J the P tries to stretch his 15 minutes

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by David Safier

Tedski over at Rum, Romanism and Rebellion noted that Samuel J. Wurzelbacher, aka J the P, now has a website, secureourdream.com. Yes, that Samuel J. Wurzelbacher.
I had to follow up. It seems Samuel (Can I call you Sam? Thanks.) . . . Sam believes he has something to share with the world. A book's worth of something. Joe the Plumber: Fighting for the American Dream will be on sale at the beginning of December. I can't really say, "in a bookstore near you," because I don't know if you'll find it in your neighborhood bookstore.

The book will be published by PearlGate Publishing. If you haven't heard of the publisher, it's not your fault, since it's only published one book before this, Things Forgotten, by Thomas Tabback. (Note to Tom: if your book will soon be forgotten and you don't want people to make fun of you, choose a different title.) Tom is the owner of PearlGate Publishing.

Tom is ghosting Sam's book. PearlGate Publishing owns Sam's website. Sam, I imagine, will be going on a book tour soon, and I'm sure lots of local TV and radio shows will be delighted to book him. If I had a show, I would. What fun to ask him questions!

But will that sell his book? I see two possible options. One is that conservatives push the book hard, and it sells (or they buy lots of copies and give them away), and he makes some money. The other is that Sam and Tom spend lots of money in travel expenses, and the only things they have at the end of the day are a pile of unsold books and DVDs filled with interviews to put in their virtual scrap books. And Sam, out of work and in debt, has to go to the government to collect unemployment money, food stamps and maybe welfare.

Time will tell.

For your further reading pleasure, here are some excerpts from an article on foxnews.com, published a day before the election:

Joe the Plumber is short on cash and unemployed but that's not stopping him from opening a new charitable foundation and penning a book on American values.
"I got no financial offers. I am broke," Joe Wurzelbacher said Monday, explaining that he's got a few ideas on how to spread the wealth to himself and others following bogus reports of a professional management deal and potential country music career.
"I am starting a charity up, it's called 'Secure Our Dream.' It's just about people, neighbors in the community," Wurzelbacher told FOXNews.com.
[snip]
"Obviously I gotta keep out there to a degree. That way this can take off and some real help can happen," he said. "The federal government is really not going to be able to affect, really, people on a community level, whereas the Joe the Plumber persona, which is hard to even relate to that because I don't know it doesn't feel like me, but if (it) can bring money to people and you know help out" then it will have been useful. 
[snip]
"Everyone came at me to write a book. They had dollar signs in their eyes. '101 Things Joe the Plumber Knows' or some stupid s— like that. Excuse me, I am sorry," he said. "You know I will get behind something solid, but I won't get behind fluff. I won't cash in, and when people do read the book they will figure out that I didn't cash in. At least I hope they figure that out."
[snip]
"I am not going to a conglomerate that way we actually can get the economy jump started. Like there is five publishing companies in Michigan. There's a couple down in Texas. They are small ones that can handle like 10 or 15,000 copies. I can go to a big one that could handle a million or two. But they don't need the help. They are already rich. So that's spreading the wealth to me," he said. 

Sam has trouble relating to Joe the Plumber because it doesn't feel like him. I love that. To John McCain, Joe the Plumber represents real America. J the P is McCain's role model. But the real Sam doesn't feel like Joe the Plumber is really him. You can't make this stuff up.

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