Everybody wants to know about it.” A strange comparison, to be sure, considering most people probably wanted to know more about Britney Spears' custody battles with K Fed than her headaches in 2008. Joe the Plumber spoke of his newfound fame to the Associated Press, saying, “I’m kind of like Britney Spears having a headache. We became the greatest nation by creating new wealth. America didn’t become the greatest nation on earth by spreading the wealth. The next day, McCain continued to name drop, saying, You know what Senator Obama had to say to Joe? That he wanted to spread his wealth around. During the third presidential debate between Obama and McCain, McCain mentioned Joe's name more than two dozen times. Rather, it was John McCain who really introduced Joe the Plumber to the spotlight. Obama didn't make Joe famous by saying that spreading the wealth was a good thing. Pooley/Getty Images News/Getty Imagesīut how did he get famous? OK, fair enough. “I think that when you spread the wealth around, it’s good for everybody,” Obama said, and this fateful reply launched Joe the Plumber's fame. Obama, in typical politician fashion, gave a long response, but one part in particular was picked up by media outlets across the nation, giving conservatives fuel for their Obama-is-a-socialist fire. Your new tax plan is going to tax me more, isn’t it? For the record, the Sadoff Investment Research firm of Wisconsin recently released a report that shows that the gap between the rich and poor in America is only widening, and Obamacare has not only granted healthcare to millions of previously uninsured Americans, but there is also evidence to suggest that it is saving lives.īut technicalities aside, Joe the Plumber is, or was, rather, a plumber with questionable certifications who stopped Obama on Shrewsbury Street in Ohio and said, I’m getting ready to buy a company that makes $250,000 to $280,000 a year. Remind me again, who is Joe Wurzelbacher? Joe Wurzelbacher, or Joe the Plumber, was cast by Republicans as the everyman that the Democrats were destroying in their attempts to create a "socialist" nation where wealth redistribution ran supreme and universal healthcare destroyed lives.
But it's been six years since Joe the Plumber stopped Obama on the campaign trail to ask about his tax plan, and on this week's edition of #throwbackthursday, we'd like to take you on a trip down memory lane with Mr.
Better known as "Joe the Plumber," Wurzelbacher catapulted into the national spotlight and became a Republican icon after a famous encounter with Barack Obama. Sarah Palin, and unlicensed plumber Joe Wurzelbacher, otherwise known as Joe The Plumber.
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