Did you know, Joe the plumber claims to have turned down $1 million?

[wndycty]

NORM: 'Joe the Plumber' too booked for LV

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Ohio plumber Joe Wurzelbacher was listed among the lineup of celebrities heading for the world's largest gaming trade show, which is being held this week at the Las Vegas Convention Center.

His newly hired agent, Nashville, Tenn., public relations guru Jim Della Croce, is on a how-to-brand-your-casino panel at the trade show, and thought Wurzelbacher's presence would translate into good exposure.

But he has guest appearances in Los Angeles this week and a commitment to work on his new book in Dallas.

"He's a great example of someone who's got their 15 minutes of fame and is trying to capitalize on it," said Clinton Billups, an entertainment executive with G2E.

Della Croce put Joe the Plumber on the phone with me Sunday for an update on his life since becoming a media sensation after his name was invoked by both candidates in the presidential election.

Life won't be normal anytime soon, he said. He made national headlines in late September when his question about tax policy resulted in a response by Barack Obama that he wants to "spread the wealth" around by raising taxes on families earning more than $250,000 a year.

Joe the Plumber might find himself in that tax bracket.

He said he had 10 different letters from 10 different writers who wanted to do his book.

"It wasn't easy to turn down $1 million," he said. He settled on Austin, Texas, writer and publisher Tom Tabback to help him write "Joe the Plumber -- Fighting for the American Dream." It is to be released Dec. 1.
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[annabanana]

1. If that's true it's only because he believed he could get 2 million.

We all know how these guys operate...

[yourguide]

2. I thought he was stupid...

just had no idea he was THAT stupid...

[Crazy Dave]

3. Worried about the taxes he'll have to pay?

:shrug:

[Justyce]

4. What could he possibly have to say that would fill up a book? And

who would want to read it... :eyes:

[npincus]

5. Hannity, the loud-mouth idiot, was a general contracter on LI before he hit radio...

so, it shows that at least on the RW side of the spectrum, it doesn't take intelligence just a big f*cking mouth to reach RW MSM stardom.

[liberal N proud]

6. I worked with a couple of guys that wouldn't accept overtime

because they didn't want to pay the extra taxes.

We are talking work that was $40k/yr in the late 80's

I gladly took the extra pay and laughed at them all the way to the bank.

[Gold Metal Flake]

7. so...

He lived on Welfare, he doesn't pay his taxes so he's a social deadbeat, and he has a ghostwriter. Does this guy do ANYTHING himself? What a fucking freeloader.

[QueenOfCalifornia]

8. Oh come on

He has snaked out some drains using other peoples snakes.

If 10 different people offered him a book deal and he didn't accept any one of them, he is dumber than a pile of crap, you can't expect him to actually write his own "memoirs." :rofl: