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Obama: McCain "Earned" Cheney's Praise Today, Was "Washington's Biggest Cheerleader for Going to War in Iraq"
November 01, 2008 6:16 PM
PUEBLO, COLO -- "Earlier today Dick Cheney came out of undisclosed location and he hit the campaign trail and he said that he is and I quote, 'delighted to support John McCain,'" Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., said just now in this Democratic-leaning part of a Republican-leaning state.
"So I would like to congratulate Sen. McCain on this endorsement," Obama continued. "Because he really earned it. That endorsement didn’t come easy – Sen. McCain had to vote with George bush 90 percent of the time and agree with Dick Cheney to get it. McCain had to serve as Washington’s biggest cheerleader for going to war in Iraq. And supports economic policies that are no different from the last eight years. So Sen. McCain worked hard to get Dick Cheney’s support."
Continued the lanky Illinoisan. "Now here is my question to you Colorado: do you think Dick Cheney is delighted to support John McCain because he thinks John McCain is going to bring change to Washington? Do you think Dick Cheney and John McCain have been talking about how to really shake things up? Get rid of the lobbyists and put Halliburton on the sidelines and put an end to the old boys network in Washington?"
The crowd of 16,500 yelled: "No!"
"Come on!" Obama said. "Colorado, we know better. After all it was just a few days ago that Sen. McCain said that he and President Bush share a common philosophy. And we know when it comes to foreign policy John McCain and Dick Cheney share a common philosophy also...So George Bush may be in an undisclosed location now, but Dick Cheney is out on there on the campaign trail."
In response, McCain campaign spox Tucker Bounds issued a statement saying, "Barack Obama and Dick Cheney aren't just cousins, they’ve shared support for the Bush energy policy and the out-of-control spending that John McCain has fought to oppose."
Yes, you read that right, the McCain campaign is arguing that Obama is more Cheney-riffic!
-- jpt
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And besides, it wasn't Bush alone who screwed up the economy. The democrats did.
Barney Frank did not want to regulate the market. Bush did. Too late, but he did in 2005 or so. Come on, Congress approval rating is @ 9%. Pelosi, Reid, Frank isn't this enough? gotta go now. has been a pleasure:)
Posted by: Itolduouso | Nov 1, 2008 10:18:15 PM
sorry itolduouso you've just totally proved yourself and your information untrustworthy . ..
Posted by: pefros | Nov 1, 2008 10:16:32 PM
Obama bought the election for 650M. As I said b-4, both candidates suck, but Obama's ideology is communist. Take from the rich and give it to the poor? Great idea but it will never work. The rich will take more jobs oversees and thats all. Soviet Union tried it and it failed too
Posted by: Itolduouso | Nov 1, 2008 10:13:30 PM
"Overall, the Tax Policy Center said people with very high incomes would benefit the most under McCain's proposal, while low- and middle-income taxpayers would see larger tax breaks under Obama's plan and wealthy taxpayers would see their taxes increase."
from itoldyouso's first link . ..
Posted by: pefros | Nov 1, 2008 10:13:22 PM
Numbers don't lie itolduouso . . . but from what I just read, you do . . .
Posted by: pefros | Nov 1, 2008 10:12:24 PM
These numbers do not lie. Bush tax cuts are about to expire and Obama will not extend them. The taxes are going up
Posted by: Itolduouso | Nov 1, 2008 10:08:46 PM
Posted by: Mara | Nov 1, 2008 9:45:37 PM
The mental midgets aka as republicans don't know how to use unbiased sites. They only use the ones that spew the lies and hatred of the right.
Posted by: Jwench | Nov 1, 2008 10:02:41 PM
Itolduso: This baloney has also been refuted by:
Snopes
Politifact "A chain e-mail claims that Sen. Barack Obama intends to raise pretty much all your taxes, while Sen. John McCain will leave them alone. The problem is that most of the e-mail's detailed assertions are false."
Reality Tax
"No, of course Senator Obama isn’t propsing a tax on water, but that’s among the fantastic smears being emailed around lately in what appears now to be a desperate attempt to mislead middle America. Are we really that gullible? Do people sit around the cooler at work kicking this one around?"
But thanks so much for alerting everyne to this completely false information - I see that it's making a few rounds - and I also notice that almost notice that almost anyone is paying attention.
