Joe Wurzelbacher, aka Joe the Plumber, may be veering into Herman Cain territory. The Ohio Republican has released a surreal campaign ad that links gun control to, wait for it, the Holocaust.
The ad opens with Wurzelbacher loading a shotgun while lamenting what gun control can do:
“In 1939, Germany established gun control. From 1939 to 1945, 6 million Jews and 7 million others, unable to defend themselves, were exterminated.”
And after he blows away a tomato, Wurzelbacher proclaims, “I love America.”
Not surprisingly, the National Jewish Democratic Council called the ad beyond the pale and called on Joe the Plumber to apologize.
Wurzelbacher’s response: “Unfortunately, there are a lot of whiners out there.” Which may energize his Tea Party base, but probably won’t play well in the heavily Democratic district where he’s mounting his long-shot bid to unseat veteran Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur.
