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McCain ad: Compare and contrast
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Posted by Foon Rhee, deputy national political editor
October 28, 2008 10:07 AM
John McCain's latest TV spot fits the very definition of a contrast ad.
An announcer says quick phrases as the image on the screen goes back and forth between Democratic rival Barack Obama and McCain.
"For higher taxes," the female announcer says with a photo of Obama.
"For workin' Joes," the announcer says with a photo of McCain.
And so on through: "Spread your income, keep what's yours, a trillion in new spending, freeze spending, eliminate waste, pain for small business, economic growth, risky, proven."
Obama, of course, would dispute all those characterizations.
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stupid
the truth hurts
"Obama, of course, would dispute all those characterizations."
So would anyone with the ability to read, reason and gain access to rational thought.
Oh man! I already cast my vote. That changes my mind.
Goverment has been spreading the wealth for years. Ever since the invention of taxes wealth has been spreading. Spread to healthcare, and welfare of the american people. So dont be fooled by mcain, he would spread the wealth also, but you wont see any of it. He plans to spread the poor people's wealth to the richer folks. By giving tax breaks to the large organizations he will accomplish this
And Obama would be WRONG.
We are wise to your BS McCain. You think we are dumb enough to vote for you because you put a beauty queen in front of our eyes then hide her from the press? Then when she does talk without a written speach she can only spew memorized talking points, but exhibit no ability to actually think.
Workin' Joes my a s s!
I am dumb enough to vote for McCain and smarter than you.
Nice Don Perry... I wasn't aware poor people had any wealth to spread. Please explain to me how your wealth will be spread if you don't pay any taxes?
In response to the so many questions - Spreading of the Wealth? Explain to the Voters on how Schools, Hospitals, Police Stations, Fire Stations and all the other services are provided. Through Taxes, that is the spreading of the wealth.
About the ad, look at the pictures of the two. McCain attempting to smile and Obama pictures of an angry/erratic man. Advertising at it's best and worst.
I'm all for corporate welfare. Let's enrich the rich. Go McCain!
The final gasps from "The Last Cold Warrior"
Let's move on to the 21st century.
The last 8 years were brought to us by everyone who wanted a president just like them - greedy as geese and dumb as hammers. But after 8 years of learning how to pass tests, our educational system created a glimmer of intelligence amongst the hoi-polloi. And guess who they want for president. That's right. They want someone intelligent. We've seen what we get with 180 pounds of DUMB trying to figure out what to do. (C'mon, education!)
Jay in Austin
ENOUGH!
Please take a moment to consider this ... By spending 700 billion dollars in future tax income on the financial bail out, the republican white house has already implemented spreading YOUR wealth around.. your wealth/money is being spread around to bail out financial institutions and their employees.
End the Iraq war. Stay 100 years.
Protect choice. Overturn roe
Tax cuts for middle class. Keep bush cuts
develop new energy. Drill baby drill
Use diplomacy first. Bomb bomb bomb
Etc.
It sure would be a tragedy if the middle class could no longer subsidize the super rich. The generosity of the CEO class has been instrumental in paying my mortgage and grad school loans. And all those corporations which have shipped our manufacturing jobs overseas and avoid all those taxes sure have helped with my unpaid medical bills. It would be a shame if they could no longer be relieved of their tax burden through the sweat of the middle class brow. I'm so proud that paying a disproportionate tax burden to allow for billionaire tax breaks has allowed for the greatest income disparity in the history of our country. Let me eat cake!!!
Please. Anyone who is neither a multimillionaire or a retard has absolutely no economic interest in voting for McCain. I make 110k a year and can barely eke by under the current Reich. Time to change the guard.
It's the opposite. Obama is for the working Joes'. That's why he's cutting my taxes 3 times more than McCain.
McCain is for giving yet another tax cuts for very wealthy people who don't exactlyneed all expensive designer clothes, foreign cars, expensive vacaions, eight mansions with their full cadre of servants, and yatchs. McCain is out of touch in being so deceptive to Americans.
It's the opposite. Obama is for the working Joes'. That's why he's cutting my taxes 3 times more than McCain.
McCain is for giving yet another tax cuts for very wealthy people who don't exactlyneed all expensive designer clothes, foreign cars, expensive vacaions, eight mansions with their full cadre of servants, and yatchs. McCain is out of touch in being so deceptive to Americans.
