Et tu, Joe?

Is there any journalistic integrity anymore? Why in god's name is this news? You have no credibility as a news source.

Who cares? This is a man whose opinion carries more weight than it should. And he's still talked about. So I repeat, who cares?

Ha--Glenn Beck and Joe the dbag. What a pair. Bert and Ernie on macroeconomics.

Joe "The Publicity Hound" just shut your freaking mouth already. No one cares what you have to say about anything. You are not a PLUMBER as you so touted yourself as being. Just shut up. John McCain is a fine upstanding man with much honor. Honor you yourself do not have. Zip it shut, find a job, and get the correct credentials for that job.

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Hi Foon Rhee. Press on to sanctify Sarah Palin and Joe the Plumber. In the meantime, many of us will roll up our sleeves, think nationally but act locally to help our economy recover and then go on to create better health care, better ways of dealing with other nations and terrorism, world-class education, and more. I think that Barack Obama has a much better big picture of a path ahead than does either Joe or Sarah.

Joe who???

Joe, the plumber, is after all a plumber. I could never understand the connection between his interaction with Obama and his adoption by McCain other than just another irrelevant dig at Obama. His recent commentary on McCain and Palin frankly leaves me cold. It is as if he is reluctant to leave his "15 minutes of fame" and is willing to give opinions he knows will drag it out. Joe, the plumber, the politician, the entertainer, the commentator, needs to come back to reality. I hope his plumbing job is still there for him.

Newt Gingrich, when he first ran for congress as a professor at West Georgia college, was given $125,000 as an advance for a book . He spent the money on the campaign but never wrote the book. Same thing with his campaign for the "Contract with America" - funded by a book advance for a book he didn't write Joe, "the Plumber" supported John McCain but now is dissing him for being insufficiently conservation has now signed a book deal. Professors, journalists.and other people who paid their dues get book deals. People used as mouthpieces for the conservative rich instead get pay-offs disguised as book deals. How else do Dan Quayle and Sarah Palin get published?

Joe is a joke

RE: Palin
The 'real deal?" Sorry Joe, I want someone who is sincere AND smart to run the country. I bet Blagojevich would even appear sincere to Joe. And just why is anything this guy says meaningful?

Good thing the day of the no nothing is over...for awhile.

Please go away. We couldn't care less what you think. You're an idiot.

Sometimes reality is not pretty and political issues too complex to satisfy everyone. While I don't believe in bailing out those idiots who head up the car firms anymore than the other idiots on Wall Street, all the people who are linked into them will be the ones to suffer if there is no help coming for the industry. Those bigshots are not going to pony up to make sure the woman who fits carpets into cars keeps her job so she can feed her kids so who else has the money to do it - the government. What I do want to see is EXTREME oversight. Every expenditure poured over by auditors and if one of those idiots tries to snark something off for himself - out the window he goes!!!

Joe the Plumber is a total loser. Unfortunately, people like him do end up getting their 15 minutes of fame and even an indecent amount of money. Now that Beck has given him another megaphone, hopefully people will see him for what he is - a jerk - and allow him to crawl under his rock, again. Bashing McCain and praising Palin just shows the lack of smarts. A head x-ray would probably reveal an empty cavity. Goodbye and good riddance, Joe.

Palin/Wurzelbacher on the GOP ticket in 2012! As a Democrat, I'll contribute. If the two of them can stay out of jail for the next four years.

what in idiot.

I, for one, want to take a shower every time I hear utterances from Sarah Palin, Joe the Plumber and John McCain.

A comment? What more could one say?

It's a crock that the media consider this epitome of stupidity from the 2008 elections newsworthy

Why are we still talking about this guy? And who and why would care about his opinion on anything? He is not even who he claimed he is, he is not a plumber, not Joe and he couldn't have bought any business that netted 250 K.
McCain was desperate and that is why he made a big deal out of him, and "Joe" is turning even against him. Of course he is impressed with Palin she is way out of his league.

I am sure you can find more relevant things to write about .

Joe stay on the bus.we would rather have your type somewhere secluded. Thanks

Joe dislikes McCain? Say it isn’t so Joe, say it isn’t so…
Joe, isn’t a plumber . His name isn’t even Joe. Palin politicized the office of Librarian while Mayor and we’re supposed to believe she’s not about the power Joe? To anyone that buys his book. Here’s your sign.

He' as stupid now as he was a month ago.

Palin is bashed for her "sincerity" Joe? Try stupidity.

