Joe the Plumber to run for Congress in 2012

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That may be Rep. Wurzelbacher to you: Today’s profile in not realizing when your moment has passed comes courtesy of “Joe the Plumber,” who has filed papers to run for the House of Representatives in Ohio’s 9th congressional district. (Among the other folks running: Joe’s polar opposite, Dennis Kucinich, who will be mired in a primary as a result of redistricting.) Joe’s rise to national prominence came in 2008, after he challenged then-candidate Barack Obama at an Ohio event over his tax plan, then became a McCain talking point in the final presidential debate. There was a brouhaha he might run back in 2010, when he would’ve been part of the conservative tide rushing into Washington, and that climate would’ve buoyed him, but now? We think that was his shot, and he passed on it. source

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09 May 2010 11:43

I definitely cried when ‘Old Yeller’ got shot. I also cried in ‘Remember the Titans.’
Sam “Joe the Plumber” Wurzelbacher • In an fairly cheeky interview with AOL News. On the scale of attractiveness, Wurzelbacher gives himself a 7. He types with three fingers, not two. He says he wishes John Wayne were alive so he could play him in a movie. And he notes that when he was 28, he could bench press over 450 pounds. The conservative icon recently became a politician, winning a seat on the Republican party committee in Lucas County, Ohio. And he knows when to cry at a movie. source

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Does the Republican Party represent anything I stand for right now? Absolutely not. Right now the Republican Party doesn’t even know what it stands for.
Joe Wurzelbacher a.k.a. “Joe the Plumber” • Regarding the party which used him as a talking point during last year’s presidential election. Wurzelbacher is well-known for not pulling punches in his political opinion – he got into this whole mess by criticizing Barack Obama’s economic policies to his face – and remains a fierce conservative-leaning independent. His biggest issue remains the economy: “Instead of spending more of our money, they should cut back like ordinary Americans are having to. Why do they think they can spend their way out of this mess?” Since we last spoke to the the outspoken plumber, he’s aligned himself with the tea partyin’ wing of conservatism. • source

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George Voinovich of Ohio to peace out. Voinovich will step down after the 2010 election, noting that, despite his desire to serve his country, he wants to spend more time with his family. He’s the fourth republican to say they’re stepping down at the end of their term. A number of names are cropping up to replace Voinovich in the U.S. Senate, most unlikely being Joe the Plumber. Isn’t it bad enough that Joe’s a war correspondent? source

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He’s not just a plumber anymore. Joe Wurzelbacher, the average guy who was so worried about his taxes that he called out Obama, will be headed to the middle east to cover the Israeli conflict for conservative Web site PJTV.com. In other news, he has a publicist who promotes these stories. *forehead slap* source

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