Nov 13th, 2008 at 12:21 pm
Joe the Blogger?
Joe the Plumber, easily campaign 2008’s most annoying legacy, now has a website.
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November 13th, 2008 at 12:23 pm
easily campaign 2008’s most annoying legacy
Let’s not be too hasty about that. Surely the awesome powers attributed to The Surge also deserve consideration.
That, and Sarah Palin.
November 13th, 2008 at 12:27 pm
For shame, Matt. Where is your blogger solidarity?
November 13th, 2008 at 12:28 pm
This morning, I heard some NPR reporter ask MN Governor Pawlenty a question that referred to Joe the Plumber. I had to switch the channel to sports radio, where the more intelligent journalists reside.
November 13th, 2008 at 12:30 pm
eh, tell me when he opens his blog for comments.
till then, i can’t be bothered to go over.
November 13th, 2008 at 12:39 pm
“My Friends” , Joe The Plumber and Palin all competed pretty hard for the “make me want to blow my brains out” award. But yea, in the end Joe the P won pretty handily. Palin will be century 21’s most annoying legacy.
November 13th, 2008 at 12:46 pm
I wonder if he’s blogging in pajamas from his mother’s basement.
November 13th, 2008 at 12:48 pm
From the site: “Another benefit to registered members with [sic] be a monthly subscription to Joe’s blog, where he can share the latest on the fight for preserving Americas [sic] freedoms.”
A monthly subscription to a blog? Um… wow! Sounds ambitious!
November 13th, 2008 at 12:58 pm
Joe, better cash-in quick. Your 15 minutes are up in 4… 3… 2…
November 13th, 2008 at 12:59 pm
Free ‘We Are Joe’ membership!! Huzzah!! Only in America!!
November 13th, 2008 at 1:00 pm
Joe seems to have a partner here and here.
Pretty strange 3200 years ago.
November 13th, 2008 at 1:07 pm
If you truly love Joe The Plumber – set him free. If he comes back, a mind is a terrible thing to waste – won’t get fooled again.
November 13th, 2008 at 1:23 pm
His “blog” is apparently a monthly newsletter. Daily postings? You gotta be kidding — Joe’s a hard-working guy, and doesn’t have time to sit around his parents’ basement in his pajamas, eating Cheetos and blogging.
November 13th, 2008 at 1:23 pm
Did nobody notice that Obama beat the living shit out of McCain in Joe’s own backyard? Joe lives (and the Historic Summit occurred in) in Lucas County, OH, which went for Obama by 31 points. It only went for Kerry by 20 points.
November 13th, 2008 at 1:41 pm
did Joe get licensed for that website? I didn’t think so
November 13th, 2008 at 1:42 pm
Here’s a topic for a blogger to raise:
What will “Palinesque” come to mean?
November 13th, 2008 at 1:51 pm
“Stupid”
November 13th, 2008 at 1:56 pm
Jesus Christ on a Donkey! That is one ugly website! Are wingnuts required by law to have those cheesy flag backdrops and the scrolling marquee alerts and the dozen little boxes?
Is it just the skinhead look or does Joe the Plumber look like Jeff Gannon? Just as Sarah Palin will end up posing nude for Playboy, Joe the Plumber will be offering to snake your drain before the midterms.
November 13th, 2008 at 2:06 pm
Under “Joe the Forum” (ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!!) Joe wants to “establish community benefits.” Socialist! (I apologize for actually reading the site.)
November 13th, 2008 at 2:21 pm
It looks like a hoax. Are we sure it’s legit? The whois data isn’t very definitive here.
November 13th, 2008 at 2:32 pm
Martin Amis once employed the phrase: gangrenous imbecile. It never really apllied until McCain rolled out Joe “The Plumber”.
November 13th, 2008 at 2:53 pm
I’m thinking that joetheplumber.com might have been a little catchier than the creepy-sounding ’secureourdream.com’
Regrettably for Joe, the domain appears to be spoken for.
http://joetheplumber.com/
November 13th, 2008 at 2:53 pm
Joe the Opportunist is more like it. You can join for $19.95, or get a signed copy of his book for $14.95. Soon you’ll be able to purchase his used tools on eBay.
November 13th, 2008 at 2:54 pm
I thought the Freedom Membership icon was bad until I read the tale of a 72 year old begging Joe the Messiah for advice on what to do about his economic future.
I’m ill.
November 13th, 2008 at 3:05 pm
Who else won’t be surprised when his real name turns out to be Joe the Gay Escort, like Jeff Gannon?
Not that there’s anything wrong with that.
November 13th, 2008 at 3:05 pm
I used to be a plumber (also unlicensed, though working legally under the license of my boss). I wonder if I can parlay it into an opportunity. If you need a hot water heater or political opinions, contact me!
November 13th, 2008 at 4:27 pm
lol, that website it bootleg
November 13th, 2008 at 7:22 pm
Joe the Plumber, easily campaign 2008’s most annoying legacy?
No way. Sarah Palin, hands down. Not even a contest.
Joe’s but a mere shadow of the monumental annoyance that is Caribou Barbie. And she won’t get off my damn TV, either!
Palin will still be annoying us long after Joe the Plumber is a minor footnote of foggily-remembered campaign ‘08 history. She is, after all (God help us) a Governor, and he is — well, you know who he is — milking his wholly-undeserved 15 minutes for all they’re worth.
November 13th, 2008 at 7:25 pm
Oh, I forgot. Also.
November 13th, 2008 at 7:39 pm
That website. Someone (not me) will have to watch to see how long he keeps it up.
“We are Joe”. What a moran.
And why do so many wingnuts write their blog postings with that phoney-baloney high-flown stilted phrasing?
“… we pray he hearkens to our voice if ever we feel our American Dream is being threatened…”
Seriously, who’s talked like that in, oh, the past 200 years or so? Who the fuck says “hearkens”?
OK, so he is annoying as hell, I admit, but he’s still only Palinesque, not the real thing.
November 14th, 2008 at 9:26 am
“One-year Freedom Membership – $14.95″
Because freedom isn’t free, I presume?
November 14th, 2008 at 1:13 pm
No wonder he makes more than $250,000 a year. I’m paying way too goddamn much for my plumbing. And he still leaves the sinks clogged! Fuck it! I’m going to Home Depot.
November 14th, 2008 at 2:59 pm
If $14.95 gets you a signed copy of his book as well as membership, what does the $19.95 membership get you?
November 14th, 2008 at 8:22 pm
Joe the Plumber is the most vacuous pseudo-celebrity this country has hacked up from its guts yet. This guy makes me long for more of Paris Hilton’s political ads.
November 14th, 2008 at 8:47 pm
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