[...] damaging to his bid for the presidency is either suppressed by the media, or does not receive the frontpage splash headline news and wide-circulation it might warrant. As Senator Obama likes to say, any of this kind of negative coverage that questions his character [...]

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MataHarley #23:

You will also note in the same post that McCain has changed his tax tunes. A flip flop? Yep. And most definitely a welcome flip flop.

Something of note comes by way of Kevin Stach of the Wall Street Journal:

In 2001, with the bitter primary battle still fresh, Mr. McCain voted against the final Bush tax-cut package. Why would he deviate from a pro-growth, tax-cutting position, built up over 17 years in Congress and dozens of votes, even after running on a tax-cut plan himself in 2000?

Mr. McCain’s protest that he wanted spending cuts to accompany the Bush tax cuts has persuaded few conservatives. But what is not remembered is that, two weeks earlier, Mr. McCain voted to approve the final version of the Budget Resolution — the blueprint used by congressional committees for spending and tax bills — which included $1.35 trillion in tax cuts (the Bush proposal) coupled with a $661 billion cap on discretionary spending. When the promised spending cap never materialized, Mr. McCain denounced the wasteful earmarks and pork-barrel spending that he felt jeopardized the budget, and lodged the now famous protest vote against the tax cuts.

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Obama, the biggest flip-flopper of all times. I think this guy is mentally ill.

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He did say that, Rocky B… prior to the Fannie/Freddie collapse. As of the beginning of Sept, he was considering “delaying” rescinding the Bush tax cuts.

Note that you can only delay these until they sunset. So his intent remains the same… rescind, unless the economic situation warrants. While that’s a plus in his favor, as I said, his intent is still to raise the taxes by not extending them.

I’ve also seen it put that Obama will do the tax cut by extending the Bush tax cuts, but only to the “middle class”.

All in all, what an Obama POTUS would do morphs daily. I can only go on his historical political philosophic record… which the media and Obama prefer to ignore.

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Aye said;

The Bush tax cuts expire in 2010.

Of course, we all know thats how it is. For now. But seeing it in print jogged my memory on something Obama said in the debates. I distinctly heard him say he would, “rescind the Bush tax cuts immediately”. So if Barrack wins, they would not end after you filed your 2010, they would end after filing this years taxes. Double-checked it to make sure I heard it right and yes, that’s what he said. Yet now he is backpeddling saying he might “delay” rescinding the cuts if we are in a recession. Sure we believe you Barry, you would delay it just long enough for it to get your butt in office. Go on pull the other leg.

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Yonason,

“Target practice”… lol

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@Craig:

“Forget this guy, he is not worth it.”

Target Practice

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@Real American Patriot:

Even if Obama’s “tax cuts” for the lower income bracket were greater than McCains, with the massive unemployment, lower wages for same work (if you can get it) and inflation those sorts of plans always cause (a la Mr. Peanut) you’re calculations are for naught, because a lower tax on nothing still leaves you with nothing for the unemployed, and for the employed, a lower tax on a lower salary is still nothing to rejoice over, …unless you’re not too bright, in which case, party on dud!

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Why discuss with Real American Hater, he hates the U.S. and he’s praying for it’s downfall with the potential POTUS who is a socialist bum . Forget this guy, he is not worth it.

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Aye Chi, Stix… you’re throwing too many water wings into the pond for those that can’t swim, ya know. Asking them to comprehend that Obama’s “tax cuts” are based on the figure it will be after they are raised by the Bush tax cuts sunsetting 2010 is waaaaaay too much to ask.

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