Samuel Wurzelbacher, known by all as “Joe the Plumber,” said recently that he almost withdrew his support for John McCain after hearing his reasons for supporting the financial sector bailout give-away.
“I was angry,” Wurzelbacher told conservative radio host Glenn Beck on Tuesday. “In fact, I wanted to get off the bus after I talked to him.”
Wurzelbacher said some of McCain’s answers stunned him, but he didn’t say exactly what set him off, hinting that would be in his book, which is due this month.
Now really, Sam, you’re angry because your man John supported a bailout? Poor you, so much suffering.
Of course, the bailout is one of the worst ideas to hit Congress in a long time, as it’s just the Bush Administration stealing more of the country’s treasury and giving it to his and Paulson’s friends in the banking industry. And Pelosi just went right along with it. And Obama, for that matter.
Just because we got the president we wanted this go-round, doesn’t mean we can relax our vigilance. It’s when we stop paying attention that the politicians steal us blind. We have to keep watching – they are our servants, and we have to let them know it.
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