Go fix a leak, Joe.

Joe the Plumber, like an old used and discarded toilet bowl seal ring, probably feels dirty and used (by the McCain campaign)

Sarah Palin is " not looking for power" Yeah, right

Bye, Joe.

And please take puppy Palin & read to her from your little book.

Your 15 minutes were up, so long ago.

Well Golly Gee whiz, Sarah Palin got the big thumbs up from Joe the Plumber. You betcha that's all I need to support her in '12.
And hey, everyone, news flash! Turns out McCain is a politician!
Has our country really sunk to this level that a misinformed non licensed plumber not only gets his 15 minutes but he is seen by some as a person worth listening to?

This sort of Joe gibberish nonsense can be heard at any local corner bar after the heavy drinking has ended - but I guess it sells.

I'm pretty tired of people accusing Joe of dragging out his 15 minutes of fame. This man is only famous because Obama tried to ruin his life for asking a legitimate question. So let's have some perspective. Joe does speak for half the country...the half that didn't vote for Obama and the half that also thinks the bailout is nonsense. To further try to disparage this man is idiocy. He has done nothing to anyone but say what's on his mind and engage in the process of electing officials. That is supposed to be our right as Americans. He's done nothing more than exercise that right and he has been excoriated for it. To insinuate, the way this author does, that he should have gotten off the bus the minute he found out McCain disagreed with him is also insulting. Joe's answer to that was also spot on. Obama was the scarier choice. Neither candidate was ideal but one was more dangerous than the other. For a conservative, there is no way that voting for Obama is an option! To imagine that he should have jumped off the bus and run to the Obama camp is just absurd! Obama voted for the bailout too! Or did he just vote "present"...I don't remember. Give this guy a break already. Your nasty tone when mentioning his name should be saved for when you report on people like Rev. Wright or Bill Ayers (proven anti-American nutjobs)...oh but that's right. You reporter types have never met and anti-American whacko you didn't like! It's the patriotic, tax-paying, regular Joes you can't stand. I forgot.

Oh, the irony of it all! Joe the Plumber praises Sarah Palin for her "sincerity" after he himself stays on the bus campaigning for a man who appalled him. And his answer as to why he didn't just get off the bus? Obama scared him more. Hello? What was wrong with getting off the bus and fading back into obscurity if McCain appalled him that much? Don't support either one. After all, it wasn't Sarah Palin who was at the top of the Republican ticket.

Oh, but he couldn't do THAT. Obscurity? When there was a chance he could make a few bucks writing a dishonorable piece of trash he calls a book? The man is dishonorable and insincere and wouldn't recognize sincerity if it jumped up and bit his face off.

What a silly article.

Opposing the bailout, at least the way it was structured, was the only way McCain would have won that election. Makes sense. By rushing back to Washington only to support the plan that Bush, Pelosi and Reid came up with made McCain look like a desperate buffoon. He should have gotten off that bus when everyone else did.

I say, Joe has hots for Sarah.
Is there a Mrs. Joe the Plumber out there somewhere?
Any junior plumbers?

palin is dumb. mccain is a waiver. obama is the smarter. Obama knows how to distance himself from chicago criminals.

You call this bashing after what the mainstream media did to the republicans running for president in 08? I feel the same as Joe the plumber and I still voted for McAmnesty, unfortunately our backs were against the wall.

Why is the Boston Globe associated with Foon Rhee, who clearly just demonstrated a lack of intellectual scope regarding national issues and instead focuses on the sensational and tabloid-style commentary?

Foon Rhee, please stop dedicating energy to people like this. People like this individual only bring the national discourse lower, and inspire the so-called "leaders" of the GOP party to be more extremist and backwards thinking.

Joe, you're cute but dumb. The Republican party has sold your children's future to the highest bidder and that future looks bleak. You talk about Sarah Palin as having genuine energy...turn off the television and get real bud, she's a snarky self-promoter with nothing but her bank account in mind.

You've been had. I know its hard to admit when you've been conned, but when banks get a 700 billion dollar bail out and oil company profits reach record levels, while Americans get fired and put out of their homes, you've been had. End of story.

Enough of "Joe the Moron". Let's give him a couple of cases of Colt45 and tell him to disappear.

He seems like a good guy, give him a break. You go Joe!!

I love it when they eat their own! The Grand OLD Party indeed!!!!!!

"Ha--Glenn Beck and Joe the dbag. What a pair. Bert and Ernie on macroeconomics"

So true, and Barak Obama must be Big Bird.

