Who is the Real Joe the Plumber?

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McCain blames Obama for bringing up Joe the Plumber

We had a good debate this week. You may have noticed -- there was a lot of talk about Senator Obama's tax increases and Joe the Plumber. Last weekend, Senator Obama showed up in Joe's driveway to ask for his vote, and Joe asked Senator Obama a tough question. I'm glad he did; I think Senator Obama could use a few more tough questions.

The response from Senator Obama and his campaign yesterday was to attack Joe. People are digging through his personal life and he has TV crews camped out in front of his house. He didn't ask for Senator Obama to come to his house. He wasn't recruited or prompted by our campaign. He just asked a question. And Americans ought to be able to ask Senator Obama tough questions without being smeared and targeted with political attacks.

WHAT? Who brought Joe up in the debate? I bet Joe didn't ask McCain to talk about him on national television. Obama wasn't attacking Joe; reporters went to his house and dug up dirt on him, not Obama. Seriously. WTF is McCain smoking and where can I get some?