No If, Ands, Butts About It: Joe the Plumber, (R) Ohio, To Represent 9th Congressional District....
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Mr. Joe Wurzelbacher, has filed a "statement of candidacy" with the Federal Elections Commission to run as a Republican for 9th District Court seat in Congress. The filing, made last week, means a campaign committee can raise and spend funds on his behalf.
"I am still exploring it one way or another, but come Oct. 25 I will make an announcement. That is a date that I have set," he said.
Mr. Wurzelbacher, 37, a Springfield Township resident, acknowledged that he does not live in the 9th Congressional District.
"If I do anything, it would be in the 9th," Mr. Wurzelbacher said. "I live in Ohio and that is what it comes down to. Legally, as long as you live in the state one year and are a registered voter, you can run anywhere you want."
Joe Wurzelbacher has been an icon for many anti-establishment conservatives and popular among Tea Party members.
Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D., Toledo) is the 9th District incumbent and also is the longest-serving Democratic woman in the House. She and U.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D., Cleveland) have both said they will run for the Democratic nomination for the seat. They were put into the same race after a congressional redistricting.
"The reason I would want to run for Congress is to show the American people and show Ohio that someone can run and serve without compromising their integrity," Mr. Wurzelbacher said. "It comes down to jobs. Ohio has lost a quarter of a million people and someone is not doing their job and I know I can do a much better job.
"Bottom line: It comes down to serving the people," he added.
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lin sugar lips 2011/10/14 10:25:39
Go Joe!
joe isn't even a plumber for pete sakes.. well politics just keeps circling the drain more and more...
His willingness to speak his mind and stand tall to the President shows me the man has GRIT! Something that is certainly missing in Washington, D.C.!
Joe was given the name of "The Plumber" by John McCain. He never said he was a licensed plumber. I'd like to know WHERE he got his information from on how he is operating "illegally" under someone elses license? As long as a licensed plumber is willing to sign off on his work, he can do ALL the plumbing he wishes in Ohio.
Funny how quick total liberal FOOLS beat up on any person because he simply questioned the Presidents' motives, which he had every right to do, as an American citizen and a voter.
Obama was pissed because he mis-spoke his feelings on "spread the wealth" - he didn't have his teleprompter to save him.
Joe the Plumber's background has nothing to do with his running for any office. Obama and the loony left wing blames Joe the Plumber. That's all this guy who is putting him down has, that's all he knows. What a shame he's so spiteful.
Perhaps he should crawl back into his sleeping bag at Wall Street Park rather than be on SHl
......ya know what they say about opinions.........(wink)
But thank you for the flowers!
Or might you have JUST come out of a sleeping bag from Zuccotti Park on Wall Street?
Now why exactly are you attacking me? I am not an occupier.
You demeaned him for he did not understand taxes! Do you understand taxes? If so, you're one of the few in America that does! For even the head of the IRS declares he uses an accountant to file his!
Referred to you as a "occupier" for they too have no clue what the hell they are talking about!:)
Yes, I'm sure he heard it on MSNBC and did not research any of the charges!