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Editor says, What if Joe the Plumber was no longer able to do the business? This story was published in the February 2009 edition of Changing the Times Magazine.
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In 2010, the small plumbing firm, Newell Plumbing and Heating Co. of Toledo, Ohio entered a state of involuntary liquidation by invoking chapter 7 of the United States Bankruptcy Code. And Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher joined the millions of angry minority shareholders forced into unemployment by the wave of business failures sweeping across America.Credit Crunched after the American Dream goes wrong
In a subsequent interview with journalist Pam Meister of Family Security Matters Wurzelbacher was sharply critical of Sarah Palin, accusing the President of "failing to protect the late John McCain's legacy by fighting for the American dream".
These populist comments reflected the sentiment of many Americans who also felt 'had', none more so than the Ohians who had unexpectedly voted in a Republican White House. Click 
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Mischievously, Meister concluded the article by speculating that Wurzelbacher might resume the secondary career which had made him a national celebrity during the recent Presidential Election. Released on November 4, 2008, Wurzelbacher starred as a moustachioed handyman - 'Joe the Plumber' - in Who's Nailin' Paylin?, an American pornographic film directed by Jerome Tanner that satirized then U.S. vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin. 
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Permalinks: Post, Day. Browse Thread: Beasts Source: Wikipedia Labels: Joe the Plumber, Sarah Palin, John McCain, Who's Nailin' Paylin?, 2008 Election. Editor says, The primary source of this post is Wikipedia which records ~ On October 12, 2008, three days before the final presidential debate, Obama met residents in Wurzelbacher's Ohio neighborhood. Wurzelbacher, who had been playing football with his son in his front yard at the time, asked Obama about his tax plan. As ABC News cameraman Scott Shulman recorded the conversation, Wurzelbacher suggested that Obama's tax plan would be at odds with 'the American dream.' Wurzelbacher said, 'I'm getting ready to buy a company that makes 250 to 280 thousand dollars a year. Your new tax plan's going to tax me more, isn't it?'
A big fan of conspiracy theories, the author suspected that Joe the Plumber was a republican stooge.
~ No worries, he can simply continue his stellar war correspondent career :p
~ lol I'd say the satirists like Jon Stewart and Colbert would have a field day wtih this one. Reminds of a recent comment of Stewart's: "Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher, also known as Joe the Plumber, also known as... GO AWAY!!!"
~ Well, there goes my idea of Joe running for office. (On the other hand, Sylvester Stallone's prior career as porn's "Italian Stallion" didn't keep him from becoming a famous mainstream actor, so who knows?)
~ Interesting and scarily plausible future history...
~ So does this make him Joe the Bankrupt now? lol
~ This is more science fiction sense it takes place next year but still interesting.
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