Joe The Plumber Blasts Michael Steele's "Hip Hop" Ambitions

[brooklynite]

Source: Talking points Memo

Michael Steele now has another high-profile Republican publicly bashing him: Samuel "Joe The Plumber" Wurzelbacher.

At a meeting of conservative activists in Milwaukee, Mr. The Plumber had some tough words for the RNC chairman: "Unfortunately we have a chairman up there who wants to redefine conservatism; he wants to make it hip hop, put it in a new package and sell it."

"You can't sell principles; either you have them or you don't," he added, to applause from the audience of 800 people.

Joe The Plumber has really embraced his self-proclaimed role as the voice of the right-wing working-class voter -- quite a different audience from Steele's desire to expand the GOP into minority communities. And Joe's pronouncement that conservative principles can't be repackaged and sold -- you either have them or you don't -- is strikingly similar to Rush Limbaugh's line from CPAC that conservatism is unchanging and permanent, solidifying a definite line of anti-Steele thought.

Read more: http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/03/joe-the-plumber-blasts-michael-steeles-hip-hop-ambitions.php

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Maybe we should give Joe some more respect -- in a time of economic calamity, he's managed to stay employed in his new gig (or at least get his travel bills paid) for months...

[Taverner]

1. "Principles" - GOP speak for white people

[rurallib]

2. Without Joe's support, Steele may as well hang it up.

BUt I wonder what Sam Wurzelbacher thinks?

[beac]

9. Yup, if JTP thinks you're DOA, you're SOL and should STFU.

"SJW" is MIA but even he can't save the FUBAR GOP.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

22. It more amusing every day!

skin and hair flying on the GOP

[geek tragedy]

3. Will Steele grovel before Joe too? n/t

[cboy4]

4. It's was only a matter of time before "Joe the plumber's" racism

was going to come bubbling out .. you know, like one of those broken drain pipes he supposedly used to fix.

[Rashel]

5. Principles like lying about your profession, not paying taxes, claiming you're going to

start a business....

[niceypoo]

6. It all boils down to one thing...

...you criticize Rush Limbaugh, your gone.

Pitiful, isnt it?

[ejbr]

7. Do you think that speech help him sell his 6th book yet? n/t

[IndianaGreen]

8. Joe the Plumber should get a real job instead of being a parasitic pundit

What a moron!

[KamaAina]

24. He'd have to get his plumber's license first

:P

[Deny and Shred]

10. Ok, Joe. DON'T redefine Conservative, leave it exactly how it is.

That suits me just fine.

[ReliantJ]

11. These guys are characters

[StatGirl]

12. But his premise is wrong

Steele isn't talking about re-defining conservatism. He's talking about marketing it to a particular audience, using a mode of communication that they are comfortable with.

There's nothing in what Steele said that implies that he's going to change the underlying message.

(Of course, whenever Steele says anything, my BS detection meter starts pinging at an extremely high rate -- I have the distinct impression that he's just faking his way through the entire thing, and in fact does not have a plan. But that's a different issue.)

[noiretextatique]

14. true, but clearly the GOP's dumbass base

of which joe the plumber is a fine example, is not interested in expanding its big tent to include "hip hop," which is code for black people.
joe's message was loud and clear.

[elias7]

13. That a thoroughly disgraced liar is still given a pulpit boggles the mind

Joe (not his real name) the plumber (not even licensed) told Obama he intended to buy a company (outright lie), owes back taxes and has contempt for welfare (despite his family needing it twice in his childhood), yet he commands an audience and the press follow it. How low does the prideless press have to sink?

[classysassy]

15. Yo Joe

your fifteen minutes are up,exit stage right.

[daleo]

16. All the intellectual giants are weighing in now

Joe the plumber, Rush Limbo...

[rasputin1952]

19. That's Rush...

LIMPo...let's not forget the viagra...;)

[rasputin1952]

17. Looks to me like he sold his "principles " for that tax payoff he

got.

And as others have said here already, he's even a Journeyman plumber, much less licensed; he's needed gov't help in the past; he won't get a "real" job; he's a liar.

If these are principles, sounds like he's headed to the RNC Chairmanshipp himself, all he needs is sister to get a few Grand to for a non-existant business and he's got it made...:D

[YDogg]

18. pass teh butter

:popcorn:

[lunatica]

20. Did anyone else catch the racist innuendo?

Joe The Plumber accuses Michael Steele of trying to make the Republican party into a rap movement.

Only blue collar redneck country music allowed in Joe the Plumber's party.

[acmavm]

21. Some of the comments were hilarious. And accurate! NT

[KamaAina]

23. Since when is Samuel the Unlicensed Handyman a "high-profile Republican"?

What exactly are the qualifications, if any? :eyes:

[JI7]

25. Wurzelbacher doesn't like Michael Steele because he is black

[Javaman]

26. between limpballs, mr. aluminum and joe the dumber, the repukes have a bright future...

:spray: :rofl:

I think they should rename their party, the wilderness party.