Say it ain't so, Joe! (And Joe replies, 'It ain't, you dumbass!')

Of course, I watched the debate last night: MCcain came across as a rabid bat stuck in a small enclosure made of glass, while Obama came off as a bemused biologist looking in on said bat as it battered against the enclosure. McCain got off his "you should've run against Bush four years ago" zinger. (Hey, John, I have a question: If you're so big on standing up to your party, how come you didn't run against Bush four years ago?) But Obama spoke what was on everyone's mind when he said, in reference to the paranoid ads linking Obama to William Ayers and ACORN, "I think the fact that this has become such an important part of your campaign, Senator McCain, says more about your campaign than it says about me.”

Perhaps McCain's most enduring contribution to the debate, and to the American political landscape, was "Joe the Plumber," that salt-of-the-earth small-businessman from Holland, Ohio, who may, or may not, be punished by Obama's tax plan.

After the debate, Joe found himself in the center of a media maelstrom, everyone asking him who would get his vote. "That's my business," he replied, while giving the impression that he certainly wouldn't vote for Obama, who tap dances like Sammy Davis Jr.

I support Joe in his decision not to reveal the name of the candidate for whom he'll vote, especially since that candidate's name is, apparently, "Nobody":

"'Joe the Plumber' not voting for McCain" — Huffington Post

It might be heartening to McCain to know that he has at least one vote in Democratic stronghold Lucas County, Ohio, but for one small fact. A download of the Lucas County voter rolls from the Ohio Secretary of State's website lists four Wurzelbachers, two in Holland, but none of them named Sam or Joe or Samuel Joseph. There's a Robert Lee and a Frank Edward Wurzelbacher, but no Joe.

Apparently, Joe the Plumber don't vote.

Personally, this is my favorite kind of conservative voter: The one who, apparently, hasn't bothered to register and missed his chance.

UPDATE: Oops, I jumped the gun on this one. The New York Times is reporting:

Mr. Wurzelbacher is registered to vote in Lucas County under the name Samuel Joseph Worzelbacher.

Sorry, man. Sometimes I get excited. Best to you, dude; hope your vote works out for you!