Plumber To Report From Gaza

[Aaron]

MSNBC

TOLEDO, Ohio - Joe The Plumber is putting down his wrenches and picking up a reporter's notebook.

The Ohio man who became a household name during the presidential campaign says he is heading to Israel as a war correspondent for the conservative Web site pjtv.com.

Samuel J. Wurzelbacher says he'll spend 10 days covering the fighting.

He tells WNWO-TV in Toledo that he wants to let Israel's "'Average Joes' share their story."

Wurzelbacher gained attention during the final weeks of the campaign when he asked Barack Obama about his tax plan.

He later joined Republican John McCain on the campaign trail. At one stop, he agreed with a McCain supporter who asked if he believed a vote for Obama was a vote for the death of Israel.
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This is just to funny. Guy gives up a decent job as a plumber, probably making five times what he will as a shill to go to Gaza and wander around. Anyone here think that he's going to be doing anything but plugging the story of the more zealous Israeli's or that his "reporting" would even be worth watching?

[Mikey]

I think what he'll be plugging is his made-for-TV movie, or whatever else he's trying to use to extend his 15 minutes.

[Aaron]

I think what he'll be plugging is his made-for-TV movie, or whatever else he's trying to use to extend his 15 minutes.

I'd watch that if he was using his actual skills to install free plumbing for the residents.

[Mikey]

That's the problem; the only skill he's using is his apparent talent for self-aggrandizement.

[Sionnach Glic]

Heh, if anyone in Gaza realises who he is, I can easily imagine him ending up on the next hostage ransom video.

[Aaron]

Heh, if anyone in Gaza realises who he is, I can easily imagine him ending up on the next hostage ransom video.

They can exchange him for a couple of tonnes of PVC pipe, he should have a bunch in his shop. Win-win!

[Lazar]

I watched the third presidential debate with some friends at school, and we were all laughing hysterically by the time McCain made his fifth or sixth Joe the Plumber reference.