McCain has attempted (in no particular order) to:
-paint Obama as a terrorist
-question his religion (Christianity) and turn him into a Muslim (no offense to Islam) to scare Americans who think all Muslims are terrorists
-claim he is not a U.S.citizen
-claim Joe the Plumber would do better under a McCain tax plan (he wouldn't)
-state Obama's tax plan to spread the wealth around is somehow different than any other tax plan (Obama's is identical to Clinton's tax rate)
What BALONEY! OBAMA 2008!
It's not OK to be deceptive. McCain's tax scheme clearly does not favor the working Joe's. Just take a look at it and you will see that it favors the wealthy. The wealther the larger the tax cut under McCain. This is already on top of Bush's tax cut. That is the fact. Just check it out.
I'm tired of misleading ads.
This whole "spread the wealth around" thing is a slap in the face of the people buying into it. McCain is totally spinning the truth... really lying to the people who support him. Spreading the wealth doesn't mean taking from the middle-class and poor and giving to the rich, as in McCain's plan. It means not allowing the richest 5% to steal from the middle-class and poor (which they have done under Republican Presidents).
Why are middle class and poor people buying into McCain's lie? It is a transparent lie. It makes me sad that people are so ignorant that they buy into such lies and refuse to do their homework. Democrats are always good for 95% of the people, Republicans only care about the wealthiest 5%.
Government Allowances in All Countries of the World are Same ,
They Give Fifty and Take Back Forty Nine More So in Armed Forces All Over The World
On the Other Politicians are known for not keeping Promises after Election
in Underdeveloped Countries.
Bringing About CHANGE in Developed Country fighting Three Wars- Spreading Economic Crisis like Wild Fires seems like Mission Impossible !!!!!!!!
Why people want to vote for someone who is very shady & ready to raise taxes & give our money away is beyond stupidity. Obama would not be hired by the FBI or Police with his back ground. Check it out
More than 3/4 of the people I heard criticizing Obama for being a socialist, don't even have the slightest idea what socialism is about. They are just aroused and mindless. The most astonishing thing is that some of them are supposedly educated.
McCain and Palin's accusations on the campaign trail remind me of a scene I witnessed in a third world country. Someone called out "THIEF!" and pointed his finger at a kid, next thing you know that kid got publicly lynched and the people who did it, didn't even know what for. Turned out it was a prank.
How my tax dollars will be treated
Obama:
Cut my middle class taxes, fund my kids education, reduce my health care costs, end the war in Iraq and finish the war in Afganastan.
McCain:
Cut taxes on the wealthy and not touch mine, underfund my kids education, tax my health care benifits and make it so health care corporations set up in AZ which has the worst health care regulations like the credit card industry does in DE. Continue the war in Iraq even though the Iraq wants us out now and Lose the war in Afganastan
So yea, pretty clear choice here. OBAMA OBAMA OBAMA!
So, McCain's against spreading the wealth? Is he proposing eliminating income taxes? Or maybe imposing a flat tax? Get real. The trickle-down theory that McCain clings to like grim death has led us here. Obama's plan will build a solid economic foundation under the nation rather than exacerbate income and wealth inequality, which is as bad as it's ever been.
Further, the fiction that everyone who works hard is rewarded is the most damaging idea in contemporary American politics. My lower-middle class family, where Mom worked two jobs and Dad worked his eight hours - should they have just tried harder? When you start measuring your income in relation to a million, I lose sympathy for your economic plight.
McCain forgot to add this to his commercial:
(picture Obama): shows up, steady, and keeps moving forward.
(picture McCain): suspends his campaign when it gets tough, shuts down the government when he doesn't have an answer, cancels his rallies when it rains
When actions speak louder than words, it seems McCain's action is to bury his head in the ground or run away from the problem.
And why wasn't McCain wearing a flag pin at the last debate? Doesn't he want to show how proud his to be an American... or was he ashamed and just being unpatriotic that day??
McCain is nothing but full of negative ads. He never stayed focussed on issues that matter most to the middle class americans. How would he know middle america. The dude is born rich and married riches. Keeps on reminding voters that he spent five or so years as a POW in Vietnam as if it is training period to become qualified for president. He also made a foolish choice in picking Palin as his running mate who is an empty head with the attitude of a pitbull dog (in unprovoked attacks). Give up Mr. McCain. You are done.
