Joe the Plumber to attend GOP strategy meeting

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http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0209/18324.html

By ALEX ISENSTADT | 2/2/09 7:26 PM EST

Fresh off his stint as a war correspondent in Gaza, Joe the Plumber is now doing political strategy with Republicans.

When GOP congressional aides gather Tuesday morning for a meeting of the Conservative Working Group, Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher – more commonly known as Joe the Plumber — will be their featured guest. This group is an organization of conservative Capitol Hill staffers who meet regularly to chart GOP strategy for the week.

Wurzelbacher, who became a household name during the presidential election, will be focusing his talk on the proposed stimulus package. He's apparently not a fan of the economic rescue package, according to members of the group.

If nothing else, GOP aides are using the appearance to get staffers to attend the 9 a.m meeting.

“In case you weren’t planning to attend CWG tomorrow morning, you might want to reconsider because Joe the Plumber will be joining us!” Kimberly Wallner, an aide to South Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint, wrote in a message to her e-mail list this afternoon.

Last month, Wurzelbacher did a brief stint as a war reporter for the conservative web site pjtv.com.

[Veritas_et_Aequitas]

1. Talk about grasping at straws. nt

[movonne]

21. I betcha that he will be palin's vice president...that couple are made

for the core republicans...

[Starbucks Anarchist]

2. They're going to rub his head for good luck.

[Ardent15]

3. All I can say is

WTF?

[Cleita]

4. Don't laugh. He may be the smartest guy there. n/t

[FreakinDJ]

5. "With an 'L' on his forehead....."

[Botany]

6. Was the Sham Wow Guy Busy?

You just can't make this stuff up.

[Xipe Totec]

7. ROFFLMAO!

:rofl:

[proud2BlibKansan]

8. You have got to be kidding

:rofl:

[Autumn]

9. Warms my heart to see the rising

stars of the Republican party. Joe. Palin. Socks, the Clinton's cat and President Obamas new dog have higher intelligence than either one of them.

[Skittles]

10. this is just plain pathetic

[annabanana]

11. LOL! Him and Sara and Rush

Party of Three.

[Bleacher Creature]

12. I say this on behalf of most rational Americans.

And this goes for Sarah Plain too:


GO AWAY.

[Lint Head]

13. Oh boy! The Re-Pubic-Rat party really is dead!

:dem:

[wellst0nev0ter]

14. Makes Me Wonder What Our Own Version Of Joe Da Plumber Would Look Like

Will s/he be such a know-nothing, attention-seeking jackhole like this jamoke?

[Kerrytravelers]

15. He should follow Thom Hartmann's advice and talk about what he knows- plumbing.

There is nothing wrong with plumbers, but let's be honest. I don't go to my plumber for advice on foreign affairs. I don't go to my electrician for investment advice. I did, however, once have a tv cable installer who tried to tell me, an educator, about how glorious NCLB is and how well it is working for our nation's children. He was serious.

[Bleacher Creature]

17. Even that's pushing it.

Would you hire him as a plumber?

[Kerrytravelers]

25. Before all this nonsense, I don't know. Depends on how I came across him.

Now? Forget it. He's a fraud and a fool.

No way.

[mascarax]

16. Next he'll be bitchin' that he wasn't offered Commerce

Gee, his lucrative journalism "career" is now over?

[spanone]

18. joe the p and rush...the rnc braintrust

[cynatnite]

19. Good. The repukes need all the help they can get so that they remain marginalized. n/t

[Sandrine for you]

20. Lol !!!

[underpants]

22. SO they are having such a hard time getting anyone to attend that the are bringing in animal acts?

Not a good time for the GOP

[gratuitous]

23. Well, that's it

Give up now, DUmmycrats! It's only a matter of time before the magnificent magnifisense of Joe the Plumber merges with the fauxy foxiness of Sarah Palin sweeps the American electorate and initiates the never-ending reign of Republican dominance! Might as well throw in the trowel. Arrest my case!

[walkaway]

24. Bobby Jindal must be so excited!

All the young "high end" republicans are going to be saddled with this Joe/Palin/Limbaugh trailer trash forever. I always have a good laugh at my Wall Street GOP friends when these moron icons act up.

[Botany]

26. Frank Rich already wrote on this

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/01/opinion/01rich.html?_r=1&ref=opinion

"They" got nothing but nothing in the republican party now.

[bridgit]

27. Good! JTP & GOP deserve each other, they need his brand of squinty eyed smack-talk

>>>> (((-_-))) >>>> http://crooksandliars.com/david-neiwert/joe-plumber-more-joe-keating-family-

[IDemo]

28. Late night comics, cartoonists celebrate

[JPettus]

29. This is what passes for celebrity in the GOP these days?

Can they possibly get any more desperate?