usmagazine.com - 10/24/2008
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Matt Damon says he was thrilled presidential campaign star "Joe the Plumber" dropped his named in an interview.
The plumber, whose real name is Samuel Wurzelbacher, became an overnight media hit after he was referred to at least 23 times by Barack Obama and John McCain in the final presidential debate.
Speaking to the press from his Ohio home Wurzelbacher, a Republican, said he hoped he wouldn't make a fool of himself with all the attention: "I don't have a lot of pull. It's not like I'm ...
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Matt Damon honored by shout out from Joe the Plumber
Cele|bitchy —
... telephone interviews or whatever they’ll have me do,” he said. “I want to sprint to the finish with the millions of us who really have been desperate for this change.” The actor - who once called Sarah Palin a “really scary thing” - declined to comment on the Republican ticket. Said Damon, “The Obama campaign has decided to focus on the positive, and I should be a bigger man and be able to do that with them.”
[From Us Weekly]
Right after his original comments about Palin, Matt and Wyclef Jean went ...
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