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Now, Joe the Plumber has become a defining issue once again, this time in the 2010 race for attorney general in Wurzelbacher's home state of Ohio. Last year, Wurzelbacher became a symbolic "everyman" -- at least for conservatives -- after Sen. John McCain mentioned him several times during a nationally televised presidential debate. McCain referenced him so many times, in fact, that Saturday Night Live spoofed him for using "Joe the Plumber" in virtually every sentence, culminating in the hilarious deadpan laugh line from the actor playing McCain (to the actor playing Obama): "Frankly, I trust Joe the Plumber a lot more than I trust your plan, because Joe the Plumber is a straight shooter, and one of the finest people I've ever known." Get the new PD toolbar! But not all of the pushback was done in good fun. Various news outlets began reporting not just on Wurzelbacher's politics, but his plumbing credentials -- and tax history. And not all of this information came from innocent sources, either: Evidently believing that the Wurzelbacher narrative was becoming a threat to Obama, three Democratic political appointees working for the Ohio Department of Jobs and Family Services allegedly used state time and resources to dig up confidential information on him in state databases. After investigating, Ohio's independent inspector general concluded there was "no reasonable basis" for the searches. Wurzelbacher subsequently filed a civil rights lawsuit against the three employees. Now, as Bill Hershey reported in the Dayton Daily News, Democratic Attorney General Richard Cordray had agreed to represent them in court. The problem with Cordray's decision is that an Ohio statute states, "The attorney general may not represent an employee who acts recklessly, maliciously or in bad faith outside the scope of his employment." The inspector general's conclusion that there was "no reasonable basis" for the searches suggests that they were done outside the scope of the workers' employment and should absolve the attorney general from the responsibility of defending these individuals. Naturally, Ohio conservatives are seizing on the issue. Popular Ohio blogger ... Continued at link Click for Full Text! Subscribe to *Crime and Corruption* Post Comment   Private Reply   Ignore Thread   Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest #1. To: All, *Politics and Politicians* (#0) Evidently believing that the Wurzelbacher narrative was becoming a threat to Obama, three Democratic political appointees working for the Ohio Department of Jobs and Family Services allegedly used state time and resources to dig up confidential information on him in state databases. Remember the Dim claims that his name wasn't even Joe,and that he wasn't even a plumber? BTW,I apologize to all for not having paragraph breaks. I keep forgetting that for some reason Mozilla doesn't automatically pick them up from Politics Daily. sneakypete  posted on  2009-12-11   8:50:34 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply   #2. To: sneakypete (#1) Remember the Dim claims that his name wasn't even Joe,and that he wasn't even a plumber? Apparently in Obama's socialist America plumbers have to register with the government and get a Licence. Joe the Plumber is a Real American Hero, like Sarah Palin, but with a tool belt. Goldi-lox  posted on  2009-12-11   9:05:37 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply   #3. To: Goldi-lox (#2) Apparently in Obama's socialist America plumbers have to register with the government and get a Licence. Apparently you share in that ignorance. MOST plumbers don't register with the government and get a license. MOST plumbers are employees who work under the direction and license of a licensed plumbing contractor. If you are not going to become a contractor,there is no reason to apply for a license. If you and your Dim heroes had ever worked for a living in the construction industry,you would know this. sneakypete  posted on  2009-12-11   9:11:29 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply   #4. To: sneakypete (#3) Apparently in Obama's socialist America plumbers have to register with the government and get a Licence. Apparently you share in that ignorance. MOST plumbers don't register with the government and get a license. MOST plumbers are employees who work under the direction and license of a licensed plumbing contractor. If you are not going to become a contractor,there is no reason to apply for a license. It's because Obama wants to spread other people's wealth around that Plumbers like Joe have to work under some plumbing Czar who has a licence. It's Socialism at it's worst. If you and your Dim heroes had ever worked for a living in the construction industry,you would know this. I'll take that under advisement schleppo. Goldi-lox  posted on  2009-12-12   22:32:14 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply   #5. To: Goldi-lox (#4) It's because Obama wants to spread other people's wealth around that Plumbers like Joe have to work under some plumbing Czar who has a licence. It's Socialism at it's worst. More sloganeering,political posing bullBarack. It is in the PUBLIC INTEREST to have plumbers,electricians,and other construction workers tested and licensed. Not all have to be certified,but you want and need at least one lead man/supervisor on every job that is licensed in order to made sure the job is done right. That ain't socialism. It's common sense. It would only be socialism if every worker there was required to have a license,or even a union card. sneakypete  posted on  2009-12-13   9:40:32 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply   Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest

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