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Who’s Attacking Joe the Plumber? Barack Obama Says Not Him

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October 21, 2008 9:02 PM

ABC News' Sunlen Miller reports: At a rally before 30,000 in downtown Miami, Senator Obama said it was “remarkable” that Senator McCain has pointed the finger at him for being responsible for Joe the Plumber’s public portrayal.

“He’s decided to completely  make up - just fabricate-  this notion that I’ve been attacking Joe the plumber,” Obama said, “let me tell you something, even yesterday, just yesterday Joe the Plumber himself said that wasn’t true. I’ve got nothing but love for Joe the Plumber. That’s why I want to give him a tax cut.”

Senator Obama was referring comments Joe Wurzelbacher made on Fox News, saying he did not blame either campaign for his public depictions, , “I think the media pretty much did that all by themselves," he said Saturday, "You know, I don't think -- I held no animosity towards either of one them, by no means. No.”

Obama railed against McCain for introducing the idea that he’s responsible for Joe the Plumber being attacked and chalked it up to a lack of ideas on the McCain campaign’s part.

“Apparently Senator McCain’s decided that if he can’t beat our ideas, then he’s just going to make up some ideas and run against those. Well, what we need now is not straw men, we don’t need misleading charges. What we need is honest leadership and real change.”

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Obama seems to have a memory loss...

At a campaign rally a few days ago, Obama mocked Joe the Plumber by saying that John McCain was fighting for a PLUMBER (he then repeated a PLUMBER) and then chuckled as the crowd went wild cheering..

That is an outright attack on the man and his career...

Those WORDS will come back to haunt him at the polls...

The silent majority are just watching and then will VOTE...

Posted by: SF | Oct 21, 2008 9:45:42 PM

Sarah Palin.What an idiot? She could not even answer a question from a second grader and John Mccain picks her as his vice President? What was he thinking? He lost the presidency what he chose her.

Posted by: lennox marshall | Oct 21, 2008 9:46:40 PM

Everone know that OBAMA is going to win.
I don't know why McCain is trying to run against the next leader of the U.S. McCain does not care for things like educations, college tuituon and wants to raise taxes.

You shouldn't be voting on a person who has got shot because he will not be a good leader for our country..

Vote or Die!!

Posted by: chrissy | Oct 21, 2008 9:48:11 PM

But today McCain said that Obama wants to invade the moon. You mean that's not true?

McCain had so many great reasons for not invading the moon too. What a shame.

Posted by: ed | Oct 21, 2008 9:48:31 PM

A tax cut from Obama, when donkeys fly. Obama is known for raising taxes, now, when is running for president, he will cut taxes.

This is a gamble with Obama, as his court problem will prevent him from being president.

Per the constitution, you have to be a natural-born citizen of the USA. When Obama was adopted by his step-father and moved to Indonesia for about 5 years, he became a citizen of that country; he lost his natural-born citizenship status. case:08-cv-04083

Obama's lawyers are in court fighting against showing his “original” long version)Birth Certificate, Certification of Citizenship and Oath of Allegiance.

Why won't Obama cooperate with the federal judge and produce the documents?

What does Obama have to hide?

No documents, no vote !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Will J | Oct 21, 2008 9:49:13 PM

I think the MEDIA would be a good bet. It was so easy to find out JOE the plumber had no certified license AND had a lien against him for taxes. THOSE ARE public records and EASY to track down.

Posted by: Darla | Oct 21, 2008 9:52:01 PM

McCain and Palen are pathetic. They hae no solutions and they put Joe(Sam) as the mascot of thier campaign. Now the poor guy is rich with all the endorcements he will get, Once the election is over, poor joe or sam will once again be forgotten by McCain and Palen. make no mistake, Joe will get screwed by Mccain's policies that favor the rich

Posted by: savoymt | Oct 21, 2008 9:52:34 PM

McCain is an old and senile fruitcake. He should retire to a nursing home and palin should go back to helping Alaska secede from the union and finish her " bridge to nowhere" so that her "highway to nowhere" would go somewhere!!!!

Posted by: FAILIN PALIN | Oct 21, 2008 9:52:37 PM

YES, Obama DID attack 'Joe the plumber" at his campaign rallies- he angrily said "Yah, this plumber, hey! I don't know any plumbers that make $250k a year!!" His exact QUOTE. Yes that is an attack! AND a lie, that Joe smartly pointed out on Hannity the other night - he said he NEVER said he made $250k a year and that he said he "aspired" to someday MAKE $250k a year! Get your lies and attacks correct Obama! We all have EARS.

