Joe The Plumber Is Back And Filing For A House Run In Ohio

by Alex Alvarez | 1:56 pm, October 10th, 2011

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Remember Joe the Plumber, né Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher? Of course you do. Well, Wurzelbacher is back in the news, and this time he has his eye on a House run in Ohio’s 9th district. On Friday, he filed candidacy papers with the Federal Election Commission and registered a campaign committee, of which he is treasurer, called “Joe for Congress 2012.” Surprise! Or not, we guess.

He’ll be running as a Republican and will likely be able to capitalize on the notoriety he gained back in 2008, when he criticized Barack Obama’s small-business during a campaign stop in Ohio. Wurzelbacker, who is not actually a licensed plumber, was swiftly dubbed “Joe the Plumber” and held up by the McCain-Palin campaign as a representative of blue collar America’s struggles and frustrations.

h/t The Hill

Joe the Plumber, Ohio, Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher

Anonymous

Thank God. Republicans were running low on stupid political candidates.
Anonymous

darnit

you made me get coffee all over

roflmao
Anonymous

Funny, but the truth is he’d probably still have better judgement and less indictments than many liberal politicians.
Anonymous

It always amazes me that people like Joe think they’re qualified to do any more than rummage around in fecal matter. It will only be a matter of time before his opponents dig up his past and find him guilty of tax evasion and welfare fraud!
Anonymous

That’s very possible. I guess the solution is in weeding out the evil ones.
Anonymous

blue collar guy gains fame and is on his way to Congress. Sounds like a movie plot, but I wish him great success. God knows he can’t do any worse.
http://profiles.google.com/kfitzer Ken Fitzer

Sadly, yes he can.
Anonymous

He’s the brains of the Republican Party. I see a Gramm/Joe Plumber ticket coming.