“I wanted to get off the bus after I talked to him.”
The above quote is from Joe Wurzelbacher – otherwise known as Joe the Plumber – who apparently was wholly unimpressed with John McCain during the campaign. (h/t: Little Green Footballs)
Joe Wurzelbacher lashed out Tuesday at former GOP presidential nominee John McCain, the man who made Wurzelbacher famous as “Joe the Plumber.”
Wurzelbacher told conservative radio host Glenn Beck that he felt “dirty” after “being on the campaign trail and seeing some of the things that take place.”
Recalling a conversation he had with McCain about the $700 billion
financial industry bailout in September, Wurzelbacher said: “When I was
on the bus with him, I asked him a lot of questions about the bailout
because most Americans did not want that to happen.”
“I asked him some pretty direct questions,” he continued. “Some of the
answers you guys are gonna receive — they appalled me, absolutely. I
was angry. In fact, I wanted to get off the bus after I talked to him.”
Hell, I felt like I needed a shower in boiling Listerine every time I had to listen to McShitstain creak out “My friends…” He appalled me in a number of different ways, including his support for the Crap Sandwich bailout foisted upon us by our socialist overlords in Congress, his characterization of those of us who opposed his amnesty plan as “racists,” his attempts to kill gun shows in America, his appearance in gun control ads… You name it, I was repulsed by it.
And you know what? I didn’t vote for it. I wasn’t frightened into voting for someone who “appalled” me by a party that, instead of putting forth the best candidate, simply tried to scare its supporters into voting for a screechy pseudo-socialist who admitted to economic ignorance, while shamelessly pandering to everyone and pleasing no one.
While I understand Mr. Wurzelbacher’s revulsion, he also admitted to being too scared of Obama to turn away from a candidate who disgusted him. That’s some fear!
Asked why he didn’t leave McCain’s campaign if he was “appalled” by the
candidate, Wurzelbacher said, “honestly, because the thought of Barack Obama as president scares me even more.”
That pretty much says it all. This election wasn’t about voting your conscience. It was about voting your fear.
Dec 10, 2008 @ 14:19:41
Nice post. I totally agree. The upside to this past election was that we finally got McCain’s “turn” out of the way. Now we can move on and he can go back to his unilateral “bi-partisan” activity in the Senate.
Dec 10, 2008 @ 15:40:05
Hey Nicki,Great post. I knew there was something more to Joe the Plumber being missing in action when McCain was introducing him that time. Honestly, I think the whole situation is rigged. The Bush/Clinton machine continues, and I think McCain did his best to insure they could do just that.Thanks for the great post, as always!
Dec 10, 2008 @ 15:47:21
Will this be the way elections are run from now on? Will we forever be saddled with the choice of the “lesser of two evils”? Then why vote, unless it’s “from the rooftops”?
Dec 10, 2008 @ 19:20:30
This election was not only voting by fear but also voting by race and don’t put your head in to a sand. Majority of a Barack Hussein Obama supporters did not know a sh… about his platform (Howard Stern interviews in N.Y.). I’m a big optimist but this forthcoming presidency scars me a lot.There is no honesty, decency and good manners. I was shock when he announced dual presidency. For G. sake the old president is still in the 1600 Pennsyl -vania ave! And I’ll be very glad to see in the White House B.H.O. mother in law and maybe his grandma from Kenya. I strongly believe: our country should be ruled by engineers,doctors, economists, teachers but lawyers. Them can be only advisers especially like B.H.O. who does not have any experience neither in governing or law.
Dec 10, 2008 @ 21:33:01
Joe’s got a really good head on his shoulders. I really don’t know how a decent conservative with integrity, like Palin, ever tolerated McCain, and about the only thing that bothers me about her is that she was able to. The guy spent a quarter of a century and more being a political gadfly to conservatives – then we were supposed to support him? He can go to hell and die. I’m just glad he brought Palin out so conservatives could finally REMEMBER what a real one looks like. We’ve been voting the lesser of two evils since 1988 and while that’s not a hugely long time politically, it’s still too damn long.
Dec 11, 2008 @ 16:46:30
Read One Nation Under Fear by Bob Cesca. Regardless of whether you lean right, left, center or off the chart with your politics (diehard righties may not like Cesca’s opinions on certain government figures) – it is difficult to argue that fear has been used to a greater effect over the last 8 years to control, influence, and manipulate the American people into letting their Constitutional rights get chewed up and spit out.
Dec 11, 2008 @ 16:50:05
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.” – Benjamin Franklin. Wise words in my opinion.