Category Archives: Joe the Plumber

Tea Party Purity

Posted on February 16, 2010 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Tea Party Purity”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail Sam Wurzelbacher, better known as Joe the Plumber, is mad at John McCain: “McCain was trying to use me,” Wurzelbacher said, according to public radio correspondent Scott Detrow. “I happened to be the face … Continue reading →

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Spreading Hate for $1250/Minute

Posted on August 24, 2009 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Spreading Hate for $1250/Minute”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailDavid Weigel covered the Right Online conference while I was at Netroots Nation: (T)he activists found some unity listening to Joe Wurzelbacher, still a sought-after conservative speaker who can charge as much as $10,000 … Continue reading →

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Hurricane Obama

Posted on October 28, 2008 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Hurricane Obama”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailFaith holds. This storm brings more than destruction. Water and wind bring renewal, baptism, and change. No levee can withstand the flood of time. Entropy is a universal constant and history is an irresistible force. Barack … Continue reading →

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Piltdown Politics

Posted on October 25, 2008 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Piltdown Politics”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailIn 1912, a fossil skull was discovered in a British gravel pit. Some scientists hailed Piltdown Man as the ‘missing link’ between apes and man, but many were suspicious. After four decades and some 250 research … Continue reading →

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The October Surprise is a Plumber

Posted on October 16, 2008 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “The October Surprise is a Plumber”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailWe have met the October Surprise, and his name is Joe. Or maybe Samuel. Details are still being sketched out. If you missed the debate last night, John McCain replaced ‘Joe Six-Pack’ … Continue reading →