Joe the Plumber Lashes Out: McCain 'Appalled Me,' 'I Wanted to Get Off the Bus'

Posted by Ali Frick, Think Progress at 5:26 AM on December 10, 2008.

Joe "the Plumber" Wurzelbacher has a book coming out later this month, called "Joe the Plumber: Fighting for the American Dream." He previewed it on Glenn Beck's radio show, revealing that "a lot of liberals are going to love" some of his criticisms about Sen. John McCain (R-AZ). He was particularly angry about McCain's support for the $700 billion financial bailout:

WURZELBACHER: When I was on the bus with him, I asked him a lot of questions about the bailout because most Americans did not want that to happen. Yet he voted for it. ... And I asked him some pretty direct questions. Some of the answers you guys are gonna receive -- they appalled me, absolutely. I was angry. In fact I wanted to get off the bus after I talked to him.

BECK: Really? Now why didn't you get off the bus?

WURZELBACHER: Um, you know, honestly, because the thought of Barack Obama as president scares me even more.

Listen here:

Wurzelbacher said he supported McCain only because he was "kinda the lesser of two evils." However, his criticism of McCain didn't extend to his running mate, Gov. Sarah Palin (R-AK). "Sarah Palin is absolutely the real deal," he said.

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Ali Frick is a Research Associate for The Progress Report and ThinkProgress.org at the Center for American Progress Action Fund.