Timothy McNulty | December 10, 2008
We're very late on this, but just to get it on the record -- Joe the Plumber, the special guest star in the waning days of the McCain campaign, told a conservative talk radio post yesterday that he was "appalled" by the nominee. He liked Sarah Palin better. From ThinkProgress:
Joe "the Plumber" Wurzelbacher has
a book coming out later this month, called "Joe the Plumber: Fighting for
the American Dream." He previewed it on Glenn Beck's radio show, revealing that
"a lot of liberals are going to love" some of his criticisms about Sen. John
McCain (R-AZ). He was particularly angry about McCain's support for the $700
billion financial bailout:
WURZELBACHER: When I was on the bus with him, I asked him a lot of questions
about the bailout because most Americans did not want that to happen. Yet he
voted for it. ... And I asked him some pretty direct questions. Some of
the answers you guys are gonna receive - they appalled me, absolutely. I was
angry. In fact I wanted to get off the bus after I talked to him.
BECK: Really? Now why didn't you get off the bus?
WURZELBACHER: Um, you know, honestly, because the thought of Barack Obama as
president scares me even more.
Wurzelbacher said he supported McCain only because he was "kinda the lesser
of two evils." However, his criticism of McCain didn't extend to his running
mate, Gov. Sarah Palin (R-AK). "Sarah Palin is absolutely the real deal," he
said.
Posted
Dec 10 2008, 04:20 PM
by
Timothy McNulty