Joe The Plumber Quitting The GOP: Time Magazine

[meegbear]

Stop the presses... (even though we haven't received the press release yet). Time Magazine is reporting - burying rather - the news that Joe the Plumber, also known as Samuel Wurzelbacher, is quitting the GOP. That's big news considering Joe became the new GOP mascot during the McCain campaign and has since advised the party during conferences and in Capitol Hill briefings.

Below is the excerpt from the Time article.

Well, more elections. Big Government is never popular in theory, but the disaster aid, school lunches and prescription drugs that make up Big Government have become wildly popular in practice, especially now that so many people are hurting. Samuel Wurzelbacher, better known as Joe the Plumber, tells TIME he's so outraged by GOP overspending, he's quitting the party -- and he's the bull's-eye of its target audience. But he also said he wouldn't support any cuts in defense, Social Security, Medicare or Medicaid -- which, along with debt payments, would put more than two-thirds of the budget off limits. It's no coincidence that many Republicans who voted against the stimulus have claimed credit for stimulus projects in their district -- or that Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal stopped ridiculing volcano-monitoring programs after a volcano erupted in Alaska. "We can't be the antigovernment party," Snowe says. "That's not what people want."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/07/joe-the-plumber-quitting_n_198920.html

[walldude]

1. Whatever way the wind blows...

or whatever way the shit flows in his case...

[JerseygirlCT]

34. Yup. Whatever he thinks will get him some attention.

And he's so not worthy of any attention.

[predfan]

2. rats scramble from a sinking ship.

[get the red out]

3. Maybe he's just negotiating with his employers

threatening to quit.

[billyoc]

4. Too liberal for him.

[L0oniX]

5. Just in time to take up his new job as the KKK grand wizzard.

[Lerkfish]

11. hate to say it, but he ain't smart enough to be a grand wizard

it requires at least a 2nd grade reading level

[brooklynite]

6. He supports Medicaid? Medical care for POOR people?

SOCIALISM!

[asjr]

7. The Oracle speaks.

[sinkingfeeling]

8. OK, but I'll be the first Democrat to say Joe's not welcome in my party.

[Arkana]

36. Arlen was one thing, but I don't think we'll be seeing Joe the Tax Cheat

switching his party registration anytime soon.

[LakeSamish706]

9. I wonder if he also wants to move over to the Democratic party? n/t

[Arugula Latte]

10. His 15 minutes were up six months ago.

Someone PLEASE make this guy go away.

[Kali]

22. Really!

At least the Palin Sideshow is train-wreck funny and interesting in a guilty, gossipy way. This guy is just :puke:

[Mist]

12. At least we'll be hearing less from Sam the Not-Plumber, as the Rethugs were the ones

financing his "career" as spokes-guy of the masses. At least I hope we'll hear less of him.

Why doesn't he just get his damn plumbing license and start plotting to take over that $250K year business he was so interested in?

[Jack Rabbit]

17. What do you have to be smoking to think that Joe the Plumber is the voice of the masses?

Astroturf?

[Mist]

31. Well, his handlers thought they were connecting with reg'lar folks via Joe. nt

[monmouth]

13. Maybe the RNC hired him on a six-month contract...Nov. to May, times

up...

[City Lights]

14. Count me as one who doesn't give a shit what Sammy Joe the non-plumber thinks!

Why Time thinks his opinion is worthy of their publication is beyond me. :eyes:

[t0dd]

15. Aren't those fifteen minutes up yet?

[Canuckistanian]

16. Joe should start his own party

He could call it the "Not So Much Labor" party.

[Ernesto]

18. make that..........

Joke the scab!

[BurtWorm]

19. Why do people still ask that ill-informed asshole his opinion on *anything*?

Why would anyone care? Why would anyone think anyone but his freeper buddies give a shit what he thinks?

Go back to your well-deserved obscurity already, you fucking zero!

[JonLP24]

20. I can't believe how far he has come. Him quitting the GOP is newsworthy for the Times

Incredible.

[Historic NY]

21. Joe just can't cut the mustard!

[Brother Buzz]

25. He probably puts catsup on a hot dog, too

[gratuitous]

23. How can the certified independent, voice o' the people quit a party?

I thought Not-Joe the Not-a-Plumber's claim to fame was his certified status as a mavericky, independent voter who didn't cotton to none o' that po-lit-i-cal par-tee stuff. He was a truly independent non-partisan, totally objective observer of the scene political. Wha hoppen to that? Has he been a political grandstander, a plant, all along? Has anyone notified the media outlets that they got played like cheap pianos, duped by this wholly transparent ploy that fooled them and practically nobody else?

Well, I'm sure they're going to get a lot more skeptical of Republican chicanery . . . well, someday.

[LeftishBrit]

24. So 'Joe the Plumber', the Republican mascot...

isn't really called Joe; isn't really a plumber; and isn't really a Republican.

Some symbolism there...

[tjwash]

26. Meh...in other words, they aren't conservative enough for him, so he's becomming a liber-publican

[wellst0nev0ter]

27. Bump

for the ever-shrinking Repuke party :kick:

[SoCalDem]

28. Joe needs to find something to do.. He seems to be flailing around

Does he think anyone really cares what party he belongs to? Maybe he & Arlen & Joe Lieberman could start their own Wishy-Washy Party..

[Jackpine Radical]

29. He got a better offer from the Nazis?

Face it, he'd be a perfect Skinhead.

[FrenchieCat]

30. He was always a skinhead......

it just wasn't divulged to the public by the media.
They didn't want us to know.

[spanone]

32. joe speaks on the budget....bwhahahahahahaha who cares?

[Dark]

33. Uh, the article isn't about Joe quitting. It's about how the party is toast.

And Time isn't a news website. It's more about analysis (like the article you link to).

They're not in the business of really breaking a lot of news. Sometimes, but not often.

[Arkana]

35. Awwww...whatsa matter, Joe?

Too many 'queers'? Not racist enough for your liking? What was it? I'm sure the GOP can change for you! Really, they want to make this relationship work!

[underpants]

37. school lunches???

:eyes:

http://journals.democraticunderground.com/underpants/146

[progressoid]

38. Joe who?

[Hubert Flottz]

39. I guess that even a deputy plumber gets to the point where

he's sick of all that old, stale, slimy, SH!T! GOP = Turds-R-Us

Joe is seeking redemption for his denial and stupidity.