It looks like Joe Wurzelbacher may have an alternative career in mind:
(CNN) – Could Joe the Plumber become Joe the congressman?
Joe Wurzelbacher, the most famous plumber in America thanks to John McCain and Sarah Palin, told conservative talk radio host Laura Ingraham Friday he’s considering a run for Congress in 2010.
That would pit Wurzelbacher against longtime Democratic Rep. Marcy Kaptur for Ohio’s 9th district on the state’s northern border, which includes Toledo and Sandusky. “I’ll tell you what, we’d definitely be in one heck of a fight, Marcy Kaptur definitely has a following in this area,” he said of the possibility. “But, you know, I’d be up for it.”
Wurzelbacher’s chances would likely be slim. Kaptur has served in the district for 25 years, and remains a popular figure there. She won reelection in 2006 with nearly 75 percent of the vote and is expected to easily sail through another reelection this year.
But Wurzelbacher, who gained fame after he challenged Barack Obama on his tax plan earlier this month, has attained a certain rock-star status in the Republican Party and his entrance into the race would likely be greeted with instant excitement and media coverage.
This is what the Republican Party is reducing itself to, picking a celebrity of the moment to pin it’s hopes on ?
God help us all.
October 25th, 2008 at 1:53 pm
Well, at least he’d have to pay his back taxes.
October 25th, 2008 at 2:43 pm
Question…
Considering you’re a supposed libertarian, don’t you ever have anything negative to say about Democrats? Or is this libertarianism just a ruse?
October 25th, 2008 at 4:23 pm
Phil,
The Democrats are an easy target.
It’s when Republicans talk about being the party of free markets and individual liberty and then we get 8 years of George W. Bush governing like Lyndon Baines Johnson that I get annoyed.
October 25th, 2008 at 6:11 pm
Understandable…but don’t let your annoyance cause you to unwittingly assist those who want to all but abolish free markets and individual liberty and implement a more *ahem* “statist” approach.
Believe me, both major parties are driving me towards the Big “L” Party.
October 25th, 2008 at 11:18 pm
You mean like the guys who want to spend $ 700 billion bailing out the financial industry and give the government stakes in banks an insurance companies ?
Oops, those are Republicans, aren’t they ?