Via the AP: Joe the Plumber to become war correspondent
The Ohio man who became a household name during the presidential campaign says he is heading to Israel as a war correspondent for the conservative Web site pjtv.com.Samuel J. Wurzelbacher (WUR’-zuhl-bah-kur) says he’ll spend 10 days covering the fighting.
He tells WNWO-TV in Toledo that he wants to let Israel’s “‘Average Joes’ share their story.”
Give the man credit, no one has ever turned a simple question during a campaign into so much (such as it is). He had better be careful, however, as he may boost himself up into a higher tax bracket!
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January 7th, 2009 at 7:50 pm
Well maybe he will, but if we spread that wealth of his around we’ll all be better off!
January 7th, 2009 at 11:17 pm
A couple of things: First, Israel currently has a ban on all foreign correspondents from going into Gaza to cover the war. So is Joe getting some sort of special dispensation? If he is, that is utterly crazy–sending a rookie reporter into a chaotic war zone is a recipe for disaster.
Secondly, didn’t Joe say in the campaign that a vote for Obama is a vote for the “death of Israel”? You would think he would think twice before going to that part of the world so close to Inaugration!
January 8th, 2009 at 1:08 pm
I’m still waiting to hear he’s been given a job at Fox News or as an AM radio host.
I find it difficult to distinguish his capabilities from those of, say, Sean Hannity, after all.