Sam/Joe the plumber is like John/Jeff (Gannon) the Reporter. They even look like brothers. All about winger welfare for themselves and kick any who cannot pay them into the street. Unfortunately they are themselves only monkeys held up for amusement to get kicked back into the street as soon as they cease to be useful.

Their Moosetriss played the game better, and so gets a longer run, but will suffer the same fate. Eventually, perhaps only finding a place at tent revivals and other circuses.

Does Joe get he'd never be chatting with Glen Beck without McCain? Your 15 minutes are up, joe. And Sarah Palin SO wants power. More than just in Alaska.

Say it's so, Joe - you're smitten with the little sexpot from Alaska!! I think a Republican ticket with you and the little lady (in either order, actually) is the best gift you can give the Democrats in 2012. You're the man!

Nothing but continuing the hate speech from the lefty whackos on this board. Think globally and act locally, hate your fellow American's and buy everything the media and Soros puts in front of your noses...or at least your presence...As we know how high you lefty elitists to keep your noses.

The Gov't should bailout the auto industry "to keep struggling women" form losing their jobs?? Are you kidding me? What type of spineless wimps do we have in this country? The government only has the money that it takes from the PEOPLE it TAXES. You bleeding heart lefties cry for poor old union Mary while at the same time step on Joe the Plumber for ASKING A QUESTION. The hypocrisy and idiocy is astounding.

Your Messiah will not lead us out of this mess he is part of the corrupt political machine running our country. God Bless the FBI, may they work independently to shine a light on these rodents.

Joe understands the thinking of millions of Americans. Sarah Palin brought the GOP 47% of the vote, even though the Dems outspent the Reps two-to-one in the election. The unsourced media attacks on her have failed. Bring on 2012.

Please for the love of God - SHUT UP !!!

During the campaign, I wasn't sure I'd ever be as impressed by someone's acumen, intellect, or vision for our nation as I was by Joe the Plumber's.

Now, I see that he has equal (if not even greater) gifts of loyalty, magnanimity, and warmth for those who helped make him who he is.

Joe, dude — you're my hero. Keep up the good work, man!

The responses given by some, plus their display of hatred for those who seek to state an opinion, as they themselves are doing, are depressing. Calling someone an idiot or stupid is what you do when you think you are right and they are wrong, but your not intelligent enough to know why. Those who say they don't care what Joe said obviously must care or they wouldn't be responding. Grammar can also be an insight into the intelligence of the writer. e.g. "What in idiot", don't you mean "What an idiot"? Or, "The day of the no nothing is over", how about "know nothing"? Or are these just typos? You are guilty of exactly what you are complaining about—who cares if you think someone is stupid?

FINALLY! Something Republicans and Democrats can agree on.

Joe, your opinions are best left to the bartender......

Can we vote him off the island?

He's a bigger tool than the ones that he's not licensed to use.

"Sarah Palin is not looking for power." But Golly, Joe, did you hear her say that she thought the VP should have MORE power? (When she thought she'd be assuming the office!) Are you delusional, man? Like H E double hockey sticks she doesn't!

So you stood there at the right place at the right time, you asked Obama a question, McCain picked up on it, referenced you a gazillion times in a debate, and that makes you some sort of a political sage. You're a complete moron. Sarah Palin doesn't want power and I'm the Queen of England.

Joe-the-plumber is about as smart as a lug-nut on a old pickup truck. It is astonishing that we still have to listen to his stupid blathering opinions and issues and things which he knows nothing about. Astonishing. It says tons about the shallowness and incompetence of the media to be "reporting" the crap that flows from this idiots mouth.

To that woman who said she woul be for the car bailout only if it had "Extreme oversight" I'll say this...who do you want to oversee this...the same government employees who oversaw the Big Dig...a project estimated at 4 billion that ended up at 13.5 billion that leaks and drops concrete ceiling panels on passing cars?
Good Luck

Man this guy is too much. Hasn't the clock expired on his 15 min???

The title of this article doesn't mean anything... Did the author wanted to say "and you, Joe?" in French? in this case, the correct sentence is "Et toi, Joe?"...
But even with the correct grammar, I still don't get why the title needs to be in French? Oh yeah right... Bush is out of the game now, it's cool to use French again!

Joe the BUFFOON! He really needs a proper education...

