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Showless Joe? McCain’s Everyman Plumber Misses Morning Event
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ABC News' Bret Hovell Reports: Maybe Joe the Plumber was out on a job. But he wasn’t out campaigning with Sen. John McCain Thursday morning.
Joe Wurzelbacher has been a regular part of McCain’s stump speech for the last several weeks, and so anticipation was high this morning in Defiance, Ohio, when McCain seemed set to finally meet his middle class foil.
But when McCain acknowledged him in front of the crowd, Joe was no where to be seen.
Speaking in the western Ohio town of Defiance, McCain was delivering the normal “Joe the Plumber” section of his stump speech, talking about how Joe was able to ask about a question of Sen. Barack Obama that no one had been able to ask.
Then, the moment of anticipation.
“Joe’s with us today. Joe, where are you? Where is Joe?” McCain asked, looking around the audience for Wurzelbacher.
“Is Joe with us today? Joe, I thought you were here today.”
McCain quickly figured a way to recover.
“Well, you’re all Joe the Plumbers!” McCain said, allowing the crowd to break the awkward silence. “So all of you stand up!”
McCain staffers called it a simple mix up, and said that Wurzelbacher will join the campaign at a Thursday evening event.
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Joe the Plumber is too busy trying to break record deals or run for congress or something who elese out there IS SICK OF THE FAKE PLUMBER?
Posted by: Angie | Oct 30, 2008 12:02:10 PM
Joe was probably at the bank cashing those checks the GOP has been giving him to read the script they give him. Has anyone checked to see if his IRS debt has been "taken care of"? Some people will do or say anything in the name of the almighty dollar.
Posted by: waya | Oct 30, 2008 12:03:05 PM
Joe's pipes froze and busted.
Posted by: Clint | Oct 30, 2008 12:03:20 PM
Once again Mr. Magoo is clueless. This is either a sign of his senility or lack of communication with his staff.... hmmm if he can't keep up with his campaign operation how is he "ready to lead" the country.
We tried 8 years of idiocy why not try "the smart one" this time.
Posted by: of-for-bythepeople | Oct 30, 2008 12:05:04 PM
Joe's hiding from the IRS.
Posted by: Trish | Oct 30, 2008 12:05:40 PM
The ship is sinking. Joe was looking for a life preserver.
Posted by: Mortimer Snerd | Oct 30, 2008 12:06:18 PM
Next Wednesday morning, you will see TV footage from Obama’s coronation event in Chicago’s Grant Park showing hysterical, weeping, cavorting, fighting, swearing Obama minions who are angry and confused that The Marxist One and his merry band of America-haters, terrorists, racists and felons lost.
Beginning next week, when Americans talk about colossal failures they will mention the movies Ishtar and Heaven's Gate -- and they will mention Obama.
Obama is a bad, bad news for America
Posted by: Jenn Rogers | Oct 30, 2008 12:07:54 PM
Does Joe the plumber have protection? Remember under Stalin and Saddam people tended to disappear.
Posted by: geevill | Oct 30, 2008 12:07:58 PM
Such a disorganized campaign. McSame is pathethic.
Posted by: Ken Jones | Oct 30, 2008 12:08:55 PM
Jenn Rogers,
more likely the charred ruins of grant Park and Southside Chicago after the riot.
Posted by: geevill | Oct 30, 2008 12:09:08 PM
2 ABC HEADLINES ON MISSING JOE THE PLUMBER THIS MORNING , AT THE SAME TIME
WOW!
AFTER OBAMA SNUBBED YOU GUYS BY NOT ADVERTIZING ON YOUR CHANNEL, I THOUGHT YOU WOULD LEARN.. I GUESS NOT..
THE ONLY PERSON WHO FOUND THE OBAMA RIDICULOUS INFOMERCIAL "VIRTUOSO' WAS GEORGE STEPHANOPOLOUS.
POOR GEORGE!!
Posted by: TJ, THE CLINTONITE | Oct 30, 2008 12:10:29 PM
The GOP advanced him money for hair plugs...Joe's getting a new do and forgot about McSame's "Defiance" rally.
Posted by: Frank | Oct 30, 2008 12:10:53 PM
Serves you right, John.
That's what you get for hanging your campaign on ANOTHER GIMMICK.
JOE THE GIMMICK IS AWOL.
NEXT GIMMICK.
Posted by: Ed from MA | Oct 30, 2008 12:12:19 PM
Joe was being fitted for $150,000 worth of new threads.
Posted by: samurai | Oct 30, 2008 12:12:58 PM
HAHAHAH LOLO HAHAHA LOLO Maybe Joe the Plumber is teaming up with Diva and dumping Mcaain for 2012 lolo hahahah Mccain your Campaign is A TOTAL MESS LOLOLOLOHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHLOLOLAHAHAHAHAHAH Icant stop laughing
Posted by: Angie | Oct 30, 2008 12:14:58 PM
and yet no story on a frightening abuse of power by a Democratic appointed Ohio government official who donated $2,500 to Obama?
Posted by: geevill | Oct 30, 2008 12:15:01 PM
I actually feel bad for "ol Joe" he looks like a deer in headlights half the time just like Palin. Neither one of them want to be there but they just can't seem to say no to Grandpa. Maybe Joe finally got the nerve up to sneak away from his captors!!
Posted by: of-for-bythepeople | Oct 30, 2008 12:16:17 PM
Palin/Joe in 2012!
Posted by: samurai | Oct 30, 2008 12:17:49 PM
He may be meeting with his publicist, or doing a morning talk show...I'm glad he's making appearances now. You can babysit Palin and give her talking points to memorize...This fella on the other hand...He is hopeless
Posted by: PoliticsAsUsual | Oct 30, 2008 12:17:52 PM
Not as bad as telling a man in a wheelchair to stand up
oh yeah - that's just Joe being Joe...
Posted by: Shirley | Oct 30, 2008 12:18:11 PM
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