VIDEO: The Liberal Hate Machine has gone into overdrive trying to destroy Joe the Plumber. He had the nerve to speak his mind and has been targeted by Lefty Fringe Extreme Groups Like the Obama Campaign.

Joe the Plumber enjoyed a brief but blazing turn in the media spotlight yesterday, the day after John McCain used the Toledo, Ohio worker as a foil for criticism of Barack Obama's tax policy at a debate. At campaign events yesterday, McCain and running mate Sarah Palin both invoked Joe Wurzelbacher in efforts to portray McCain as a champion of the middle class. Palin said in Maine that McCain is "a leader who is going to Washington to work for Joe the plumber," while McCain declared in Pennsylvania that "Joe's the man" and was the "real winner" of the debate the previous night. But Joe himself is no average plumber - and according to some in the trade has not earned the title. Wurzelbacher is not a member of the local plumbers union, writes Ed Pilkington in today's Guardian, has no licence to practice the trade, and owes the government more than $1,000 in back taxes. Wurzelbacher says he does not need a licence because he works for someone else on residential property.