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DALLAS — There’s one “Joe the Plumber” who is already better off thanks to John McCain and Barack Obama.

Phones rang off the hook Thursday in the Amarillo office of plumber Joe Francis, whose Web site joetheplumber.com became an instant Internet curiosity the day after the final presidential debate.

McCain and Obama made multiple references to Ohio resident Joe Wurzelbacher — now famously “Joe the Plumber” — while sparring over their tax policies. But the name-dropping also reached to West Texas, about 1,200 miles away from the Ohio plumber, where Francis found his business suddenly in the spotlight.

Entrepreneurs hoping to cash in on a quick buck have called about buying the Web address. But many more are wanting T-shirts with the company logo, which features a droopy-eyed cartoon plumber revealing the ubiquitous “plumber’s crack” above his pants.

“I’m taking orders,” said Ronnie Bishop, who works with Francis. “It’s kind of wild.”

via ‘Joe the plumber’ in Texas cashes in on debate | AP Texas News | Chron.com – Houston Chronicle

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