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Ohio State Official Ordered Search of Joe the Plumber's Private Records
Last week, the Columbus Dispatch reported that it appeared that employees of state and local government agencies improperly delved into Joe Wurzelbacher's personal records after his name was brought up during the last presidential debate: Public records requested by The Dispatch disclose ...
New report: Ohio employee was ordered to snoop on Joe The Plumber
New report: Ohio employee was ordered to snoop on Joe The Plumber
michellemalkin.com — It keeps getting uglier. [...] Read the rest »... (more) New report: Ohio employee was ordered to snoop on Joe ...
Ohio Official Who Searched Plumber's Records Hearts Obama
riehlworldview.com — Update: You'll see at the link Ace offers their defense. A defense about searching records of lottery... winners being proof of a normal protocol. Thats BS. They do that as there is money involved and the state can step in and grab an overdue child ... (more) Ohio Official Who Searched Plumber's Records Hearts Obama
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Neptunus Lex — ... Still, girding themselves for one more press into the breach, a series of rather unimpressive attempts at an “October Surprise” have emerged. “Joe the Plumber” received a rather surprising answer about Obama’s plan to redistribute national wealth, and is subsequently subjected to government directed inquiries into his antecedents before media gatekeepers and their wanabees determined the whole thing an illegitimate source of discussion. Who cares about some working class guy named Joe? Who’s probably a ...

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