DNCC Responds to McCain/Gramm Tax Pan

McCain v. Obama (0.00 / 0)

McCain calls those who are rich those who earn over $5M (Five Million Dollars), HObama considers those rich who earn over $50,000 (Fifty Thousand Dollars).  That's change I can believe in.

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by: Mr. Independent @ Tue Aug 19, 2008 at 17:04:20 PM UTC

fact check (0.00 / 0)

Barack called $150k rich (that's one hundred and fifty thousand dollars). McBush apparently believes earning a million does not qualify as rich... I guess that's true relative to him and his cronies.

That said, the production value of the DNCC video is disappointing.  

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by: Eli @ Tue Aug 19, 2008 at 17:36:29 PM UTC

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ridiculous (0.00 / 0)

What a ridiculous ad. McCain said right after that that people would take this out of context....of course, that context being a joke.

Then it posts the question "and what about the rest of us?" and goes to a clip of Phil Gramm. Last I heard, Phil Gramm wasn't with the McCain camp anymore. I guess the RNC should start running ads with quotes out of context from Obama and then immediately play clips from Jeremiah Wright screaming GD America.

Not to mention, what's wrong with the rich saving lots of money through McCain's plan? The McCains will save $370,000, good for them.    

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by: FreedomLover @ Tue Aug 19, 2008 at 19:01:09 PM UTC

Because it's nothing to joke about... (3.00 / 1)

The cost of gasoline, food, utilities, insurance, college tuition and just about everything else has skyrocketed.  Meanwhile, unemployment is up and wages are stagnant.

Middle Americans are getting squeezed and thus they're getting angry. It's nothing to joke about to them.  And that's why McCain's out of touch.

Oh, and Gramm re-emerged with McCain the other day.  If you weren't trolling around liberal blogs on McCain's behalf, you'd know that.

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by: Bigfoot @ Tue Aug 19, 2008 at 19:29:45 PM UTC

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"Middle Americans are getting squeezed and thus they're getting angry."

That's an interesting thing to mention. Middle Americans are getting squeezed by energy prices and Obama's solution is to tell them to inflate their tires. Talk about out of touch. Although even he and Pelosi are beginning to see Americans anger about oil prices and are shifting their positions on off-shore drilling.

"It's nothing to joke about to them."

McCain wasn't joking about any of the things you mentioned. He made a joke about at what point someone crosses the point of going from middle class to rich. It was funny and very clear he wasn't serious so people laughed. Lighten up.

"If you weren't trolling around liberal blogs on McCain's behalf"

I really had no interest in voting for McCain(I like Ron Paul), but then I saw him Saturday and was impressed. He's not the monster so many on the left have painted him as. Even if you don't agree with his positions, they certainly seemed heartfelt and well thought out.  

You got an answer to my other question "Not to mention, what's wrong with the rich saving lots of money through McCain's plan?"

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by: FreedomLover @ Tue Aug 19, 2008 at 20:06:25 PM UTC

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Sure... (0.00 / 0)

Below is Obama's energy plan.  I see a lot of specifics and nothing about inflating tires.  Try again.
http://my.barackobama.com/page...

As for the joke, you might want to check with some folks who are hurtng economically and see what they think about it.  You might get a surprise.

As for the rich saving money, I don't have a problem with it -- as long as it's not a classic Phil Gramm plan that's at the expense of everyone else.

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by: Bigfoot @ Tue Aug 19, 2008 at 21:43:25 PM UTC

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