Well...now we know who's going to publish Shrub's memoir

I've heard no reputable publishing house will buy Shrub's memoir. Marji Ross, president of Regnery, won't even take it. It's sad when you're a two-term president and a publisher that has morals only slightly higher than a subsidy house won't take your memoirs.

Who'll print Dubya's memoir? PearlGate Publishing will! PearlGate, the house that has two books in print (both written by the owner), will take Shrub's memoir!

[AlphaCentauri]

54. How to become a political plumber by Joe the plumber

Chapter 1
How to unclog a failing political campaign

Chapter2
What to do with with political drain feces

Chapter 3
...

[Strawman]

55. Great. I'll put it right next to Charlie Daniels' "Ain't No Rag" in my toilet

[Alter Ego]

57. "How I Cheated on My Taxes, Became a Skinhead, and Earned

15 Ill-Gotten Minutes of Fame", by Skinhead Joe the Tax Cheat.

[iamincali83]

59. I'll use the pages to wipe my ass!

God what a fucking douchebag! Only in America would a dumb redneck get a book deal! Watch people buy it. :eyes:

[trudyco]

60. I wonder who will pay him off by buying these "books"

I always thought books, music cds etc were a loophole in making sure politicians (or in this case a political prop)don't get bribed.

I'd like to know who buys Pelosi's books.

[Sugar Smack]

61. Good luck with that.

This is the most divorced-from-reality idea I've seen in a long time.

:rofl: