The Deepest Republican Fears -- Per Joe Scarborough

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Monday October 20, 2008 · 8:04 AM PDT

2008/10/20 · 08:04

Speaking of Obama's tax plan Joe complained, ....

"...but they start talking about economics, income redistribution, get--you know, taking from the most productive members of society and giving tax breaks to people who don't pay taxes. This is what we're going to see."

Let's take 30 seconds and unpack this, shall we?

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Saturday October 18, 2008 · 12:56 PM PDT

2008/10/18 · 12:56

I guess McCain is making for a gentler campaign or just dating himself, pulling out the big bugaboo of his generation 'socialism' and 'welfare' and not using the ole 'terrorist' card that gen-x moron in lipstick Palin likes.

The way McCain phrases Obama's plan makes it sound really sinister and commie.

"In other words, Barack Obama's tax plan would convert the IRS into a giant welfare agency, redistributing massive amounts of wealth at the direction of politicians in Washington," McCain said in the radio address.

The only problem is no 'conversion' of the IRS is necessary and McCain's plan will do the same thing --"redistributing massive amounts of wealth at the direction of politicians in Washington"-- with tax credits.

DelicateMonster

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Sunday October 05, 2008 · 8:05 AM PDT

2008/10/05 · 08:05

What do the various WMD arguments for invading Iraq and the Sarah Palin pick for the Vice Presidency have in common?

They both lean on obfuscations to sell short term solutions that lead to long term disasters.

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Saturday September 06, 2008 · 10:24 AM PDT

2008/09/06 · 10:24

Have you heard much chatter about that $300,000 outfit that Cindy McCain wore to the RNC? Me neither. If a Democratic candidate gets a $400 haircut, the saturation coverage practically kills his candidacy, but a multi-millionaire dollar heiress, wife to the Republican candidate for president, wears a outfit whose value cost more than your average American House and there's hardly a whisper of coverage, much less outrage. The press doesn't chatter much about these things for a specific reason: working the refs.

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Sunday August 24, 2008 · 10:14 AM PDT

2008/08/24 · 10:14

The top one percent are now estimated to own between forty and fifty percent of the nation's wealth, more than the combined wealth of the bottom 95%.
--From Lcurve.org

Editor's note: This shouldn't be necessary, but, tragically, I have friends who are actually considering voting for McCain based on his so called 'tax plan'. These friends seem reasonably intelligent in most other respects, so I'm writing this to cure their acute Bogartian illness, or at least, in some small way, help to alleviate their most glaring symptom: they are deeply misinformed.

What's John McCain's plan? Is he really dramatically cutting taxes even more deeply than Bush? Effectively, doubling down on Bush's tax cut?

Um, yep. But it might not help my friends -- who, like 96% of America, make less than $250,000 per year ...

DelicateMonster

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Saturday August 23, 2008 · 9:49 AM PDT

2008/08/23 · 09:49

Let me begin this post by stating categorically, I know exactly how many houses I own--one. And, sadly, actually, not all of one. About 75% of one at this point. The bank owns the rest. I'll hazard a guess that I'm more similar to 99.9% of American than those who own so many homes they can't keep track without having some staff dig up the relevant facts. Ahem.

But this certainly does not disqualify John McCain from the Presidency. In my view, it's fine to have a wealthy plutocrat as President who is so rich he can't keep track of the number of houses he owns. I'm sure he'll work devishly hard to ensure tax breaks for middle class Americans as a result of all that 'middle class' experience.

The only real question will be, where he considers the dividing line between being truly 'wealthy' or 'well off' and 'middle class'. Luckily, we have an answer for that. According to Senator McCain, if you make more than 5 million dollars a year you are sufficiently wealthy to be called 'well off', if you make less than that, you are 'middle class'...that means if you only make 4 million a year, you are middle class, same with 3 million, 2 million, 1 million, etc...

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Monday July 28, 2008 · 2:16 PM PDT

2008/07/28 · 14:16

As is becoming painfully clear, Monica Goodling, erstwhile wonder child of Regents Univeristy (A.K.A., God U.) had a set of insightful questions for would be attorneys who wanted to work at the Department of Justice under GW Bush's disastrous reign.

One question is impossible to read without smiling:

What Is It About GWB That Makes You Want to Serve Him?

DelicateMonster

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Sunday July 06, 2008 · 9:29 AM PDT

2008/07/06 · 09:29

Having been raised in the tradition that holds one should never speak ill of the dead, I was initially not inclined to a great dissertation on Jesse Helms. Suffice it to say he was one of the more deeply problematic politicians the United States has ever produced. But the conservative 'acclaim' is coming so fast and furious from the usual suspects (Wall Street Journal, ABC, CNN), it seems impossible to ignore a corrective to what is turning into one of the sillier excercises in hagiography in recent memory. Perhaps, without insult, we might accurately review his life and works.

Why? Because as Shakespeare noted via Anthony lo these many hundreds of years ago, the good that man does oft lies interred with his bones, the evil lives after.

DelicateMonster

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Monday June 30, 2008 · 8:19 PM PDT

2008/06/30 · 20:19

Below the fold, a statement from Wes Clark that is truly spot on, clear and, I think, undeniable.

My question to Obama supporters--and I count myself one who has defended him even as he has 'condemned' Wes Clark's statements for obvious political reasons--what should be Obama's response, if any?

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Friday April 04, 2008 · 7:32 PM PDT

2008/04/04 · 19:32

Aside from organizing the euphemistically named "National Smokers Alliance" used as a bludgeon to defeat EPA second hand smoke regulations (for which Burson-Marsteller was paid a handsome 4 million big ones), here's a quick run down on Mark Penn and where his clients are:

In February 2008, the nuclear company Exelon paid Burson-Marsteller $230,627.05, coded as "public affairs."

In April 2005, Jack O'Dwyer's Newsletter reported that Burson-Marsteller had joined with Quinn Gillespie & Associates to launch 360 Advantage, a public affairs shop filled with "key players in George W. Bush's successful presidential campaigns."

Burson-Marsteller has been hired by the two firms representing PMC Blackwater USA, McDermott Will & Emery and Crowell & Moring, to help with the account.

And of course, JeddReport tells us that Charlie Black, John McCain's top adviser, is chairman of BKSH, the DC-based lobbying subsidiary of Burson-Marsteller -- of which Mark Penn is CEO.

Not sick yet? Don't worry...we're just beginning.

DelicateMonster

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Sunday February 24, 2008 · 7:52 AM PST

2008/02/24 · 07:52

This diary is an effort at brainstorming a response to the coming Rightwing meme.

You can find a whiff of it here fronted this Sunday am on MSNBC:

Obama may face grilling on patriotism
No flag pin, no hand over his heart: Is he exposed?

DelicateMonster

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Friday February 22, 2008 · 10:53 PM PST

2008/02/22 · 22:53

From MSNBC

The Pentagon on Friday tried to cast doubt on an account of military equipment shortages mentioned by Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, whose campaign team stood by the story.

In a debate with rival Hillary Clinton on Thursday evening, Obama said he had heard from an Army captain who served in Afghanistan and whose unit did not have enough ammunition or vehicles.

Obama said it was easier for the troops to capture weapons from Taliban militants than it was "to get properly equipped by our current commander in chief," President Bush.

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