Et tu, Brute- Latin not French. Read your literature. This whole bit of "who cares, where's the journalistic integrity" moral outrage is ridiculous. Obviously, all who read this article cared enough to click on the link- thereby making it news. Whether it's noteworthy or not is subjective, but the myriad of people who commented seemed to thinked so.

Call him an idiot, Just look at yourselves and you wiil see what an really idiot is. If anyone of you asked a question and got bashed like he did i wonder what you would have done. So be a bunch of stupid idiots and keep writing stupid notes. You all should look at Hussein and see how he lied during the election and then call yourselves idiots.

Your newspaper is so liberal you did not put my response on . I knew you wpould not because i was for Joe the Plumber

I couldn't agree more with Joe here! Sarah Palin is the real deal--she's not hiding her real self behind any questionable associations like our president-elect. To those of you who do not believe she has what it takes, I would suggest you read a book I just finished. It's called "Sarah: How a Hockey Mom Turned the Political Establishment Upside Down." It's short, but it really tells readers what she's all about. It stops before the election, but after reading that book there is no doubt in my mind that Sarah Palin is not interested in power. She would just assume spend time with her family. It’s just that when she sees bad things happening in government, she cannot just sit around and watch it happen when she knows she can do something about it. I went to 2 Palin rallies before the election and I can see that she's not going anywhere!
HHolly

It's amusing to read all these furious comments from Obama supporters/Democrats regarding Joe the Plumber's interview with Glenn Beck. Joe pushed all the right buttons to get you guys riled up. To make matters even worse , Joe praised Sarah Palin! When I read that, I knew the comments here would be irate.

Joe the Plumber

his real name is Sam, he is not a licensed plumber. 2 lies in 3 words. Fail.

To: M.Fox: The writer did not insinuate that Joe the Plumber should have exited the bus. The writer reported what Mr. Beck asked.
The reason people are all over Joe the plumber is that he is a phony. He's not a plumber, like he claimed; his name is not even Joe. If he continues to place himself in full view of the public, he is fair game.
To justaplumber: Nobody is all over Joe because he asked a question. HE IS A PHONY!
To W. Kleven: When you criticize others for their grammar, perhaps you should be certain of your own. You stated "your not intelligent..." 'Nuf said.

Joe, I thoroughly agree with you. John McCain was a disgraceful candidate. On a scale of one to ten with ten being the highest John McCain was a one; while Barack Obama was a minus one.

Sarah Palin is BY FAR THE BEST candidate for POTUS.

Character and integrtiy are BY FAR the most important qualities for POTUS and Sarah Palin is head, shoulders and torso above most all others on the national stage.

Barrack Obama approached Joe the Plumber which in turn question Obama then John Mccain use Joe the Plumber to try and nail Barrack Obama then Sarah Palin open fire followed by John Mccain and Joe the Plumber trying to take out Barrack Obama whom returned fire that stop John Mccain, Sarah Palin and Joe the Plumber.

A fake idiot praising a fake idiot--who really cares? Both epitomize the worst, the dumbest, the biggest drags on America. This should be obvious to anyone of any intelligence. But sadly, right wing lowlifes, religious zealots, and greedy, selfish fat cats (the coalition that form the base of the Republican Party) will keep the Sarah and Joe in the news for the foreseeable.

To JoeSandwich - "He's not a plumber, like he claimed; his name is not even Joe. HE IS A PHONY!"

Everyone should know that Licensed Plumbers can have one or two fellow unlicensed individuals working for them. There's nothing wrong with an honest days' work for an honest days' pay...Is there??? According to the Liberal LEFT LOONS, there is see, Chucky, Diane, and The Messiah's Gov. BLAGO. Hold your signs, attend your rallies, repeat your chants and let the calm wash over you as thee Messiah speaks, then stand in line for PAYDAY! Somehow having aspirations of better days ahead through hard work and sacrifice has become Un-American.

What is the difference that he's not licensed? I'm also pretty certain that the vast majority of people know someone that goes by Middle-Name then First. This argument for he's a phony is ridiculous and insidious!

Your Messiah was walking through SAM'S neighborhood (doing only what an organizer does best), and GOT ASKED A QUESTION. Without a prompter, Mr.PE BHO! appeared honest and sincere in his response which, was inopportunely uncharacteristic, during this history making campaign. Dems smashed fundraising and campaign spending records to BRAINWASH Millions of lemmings. $1 Billion, 3-4 times more to spend went on to Buy The Daily MS Media outlets and turned News into DNC PROMO AD's. Did anyone really believe a CHICAGO STYLE Poll was going to limit how Much FREAKIN' $$$$$$$ they could SPEND??? First BHO was going to accept CFR then...not-so-much.