Posted by: Heidi B | Oct 21, 2008 9:53:08 PM

McCain is the one who said this man's name during the 3rd debate making it the media's duty to ferret out more about the guy. After that we learned that Joe is against Social Security and does not make $250,000.00 or enough to buy a business. He seems to have been asking some bogus question of Obama. McCain keeps saying snarky things that don't turn out to well for him.

Posted by: Vicki | Oct 21, 2008 9:54:55 PM

I understand that in Ohio and Florida, John McCain is leading by 2%.

It was interesting that in the Democratic primary, Obama limped across the line and needed Hillary and Bill Clinton to go out and stump for him.
Even they are not really enthusiastic about helping.

Obama's attacks on people like Joe the Plumber are an indicator of how arrogant he has become and it will show on November 4 when McCain wins the election.

Posted by: SF | Oct 21, 2008 9:55:05 PM

At a campaign rally a few days ago, Obama mocked Joe the Plumber by saying that John McCain was fighting for a PLUMBER (he then repeated a PLUMBER) and then chuckled as the crowd went wild cheering..

That is an outright attack on the man and his career...


Posted by: SF
*****************************************Hey, you like to fantasize about your own versions of things just like MccAin and Palin do. Maybe you could be the next "workman for the day", on the Mccain/Palin comedy hour.

Posted by: Truth Matters | Oct 21, 2008 9:58:02 PM

Good ole Joe the Senator did say and ridicule that Joe the plumber didn't even have a license. Unfortunately, plumber's license was not the issue. Issue was, ....what can Hussein Obama's tax plan do for Joe if he's thinking about buying a business that could generate over 250K annually? The answer: You make over 250K, we shall taketh away from you and give it to the poor and the lazies.

Posted by: Ojisan | Oct 21, 2008 10:01:08 PM

Yah, talk about real scary - he went to a racist/hate america "reverend" for 20 years, and never once heard ANY sermon or bad word. Served on two boards with Ayers and distributed $200ml of $ from Ayers to Radical Acorn and didnt know Ayers was a terrorist/anti-american?? Bought a house in Chicago and got a sweetheart mortgage as well as free land from an corumpt anti-american Syrian, Mr. Reskzo and he never knew that?? He was a community organizer for ACORN and had NO idea of any Fraud?? hmmmm. ...ALL these Associations and knew nuttin' from nobody!?? wow, if thats true, he's too dumb to be President!

Posted by: Heidi B | Oct 21, 2008 10:01:33 PM

Joe the plumber, actually works for a living. He knows the dems will not help him. That's why the Obama/democrats attempted to dig up some dirt on Joe.

Obama followers are scared of a working man. They are waiting on the handouts, the money that Obama will steal (tax) from the workers and give to the welfare people.

Excuse me, Obama calls welfare, a tax credit.

Get a job...

Posted by: Weyth | Oct 21, 2008 10:02:25 PM

Johnny McSame trotted out this sad sack LOSER (Joe the Fake Plumber) without vetting him anymore than he vetted Sarah "The Witch Hunter" Palin and it blew up in his face.

Posted by: Targaray | Oct 21, 2008 10:04:21 PM

Even Joe Biden thinks he's not READY to be President. He said so yesterday!

Posted by: Heidi B | Oct 21, 2008 10:04:30 PM

in their recent rallies, Sen. Obama and Sen. Biden would chide Joe the Plumber, "what kind of plumber makes $250,000?" "how many plumbers do you know that make $250,000?" And they would smirk and slowly shake their head and let the crowd boo. It looks much worse on TV than in the paper. That is heinous. 1) They are questioning his plumberism... on the grounds that he makes maybe three and a half times as much as the typical plumber because he works twice as much and a little faster and a little smarter? or maybe because he lives in a state that has a higher cost of living? or maybe even because he hasn't taken a plumbing test from a plumbing school. 2) they're pitting American against American. Just because plumbers don't typically make $250,000, Joe the Plumber is some sort of traitor for opposing raising the highest income tax bracket. I don't make $250,000 but I don't want Barack Obama to raise my boss's taxes, because 1) I like my boss. he takes risks that I wouldn't take, and he puts down the money to do it. and 2) I don't want him to lay me off to meet his brand new higher tax obligations, and I would appreciate it if Sen. Obama wouldn't pit my fellow working class Americans at his rallies against me because I think his plan is not good for our country.

Posted by: Obamacrat for McCain | Oct 21, 2008 10:04:34 PM

Oh no Senator it's never you!! Even when your caught, you still deny it.
Remember you are on tape dissing him, and so is your retard VP Biden. It seems he can't keep classified information to himself.

Posted by: michelle | Oct 21, 2008 10:04:43 PM

I agree with Will J...

No birth documents - NO VOTE.

Posted by: SF | Oct 21, 2008 10:05:00 PM

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