Over the past several weeks, the American media has obsessively tracked Joe the Plumber, and now Joe the Plumber is ready to track America through media. The Ohio blue collar dude-cum-celebrity recently told the Toledo Blade of his intention to launch two websites, one of which will be a political watchdog website, where he’ll wax poetic on economics and greed.

The Toledo Blade reports:

"I don't know about turning the debate around, all I know is that a simple question has turned my life upside down and more people know about me than Obama," claimed the ordinary-looking American, wearing sports pajamas and T-shirt.

 

"I asked what every Joe in America wanted to ask him and for that I was made an example by the media for asking that simple question, because no one in the media was asking him this," Mr. Wurzelbacher said. "I am not the kind of guy who seeks fame, but every other thing has come on me, except a good fortune."

 

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"I don't know what they would do with that kind of money, but I know what I will do with that amount. I will give more of the money to various charities for various noble causes because I am a modest and simple-living person and love to spend my fortunes on missionary things," he said. "But I won't let the government decide that for me what to do about that kind of money. I will decide it for myself."

 

Mr. Wurzelbacher said he planned to launch a Web site, www.secureourdream.com, with the goal of making it a political watchdog. "We will keep a check on both the Republicans and the Democrats for not only living up to their promises, but also not let them dictate to people how to live and spend their hard-earned fortunes," he said.

I don’t know what “missionary things” are or how Joe can a hold on some good fortune. Best of luck to Joe on his website though. I’m sure it will be influential now that he’s more famous than the president of the United States of America.