Comments on: My Final Word On Joe the Plumber http://firedoglake.com/2008/10/16/my-final-world-on-joe-the-plumber/ Firedoglake weblog Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:17:52 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: LiberalHeart http://firedoglake.com/2008/10/16/my-final-world-on-joe-the-plumber/#comment-1687006 LiberalHeart Thu, 16 Oct 2008 23:52:55 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/10/16/my-final-world-on-joe-the-plumber/#comment-1687006 <p>Jane, Joe isn’t a plant. Obama came to his neighborhood — a surprise visit. News cameras were rolling when he asked Obama about taxes, the video hit local and national news, and that’s how McCain knew about him.</p> <p>Joe had been playing football with his son in the yard of their house when Obama showed up.</p> Jane, Joe isn’t a plant. Obama came to his neighborhood — a surprise visit. News cameras were rolling when he asked Obama about taxes, the video hit local and national news, and that’s how McCain knew about him.

Joe had been playing football with his son in the yard of their house when Obama showed up.

]]> By: ThingsComeUndone http://firedoglake.com/2008/10/16/my-final-world-on-joe-the-plumber/#comment-1686961 ThingsComeUndone Thu, 16 Oct 2008 22:53:23 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/10/16/my-final-world-on-joe-the-plumber/#comment-1686961 <p>Plant! <em>Plant!!</em> <strong>Plant!!!</strong></p> Plant! Plant!! Plant!!!

]]> By: opiejeanne1 http://firedoglake.com/2008/10/16/my-final-world-on-joe-the-plumber/#comment-1686956 opiejeanne1 Thu, 16 Oct 2008 22:07:49 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/10/16/my-final-world-on-joe-the-plumber/#comment-1686956 <p>And give them a jr high class to teach.</p> And give them a jr high class to teach.

]]> By: Cellar47 http://firedoglake.com/2008/10/16/my-final-world-on-joe-the-plumber/#comment-1686887 Cellar47 Thu, 16 Oct 2008 21:15:41 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/10/16/my-final-world-on-joe-the-plumber/#comment-1686887 <p><a href="http://fablog.ehrensteinland.com/2008/10/16/happiness-is-just-a-thing-called-josephine/" rel="nofollow">Probably NOT my final word on “Joe the Plumber” given all we’ve learned about him over the last 12 hours</a>. There’s bound to be more.</p> Probably NOT my final word on “Joe the Plumber” given all we’ve learned about him over the last 12 hours. There’s bound to be more.

]]> By: brendanx http://firedoglake.com/2008/10/16/my-final-world-on-joe-the-plumber/#comment-1686759 brendanx Thu, 16 Oct 2008 19:46:45 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/10/16/my-final-world-on-joe-the-plumber/#comment-1686759 <p>Get these <em>celebrity</em> <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27207215/" rel="nofollow">talking points</a> from Joe:</p> <blockquote><p>“I’m a flash in the pan, I’m not a megastar,” Wurzelbacher said. “I’m not Matt Damon. I’m not any of those guys who have droves of women and men who want to be like them, that say ‘Yeah, I’ll vote for him, because Matt Damon said so.’” </p></blockquote> Get these celebrity talking points from Joe:

“I’m a flash in the pan, I’m not a megastar,” Wurzelbacher said. “I’m not Matt Damon. I’m not any of those guys who have droves of women and men who want to be like them, that say ‘Yeah, I’ll vote for him, because Matt Damon said so.’”

]]> By: Knut http://firedoglake.com/2008/10/16/my-final-world-on-joe-the-plumber/#comment-1686732 Knut Thu, 16 Oct 2008 19:16:08 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/10/16/my-final-world-on-joe-the-plumber/#comment-1686732 <p>Poor Joe spends a lot of time listening to Rush Limbaugh. My brother-in-law is like that. Joe’s different only in that he expects (poor sucker) to make a big score. He should be spending him time like other good Americans at a Casino, where his chances are better.</p> Poor Joe spends a lot of time listening to Rush Limbaugh. My brother-in-law is like that. Joe’s different only in that he expects (poor sucker) to make a big score. He should be spending him time like other good Americans at a Casino, where his chances are better.

