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While McCain may have been trying to score political points by discussing Joe the Plumber, he was inadvertently making a completely different Joe the Plumber's life a living hell. Joe Francis, of Amarillo, Texas (Wurzelbacher is from Holland, Ohio); is also Joe the Plumber, and owns JoeThePlumber.com. According to the Dallas Morning News, Francis's Web site and office have been inundated with e-mail, phone calls, and traffic from curious surfers.
Mr. Francis (who, by the way, is not to be confused with this Joe Francis) is on vacation, so his office manager Ronnie Bishop has fielded most of the 1,000 calls and 100,000 e-mails that flooded the office before noon on the day following the debate (including over 300 requests for T-shirts).
Despite the initial annoyance Joe Francis is set to reap many of the benefits of the Joe the Plumber exchange. He has obliged requests for T-shirts, selling a Joe the President garment, and has entertained several offers to purchase the JoeThePlumber.com domain, including one offer for $800,000.
On the downside we're sure to see plenty of ironic Joe the Plumber costumes this Halloween. [From: Dallas Morning News]
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Subscribe to commentsGOct 17th 2008 3:45PM
I would hardly call it "a living hell" he was offered almost a million dollars for his domain and can make a large amount of money selling merchandise....McCain can use my name any day! better sell it now Joe the plumber- Because if Obama get into office, he'll be sure to take his cut! and you'll be left with "change"
CheeseOct 17th 2008 6:14PM
The Joe the plumber mentioned in the debate is actually unlicensed and owes back thousands in taxes.
jakDec 16th 2008 8:57PM
Visit Joe the Plumber's real site at
http://joetheplumberone.blogspot.com
and get the whole story on the name change! This is fantastic! Sam Wurletzerburger (or what ever) is changing his name to Joe Plumber at the urging of the RNC for a run at the VP spot in 2012 with Sara Palin at the top of the ticket.
http://joetheplumberone.blogspot.com