Joe the Plumber

Goldberg: Courting Joe the Puppeteer

2011-11-29 00:00:00

Earlier this month, the left-wing magazine the Nation highlighted Joe Therrien as a symbol of the Occupy Wall Street movement. A New York City public school drama teacher, Therrien was frustrated with the shortcomings of the school system. So he quit...

Say it ain't so, Joe -- that you oppose free trade

2011-10-26 16:35:18

Does Joe the Congressman sound better than Joe the Plumber?

2011-08-26 16:35:49

Tea Partiers barking mad over puppy-mill humane measure in Missouri

2010-10-05 16:34:28

Missouri voters have their say on the state's controversial puppy-mill proposition

2010-11-02 21:34:00

Gearing up for 2012 presidential bid? Joe the Plumber wins seat on GOP panel in Ohio

2010-05-05 16:35:12

The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act is back

2009-01-10 00:00:00

As the presidential campaign waned and the economic meltdown waxed, the candidates did their best to demonstrate an ability to empathize with America's Everyman -- the regular Joe, the working stiff. John McCain had Samuel J. Wurzelbacher, better known as...

TEST OF A TIME

2009-01-02 00:00:00

1. True or false? After the mid-July failure of IndyMac Bank, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson warned that the economy "could be in complete meltdown in two months." a. True. He said that estimate "might even be optimistic." b. False. He reassured the...

GOP Retains Grip on U.S. House of Representatives

2012-11-07 06:12:00

WASHINGTON -- Republicans held on to their House majority in Tuesday's election, leaving Democrats well short of the net gain of 25 seats they needed to take control. "The American people have once again given the House of Representatives to Republicans,...

Obama-Romney: It's not over yet

2012-10-01 03:00:00

Things certainly seem to be breaking President Barack Obama's way of late. A slew of new polls last week showed gains for him in crucial battleground states, most notably Ohio, the one state no Republican has ever won the presidency without. Mr. Obama...

News briefs for Friday, April 27

2012-04-27 03:55:00

White House issues new protections for military families, veterans targeted by diploma mills WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration wants to trademark the term “GI Bill” in an effort to shield veterans and military families being...

"Joe The Plumber" Is Back, and Ready for Congress

2012-03-07 16:30:00

Samuel Wurzelbacher, better known by his alter ego "Joe the Plumber," is back. The prospective small business owner, who got his 15 minutes during the 2008 election, has taken on a new venture.� Politics…� On Super Tuesday, Wurzelbacher won his...

By Patrick Kevin Day, Joseph A. Kapsch, Stephanie Lysaght, Todd Martens, Denise Martin and Jevon Phillips, Times Staff Writers The presidential campaign sure has been a long, strange trip full of lots of highs and lows.

2008-11-03 16:44:48

discussed his tax policy with a plumber named Joe Wurzelbacher. Since then, Joe the Plumber has come to stand for the everyman, a hard-working American with lofty aspirations.

2008-10-30 00:00:00

Republican vice presidential candidate Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is joined by Joe Wurzelbacher, also known as "Joe the Plumber", as she speaks at a rally at Bowling Green University in Bowling Green, Ohio.

2008-10-29 00:00:00