Joe The Plumber Considers Singing Career

Less than a month ago, Samuel “Joe” Wurzelbacher was just a former member of the Natural Law party with back taxes, working (unlicensed) for a plumbing company and making about 40k. Then presidential candidate Barack Obama showed up on his lawn and the world changed. Cameras caught Obama explaining to the skeptical non-union “plumber” for five minutes why he would get a healthy tax cut even if he did somehow manage to buy his company for 250k—inspiring opponent John McCain to reference “Joe The Plumber” over a dozen times in the following day’s debate. Now Joe is campaigning for McCain and signing on with a Nashville management company to help him make the most of his 15 minutes of fame.

“It wouldn’t be far afield to have Joe be the spokesperson for Home Depot, for example, representing the shoulder-to-the-wheel working stiff,” manager Jim Della Croce told the New York Times. “He really isn’t selling out in any way, shape or form. We just want to see where he can have a positive impact.”

One of those places would appear to be the music industry. “Joe is a hard-core country music fan, and he can carry a tune,” said Croce. “We’re not calling him anything, though, until we get him into a studio.”

Will Joe The Plumber storm the country charts? Scandalist has a list of potential barn-raisers for Joe The Plumber to sing.

• “I Got Friends (With Low Taxes)”
• “Save A Horse, Call A Plumber”
• “Take This Tax And Shove It”
• “The Happiest Plumber In The Whole USA”
• “Don’t It Make My Red State Blue (The Economy)”
• “The Democrat Went Down To Georgia”
• “Mama, Barack’s Crazy”
• “Jesus, Take The Chads”
• “Harper Valley A.C.O.R.N.”
• “A Boy Named Hussein”
• “Will The Filibuster Be Unbroken?”
• “Mama Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Plumbers”
• “McCain Stopped Loving Her Today (The Ballad Of Sarah Palin)”
• “Vote Like You Were Dying”

Sounds like a hit to us! But isn’t Joe worried that, if Obama wins, all the money he’ll make from endorsements and country albums will cost him more in taxes? And didn’t he say he’s tired of the spotlight? Maybe he’d be happier if he just stayed an anonymous, non-union plumber.

Right.