RIP Joe

[jon-nyc]

As in Joe the Plumber.

He was only 49. Pancreatic cancer.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2023/08/28/samuel-wurzelbacher-joe-plumber-dead/

[89th]

I recall the original interaction that got him famous. In retrospect, what calmer and more respectful times there were, at least in this exchange:

Link to video

(audio is kind of the sux0rs, btw... I had to crank it up)

[Axtremus]

pancreatic cancer.

Ugh!

[jon-nyc]

I was surprised to see he was only 49. That seems like eons ago. Not that he was old then, but still.

[taiwan_girl]

@89th said in RIP Joe:

what calmer and more respectful times there were, at least in this exchange:

Absolutely right. "Joe the Plumber" listened and answered and President Obama did the same.

It wasn't that long ago.

[Axtremus]

Condolences to the Wurzelbarchers.