{"id":6159,"date":"2010-01-10T16:35:52","date_gmt":"2010-01-10T21:35:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/?p=6159"},"modified":"2010-01-10T16:35:52","modified_gmt":"2010-01-10T21:35:52","slug":"joe-the-plumber-is-checking-people-out-by-using-an-fbi-friend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2010\/01\/10\/joe-the-plumber-is-checking-people-out-by-using-an-fbi-friend\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe The Plumber is checking people out by using an FBI friend?!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Or so says Bill Hay&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Virginia&#8217;s 5th District: <a href=\"http:\/\/va5thdistrict.com\/2010\/01\/10\/joe-comes-to-the-fifth\/\" target=\"_blank\">Joe Comes to the Fifth<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bill Hay (blueridgeguy) is the leader of Charlottesville&#8217;s Tea Party group and a noted supporter of Laurence Verga. In this article about Joe The Plumber, he writes something that is quite disturbing to me&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>According to Mr. Wurselbacher <em>(sic)<\/em> he has only chosen to endorse a total of 5 candidates(not all republicans) of the hundred plus that have asked for his support. He said he vets them thoroughly and even had an FBI friend look into Verga\u2019s background.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Whoa. Bill&#8217;s saying that Joe said that he&#8217;s got a friend in the FBI who checks people out for him? The same &#8220;Joe The Plumber&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.cleveland.com\/openers\/2009\/03\/joe_the_plumber_is_now_joe_the.html\" target=\"_blank\">who filed a lawsuit against somebody who searched a confidential database for records about him<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>I want to know more about this. 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