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Joe the Plumber Not Running for Office

DIVINE INTERVENTION

God told him not to.

Last fall, Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher—better known as Joe the Plumber—announced that he was considering running for Congress. Not so anymore: God told him not to. In an interview with WorldNetDaily, the GOP icon said: "You know, I talked to God about that and He was like, ‘No’... . I believe He’s gotten me on this grassroots movement. If I can encourage leaders to step up, that’s what I would like to do.” Yet he added that he'll reconsider, if God tells him to.

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