The ANALysts are wrong!
Posted on 10/18/2008 11:16:39 PM PDT by MeekOneGOP
Analysts say McCain's 'socialism' claims may be a stretch
12:25 AM CDT on Sunday, October 19, 2008
CONCORD, N.C. – As John McCain trails Barack Obama in swing states he needs to win to claim the presidency, his campaign has promoted the idea that his opponent's tax and health-care policies evoke socialism. The claim was made after Mr. Obama remarked in Ohio last week that he wanted to "spread the wealth around." But such comparisons to socialism gloss over important facts, analysts say. Both Mr. McCain and his running mate, Sarah Palin, have criticized Mr. Obama's proposal to raise taxes on high earners and require that businesses provide health insurance. Ms. Palin referred to the plan as "a little bit like socialism." And in a radio address Saturday, Mr. McCain said: "At least in Europe, the socialist leaders who so admire my opponent are upfront about their objectives." Mr. Obama hit back Saturday, saying that Mr. McCain is "out of touch with the struggles" of many Americans. William Wallace, a former vice president and chief operating officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, said the country's progressive tax code, which Mr. McCain does not propose abolishing, is "socialist in nature." "It's a term that gets people's attention, and therefore I understand why a political candidate might want to use it," said Dr. Wallace, a professor at the University of North Texas. "But to say we are headed toward socialism is a vast overstatement in my book."
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Responding to Dr. Wallace's comments, Tucker Bounds, a McCain campaign spokesman, said Mr. Obama's economic plan is "simply not sensible."
"Barack Obama wants to increase taxes on small business, the one current bright spot in the economy," he said, "only to issue handouts to Americans who don't pay income taxes in the first place."
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Barack Obama is a Marxist!! There! I said it.
--Mark Levin
Media to McCain:
“You have a speck in your eye.” —Gospel
“”Ignore the log in Obama’s eye, please.”
And the “analysts’” claims MAY BE a stretch as well.
Oh please, an “overstatement?” This guy is obviously for Barry.
Well technically, Obama isn’t a socialist because he doesn’t outright advocate the state taking control of all the means of production. That said, he is definitely a corporatist.
Not if the ANALysts are Socialists themselves.
The ANALysts are wrong!
McCain could refer to Obama as African-American and the media would dig up somebody to say that McCain was lying because Barry’s mom was white.
i don’t quite think that barack would call himself a socialist. a social democrat he definitely is, but some would say that’s splitting some very thin hairs.
ANALysts say, “Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain!”
Expect these stories to continue right till the end. This is their last chance power try. If mac wins , it is the end of them.
ping! ping! ping!
Liberal Socialist Analysts say McCain's 'socialism' claims may be a stretch
There, now it's fixed.
lol! Curious-—Just what pseudo analyst are these rats throwing at us now? Hilarious.***** Nice try, libs, but it is FACT that Barack Hussein Obama supports socialism - and a shady string of friends/associations who are anti-american.
The new mantra with Greenies is “social equity” or “economic equity and compassion”.
I have no problem with treating our environment responsibly, I have a big problem with those who are using this as a wedge issue to implement a socialist government in this country.
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