McCain has done nothing but critisise Obama. When will you all realize that McCain will raise taxes and help the wealthy? He has made bad choices from day one when he chose Palin to be his running mate. She can't even hold herself up in any kind of questioning unless someone writes down the answers for her. And enough of her thrift store in Alaska and her $35 wedding band, who cares? If she thinks she will ever have another chance at this she is definitely in for a rude awakening; only reason we are putting up with her now is because we have to, but when all is done she needs to go back to her thrift store, back to her state and back to being a mother; especially to her son who has special needs. What kind
of mother would even leave a child like that
All i can tell people is DO SOME RESEARCH ! And listening to Right Wing Rush Limbaugh and Left Wing Broadcasts alike doesnt count ! Hit the web ... mccain.com ... obama.com GET THE FACTS FROM EACH OF THEIR SITES ! and make a comparison and pick which one personally benefits you better.
However i will make this one point. Mccain is not for " Workin Joe's " by any means. ( Unless he is referring to Joe Liberman ). Mccain voted against the Minimum wage increase 19 TIMES ! ... who would that help out ? REAL WORKING JOE'S ! .... Biggest Tax cuts would goto the Big Companies ... Who is that helping ? NOT THE WORKING JOE'S ! He Wants to " Freeze Spending across the board " that also means freezing spending for current projects that would create jobs .. = Less working joe's and more unemployment line joe's. VOTED FOR THE BAILOUT ... Sure dont mind spreading your wealth ... but geez please dont tax the big corporations ... working joe can pay for it !
TAX CUTS
Income Average Tax bill Average
MCCAIN OBAMA
Over $2.9M -$269,364 +$701,885
$603K and up -$45,361 +$115,974
$227K-$603K -$7,871 +$12
$161K-$227K -$4,380 -$2,789
$112K-$161K -$2,614 -$2,204
$66K-$112K -$1,009 -$1,290
$38K-$66K -$319 -$1,042
$19K-$38K -$113 -$892
Under $19K -$19 -$567
+ ( pay more taxes ) - (pay less/save on taxes )
Looking at this .. honestly .. who is mccain helping out more ? Working Joe ? I think not ...
The Character Of Obama
Birds of a feather flock together. You are known by the company you keep (Ayers and rev.Wright). Those sayings have a heavy element of truth. When you run with racists, bigots, America-haters and even terrorists that tells you something about character and it isn't good.
I would think any decent person would not think of even a fairly minor association with such types. But when you have someone who has these multiple associations over decades, you have to wonder whether he has a certain sympathy with these views, and what these associations tell you about the person in question.
Just a quick observation: while the use of the red and blue backgrounds has obvious reasons (red state/blue state), it also portrays McCain in a way that fuels his negative stereotype of being impulsive and angry (red = rage, volatile, fiery). On the other hand the use of blue for Obama is beneficial to him (blue = calm, cool, collected). If I were in charge of this ad I wouldn't have used colors altogether, or would have at least have used more neutral colors.
I FEEL THAT IF OBAMA LOSES THE ELECTION, IT WILL BE BECAUSE OF SARAH PALIN, I ,ALSO, FEEL THAT IF McCAIN LOSES THE ELECTION, IT WILL BE BECAUSE OF SARAH PALIN. EITHER WAY, I THINK THE DECIDING FACTOR WOULD BE SARAH PALIN. THE GOVERNOR IS NOT A SENATOR, LIKE ALL THE OTHER SENATORS AND I THINK THE PUBLIC IS AWARE OF THIS AND WILL USE THIS TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE ON NEXT TUESDAY, REGARDLESS WHICH PARTY WINS. SHE IS FROM THE REMOTE AREA OF ALASKA AND NOT ONE OF THE WASHINGTONIANS. I, ALSO, FEEL JOHN McCAIN WILL WIN THE ELECTION AND PUT AN END, ONCE AND FOR ALL, TO THE "AUDACITY OF HOPE" AS WELL AS THE HOPE, ARKANSAS SAGA THAT IS TIRING US SO MUCH.
i dont think obama should be president because he wants to make kids go to skool all year round