You were bought on HOPE AND CHANGE and so far we're sold Clinton#3 complete with Scandals prior to Inauguration. Many of us know the change that is coming. It sounds a lot like...can you spare a nickel...BROTHER!

To Justaplumber:
My messiah is Jesus Christ...there is no other. Why would you state that Obama is my Messiah? What makes you think you know me? I follow Jesus and His teachings. Read Matthew 25 if you want to know my philosophy and beliefs.
The reason Democrats spent more money on the campaign is simple: more people ponied up, because of their disgust with the greed of the Republicans.
It's not un-American to have "aspirations of better days ahead through hard work and sacrifice ". What gives you that idea?
What's un-American is George Bush and Dick Cheney fiddling while America burns. You watch; the oil companies will be next in line for a bailout because their profits are falling. Bush will go down as one of the worst presidents in history, but he'll always be the favorite of big business tycoons, who aren't affected by this economic downturn like the rest of us.
God bless you, brother.

As far as I'm concerned, this halfwit deserves no attention from anyone. The very fact that I'm writing something about him disgusts me.

The fact is that Joe the Plumber and every other white trash American puts personal character qualities of leaders above everything else. Instead of looking and who WILL do the best for the country (not to mention that pesky jerk called The Rest of The World), they look at who SAYS they WANT to do the best for the country.

Having an Arabic middle name does not make you Muslim. I have a Hebrew first name (as i'm sure many of you do, even if you're not aware of it) and I am by no means Jewish, or even Semitic.

Dropping the g's from the end of your continuous verbs (truckin', fishin', etcin'.) does not make you genuine.
Saying you're one of the people doesn't make you one of the people.
Hating gays doesn't make you a Christian.

Because you know how to cook mac and cheese, and do so on a regular basis. doesn't mean you should be leader of the free world.

Americans took a stand and decided to elect someone who is INTELLIGENT as well as passionate and good. I'll bet even Jesus himself wouldn't have claimed he was capable of being the President.

If you can justifiably be described as "folksy", do the world a favour and stay the hell out of politics.

JoeSandwich - Fine, not your Messiah, replace with The Chosen ONE then. Great, you believe in Christ!

How you voted for the Most Liberal Senator in the Country as a Christian is beyond me. I do not know you, and am left to draw a few conclusions as to how BHO will be POTUS. Anyone that voted (D) either 1) believes all that they hear from Katie Couric and the rest of the MSM, 2) has blind faith. 3) is fiercely loyal to race, 4) HATE the Current Administration (even though they were not running).

This Republican Administration is flawed and un-just in many areas. Fighting the War on Terror and keeping our enemies at bay is not one of those ways. Not having the ability to oversee other areas of gov’t beyond defense is; bailing out private industry and allowing people on welfare to become Home Owners as examples are failures of this Administration. The hate spewing attacks against this administration (that continued daily-nightly-weekly-for years on end) by the Main Stream Media and left wing groups is Anti-American. But precedence has been set; expect little more from the losers of this election, for better or for worse.

But I digress, why then is there all this hatred for a man that asked a simple question?
What about the morals and qualifications of The Chosen One? How about the fact that BHO won the Il Senatorial seat in a 2004 mid-term election with NO OTHER candidates on the ballot? Can you really believe that Blago had NO discussions with the President Elect about his vacated Senate Seat? How gullible can you be? Merely a month ago the most precious items in our country were seats in Congress, now we’re to believe that the New President(‘s Admin) had no discussions with the man poised to name his successor. Too many questions…Too little information…Too much of the same old politics just with fewer qualifications and more questions of character.

Zac - Back off the Kool-Aid for a while at least until your thoughts become coherent again.

**But I digress, why then is there all this hatred for a man that asked a simple question?**

Joe the Plumber generates anger and hate from some people because his encounter with Barack Obama was politically embarrassing for the Illinois senator. Some of the more thin-skinned Obama supporters bitterly resent that and thus resort to name calling and insults.

You might find that old joes ideas will be far more in line with whats good for america over the next four years. handing the reigns over to the government might make some feel safe today, but in the end the government will prove what it has proved for the past 30- 40 years. It is terrible at running anything.

And I promise you that printing one trillion dollars to save failing buisness will devalue our currency and push us into a econcnomic dark ages., where inovation is replaced with natioalization. obama and mcain are both dead wrong on the bail outs.