Where In The World Is Joe The Plumber?

January 7, 2009
 

On his way, apparently, to Israel “to report for the conservative Web site pjtv.com.

Take it away, Jennifer Taylor of WNWO-TV ( NBC24, Toledo, OH):

He intends to get the, often lost, Israeli reason for the offensive against Hamas.

…The 10-day journey hopes to answer that question, by talking with Israeli citizens directly without a politically correct filter.

“I get to go over there and let their ‘average Joes’ share their story, what they think, how they feel, especially with world opinion, maybe get a real story out there,” Wurzelbacher said.

….Joe knows the danger is very real but believes his civic duty is once again calling him to do something bigger than himself.

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UPDATE: Speaking of Joe and danger and Israel, remember this? When Fox News’s Shep Smith grilled Joe on why he “went ahead and agreed” with one voter’s claim that a vote for Obama would mean a vote for the death of Israel? (Joe then: “You don’t want my opinion on foreign policy. I know just enough probably to be dangerous…”)

Liz Cox Barrett is a writer at CJR.