Ed Hulett -> Bob Klahn wrote:
 EH> Bob Klahn -> Ed Hulett wrote:
 BK>> ..

 BK>>>>  No one is attacking Joe the plumber, they are attacking McCain
 BK>>>>  for using Joe the plumber.

 EH>>> So, digging into Joe's life and reporting his tax lien and
 EH>>> lack of a plumber's license is attacking McCain? Do tell.

 BK>>  McCain is the one who puffed him up. He asked one question, got
 BK>>  his answer, whether he agreed with it or not, and seemed to be
 BK>>  quite content with the exchange. It's McCain who has drug it out
 BK>>  into the public arena.

 EH> Actually, he didn't get an answer. Obama made reference to Joe's money
 EH> going to someone else who is not as fortunate. It isn't the job of
 EH> government to redistribute what they consider Joe's excess money to
 EH> someone else.

 EH> McCain didn't dig into Joe's life and make public private information.

Funny you should mention that:

Government computers used to find information on Joe the Plumber
Investigators trying to determine whether access was illegal
Friday,  October 24, 2008 8:57 PM
By Randy Ludlow

The Columbus Dispatch
"State and local officials are investigating if state and
law-enforcement computer systems were illegally accessed when they were
tapped for personal information about "Joe the Plumber."

Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher became part of the national political lexicon
Oct. 15 when Republican presidential candidate John McCain mentioned him
frequently during his final debate with Democrat Barack Obama.

The 34-year-old from the Toledo suburb of Holland is held out by McCain as
an example of an American who would be harmed by Obama's tax proposals.

Public records requested by The Dispatch disclose that information on
Wurzelbacher's driver's license or his sport-utility vehicle was pulled
from the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles database three times shortly after
the debate.

Information on Wurzelbacher was accessed by accounts assigned to the office
of Ohio Attorney General Nancy H. Rogers, the Cuyahoga County Child Support
Enforcement Agency and the Toledo Police Department.

It has not been determined who checked on Wurzelbacher, or why. Direct
access to driver's license and vehicle registration information from BMV
computers is restricted to legitimate law enforcement and government
business.

Paul Lindsay, Ohio spokesman for the McCain campaign, attempted to portray
the inquiries as politically motivated. "It's outrageous to see how
quickly Barack Obama's allies would abuse government power in an attempt to
smear a private citizen who dared to ask a legitimate question," he
said.

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