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Joe Wurzelbacher -- mentioned over two dozen times as the middle class standard bearer in Wednesday's debate -- holds a news conference Thursday outside his Ohio home.

"I'm completely flabbergasted with this whole thing and just hope I'm not making too much of a fool of myself and hope I can get my message out there."

Adds it "bothered" him his name was said more during the debate than Iraq, seems annoyed when reporters press him on his voter registration.

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Plus: He may hate new taxes, but records suggest he didn't pay some old ones.

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