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Liberal_in_LA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-11-09 11:26 PM
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Joe the plumber in Israel: "when someone hits me, I'm going to unload on the boy"
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1231424929024&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Samuel Wurzelbacher of Ohio, aka Joe the Plumber, arrived in Sderot at noon Sunday to show local and foreign reporters how to do it right.


Samuel J. Wurzelbacher, aka Joe the Plumber, has arrived in Israel to cover the war in Gaza.
Photo: AP
"You should be ashamed of yourself," he told foreign reporters.

"You should be patriotic, protect your family and children, not report like you have been doing for the past two weeks since this war has started," he said.

Wurzelbacher, the man who stole the limelight from Republican presidential candidate John McCain during the American election campaign, has found a new job - as a correspondent for the Internet Web sites PJTV and Pajamas Media.

Armed with a camera and a temporary Government Press Office card, he got a taste of reality in Sderot, visiting a house hit by a Kassam rocket two weeks ago and experiencing a "Code Red" alert first-hand. He also observed and reported from the house where a Kassam landed on Sunday afternoon.

The people of Sderot "can't do normal things day to day," like get soap in their eyes in the shower, for fear a rocket might come in, Wurzelbacher said. "I'm sure they're taking quick showers. I know I would."

He also wondered why Israel waited so long to act. "I know if I were a citizen here, I'd be damned upset." He described himself as a "peaceloving man," but added, "when someone hits me, I'm going to unload on the boy. And if the rest of the world doesn't understand that, then I'm sorry."

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Solly Mack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-11-09 11:29 PM
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1. from shit plunger to shit shoveler...my, but hasn't he come up in the world
Edited on Sun Jan-11-09 11:32 PM by Solly Mack
Apologies to all actual plumbers...of which Joe wasn't
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StClone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-12-09 12:54 AM
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27. Lol shit plunger at the ready!
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donco6 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-11-09 11:29 PM
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2. Is his middle name, "Hubris"?
Or maybe "Presumption"?

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EmeraldCityGrl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-11-09 11:29 PM
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3. What a revolting man. Why is he getting any coverage at all?
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Raschel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-11-09 11:51 PM
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15. His t-shirts are always so gray and dingey (sp?) looking. Yuck.
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Occam Bandage Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-11-09 11:30 PM
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4. Well, Joe, here's your big chance. Borrow an M-16 and go unload on Gaza.
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NYC_SKP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-12-09 12:03 AM
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21. I'd just as soon read that he ate one.
An M-16, that is.

I know, it's not a pleasant thought but given how many sad vets actually have done this and never got a speck of attention, while this asshole gets press, I don't feel that awful about suggesting it.
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sandnsea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-11-09 11:31 PM
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5. He needs to go to Gaza
Edited on Sun Jan-11-09 11:32 PM by sandnsea
and if he won't, he needs to be confronted as to why. On Edit: I meant to find out what their lives are like, not to unload on them.

This is the mindset that we're dealing with though. These are the people who consistently vote Republican in spite of all sane evidence that it does nothing for them.
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CoffeeCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-11-09 11:32 PM
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6. How in the hell is this happening?
Can anyone go over to Israel and make blanket statements about the foreign press, about American political
matters? He's castigating the foreign press for their coverage of this war? He's upset because people are
reporting the truth about the hundreds of innocents in Gaza who are being slaughtered?

Jeez. This is utterly unbelievable.

You know what is the most dangerous about this...is the impression that the world will get of the United
States, because that dunderhead is over there, wearing his ignorance all over him.

Plumber sounds like an exaggerated American stereotype that most people hate--violent, cocky, warmongering.

How in the world does this happen?
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Horse with no Name Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-11-09 11:51 PM
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16. He is a concoction of the republican propaganda machine
being catapulted by the long arms of the RNC. Need I say more?:(
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navarth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-11-09 11:33 PM
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7. LOL yeah Joe Baby them terrorists are REAL FRAID of you.
What a fucking douche bag.
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Horse with no Name Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-11-09 11:52 PM
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17. That is an affront to douchebags everywhere. n/t
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navarth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-12-09 12:05 PM
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30. point taken. n/t
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flvegan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-11-09 11:36 PM
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8. Why didn't Joe the Coward enlist then?
He's just an ongoing embarrassment for the Redumblican party.
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BrklynLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-11-09 11:44 PM
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9. Calling him a dumbass is an insult to dumbasses around the world.
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Vickers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-11-09 11:46 PM
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10. He's 34 years old...I think you can enlist up to age 42 or so now.
Hell, they might even erase those tax debts you have, big boy!

:rofl:

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proud2BlibKansan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-11-09 11:46 PM
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11. Makes me REALLY glad McCain didn't win the election
Can you imagine? We'd have Joe the Plumber with us 24/7. :scared:
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Tommy_Carcetti Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-11-09 11:48 PM
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12. WTF is he babbling about getting soap in your eyes?
Seriously. C'mon fucking guy.
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MO_Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-12-09 12:03 AM
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20. Don't ya just HATE it when ya can't get soap in your eyes?
Totally ruins my day! :sarcasm:
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Ishoutandscream2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-11-09 11:49 PM
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13. Oh, jeez. The ugly American, brought to you by the Republic party
:banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead:
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Horse with no Name Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-11-09 11:50 PM
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14. I'm a believer in karma
and I SOOOOO hope Joe finds his.
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Raschel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-11-09 11:53 PM
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18. He's going to unload? Probably poop his pants is what he will do.
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bridgit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-11-09 11:57 PM
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19. Good Grief!! What a brain dead shit-head!!
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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-12-09 12:12 AM
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22. Joe hasn't figured out how NOT to get soap in he eyes when showering yet?
Seriously I figured that out when I was....oh my second shower I would guess

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jaxx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-12-09 12:24 AM
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23. Now we have Joe the War Monger
the McC gift that keeps on giving.
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cynatnite Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-12-09 12:29 AM
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24. Didn't he say that gawd was gonna protect him? n/t
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curious one Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-12-09 12:44 AM
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25. I am amazed that anyone even a brain-dead one would send a pin-head like him
to report on a very serious subject.
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IsItJustMe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-12-09 12:49 AM
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26. Hey Joe, don't bend over when you are taking a shower over there.
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uppityperson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-12-09 01:30 AM
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28. Let him make a major fool of himself.
taking quick showers? What a fool.
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booley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-12-09 02:17 AM
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29. why do we care?
Why do we even care what this buffoon says?

HE's not even a real plumber!
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arcadian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-12-09 12:15 PM
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31. Now there is some objective journalism.
:sarcasm: (Yeah? Do I even need it?)
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