Joe the Plumber: Not Just Your Average American Skinhead

In an interview on December 10th with Glenn Beck, "Joe the Plumber" aka Samuel J. Wurzelbacher, went all Machiavelli on McCain and asserted the following:

--John McCain: "dirty" and "appalling"
--Sarah Palin: "the real deal"
--Hillary Clinton, Secretary of State: appointment "unconstitutional." (sited Sean Hannity as his source following Glenn Beck's correction)
--Barack Obama: Links Obama with Adolph Hitler via socialism viz a viz gun control.

Is Joe the Plumber really a key player in the future Republican party? Will PALIN & THE PLUMBER be the next stroke of Rovian campaign madness/genius? Will Obama's economic policy be sound enough to return our country to a point of complacency wherein voters elect gimmicks over Governers?

For a transcript of Joe the Plumber's interview, go to: http://www.glennbeck.com/content/articles/article/198/19055/

For Your Consideration: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_the_Plumber

Joe the Plumber's Political Ambitions, Courtesy of Wikipedia:

Draft campaign for Ohio's 9th congressional district

Since his meeting with Barack Obama, a campaign to draft Wurzelbacher to run for the United States House of Representatives in the 2010 election started with the website joewurzelbacher2010.com.[39] The Washington Times and the Boston Herald have reported that this campaign's goal is to draft Wurzelbacher to run against Rep. Marcy Kaptur of Ohio's 9th congressional district.[40][41] The website was created by Trevor Lair (presently the chairman of the Massachusetts College Republicans),[42] Derek Khanna,[43] and The Massachusetts Alliance of College Republicans.[44] The website encourages visitors to sign an online petition that supports Wurzelbacher’s run for office.[45][42] Laura Ingraham asked Wurzelbacher, on October 24, 2008, if he would run against Rep. Marcy Kaptur. Wurzelbacher responded that he had considered the run and would be "up for it".[46]

Opinions on taxation and welfare

In an October interview, Wurzelbacher said, "You know a lot of the stuff that our government is doing right now is all about taxation without representation and you know the last time that happened a couple guys got together and threw the Brits out."[47]
Wurzelbacher opposes the existing American Social Security program. He told CNN, "Social Security is a joke. I have parents; I don't need another set of parents called the government. You know, let me take my money and invest it how I please. Social Security I've never believed in, don't like it. I hate that it's forced on me."[48]

ABC News reported on October 16 that there is a judgment lien against Wurzelbacher for non-payment of $1,182 in Ohio state income taxes dating to January 2007, but "no action has been taken against him outside of filing the lien." Barb Losie, deputy clerk of the Lucas County Court of Common Pleas, said that "there is a 99 percent chance [Wurzelbacher] doesn't know about the lien, unless he did a credit report or was ready to pay his taxes."[49] While on Hannity & Colmes, Wurzelbacher stated that he was unaware of the tax lien prior to it being reported in the press, and felt he was being attacked because of his question of Obama.[50]

Wurzelbacher has also acknowledged that his parents were on welfare twice while he was growing up. Asked by Alan Colmes whether that constituted "taking somebody else's money and giving it to you", Wurzelbacher responded that he had "paid into welfare. It's something to be used, not abused, as it often is, Alan."[51]