Joe the Plumber

[NotGiamatti]

You Can. Not. Make. This. Stuff. Up.

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/01/07/us/AP-Joe-The-Plumber.html?_r=2

TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) -- Joe The Plumber is putting down his wrenches and picking up a reporter's notebook.

The Ohio man who became a household name during the presidential campaign says he is heading to Israel as a war correspondent for the conservative Web site pjtv.com.

Samuel J. Wurzelbacher (WUR'-zuhl-bah-kur) says he'll spend 10 days covering the fighting.

He tells WNWO-TV in Toledo that he wants to let Israel's '''Average Joes' share their story.''

Wurzelbacher gained attention during the final weeks of the campaign when he asked Barack Obama about his tax plan.

He later joined Republican John McCain on the campaign trail. At one stop, he agreed with a McCain supporter who asked if he believed a vote for Obama was a vote for the death of Israel.

I hope he's back home in Newbridge soon

[Big Plastic Head]

I didn't think he could be more ridiculous but...there you go.

[chris v]

Taking a job as a war correspondent in Israel these days probably indicates his other businesses aren't doing too well. I'm hoping this doesn't mean a long delay on the delivery of my fudge toilet.

[wwwes]

John McCain's current legacy is simply giving a voice to some of the most annoying and self-congratulating people alive. I predict Mr. Wurzelbacher's reports will make history look fondly on Geraldo Rivera.

[Fido]

I just heard an audio of him talking to a reporter about his new reporter gig, and he sounded as dopey as ever. Let him keep running his trap -- he'll just be facilitating his own demise as a "celebrity."

[Chris L]

I hate that mustard yellow shirt he's wearing in that file photo I keep seeing of him. 

[Keith Whitener]

This guy has less of a claim to fame than Paris Hilton.

[<<<<<]

Well yeah, Paris at least did something to earn some of her fame.  boing    

[wwwes]

Oh, Joe did too. He dared to ask the question that nobody was asking Barack Obama, whether he was going to raise his taxes. Well, I suppose it may have been asked by dozens of news reporters, bloggers, town hall attendees and probably lots of other people who just came up to him in other places over a period of nearly two years. But even still, it's not like the issue of tax increases was something that had been a big subject of discussion during the campaign before Joe.

I definitely, DEFINITELY look forward to hearing his insights on the Gaza crisis, which will in no way be 100% informed by random posters on RedState.

[theyellowchair]

He's also peddling digital television converter boxes over at VelocityStore.com, by the way. I think he mentioned something about DTV conversion being a matter of "public safety."

Fo' real.

[orator]

 This guy's so, so stupid. I mean, so stupid it hurts my brain thinking about it.

"The military should decide what gets reported in war."

[daveB from Oakland]

"Joe the Plumber is now a war correspondent in Israel for Pajamas Media ...

Is that a news story, or a Mad Lib?" -- Jon Stewart

[mike_b]

So does this mean the country album's on hiatus?

[Keith Whitener]

"I'll be honest with you: I don't think journalists should be anywhere allowed war. (sic) I mean, you guys report where our troops are at. You report what's happening day to day. You make a big deal out of it. I think it's asinine. You know, I liked back in World War I and World War II when you'd go to the theater and you'd see your troops on, you know, the screen and everyone would be real excited and happy for 'em.

Now everyone's got an opinion and wants to...down soldiers. You know, American soldiers or Israeli soldiers...I think media should be abolished from, uh, you know, reporting. You know, war is hell. And if you're gonna sit there and say, 'Well, look at this atrocity,' well, you don't know the whole story behind it half the time. So I think the media should have no business in it."

http://www.rawstory.com/news/2008/Joe_Plumber_says_journalists_should_be_0111.html

This guy is living in a Larry The Cable Guy movie.