Geez, you guys know more about Joe the Plumber than you do Obama! On Oct 17, 2008, at 8:44 AM, John D wrote:
> There's an English language version of a story I stumbled upon here: > http://tinyurl.com/42v6jn > but I'll give you some call outs from the text in case the link > doesn't work properly. "Joe Wurzelbacher is apparently related to > Robert Wurzelbacher. Who is the son-in-law of (are you ready...?) > Charles Keating! Robert Wurzelbacher, Joe the Plumber's father. You > see, Robert Wurzelbacher was an executive of American Continental > Corporation, the parent company of Charles Keating's Lincoln Savings. > Robert Wurzelbacher pleaded guilty to three counts of misapplying $14 > million and served 40 months in prison. Joe the Plumber has state tax > liens files against him. So, apparently these are the people who > John McCain seems to keep palling around with. > The United Association of Plumbers and Pipefitters has endorsed Barack > Obama. "Obama will help us keep existing jobs and work to develop > new, higher paying jobs here in America, reform our health care > system, fix our ailing schools and make sure that the pensions of our > retirees are safe," the UAPP said." > And of course you will have heard Joe on tape with that Couric lady > about how he got the Democratic candidate to "tap dance like Sammy > Davis Jr." > No one has said "Joe the Plumber" is a closet racist caught trying to > bait Obama. Not yet . . . But it may not take long. > > LATER; I note: It seems there's a chance he's not related. But a > baiter he is. Makes $40K in a business that does $100K of work a year. > He was just trying to put up the worst case scenario as a hypothetical > argument. > > I saw video from a McCain/Palin rally in Ohio where these sentiments > were spoken: > “I’m afraid if he wins, the blacks will take over. He’s not a > Christian! This is a Christian nation! What is our country gonna end > up like?” > > “When you got a Negra running for president, you need a first > stringer. He’s definitely a second stringer.” > > “He seems like a sheep - or a wolf in sheep’s clothing to be honest > with you. And I believe Palin - she’s filled with the Holy Spirit, and > I believe she’s gonna bring honesty and integrity to the White House.” > > “He’s related to a known terrorist, for one.” > > “He is friends with a terrorist of this country!” > > “He must support terrorists! You know, uh, if it walks like a duck and > quacks like a duck, it must be a duck. And that to me is Obama.” > > “Just the whole, Muslim thing, and everything, and everybody’s still > kinda - a lot of people have forgotten about 9/11, but… I dunno, it’s > just kinda… a little unnerving.” > > “Obama and his wife, I’m concerned that they could be anti-white. That > he might hide that.” > > “I don’t like the fact that he thinks us white people are trash… > because we’re not!” > > It sounds to me like Republican campaign rallies are beginning to > resemble lynch mobs. > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "StrataList-OT" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/StrataList-OT?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
