Joe the Plumber to become war correspondent

classicman · 01-07-2009, 07:43 PM

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TOLEDO, Ohio (AP)Jan 7 01:38 PM US/Eastern -
Joe The Plumber is putting down his wrenches and picking up a reporter's notebook.

The Ohio man who became a household name during the presidential campaign says he is heading to Israel as a war correspondent for the conservative Web site pjtv.com.

Samuel J. Wurzelbacher (WUR'-zuhl-bah-kur) says he'll spend 10 days covering the fighting.

He tells WNWO-TV in Toledo that he wants to let Israel's "'Average Joes' share their story."

Wurzelbacher gained attention during the final weeks of the campaign when he asked Barack Obama about his tax plan.

He later joined Republican John McCain on the campaign trail. At one stop, he agreed with a McCain supporter who asked if he believed a vote for Obama was a vote for the death of Israel.
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Information from: WNWO-TV, http://www.nbc24.com/

LOL - that is all.

richlevy · 01-07-2009, 08:41 PM

Joe the freaking Plumber? If he gets captured by Hamas, do we have to take him back? Can't we tell them that we'll drop all sanctions if they'll just keep him forever?

Hasn't anyone told him that he's already at 16 minutes and 30 seconds?

classicman · 01-07-2009, 09:20 PM

Whats even funnier is its an NBC affiliate

xoxoxoBruce · 01-07-2009, 09:52 PM

Why is that funny?

Shawnee123 · 01-08-2009, 07:17 AM

Oh noes!

Now I have seen everything.

glatt · 01-08-2009, 07:41 AM

Who knows? Maybe he will be good, in an entertaining but not fact-filled kind of way. TV news is all crap anyway. He won't be any worse.

Shawnee123 · 01-08-2009, 07:50 AM

It's true that he might end up not sucking, but to say that he couldn't be worse is quite a stretch: he could be much much worse. Do you have any idea how bad that could be? :p

classicman · 01-08-2009, 08:05 AM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Why is that funny?

I was expecting it to be a Fox affiliate.

Undertoad · 01-08-2009, 08:23 AM

It's an NBC affiliate reporting that Joe's going overseas... to report for Pajamas Media, not any TV outlet.

I'm 100% for citizen journalism because professional journalism is in a shambles, but this is something else entirely. Not sure what. Joe can give us some information, but he's no Michael Totten or Mike Yon, who are really smart guys with some decent background to understand where they are and what's going on. Those are citizen journalists with better cred than professional journalists. If I want a report on Gazan plumbing Joe might be of interest, otherwise he's just some guy.

Shawnee123 · 01-08-2009, 08:26 AM

Some guy who already used up his 15 minutes.

TheMercenary · 01-08-2009, 09:43 AM

I love it. The guy who got beat up by all the lefties and the press is going to make a living off his 15 min of fame.

Shawnee123 · 01-08-2009, 10:52 AM

Beat up by the lefties?

What planet do you inhabit again?

I love how a guy who was elected president gets nothing but "boy he's gonna suck I know it and I know it and I know it even before he starts" but some doofus who thinks he's going to be a journalist without any experience other than shit-pipes gets accolades from you how great he will be.

To me it only proves how dumb our society is when doling out "celebrity" status. Sheep. Bahhhh. No, that's not fair to sheep. They're smarter than a lot of folks.

SteveDallas · 01-08-2009, 10:58 AM

Clone thread:

"Joe the Plumber to become bore correspondent"

Shawnee123 · 01-08-2009, 11:27 AM

Joe the Plumber to become whore codependent.

TheMercenary · 01-08-2009, 08:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Shawnee123

Beat up by the lefties?

What planet do you inhabit again?

I love how a guy who was elected president gets nothing but "boy he's gonna suck I know it and I know it and I know it even before he starts" but some doofus who thinks he's going to be a journalist without any experience other than shit-pipes gets accolades from you how great he will be.

To me it only proves how dumb our society is when doling out "celebrity" status. Sheep. Bahhhh. No, that's not fair to sheep. They're smarter than a lot of folks.

WTF? What planet are you from? You missed the beating Joe the Plumber got in the press? Holy crap you must have been asleep during the run up to the election. It only proves how dumb our society is when idiots think this guy was not crucified in the press. What a bunch of sheep.

01-07-2009, 08:41 PM	#2
richlevy King Of Wishful Thinking Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs Posts: 6,669	Joe the freaking Plumber? If he gets captured by Hamas, do we have to take him back? Can't we tell them that we'll drop all sanctions if they'll just keep him forever? Hasn't anyone told him that he's already at 16 minutes and 30 seconds? __________________ Exercise your rights and remember your obligations - VOTE! I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. -- Barack Hussein Obama

01-07-2009, 09:20 PM	#3
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Whats even funnier is its an NBC affiliate __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

01-07-2009, 09:52 PM	#4
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Why is that funny? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

01-08-2009, 07:17 AM	#5
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Oh noes! Now I have seen everything. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

01-08-2009, 07:50 AM	#7
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	It's true that he might end up not sucking, but to say that he couldn't be worse is quite a stretch: he could be much much worse. Do you have any idea how bad that could be? :p __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

01-08-2009, 07:41 AM	#6
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Who knows? Maybe he will be good, in an entertaining but not fact-filled kind of way. TV news is all crap anyway. He won't be any worse.

01-08-2009, 08:23 AM	#9
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	It's an NBC affiliate reporting that Joe's going overseas... to report for Pajamas Media, not any TV outlet. I'm 100% for citizen journalism because professional journalism is in a shambles, but this is something else entirely. Not sure what. Joe can give us some information, but he's no Michael Totten or Mike Yon, who are really smart guys with some decent background to understand where they are and what's going on. Those are citizen journalists with better cred than professional journalists. If I want a report on Gazan plumbing Joe might be of interest, otherwise he's just some guy.

01-08-2009, 08:26 AM	#10
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Some guy who already used up his 15 minutes. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

01-08-2009, 09:43 AM	#11
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	I love it. The guy who got beat up by all the lefties and the press is going to make a living off his 15 min of fame. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

01-08-2009, 10:52 AM	#12
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Beat up by the lefties? What planet do you inhabit again? I love how a guy who was elected president gets nothing but "boy he's gonna suck I know it and I know it and I know it even before he starts" but some doofus who thinks he's going to be a journalist without any experience other than shit-pipes gets accolades from you how great he will be. To me it only proves how dumb our society is when doling out "celebrity" status. Sheep. Bahhhh. No, that's not fair to sheep. They're smarter than a lot of folks. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

01-08-2009, 10:58 AM	#13
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	Clone thread: "Joe the Plumber to become bore correspondent"

01-08-2009, 11:27 AM	#14
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Joe the Plumber to become whore codependent. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

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