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    1 year ago

    This is the best summary I could come up with:


    His oldest son, Joey Wurzelbacher, said his father died Sunday in Wisconsin after a long illness.

    “The only thing I have to say is that he was a true patriot,” Joey Wurzelbacher — whose father had the middle name Joseph and went by Joe — said in a telephone interview.

    He went from toiling as a plumber in suburban Toledo, Ohio, to life as a media sensation when he asked Obama about his tax plan during a campaign stop.

    Days later, Obama’s Republican opponent, U.S. Sen. John McCain, repeatedly cited “Joe the Plumber” in a presidential debate.

    He also wrote a book and worked with a veterans organization that provided outdoor programs for wounded soldiers.

    But he drew criticism during the campaign for suggesting that the United States should build a fence at the Mexico border and “start shooting” at immigrants suspected of entering the country illegally.


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