Archive for October 27th, 2008
Little Difference Between Obama And McCain
I may have alienated both Barack Obama and John McCain supporters during today’s News Talk Online on Paltalk.com. But I concluded that, not only are the claims that Obama’s tax plan makes him a socialist overblown, but there’s relatively little difference between his and McCain’s.
We played Obama’s discussion with “Joe The Plumber.” Then we went back to what McCain was saying in 2000 about taxation. I didn’t hear much of a difference between them.
So that begs the question. Which plan does McCain really support? The one he proposed eight years ago? Or the one that’s become a staple of this campaign?
He’s not the only one who has “flipped” or “evolved” on the issues, of course. The first and only goal is to get elected. Say whatever you think will propel you into office. Figure out the rest after Election Day.
As we went to air, the news of the plot to kill Obama and more than 100 black Americans broke. So I’d like to make mention of the fine job the ATF did in thwarting the plot.
It reminds us, as we were in 1995 when the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building was bombed in Oklahoma City that not all terrorists are foreign born.
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Spreading The Wealth
So exclaimed a Republican friend of mine who is still upset over Barack Obama’s comments to “Joe The Plumber” in Ohio. In which he used the term “spread the wealth.”
“It’s socialism,” my buddy says. “Pure and simple.”
Is it? And does Obama’s position deviate drastically from John McCain’s?
We’ll discuss this issue, in depth, tomorrow (Monday) on News Talk Online on Paltalk.com.
Let’s start with watching, and listening, to what Obama said exactly to “Joe The Plumber.”
In context, I’m not so certain this sounds, as it does when one just hears a sound bite, like socialism. But you can judge for yourself.
As to my question about whether this is so different from McCain’s position on taxation. It may contrast greatly now. But not so very long ago, in 2000, McCain sounded, well, quite a bit like Obama:
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Waiting For The Fat Lady
On NBC’s Meet The Press today McCain “guaranteed” the election will be close and said he believes he will win it.
Whether that actually translates into a guarantee of victory is another story. But, at least outwardly, McCain appears cautiously optimistic.
McCain predicts the results won’t be known when we all go to sleep election night. A winner won’t be announced, he believes, until dawn’s early light.
Frankly, I think those who perceive that the poll reporting that’s been indicating that Obama has the lead helps the Democrats by discouraging Republican voters have it wrong. I think it leads to complacency among some Democrats resulting in a net gain for the GOP.
