'Joe the Plumber' strikes back at media - Poor little Joe crying on Fox

NEW YORK – "Joe the Plumber" is lashing out at the media for analyzing his personal life since he suddenly became a focal point of the presidential race last week.

Joe Wurzelbacher, a plumber from Holland, Ohio, told Mike Huckabee on his Fox News talk show Saturday that he is upset by the attention and has been unable to work with reporters crowded on his front lawn.

"The media's worried about whether I've paid my taxes, they're worried about any number of silly things that have nothing to do with America," Wurzelbacher told the former Republican presidential hopeful on his show, "Huckabee."

Wurzelbacher said he felt terrible after reading some of the criticism of himself posted online.

"I felt about that small," he said. "I mean I really did."

Republican presidential candidate John McCain has been portraying Wurzelbacher as emblematic of people with concerns about Obama's tax plans.

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It's so hard to be such a strong, self-sufficient Maverick, bucking the system!

Unlike us chickenshits who pay our taxes and tickets.

But, Samjoe, the benefits are tremendous. You no longer need to support the pomposity.

Imagine, the freedom of no more need to give your 13 year old derisive polemics about librul socialist bastards during family suppers.

You thought you'd be so smart, asking Obama about his tax plan, when you knew you weren't ever going to vote for him. You were just going to show him how successful you could be if not for his miserable tax plan that would place an undue burden on you once you bought your business. Yeah, earning more than $250,000 would really fuck you up under an Obama plan, huh?

Maybe you should pay your taxes and tickets first, Joe, before you go mouthing off about your fantasies, all in the hopes of putting the candidate on the ropes.

You spit up in the air, Joe, it lands in your face.

And, in case you hadn't noticed, Joe, it's ALL John McCain's fault. He never did call and ask you if he could use your name in his little attention-getting act, did he?

Hey, Joe, when you get around to that ballot box, make sure you check the big D. They're the ones who DIDN'T put you in the harsh spotlight that showed you up for the scofflaw and irresponsible citizen you are.

his hero johnny mcsame.

"The media's worried about whether I've paid my taxes, they're worried about any number of silly things that have nothing to do with America..."

Joe, you walked up to Sen. Obama and starting asking questions about taxes.
There were cameras there, and you seem to be enjoying your moments in the spotlight.
You've gone in front of cameras, voluntarily I assume, a number of times since then.
How is it silly that we then discovered that you have unpaid taxes, and a lien because of it?
That was all your doing, Joe.
How is it that unpaid taxes "have nothing to do with America?"
That has EVERYTHING to do with America, Joe!
You being a plumber is great, Joe, but if you are unlicensed, that has EVERYTHING to do with America.
In America, we want to hire people to work on our homes who we know are qualified to do so.
Licensing is how we figure out who is probably qualified, and who is not.

Joe, seriously, none of this is silly, and all of it has to do with America.
You may not understand this, because you are clearly not too bright, Joe.
And I say that cautiously, gently and generously, my friend.
You're just not that bright, and every time you open your mouth with a camera in your face, you prove it once again.
Joe, you might want to just shut the fuck up, get a damn plumber's license, pay your freaking taxes and enjoy the benefits of living in this great nation of ours.
You're the flavor of the week, and it will be over for you in a couple of days.
You obviously have no idea what you are talking about, and we're getting bored with you.

So long, Joe. Get a plumber's license, pay your damn taxes, and enjoy your life.

that he knows it is Obama that would be better for him than McCain.

Maybe an appearance at Amateur Night at the Apollo. If he could make it through that, he could handle this.

EDIT: Per Greenwald, it's part of their psychology: http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/10/02/self_absorption/

After all, he is the one who called him out several times during the debate. Not only that, I would further decline interviews and go back into privacy.

About being a plumber which he isn't licensed to do. So if he is doing it he's a criminal. Or about only making 40k and complaining Obama would raise his taxes when actually he will lower them. Maybe he also shouldn't have lied about wanting to buy his boss' business which doesn't even make over 250k so his boss will receive a tax cut too. Fuck joe!

Obama responded as if the guy was speaking the truth, then McCain picked it up, as if the guy was speaking the truth, and it turns out the guy is a phony.

His name is not Joe, he is not a plumber, he does not intend to purchase his boss's business, which is not making more than $250,000, and both him and his employer would benefit from Obama's tax plan.

Plus our friend Samuel (his real name) is not really a friend of the tax system, as he happily evades them.