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Speaking of plumbers …

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Here’s a great mini-fact noted by Ambinder: the first union to endorse Obama for president was, that’s right, the plumbers.

United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry of the United States and Canada

UA Endorses Barack Obama for President

Dear Brothers and Sisters:

On January 9, 2008, the United Association became the first International Union to endorse Senator Barack Obama as its candidate for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States. This endorsement was discussed with the General Executive Board and they concurred.

Barack Obama is the choice of the UA because he has always fought for working people throughout his career and will do the best job of bringing badly-needed change to Washington. Obama will help us keep existing jobs and work to develop new, higher paying jobs here in America, reform our health care system, fix our ailing schools and make sure that the pensions of our retirees are safe.

Just sayin’.

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  1. He may be related to this Wurzelbacher:

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    p>He’s not really an undecided voter after all:

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    p>http://www.dailykos.com/story/…

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    p>For starters, according to Ben Smith, he’s not registered to vote. It’s hard to believe that this could be the case; it seems likely that there is some sort of clerical error. For example, his name could be mispelled as Worzelbacher instead of Wurzelbacher in the Lucas County file. (Update: Ben Smith notes that appears to be exactly what happened. ‘Joe’ appears to be a registered Republican under the name of Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher.

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    p>His 15 minutes of fame is nearly over.

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