--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "do.rflex" <do.rflex@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine <salsunshine@> > > wrote: > > > > > > On Oct 16, 2008, at 12:40 PM, Vaj wrote: > > > > > > > Interestingly, today "Joe Plumber" became "Jane and Joe Plumber". > > > > She's so damn creative. > > > > > > Supposedly this guy is actually fairly wealthy. > > > > > > Sal > > > > > > > > Senator Obama does "a tap dance...almost as good as Sammy Davis, Jr." > > > > ~~ Joe 'the plumber' Wurzelbacher to Katie Couric > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nW8IzKCj0E > > > > > > Turns out Joe the Plumber is not registered to vote. Joe the Plumber > > admits he makes much less than $250k (on CBS) so will in fact pay less > > taxes under Obama than under McCain. Joe keeps railing on Obama. Joe > > the Plumber's dad is a big Republican donor. Can this story get any > > more ridiculous? > > > > > > UPDATE #3: > > > > Turns out that Joe Wurzelbacher from the Toledo event is a close > > relative of Robert Wurzelbacher of Milford, Ohio. > > > > Who's Robert Wurzelbacher? Only Charles Keating's son-in-law and the > > former senior vice president of American Continental, the parent > > company of the infamous Lincoln Savings and Loan. The now retired > > elder Wurzelbacher is also a major contributor to Republican causes > > giving well over $10,000 in the last few years. > > > > http://www.raisingkaine.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=16680 > > > > Not sure about this faterh/son thing. THey are almost certainly related since it > is a rare last name, but the first name "Robert" is quite common--there are two > living in Ohio, one 30 years older than the other. It is possible that Joe is > Keating's GREAT grand-nephew/son... Now, other bits of trivia include the fact > that Joe used to live on Keating Drive in Mesa, AZ and has a cousin/brother who > raises sled dogs and used to race them, who used to live in Wassila, AK. Almost > certainly, he would have known Todd Palin, well known racing champion. > > Keating also had a rep as being a hardcore Fundy with the soul of a book-burner, > sorta like a certain Governor who lives in Wassila, AK who is also related to > Todd Palin. Cindy McCain mainained a business relationship for many years > with Keating after the Keating 5 scandal, so who knows...? > > Its a bunch of fun coincidences and there may be something to them, but its > probably not as close a reliationship as the earliest bloggers suggested (the > first of whom is known to perpetrate hoaxes). > > Lawson
Nothing I've found confirms a relationship. Here are some strong yet inconclusive coincidences however: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/10/16/02217/845 And here is a comprehensive AP report on the guy [he's a registered Republican]: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081016/ap_on_re_us/joe_the_plumber_20
