Samuel P. Wurzelbacher, aka Joe the Plumber, is backing a number of candidates, but one politician he won’t be stumping for is the man who made him famous: Sen. John McCain. “I don’t owe him shit,” Wurzelbacher said in an interview with PA Public Radio reporter Scott Detrow. “He really screwed my life up, is how I look at it.” As for President Obama, Wurzelbacher told a crowd in Harrisburg to lay off the personal attacks, saying that ties to the “birthers” would hurt the Tea Party cause. And in some ways, he actually kind of likes Obama: “I think his ideology is un-American, but he’s one of the more honest politicians. At least he told us what he wanted to do.” Wurzelbacher says that 200 politicians have asked for his official stamp of approval, but he’s taking his time. Wurzelbacher says he must have a 20-30 minute conversation in which he grills lawmakers to “make sure they’re straight.”
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