'Joe the Plumber' wins Ohio Republican congressional primary bid

[DrDan]

"Wurzelbacher escaped with a narrow 51 to 48 percent victory."


“I think people are looking for substance,” he said."


Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0312/73715.html#ixzz1oQGiEVcE


one step away from the House . . . heaven help us

[Skittles]

1. what the FUCK is wrong with Ohio???

[spiderpig]

2. I was raised there, but moved 30 years ago to a Very Progressive State. Funny story.

It was Casual Friday around 15 years ago, and I was in the company lunch room. I was wearing a scarlet Ohio State t-shirt. A woman about my age peered closely at my shirt, looked me in the eye and said "When did YOU get out?"

So we ate lunch together and shared stories with constant eye-rolling.

Arrggghh. I haven't been back to Buckeyeville in over 20 years, but I like the color red (so kill me) and I'm still a Browns fan (masochist).

[Ikonoklast]

4. Uh, he won the Republican primary, he hasn't been elected to any office yet.

The district you live in will have a Republican primary vote, too, unless their candidate runs unopposed, or the party has no candidate to run.

The guy Sam The Fake Plumber ran against is just as much an asshat as he is.

Only Republican votes are counted in their primaries, who did you expect to win?

Doesn't matter, he's going to lose to Marcy Kaptur this fall anyway.

[Skittles]

17. the idea anyone would vote for him for ANYTHING boggles the mind

and I say this as someone who lives in TEXAS

[UnrepentantLiberal]

21. What the fuck is wrong with Republicans?

[Atman]

3. One step closer to Idiocracy.

Macho Comancho for Presidentin'!

[EnviroBat]

7. But, but, Ohio has electrolytes...

[Odin2005]

5. “I think people are looking for substance” Oh, the IRONY!!!

[Fawke Em]

8. Must be a controlled substance, in this case.

[sammytko]

9. Joe the plumb- bob didn't say that, his opponent did, but they

Are both idiots anyway.

I post on another forum and have tangled with a nutcase fron NE Ohio. What a Whackaloon.

[EnviroBat]

6. This has to be the most retarded state in the U.S.

If I lost my state job tomorrow, my wife and I would pack up and head out west. I love the scenery of Ohio, (until the citizens of Ohio ruin it by breathing, and existing)...

[hfojvt]

12. you should definitely move west, to one of the many progressive paradises of

Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, North Dakota, South Dakota, Idaho, Wyoming, Montana

er, Utah?

edit - it is funny what you type when you cannot see. Shift your hands a little and 'should' becomes 'ahouls'.

[HughBeaumont]

10. He ain't one step away from dogshit.

Up against Marcy Kaptur in a heavily Democratic district?

All over but the shouting. Ohioans aren't THAT stupid.

Then again, they DID put Kat$hit in office . . .. and Bewsh . . . twice . . .

[DrDan]

11. there were similar comments couple years ago regarding Rand Paul

"No way he can beat a Democrat"

I don't take anything for granted anymore when it comes to elections.

[hfojvt]

13. In Tennessee? The Republican would have to be the favorite

but look at last night's vote totals, and remember that Republican turnout should be higher because of their contested presidential primary.

Ohio's 9th district

Kaptur - 42,462
Kucinich - 29,899 (wow, that was not even close)
Wurzelbacher - 15,015
Kraus - 14,152
Veysey (D) - 2,876

Wurzelbacher and Kraus combined got fewer votes than Kucincih.

Which oddly enough, reminds me of my own Congressional primary. I finished a fairly close 2nd in a 3 way race. The incumbent Republican had a primary challenger. My brother remarked that her challenger lost, but got more votes than all three of us Democrats combined.

[Blue_Tires]

14. And where is this struggling, working-class "plumber" getting money to campaign?

That needs to be the first question people ask him

[SomethingFishy]

20. Not just him.. all of them..

They sit there and deride "handouts" while they are all living off of donations and contributions.

They are the leeches of society.

[Gruntled Old Man]

15. There was someone here earlier asking

if anybody had vomited to the point of passing out. I didn't click on it, but I'm wondering if the post wasn't inspired by JtP's nomination.

[Initech]

16. Man he's deluded if he thinks people are looking for substance by choosing him.

A quick google search will reveal just how much of a fraud this guy is...

[R.Blue]

18. Ahhh.. the Republican circus

A plumber without a plumbing license wins a primary... what next in the GOP circus?

[marmar]

19. “I think people are looking for substance,” he said."

Or snorting one.