Joe the Plumber on Townhall

• Obama's Global Makeover Thu Dec 6
  Frank Gaffney
  In an impromptu conversation with Joe the Plumber during the 2008 presidential campaign, candidate Barack Obama famously and unintentionally acknowledged his support for redistributing the nation's wealth. And he has been hard at it ever since. ... more
• True Patriots Tue Oct 9
  Chuck Norris
  The third definition of "patriot" in the Oxford English Dictionary is "A person actively opposing enemy forces occupying his or her country; a member of a resistance movement, a freedom fighter. Originally used of those who opposed and fought the British in the American War of Independence." ... more
• 2001: Obama Talks Strategy for Redistributing Wealth Thu Sep 20
  Illinois
  Obama is interviewed by a Chicago radio station, and talks about possible methods of using government to redistribute wealth. ... more
• De Pasquale’s Dozen with Joe the Plumber Mon May 21
  Lisa De Pasquale
  During the 2008 election, then-Senator Barack Obama made a campaign stop in Ohio. While shaking hands and talking to residents, one man stepped forward and asked him about his tax policy for small businesses. Sen. Obama’s response included the telling phrase "when you spread the wealth around, it’s good for everybody." ... more
• A Plumber To Snake The DC Drain Sun Apr 29
  Derek Hunter
  Some people enter the public consciousness willingly; others accidentally. But how one gets there has little to do with how one handles it once the national spotlight begins to shine. ... more
• Federal court rejects 'Joe the Plumber' suit Tue Mar 27
  AP News
• 'Joe the Plumber' launches congressional bid Tue Oct 25
  AP News
• Ohio's `Joe the Plumber' plans to run for Congress Mon Oct 10
  AP News
• Joe the Plumber Running for Congress? Mon Oct 10
  Katie Pavlich
• Professor Warren's Ire Wed Sep 28
  Jeff Jacoby
  MEETING WITH VOTERS in an Andover living room last month, US Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren vigorously challenged the idea that Obama Democrats are engaging in "class warfare" when they clamor for higher taxes on the wealthy. ... more
• Oh, How America Has Changed Tue Aug 16
  Phyllis Schlafly
  USA Today published one of its colorful front pages last week detailing how America has not only grown dramatically in population over the last two decades, but has radically changed ethnically, geographically and culturally. The most costly of the many changes is the fact that having children has become increasingly detached from marriage. ... more
• Personal Well-being Overshadows Income Inequality Mon Jan 3
  Michael Barone
  Consider one conundrum in American politics. Income inequality has been increasing, according to standard statistics. Yet most Americans do not seem very perturbed by it. ... more
• Reid and Pelosi Finally Get Mugged by Public Opinion Mon Dec 20
  Michael Barone
  Elections have consequences. The consequences of the November 2010 elections -- and one might add the November 2009 elections in New Jersey and Virginia and the January 2010 special Senate election in Massachusetts -- became clear as lights shined over the snow at both ends of the Capitol on Thursday night. ... more
• Obama Riles Dems by Spurning New Deal Complacency Mon Dec 13
  Michael Barone
  The whole thrust of Barack Obama's first two years -- the stimulus package, the health care legislation, the vast increases in government spending -- has been to put programs in place that have done little or nothing to stimulate economic growth. ... more
• Ways to Come to Grips With American's Fiscal Mess Mon Nov 22
  Michael Barone
  Is there any chance we can come to grips with our short-term and long-term fiscal problems -- the huge current federal budget deficit and the huge looming increases in entitlement spending? ... more
• Move Over Joe the Plumber ... for Velma the CFO Wed Sep 22
  Dick Morris and Eileen McGann
  The MSNBC cameras unwittingly -- and probably unwillingly -- captured a Joe the Plumber moment during Monday's town hall meeting called by President Obama to discuss the economy. ... more
• Why the Left Hates (and Fears) Joe the Plumber Mon Oct 20
  Carol Platt Liebau
  It’s been quite a week for “Joe the Plumber,” aka Joe Wurzelbacher of Ohio. ... more
• Can Joe the Plumber Turn it Around? Sat Oct 18
  Michael Barone
  Can Joe Wurzelbacher, Joe the Plumber from Ohio, change the course of this campaign? Thats one question that was raised at the third presidential debate. ... more
• The Left Declares War on Joe the Plumber Fri Oct 17
  Michelle Malkin
  Six-term Sen. Joe Biden's got some nerve going after citizen Joe the Plumber. But the entrenched politician from Delaware, who fancies himself the nation's No. 1 Ordinary Joe, had no choice. ... more
• The Obama Thugocracy Goes After Joe the Plumber Fri Oct 17
  Lorie Byrd
  The star of the final Presidential debate Wednesday night was not Barack Obama or John McCain. It was Joe “the Plumber” Wurzelbacher from Ohio. ... more

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