Timothy McNulty | October 22, 2008
Joe the Plumber was mentioned plenty of times at Palin's appearance this morning in (Big Ben's hometown of) Findlay, south of Toledo, but
the man himself spurned an invitation to show up, reports the Blade.
"You've really got to hand it to old Joe the Plumber up the road in Toledo,"
Mrs. Palin said to a large crowd that filled the university's Koehler Fitness
and Recreation Center.
"He got our opponent to state his intentions in
plain language. Senator Obama says now he wants to spread the wealth. What that
means is government takes your money and doles it out however a policitian sees
fit," Mrs. Palin said to big cheers.
"Barack Obama calls it spreading the
wealth. Joe Biden calls it patriotic. From right here in Ohio, Joe the Plumber
said to him it sounded like socialism," Mrs. Palin said.
She claimed that Mr. Obama wasn't happy about the
encounter.
"It seems their staged photo op got ruined by a real person's
question," she said.
Samuel "Joe the Plumber" Wurzelbacher, 34, of
Springfield Township, did not attend the event, although he was invited by the
McCain-Palin campaign. Nor has he endorsed the McCain-Palin ticket.
Posted
Oct 22 2008, 11:37 AM
by
Timothy McNulty