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Georgia's 'Joe the Plumbers' enjoy the political spotlight
Atlanta Journal-Constitution ^
| 10/16/2008
| Jennifer Brett
Posted on 10/16/2008 6:39:02 PM PDT by beagleone
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Great story.
Worth circulating.
My favorite part:
If (Obama) wins and puts into effect what he wants to do, theres a very good possibility myself and my employees will be out of a job, said Keller, who was working a job at the Decatur YMCA Thursday afternoon. I cant afford to pay more taxes. In the plumbing industry, right now with the economy the way it is, its been hit really hard. Realistically, a plumbers about the most American profession you can be in. (Obama) comes across a plumber and actually has the nerve to tell him to share the wealth.
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posted on
10/16/2008 6:39:03 PM PDT
by
beagleone
To: beagleone
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posted on
10/16/2008 6:41:06 PM PDT
by
xcamel
(Conservatives start smart, and get rich, liberals start rich, and get stupid.)
To: beagleone
Obama made a major gaffe with this one
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posted on
10/16/2008 6:41:27 PM PDT
by
yldstrk
(My heros have always been cowboys--Reagan and Bush)
To: beagleone
Proves that this story has legs and it proves that every town has people that can relate to Joe the Plumber.
This incident is driving home McCain's message about Obama's tax plan better than any commercial could have.
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posted on
10/16/2008 6:41:49 PM PDT
by
beagleone
To: beagleone
McCain finally has a working class icon on his side.
A laborer, who works with his hands and gets his hands dirty.
Loving it.
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posted on
10/16/2008 6:47:48 PM PDT
by
Tanniker Smith
(Teachers open the door. It's up to you to enter. Before the late bell. When I close the door.)
To: xcamel
My Pop was a plumber.. Can I join?
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posted on
10/16/2008 6:48:04 PM PDT
by
TASMANIANRED
(TAZ:Untamed, Unpredictable, Uninhibited.)
To: beagleone
Joe the Plumber - the man - is not as important as the country he represents.
But HUSSEIN is too disconnected and too elitist to realize it. HUSSEIN associates with the Warren Buffet types, not the low-life six-figure income earners.
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posted on
10/16/2008 6:48:31 PM PDT
by
hsrazorback1
(To get what you had, do what you did.)
To: beagleone
I can see a “Joe the Plumber and Friends calender.
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posted on
10/16/2008 6:50:15 PM PDT
by
TribalPrincess2U
(http://www.dailymotion.com/video/k6KUDv1wzraWhwlBt1)
To: TASMANIANRED
paste it - post it - spread it
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posted on
10/16/2008 6:52:05 PM PDT
by
xcamel
(Conservatives start smart, and get rich, liberals start rich, and get stupid.)
To: TASMANIANRED
My Pop was a plumber, my Pop’s Pop was a plumber..whoops that don’t sound right. Just a little comedy, sorry.
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posted on
10/16/2008 6:53:12 PM PDT
by
TribalPrincess2U
(http://www.dailymotion.com/video/k6KUDv1wzraWhwlBt1)
To: beagleone
Texas has a Joe the Plumber too. It was reported here today that people were asking to buy his domain name which is JoeThePlumber.
To: beagleone
There’s a commercial for Angie’s List that I despise about the woman’s plumber walking her dog Molly the papillon...it’s on every morning during Fox & Friends. Whiny woman’s voice, “Joe’s been my plumber for 15 years...” I wonder if they’ll still run it.
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posted on
10/16/2008 6:54:42 PM PDT
by
Miss Didi
("Good heavens, woman, this is a war not a garden party!" Dr. Meade, Gone with the Wind)
To: Tanniker Smith
McCain finally has a working class icon on his side.Took that working class victim mantra away from Zero. heehee
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posted on
10/16/2008 6:55:04 PM PDT
by
TribalPrincess2U
(http://www.dailymotion.com/video/k6KUDv1wzraWhwlBt1)
To: beagleone
There are liberal plumbers but in general they are a very conservative lot.
Repair work is for the self motivated, disciplined, men that can push through adversity and not give up.
I have worked 56 hours straight without sleep, I have crawled on my back in six inches of water under a house in 20 degree weather to solder a pipe.
When the job has to be done and you are the plumber, there is no else to call, you have to push through fatigue and hours of being soaked in water up to your waist during cold nights, if that is what it takes to get the water back on by the time the people in the apartment complex have to wake up for work.
Interestingly enough, many plumbers also work on commission, these are all work conditions that makes for a largely conservative crowd.
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posted on
10/16/2008 6:59:34 PM PDT
by
ansel12
(America's favorite baby boomer, Sarah Barracuda. Hell, she's a natural-born world-shaker.)
To: TribalPrincess2U
Took that working class victim mantra away from Zero. heeheeFunny that you should mention "zero"...
(C)Copyright 2008, C. Burke. All rights reserved.
Well, I've done Hillary and Edwards, so you knew he had to show up sooner or later.
His logo made life a lot easier.
And, of course, he's another zero. Like Mr. 0 beside him.
.
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posted on
10/16/2008 7:00:27 PM PDT
by
Tanniker Smith
(Teachers open the door. It's up to you to enter. Before the late bell. When I close the door.)
To: beagleone
It's surprising in many ways - I assumed that since the link went to the
Atlanta Journal-Constitution that they would have found a "Joe Plumber" who wanted Obama elected.
I guess if they couldn't find someone to give them the story they wanted, they had to go with the story they had. Accidental good journalism...
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posted on
10/16/2008 7:00:27 PM PDT
by
GOPJ
(Theresa Collins...national coordinator of "Inmates to Support Barack Obama," ...)
To: xcamel
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posted on
10/16/2008 7:01:12 PM PDT
by
TASMANIANRED
(TAZ:Untamed, Unpredictable, Uninhibited.)
To: TribalPrincess2U
We are just a couple of squirts off the water main.
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posted on
10/16/2008 7:02:00 PM PDT
by
TASMANIANRED
(TAZ:Untamed, Unpredictable, Uninhibited.)
To: ansel12
Ansel the Plumber.
Hooray, Hip , hip hooray.
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posted on
10/16/2008 7:03:12 PM PDT
by
TASMANIANRED
(TAZ:Untamed, Unpredictable, Uninhibited.)
To: beagleone
Plumbers Across America Unite!
Someone needs to buy www.joetheplumberformccain.com and keep this thing going.
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posted on
10/16/2008 7:03:31 PM PDT
by
Cathy
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