To: tejek who wrote (53457 ) 10/29/2008 8:32:44 PM From: Ann Corrigan 1 Recommendation Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 224707 Why did France's Sarkozy warn that Obama's view on Iran is dangerously immature? Take a lesson from a man far wiser than Obama's hypnotized lambs: Joe Wurzelbacher, on his first campaign trail appearance for John McCain, says he agrees that a vote for Barack Obama would be "a vote for the death to Israel." Associated Press, Tuesday, October 28, 2008 OHIO(AP) - Joe Wurzelbacher, a.k.a. "Joe the Plumber," on Tuesday twice agreed with a claim from an audience member at a John McCain rally that "a vote for Barack Obama is a vote for the death to Israel." Wurzelbacher was hitting the campaign trail on behalf of McCain for the first time, joining former Rep. Rob Portman on a GOP bus tour through Ohio. At a stop in Columbus, he fielded the question on Israel from a self-identified Jewish senior citizen. The questioner said he was "concerned" with Barack Obama's associations and "It's my belief that a vote for Obama is a vote for the death to Israel." Wurzelbacher responded: "I agree with that." Joe's first trip to the podium as a McCain surrogate was freewheeling. "I'm honestly scared for America," Wurzelbacher said. He later said Obama would end the democracy that the U.S. military had defended during wars. "I love America. I hope it remains a democracy, not a socialist society. ... If you look at spreading the wealth, that's honestly right out of Karl Marx's mouth," Wurzelbacher said. "No one can debate that. That's not just my opinion. That's fact." McCain has suggested Obama's commitment to Israel is not as deep as it should be. A McCain TV ad out Tuesday ridicules Obama for saying Iran, whose president is openly hostile toward Israel, is a "tiny" country that "doesn't pose a serious threat." The narrator says: "Terrorism, destroying Israel, those aren't serious threats? Obama is dangerously unprepared to be president." The Associated Press contributed to this report.