Um, no. Sorry, but I think you're way off base here. I never heard anyone say it was Obama's fault *for* answering. Many have said they didn't care for Obama's *answer*. That's much different from being at *fault* for answering. There's no *fault* to be had - it was just a conversation between a politician and a citizen.
And Joe is not, IMHO, whining. I heard him saying that it's ironic that scrutinizing his credentials became the focus, rather than the response to his question, as though if he could be discredited the response - whatever it was - would be irrelevant. That's not whining, it's setting the record straight about the details of his own life and credentials.
This is, I believe, the first major piece about Joe. It was written by the New York Times, and certainly doesn't seem sympathetic towards Joe.
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... Mr. Wurzelbacher had never held a plumber’s license, which is required in Toledo and several surrounding municipalities. He also never completed an apprenticeship and does not belong to the plumber’s union, which has endorsed Mr. Obama. On Thursday, he acknowledged that he does plumbing work even though he does not have a license.
His full name is Samuel J. Wurzelbacher. And he owes back taxes, too, public records show. The premise of his complaint to Mr. Obama about taxes may also be flawed, according to tax analysts. Contrary to what Mr. Wurzelbacher asserted and Mr. McCain echoed, neither his personal taxes nor those of the business where he works are likely to rise if Mr. Obama’s tax plan were to go into effect, they said.
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Gosh. His name isn't really Joe, it's Samuel. He doesn't understand Obama's tax plan so he must be dense. He's not in the plumber's union and "though he may have worked in the plumbing business he's not really a plumber."
This same piece could have easily been written this way:
S. Joseph Wurzelbacher, known simply as "Joe" all his life, is a plumber a mere six months away from being awarded a Master Plumber license. Skilled enough to have bypassed the typical apprenticeship path most plumbers must take, Joe is concerned that Barak Hussein Obama's tax philosophies may give him a break now, but hurt him down the road and punish his success as he furthers his career as a plumber.