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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (702458)	3/4/2013 8:31:04 PM
From: SilentZ	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1573221

>It was on ABCNews and made the front page of the NYTimes. After a decent amount of searching, I found it on a NYTimes political blog: thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com >Turns out that “Joe the Plumber,” as he became nationally known when Senator John McCain made him a theme at Wednesday night’s third and final presidential debate, may run a plumbing business but he is not a licensed plumber. His full name is Samuel J. Wurzelbacher. And he owes a bit in back taxes. >The premise of his question to Mr. Obama about taxes may also be flawed, according to tax analysts. Politico gave it a very short mention. I didn't find much else. I did find quite a bit about him being wrong, which he was. >I don't buy the excuse that it's McCain's fault. That doesn't change the fact that the media essentially engaged in an ad hominem attack on a private citizen. "The media?" Like two people in the media. There was a heck of a lot more tailwind from the McCain campaign behind him than headwind against him from the media. This was not a guy looking to lie low. This is a guy who ran for Congress. -Z