During an interview on Sean Hannity’s TV show last night, Joe “The Plumber” Wurzelbacher said that he does not support the reelection of Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), whose campaign made him famous as an icon of conservatives during the 2008 election.
“And you know, I went around with John McCain because it was the lesser of two evils, to be quite frank. You know, I’m not afraid to say that,” said Wurzelbacher, discussing his experience in 2008. “John McCain exactly doesn’t represent true conservatism. He does represent the Republicans, but not true conservatism.”
Hannity asked Wurzelbacher whether he would support McCain’s reelection. “Absolutely not. I mean that’s what the Tea Party movement is against. You know, John McCain is of Washington. He’s a career politician. He’s had plenty and ample opportunities to fix things and get things done, and yet here we are,” said Wurzelbacher. “I mean, he’s just the face of what’s going on in Washington. And I’m not necessarily trying to pick on John McCain. I mean, we need to get rid of most of those guys that are in there that are career politicians — your Barbara Boxers, your Nancy Pelosis.”
Wurzelbacher also backed off an earlier statement that McCain “really screwed up my life,” saying that his words had been misrepresented by the media.
“I tell you what, let me paint you a picture. As you know, media likes to sit there and cut off what you’re saying. They didn’t go on with the full sentence. I actually said the rest of the sentence and a paragraph afterwards,” said Wurzelbacher. “Let me paint you a picture here. You know it took nine years to get custody of my son. I got custody of my boy six months prior to me meeting Barack Obama. All I had in my thoughts were, ‘man, I got custody of my son, I got a great job, I’m about to make payments to my boss to buy his company.’ I mean I was living the American dream.
“So yes, John McCain and Barack Obama, in essence, screwed up that life. Now screwed up my life, you know, that’s going overboard a little bit. They screwed up that life that I was very much looking forward to. But I definitely embrace what’s come my way. I’ve been able to get out there and encourage Americans to get involved and actually take responsibility for being Americans, because there is a responsibility being born in this country and you have to fulfill it. There’s civic duty. It’s not a punchline. It’s a very real thing.”
