The Obamunists Go After Joe The Plumber
By now, I’m sure you’ve all heard about Samuel “Joe” Wurzelbacher, who asked Obama about why he would be penalized in an Obama presidency for starting a plumbing business making over 250,000 a year. Obama justified his proposed looting by saying that wanted to “spread the wealth around.”
Anyway, the MSM and pro-Obama plumbing unions are not taking kindly to their black supremacist Muslim, Marxist Messiah even being questioned.
Here’s one hit piece from the New York Times Caucus blog.
An official at Local 50 of the plumber’s union, based in Toledo, said Mr. Wurzelbacher does not hold a license. He also has never served an apprenticeship and does not belong to the union. (The national plumber’s union, the United Association of Plumbers, Steamfitters, and Service Mechanics, endorsed Mr. Obama, it should be noted.)
“He’s basically playing games with the world,” Thomas Joseph, the local’s business manager, said in a telephone interview Thursday morning.
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Unlike some other states, Ohio does not have a formal statewide licensing system for plumbers. But the city of Toledo and other municipalities do, Mr. Joseph said, and Mr. Wurzelbacher has not met those requirements.
“All contractors are licensed, and he does not have a license, either as a contractor or a plumber,” the union official said, citing a search of government records. “I can’t find that he’s ever even applied for any kind of apprenticeship, and he has never belonged to local 189 in Columbus, which is what he claims on his Facebook page.”
According to public records, Mr. Wurzelbacher has been subject to two liens, each over $1,000, one of which — a personal tax lien — is still outstanding.
And his question to Mr. Obama about paying taxes? According to some tax analysts, if Mr. Wurzelbacher’s gross receipts from his business is $250,000 — and not his taxable income — then he would not have to pay higher taxes under Mr. Obama’s plan, and probably would be eligible for a tax cut.
Now I should think this whole business of whether or not Wurzelbacher has a license should be between him and his current employer. Apparently, his boss saw fit to hire the man. So I don’t understand why this whole licensing business means the man can’t ask Obama a question about his tax plan.
But that’s not how the Obamunists see it. A few weeks ago, I posted about the truth squads in Missouri, to counter claims that Obama is not a Christian. Now the same kind of harassment is going on here, and Obama hasn’t even been elected.
The plumbers union in Toledo, who by the way, supports Obama, is is moving to shut down Joe the Plumber. And for some reason, Allahpundit thinks it’s a good thing.
Of course the left wing blogosphere has joined the fray as well.
And we have that hag Joy Behar of The View belittling Joe
October 17th, 2008 at 6:06 am
All the guy did was ask Obama a question which forced Obama to reveal his true plan of Socialism and they’re wanting to make his life a hell on earth.
Not every plumber is a union member. Many small shops aren’t unionized. The plumbers who come to my house aren’t union. If they were, I would call another company.
October 17th, 2008 at 8:59 am
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October 18th, 2008 at 2:05 am
Remember when the left warned us all about how the GOP was going to go after all of its enemies using the power of government.
Pot, say hello to kettle.