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Joe The Plumber To Make House Call

Remember Joe the Plumber. In an interview with Joe Wurzelbacher, Lewiston Tribune reporter Joel Mills provides this flashback: "Wurzelbacher was swept into the national spotlight in October of that year when Barack Obama, then a U.S. senator from Illinois, was campaigning on his suburban Ohio street. Wurzelbacher - who is speaking Saturday in Lewiston - asked the future president about tax policy, and the campaign of Republican presidential nominee John McCain latched onto Obama's response about spreading wealth as evidence of a socialist agenda." So why are we talking about Joe. He's taking part in a rally in Lewiston Saturday for businessman Mike Kingsley's run for the Idaho House of Representatives against Idaho House Minority Leader John Rusche, D-Lewiston. John, of course, is a semi-regular commenter on HucksOnline. More here.

Question: Would you turn out for an event to see Joe the Plumber?



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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