John McCain today:
"He is an eloquent speaker, but even he can't turn a record of supporting higher taxes into a credible promise to cut taxes. What he promises today is the opposite of what he has done his entire career. Perhaps never before in history have the American people been asked to risk so much based on so little."
WOW! Electing Obama would be the biggest risk ever undertaken by the American people.... and McCain advisers have reportedly been whispering that they're saving the worst for the last 10 days of the campaign.
Then of course, McCain delivered the rest of his now familiar lies and distortions:
Senator Obama is also the same fellow who requested a million dollars a day in pork barrel earmarks ... who thinks that wasting 18 billion dollars a year in earmarks is not worth worrying about, who proposed a near doubling of the taxes on dividends and capital gains during the primary, who has voted 94 times for tax increases or against tax cuts, who is promising almost a trillion dollars in new spending, who came to the Senate a few years ago and already earned the title of its most liberal member -- this is the man who now presents himself as a tax cutter and champion of middle-class America.
He is an eloquent speaker, but even he can't turn a record of supporting higher taxes into a credible promise to cut taxes. What he promises today is the opposite of what he has done his entire career. Perhaps never before in history have the American people been asked to risk so much based on so little.
You can look at the record of what he's done or you can just go with your gut, but either way you're left with the same conclusion: Senator Obama is going to raise your taxes. And in this economy, raising taxes is the surest way to turn a recession into a depression.
So, Filthy McNasty has finally released his exciting new economic plan. You can go to McCain's website to get the specifics, I don't have the stomach to post them here. Suffice it to say, there's really nothing new and nothing that makes much sense. The two centerpieces...guarantee 100% of savings for 6 months and cut capital gains tax.
Does McNasty follow the news and has he read the economic bill passed by congress? Apparently not, since he'd realize that Bush has already guaranteed bank accounts. As for the capital gains tax, it doesn't take much reflection to realize that most investors are sitting on capital losses, not gains, right now, and that those few smart or lucky enough to avoid taking a loss probably don't need any more help.
So once again, Filthy McNasty turned an address on the economy into a personal political attack. Hasn't anybody pointed out to McNasty and his minions that the personal attacks have worked against them? Rhetorically, does anybody at McCain Campaign Headquarters have a clue? Thankfully, no!
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