Joe the Plumber wins GOP post

[jaysunb]

Joe the Plumber, who became a conservative star in the 2008 presidential campaign by confronting then-candidate Barack Obama, has been elected to a GOP party post in Ohio.

Samuel Wurzelbacher, to use his real name, was elevated by Republicans as the symbol of middle-class America confronting the policies of the Democrats, especially on taxes. The name Joe the Plumber became a rallying cry at Republican rallies as the McCain-Palin ticket sought to ignite its base.

Wurzelbacher was elected as a GOP committeeman, one of 400 who oversee the GOP in northwestern Ohio's Lucas County. He won his spot by a 38-23 vote Tuesday in his suburban Toledo precinct.

On Oct. 12, 2008, three days before the final presidential debate, Obama toured Wurzelbacher's neighborhood. Wurzelbacher, who had been playing football with his son in his frontyard at the time, questioned Obama about the Democrat's tax plan and whether it would destroy the American dream.

He earned his name Joe the Plumber from his job and his desire to open a small business, a dream that could have been jeopardized by a tax increase.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/dcnow/2010/05/joe-the-plumber-wins-gop-post.html

As the toilet swirls......:rofl:

[tridim]

1. Didn't JTP renounce the GOP a few months ago?

Claiming they used him?

What a fool.

[Warpy]

2. Not much work for a fly by night plumber and an unlicensed assistant

these days, so the guy took whatever he could.

He's still shoveling shit against the tide. At least now it's metaphorical shit instead of the real thing.

[Ikonoklast]

3. Joe the Turd That Won't Flush.

Someone call a real plumber.

[skip fox]

4. Still basking in the historic afterglow of his "Fifteen Minutes of Stain."

n/t

[UTUSN]

5. Does he have a JOB?!1 n/t