Joe the Plumber Advises Palin Not to Run for President in 2012

Joe the Plumber has resurfaced again. He spoke with Editor and Publisher, reacting to Sarah Palin's new book, "Going Rogue" and to everything else.

Joe Wurzebacher, also known as "Joe the Plumber" tells Editor and Publisher not only is he unhappy with the media's coverage of him over the past year, but he's hoping that Sarah Palin doesn't decided to run for President in 2012. He especially takes umbrage to Palin's reference to him in her new book, charging that he has benefited off of the publicity that has come with being Joe the Plumber. He also told E&P that President Obama's thinking is "un-American".

"I hope she doesn't (run) because I think she could do a lot for America outside of office, And I think she could rally Americans to get together and make some changes from the grassroots level. I think she could be an incredible rallying point, and I think that's where she could serve America best."

Wurzelbacher said he's not happy with the way the media portrayed him,

"Mainstream media really painted me as a fool. They did their best to discredit me as a tax cheat, a wife beater, a racist. You know, they said a lot of nasty things about me, and all of them untrue."

Wurzelbacher pointed out the media's reporting that he didn't have an Ohio plumbing license, saying the coverage was

"the one thing they had right -- and the only thing so far they've had right."

In her book, "Going Rogue," Palin writes of Wurzelbacher,

"Joe the Plumber reminded me personally of those Country Kitchen guys I'd sat with on Friday mornings in Wasilla when I was mayor. I liked him."

Asked to respond to the compliment, Wurzelbacher said,

"That's pretty cool. I'm glad she liked me because the feeling was very mutual."

As for McCain, Wurzelbacher has some surprising comments...

"Do I think McCain was the answer? Absolutely not, especially with the bill he tried to pass with legalizing all the illegal immigrants. He was just pandering to the Hispanic vote, period."