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...Fuji, the new water pumps you gave us aren't working!" Ever the engineer, Fujimori shot back, "Do you have the pressure set right?" He opened the Toyota's door and was about to step out until he stopped, as if remembering that he was a President, not a plumber. But Fujimori clearly wanted to fix that woman's water pump...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fujimori's Last Stand: Peru's Ex-President Found Guilty | 4/7/2009 | See Source »

Wurzelbacher, Joe the Plumber •admission by of not having read the Employee Free Choice Act, which legislation is being vigorously campaigned against by, and annoyance of - "Drop it, brother, drop it. I never said I was an expert, man" - at union members who point out the staggering ignorance of and shout...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Paul Slansky's Weekly Index of the News | 4/3/2009 | See Source »

...party led by ("very troubling," "extremely disappointing," "He needs to get off the air and start raising some money. He doesn't need to be giving interviews anymore"), which are followed by a clarification from ("I am pro-life, always have been, always will be") • Joe the Plumber is not a fan of efforts of to "make [conservatism] hip hop" • "outside the box" metaphor is clumsily employed by • party led by is referred to by as "an elephant that's become mired in its own muck...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Paul Slansky's Weekly Index of the News | 3/13/2009 | See Source »

...W.E.B. Du Bois as such. Just because the long list of individuals smeared as socialist happens to include prominent blacks alongside prominent whites like Franklin Roosevelt and every Democrat since does not make the word racial. Furthermore, the socialism charge was not leveled until Obama told a certain plumber that he wished to “spread the wealth around.” If encrypted racialism was intended, then why wait until this episode to wield...

Author: By Dhruv K. Singhal | Title: Just Words | 3/11/2009 | See Source »

Wurzelbacher, Joe • inability of to ply trade of - "I can no longer actually work as a plumber ... I show up to your house. Say you lean way left ... You don't like my politics. You sit there and say, 'Joe the Plumber overcharged me, Joe the Plumber broke this.' That makes national news ... I've spoken to some of my plumbing buddies in town and no one really wants to touch me right now" - is deemed by to be the fault of Ohio officials because ... because ... wait, there is no because

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Paul Slansky's Weekly Index of the News | 3/6/2009 | See Source »

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