Joe the Plumber: If elected, I’d slap my colleagues
By: Kiki Ryan and Jeff Dufour
Washington Examiner
02/25/09 3:26 PM EST
Congressman, duck!
Joe “The Plumber” Wurzelbacher said Wednesday he might run for Congress one day. But if he won, his colleagues might need to wear headgear to the House floor.
“I’d probably be in jail more often than I’d be on the Hill for slapping some member,” said Wurzelbacher at a lunchtime discussion at Americans for Tax Reform. “And that’s not [bull] either.”
Wurzelbacher, clad in jeans and a long-sleeved T-shirt, didn’t have much good to say about either man who vied for his vote last fall. On President Barack Obama he said, “People are comforted [by Obama’s rhetoric], but he’s a politician and I know he’s lying.” On John McCain he said, “John McCain’s a politician, and I don’t have a whole lot of respect for politicians.”
He did allow that of all the politicians he met on the campaign trail, Sarah Palin “seemed the most sincere.” He also said he’d consider voting for Newt Gingrich.
And it appears Wurzelbacher’s 15 minutes aren’t quite up yet. He signed copies of his new book, “Joe the Plumber: Fighting for the American Dream,” at a Border’s downtown Wednesday night, and he’s appearing at the Conservative Political Action Conference here this week. Finally, he said he’s going to be announcing a plan regarding the tax system next month. “This idea has been out there for some time, but I haven’t seen enough action on it, so I’m going to give it my swing,” he said.
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