Samuel "Joe the Plumber" Wurzelbacher address a campaign rally at Lorain County Community College in Elyria, Ohio, in this file photo. Wurzelbacher is putting down his wrenches and picking up a reporter's notebook.
(Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)Joe the Plumber to Become War Correspondent
Joe the Plumber to become war correspondent in Israel for conservative Web site
Joe The Plumber is putting down his wrenches and picking up a reporter's notebook.
The Ohio man who became a household name during the presidential campaign says he is heading to Israel as a war correspondent for the conservative Web site pjtv.com.
Samuel J. Wurzelbacher (WUR'-zuhl-bah-kur) says he'll spend 10 days covering the fighting.
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He tells WNWO-TV in Toledo that he wants to let Israel's "'Average Joes' share their story."
Wurzelbacher gained attention during the final weeks of the campaign when he asked Barack Obama about his tax plan.
He later joined Republican John McCain on the campaign trail. At one stop, he agreed with a McCain supporter who asked if he believed a vote for Obama was a vote for the death of Israel.
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