“Undecided” Joe the Plumber either not registered, or voted March 4 in GOP primary
Thu, Oct 16, 2008
From the Blade.
Questions were being raised Thursday morning whether Mr. Wurzelbacher is a registered voter.
Linda Howe, executive director of the Lucas County Board of Elections, said a Samuel Joseph Worzelbacher, whose address and age match Joe the Plumber’s, registered in Lucas County on Sept. 10, 1992. He voted in his first primary on March 4, 2008, registering as a Republican.
Ms. Howe said that the name may be misspelled in the database.
So Joe the Plumber is either not registered to vote, which does seem unlikely, given that the ages match, or, more likely, he voted in the Republican primary on March 4, 2008.
Yep. Sure looks “undecided” to me!
Tags: joe the plumber, joe wurzelbacher
October 16th, 2008 at 11:09 am
Why do you question whether he’s undecided or not? Just ebcause he’s registered to one particular party doesn’t mean he can’t vote for the candidate of the other party in the General Election. You’re familiar with the term “Reagan Democrats”, yes?
I do find it interesting that instead of dealing with his concerns, the Obama partisans are going after the details of his life personally. Is it terribly important who this man is? After all, has Barack Obama not let that “spread the wealth” socialism bit slip, no one would have noticed the question.
October 16th, 2008 at 11:23 am
AMEN. Even though Joe had never voted before the March Repbublican Primary, he was supposedly registered way back in 1992 . . . to a far right party. So not exactly middle of the road. Also, don’t cha know.
Referencing Joe himself in an MSNBC interview Oct 16, 2008.
October 16th, 2008 at 11:39 am
Jimmie, numerous independent fact checks have shown McCain ads about Obama Tax poliices are wrong.
The Economist Magazine just released a survey of economists. They factored in political affiliation. The Indy economists OVERWHELMINGLY backed the Obama plan on all counts and think McCain plan is dangerous. Not exactly Obama Partisans offering that educated opinion.
October 16th, 2008 at 11:48 am
I agree with Tim. This guy is no happenstance undecided type. He has those Republican talking points bouncing around his noggin and he’s not smart enough to hide them.
October 16th, 2008 at 1:21 pm
Divorce filings in 2006 shows the guy makes $40,000, so there goes his tax argument…
October 16th, 2008 at 2:20 pm
And ME, he is quoted as saying that he doesn’t want Obama’s tax cut. such a working-class martyr. gotta admire him.
October 16th, 2008 at 6:33 pm
To be perfectly fair…there are two reasons I know of, other than actually being a Republican, why SOME people registered as such. First, there were quite a few Democrats that I know who registered as a Republican so they could vote for Ron Paul in the primaries. Second, I also know quite a few people that registered as a Republican because they believed there would be a lesser chance of being purged from the voter rolls.
However, I seriously doubt that either one of those scenarios are the case for “Joe.” He so clearly approached Obama in an aggressive way, and had nothing to counter with either. I believe somebody even fed him the line, and sent him in there. Anybody with a serious enough personal concern for this issue, would’ve shown a much more knowledgeable understanding of the things Obama was talking about. They would’ve asked for clarification, questioned the details, etc…not just “But, I don’t wanna!”
October 16th, 2008 at 11:06 pm
Joe the plumber was staged by the MCcain campaign… why else would they greatly publicize this man? Even going on TV for interview ops! And now McCcain uses him for an ad.
well guess what, Joe the Plumber is just ONE MAN. he doesn’t represent the whole american population. worse, he’s a republican. He can easily say his an independent voter, but hell, when Obama answered all his questions and still, he goes on tv and announce his judgement, he expects all people to agree with him. Well, if Joe succeeds in making EVERYONE believe him, then maybe he should be running instead of old mccain.