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Wednesday, July 1, 2009 12:00 AM

Finally, God does something right

Joe the Plumber gets a divine message, and we can all rest a little easier

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Wednesday, July 1, 2009 11:05 AM

Like, "Halleluiah!"

We are spared another know-nothing campaign buoyed up by the blurred media line between reality and reality TV.

Wednesday, July 1, 2009 11:06 AM

........

Why is this guy still being interviewed for ANYTHING??

Wednesday, July 1, 2009 11:06 AM

He left out the part before god said no.

Which was "Bwah ha ha ha ha cough hack... bwaaahh ha ha ha ha... "

Wednesday, July 1, 2009 11:08 AM

Self-important, much?

And this is the guy the GOP chooses as their "hero."

Wednesday, July 1, 2009 11:14 AM

@kenwaz

Don't count your chickens before the eggs are even LAID, much less hatched.

We've had many know-nothing campaigns in the past without benefit of Joe the Plumber -- our political and media systems are fully capable of screwing up again all by themselves, thank you very much.

Wednesday, July 1, 2009 11:15 AM

Well, if God has spoken...

Then that's it then. And we all know God is never wrong!

Wednesday, July 1, 2009 11:28 AM

Now I'm Convinced

God is real, and He loves us very, very frigging much.

Wednesday, July 1, 2009 11:30 AM

"I hope not"

WTH? What does I hope not mean? He doesn't know what he's planning, but he hopes he isn't planning to run for office?

Frickin' idiot.

Wednesday, July 1, 2009 11:36 AM

Thanks, God

I knew we could count on you.

Wednesday, July 1, 2009 11:38 AM

I'm disappointed in God

I was hoping for something like Newt Gingrich being interviewed live when a chunk of frozen toilet waste falls from a passing airliner, softens on the way down and lands on him like a giant blue Slurpee. But Joe-the-Make-Believe-Plumber would have been a good second choice.

Wednesday, July 1, 2009 11:47 AM

wow

Glad to see that God and I are on the same page.

Wednesday, July 1, 2009 11:55 AM

Do these people really hear God speaking?

If so, why haven't they been committed?

Wednesday, July 1, 2009 12:01 PM

Only 90% Shizo

At least the voices in his head aren't telling him to go shoot abortion doctors -- yet.

Wednesday, July 1, 2009 12:03 PM

Make That 90% SCHIZO

Or Shitso would work too.

Wednesday, July 1, 2009 12:05 PM

Like, oh my God!

"I prayed to God and asked if I should run for office, and he was all, like, 'Oh no you di-int! You did NOT just totally ask me if you could, like, hold office', and I was all, like, 'Take a chill pill,' and God's all like, 'Don't you be gettin all up in MY face, yo,' and I'm like, 'No way' and God's all like, 'Girlfriend you better check yo-self' and I'm like, 'Whoa'."

Wednesday, July 1, 2009 12:20 PM

But he's sure god will tell him yes...

...to buy into a strip club with money he's made from his book.

Wednesday, July 1, 2009 12:21 PM

Only *talks* to God? Loser!

'Cause, as we found out recently, there's another GOP figure who's forwarding emails from God, AKA "Trig’s Creator, Your Heavenly Father."

Sorry, Joe. Guess you're just not on Yahweh's email list, beeyotch!

Wednesday, July 1, 2009 01:21 PM

Considering whom the people who claim to hear god are really listening to,

my guess would be that somebody did some quiet polling about fundraising potential and Joe The Unemployed did the math.

Wednesday, July 1, 2009 01:44 PM

Sarah? Someone's Holding For You On Line 1 . . .

Maybe we can get God to talk to Sarah. He must have heard that she broke into his email by now . . .

Wednesday, July 1, 2009 02:40 PM

Joe, this is God...

I want you to cash in all your CDs, empty your bank accounts, sell your house, any stocks you might have and, oh yeah, cash in your retirement account too, and send all the money to a guy on the internets with the moniker Pubius Maximus.

In cash.

Small bills.

And tell no one.

If you do, I really promise good things will happen to you.

Really.

Signed,

Your Buddy (God)

Wednesday, July 1, 2009 02:54 PM

Misheard

It was actually Dick Cheney...Joe just thinks he's god.

Wednesday, July 1, 2009 02:57 PM

Rush

By God, he meant Rush Limbaugh

Wednesday, July 1, 2009 03:08 PM

Is that the same God...

...that told Bush to attack Iraq? Kinda like the O.T. God v. the N.T. God?

He runs with a seriously fucked up crowd.

Wednesday, July 1, 2009 03:23 PM

Come on Sam

Palin/Wurzelbacher 2012!

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