]]> By: SueTheRedWA http://firedoglake.com/2008/10/16/my-final-world-on-joe-the-plumber/#comment-1686724 SueTheRedWA Thu, 16 Oct 2008 19:08:04 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/10/16/my-final-world-on-joe-the-plumber/#comment-1686724 <p>Some credit unions are having problems, you can check yours at bankrate.com, but most aren’t. They are member oriented and tend not to go into the risky stuff. </p> <p>My husband and I have two credit unions we belong to. The one is especially safe, since the bulk of their members all have Top Secret SBI clearances and you can’t keep your job if you don’t keep your finances in good order. That and their quality of the people applying to be board members is top notch. Most credit unions would be thrilled to have one board member with the years of number crunching background all of their board members have. The second board, the one my husband is a board member of, are made up of contract loggers. It is a tough business and those board members are really sharp. </p> <p>Don’t get me started on BofA stories. Most folks serving overseas have not very nice BofA tales.</p> Some credit unions are having problems, you can check yours at bankrate.com, but most aren’t. They are member oriented and tend not to go into the risky stuff.

My husband and I have two credit unions we belong to. The one is especially safe, since the bulk of their members all have Top Secret SBI clearances and you can’t keep your job if you don’t keep your finances in good order. That and their quality of the people applying to be board members is top notch. Most credit unions would be thrilled to have one board member with the years of number crunching background all of their board members have. The second board, the one my husband is a board member of, are made up of contract loggers. It is a tough business and those board members are really sharp.

Don’t get me started on BofA stories. Most folks serving overseas have not very nice BofA tales.

]]> By: cinnamonape http://firedoglake.com/2008/10/16/my-final-world-on-joe-the-plumber/#comment-1686720 cinnamonape Thu, 16 Oct 2008 19:01:24 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/10/16/my-final-world-on-joe-the-plumber/#comment-1686720 <p>“Joe the Plumber (according to the Toledo Blade, not Obama’s capaign) made $40,000 in 2006″</p> <p>So maybe he’s intending to use “family money” to buy up that $250K/year plumbing business?</p> <p>And apparently doesn’t like to pay his people SSI share (”let ‘em get private accounts in the stock market”) or offer them health insurance for their families (my understanding is that plumbing can involve lots of exposure to bacteria, fungi, viral agents, as well as caustic and carcinogenic substances). Nice guy.</p> “Joe the Plumber (according to the Toledo Blade, not Obama’s capaign) made $40,000 in 2006″

So maybe he’s intending to use “family money” to buy up that $250K/year plumbing business?

And apparently doesn’t like to pay his people SSI share (”let ‘em get private accounts in the stock market”) or offer them health insurance for their families (my understanding is that plumbing can involve lots of exposure to bacteria, fungi, viral agents, as well as caustic and carcinogenic substances). Nice guy.

]]> By: davegun2 http://firedoglake.com/2008/10/16/my-final-world-on-joe-the-plumber/#comment-1686718 davegun2 Thu, 16 Oct 2008 18:35:15 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/10/16/my-final-world-on-joe-the-plumber/#comment-1686718 <p>Two things:</p> <p>Joe Plumber was on TeeVee today saying he hated social security and resented having to pay into it. My inference is he wants SS to be eliminated and for people to take care of themselves. Nice… how you feeling now old people about them Republicans.</p> <p>Second, I just got a building loan of $300,000.00 from California Credit Union, a teachers CU. So go with credit unions. They are still in business.</p> <p>Dave<br /> Viet Vet & old people</p> Two things:

Joe Plumber was on TeeVee today saying he hated social security and resented having to pay into it. My inference is he wants SS to be eliminated and for people to take care of themselves. Nice… how you feeling now old people about them Republicans.

Second, I just got a building loan of $300,000.00 from California Credit Union, a teachers CU. So go with credit unions. They are still in business.

Dave
Viet Vet & old people

]]> By: sunshine http://firedoglake.com/2008/10/16/my-final-world-on-joe-the-plumber/#comment-1686717 sunshine Thu, 16 Oct 2008 18:31:32 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/10/16/my-final-world-on-joe-the-plumber/#comment-1686717 <p>Thanks Sue. I wondered about their CD’s being NCUA insurred as opposed to FDIC insured. I feel better.</p> Thanks Sue. I wondered about their CD’s being NCUA insurred as opposed to FDIC insured. I feel better.

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