Joe Da Plumber Was A Tool

It took more than a year for da guy who became a symbol of da failed campaign of John McCain to discover that da plumber was a tool. One of our TruthTellers sent to daTruthSquad a TV story about a political rally attended by a guy named Joe Wurzelbacher, who is well past his 15 minutes of fame. In da 2008 campaign he traveled with and attended rallies for John McCain and Sarah Palin, who is also well past her 15 minutes.

Joe Da Plumber said at da rally, "John McCain is no public servant. I don't owe him s$%t. He really screwed my life up."

OK, now it can be said he may quite possibly be getting his lines from a certain local Manalapan PR firm, but let's look at his statements closely.

ISSUE 1: "John McCain is no public servant."

Like or hate his politics, this guy has been serving Arizona and da nation for over 20 years, and spent a bunch of years in da Hanoi Hilton as a POW. DaTruthSquad doesn't always agree with his politics, but you have to have a ton of respect for da guy. Saying "John McCain is no public servant" is like saying "Alleged Republican/and or Democrat and alleged Manalapan and/or Freehold resident Andy Boy needs a serious haircut" or "Gee, da Queen is looking quite anorexic today" or "Wow, John Corslime really did a fantastic job fixing New Jersey's budget mess."

ISSUE 2: "I don't owe him s$%t. He really screwed my life up."

Hmmmm, lets analyze this. (A) You were an out of work plumber's assistant! (B) You were in debt. Seems to us you're not exactly winning any "My Life is Fantastic" contests here. Now, you're turning your back on da guy who gave you fame and made you da cornerstone of his campaign, and was beloved by his VP candidate who is now da darling of da GOP'ers and Tea Party Partiers?

Joe da Plumber's life wasn't being documented in Lifestyles of da Rich & Famous before he ran into Barack Obama. It would seem to us he's trying to appeal to some political base, like da hard core GOP'ers. What about those GOP benefactor who offered to pay his owed taxes? What of da free travel to attend those McCain / Palin campaign rallies across da USA?

Now this same plumber's assistant has his own agent, wrote a book, became a motivational speaker and even showed up as a supporter for Steve Lonegan when he was running for governor! Not bad for a guy who allegedly made about $40,000 in income in 2007, according to newspaper reporting.

Seems to us that maybe in 2007 and a chunk of 2008 Joe da Plumber didn't have a life. However after a chance meeting with Obama, and becoming da focal point of McCain's failed campaign, all of a sudden Joe da Plumber is now someone making a lot more money than da average person.

Who knows, maybe McCain and Sarah Plain will be better off without him?

To be fair, Joe Da Plumber probably is a nice guy deep down who just happened to be on da right street at da right time when a presidential candidate named Barack Obama was walking down it. Has Joe da Plumber benefitted both historically and financially since that fateful day?

Abso-freakin-lutely!

Joe da Plumber was created by PR folks whose job it was to create something to help their candidates who were trailing in political polls. Unfortunately for McCain and Palin, they staked their reputations, and their election hopes, on a plumber's assistant who wasn't an actual licensed plumber. And, it cost them big.

Being a tool for PR hacks isn't a good thing. Maybe Joe da Plumber is just finding that out.

Remember back in September when a former New Jersey State Assembly candidate sounded da alarm about a predator in our midst in Manalapan? Do you remember da words of da Queen during a Manalapan Township Committee meeting?

"Sexual harassment, verbal abuse and abuse of power by Manalapan Police Chief Stuart Brown..."

"Chief Brown has a history of verbally assaulting and threatening women."

"Chief Brown and his repetitive abusive behavior toward women."

"I do not want any other women to be victims of Chief Brown’s rage."

Remember da statement that an investigation was under way to seek out female victims of Chief Brown that was started prior to September of last year? What ever happened to that investigation who we were all led to believe was to keep da women of Manapapan safe from da Chief's "rage?" It's February now - Are da women of Manalapan safer today than they were last year? Can women of any age walk da halls of Manalapan Town Hall safer now without da alleged threat of "rage?" Why has not even one word been said about this investigation into da Chief? Where are da results? Were any other women identified?

You know, living in Manalapan for da decades we have, one might even begin to think or even speculate da Queen's pleas to make Manalapan safer from da Chief were a cleverly planned PR stunt to gain da women's vote prior to an election where candidate Roth seemed to be trailing. Was da Chief da Queen's Joe da Plumber?

Unfortunately, for da fine folks of Manalapan, we may never know. However, due to da actions of some politicians, Manalapan is in da crosshairs of an age discrimination lawsuit, one which, if da Manalapan Legal Dream Team loses again, could cost taxpayers dearly in either a settlement, or a court's judgment.

That, unfortunately, could be da other side of PR. And no, we haven't forgotten. And that's daTruth.