Any other completely false chain emails you'd like to share?
Posted by: Mara | Nov 1, 2008 10:00:51 PM
"Overall, the Tax Policy Center said people with very high incomes would benefit the most under McCain's proposal, while low- and middle-income taxpayers would see larger tax breaks under Obama's plan and wealthy taxpayers would see their taxes increase."
from itoldyouso's first link . ..
Posted by: pefros | Nov 1, 2008 9:39:27 PM
And for the record Mara, I have no reason to lie. I am not a lawyer like Obama or Biden. I just like politics and numbers:)
...and I hate to see people getting screwed by politicians on both sides of the wagon.
Posted by: Itolduouso | Nov 1, 2008 9:38:13 PM
Come on Tucker, we now you're baet, but that's the best you can do? Trying to tie Obama to Cheney? Are they trying for the worst campaign in American history sympathy vote?
Posted by: Mara | Nov 1, 2008 9:24:56 PM
Mike NC, I suggest you do your own research. You see, that's what I do for a living and I can say that I don't give a damn who wins, because it will no affect me a bit, but I care for people like you and don't want to see them get screwed. That's all
Posted by: Itolduouso | Nov 1, 2008 9:24:11 PM
I don't know what McCain had to promise Cheney for the endorsement. Maybe he agreed to reconsider his views on torture.
Posted by: hamishdad | Nov 1, 2008 9:22:29 PM
I love the numbers. I suggest that some of you may study them a little before you cast your vote.
Posted by: Itolduouso | Nov 1, 2008 9:21:04 PM
DIVIDEND TAX
MCCAIN
15% (no change)
OBAMA 15% FOR THOSE MAKING UNDER $250,000 20% FOR THOSE MAKING OVER!
Posted by: Mike NC | Nov 1, 2008 9:17:10 PM
Itolduouso
Your Numbers are wrong!
OBAMA LEAVES IN PLACE THE BUSH TAX CUTS FOR THOSE UNDER $250,000!
GO BACK TO THE FEAR DRAWING BOARD!
Posted by: Mike NC | Nov 1, 2008 9:15:30 PM
MCCAIN
0% on home sales up to $500,000 per home (couples). McCain does not propose any change in existing home sales income tax.
OBAMA
28% on profit from ALL home sales. (How does this affect you? If you sell your home and make a profit, you will pay 28% of your gain on taxes. If you are heading toward retirement and would like to down-size your home or move into a retirement community, 28% of the money you make from your home will go to taxes. This proposal will adversely affect the elderly who are counting on the income from their homes as part of their retirement income.)
DIVIDEND TAX
MCCAIN
15% (no change)
OBAMA 39.6% - (How will this affect you? If you have any money invested in stock market, IRA, mutual funds, college funds, life insurance, retirement accounts, or anything that pays or reinvests dividends, you will now be paying nearly 40% of the money earned on taxes if Obama becomes president. The experts predict that 'Higher tax rates on dividends and capital gains would crash the stock market, yet do absolutely nothing to cut the deficit.')
INCOME TAX
MCCAIN
(no changes)
Single making 30K - tax $4,500
Single making 50K - tax $12,500
Single making 75K - tax $18,750
Married making 60K- tax $9,000
Married making 75K - tax $18,750
Married making 125K - tax $31,250
OBAMA (reversion to pre-Bush tax cuts)
Single making 30K - tax $8,400
Single making 50K - tax $14,000
Single making 75K - tax $23,250
Married making 60K - tax $16,800
Married making 75K - tax $21,000
Married making 125K - tax $38,750
Under Obama, your taxes could almost double!
INHERITANCE TAX
MCCAIN
- 0% (No change, Bush repealed this tax)
OBAMA
Restore the inheritance tax
Many families have lost businesses, farms, ranches, and homes that have been in their families for generations because they could not afford the inheritance tax. Those willing their assets to loved ones will only lose them to these taxes.
NEW TAXES PROPOSED BY OBAMA
New government taxes proposed on homes that are more than 2400 square feet. New gasoline taxes (as if gas weren't high enough already) New taxes on natural resources consumption (heating gas, water, electricity) New taxes on retirement accounts, and last but not least....New taxes to pay for socialized medicine so we can receive the same level of medical care as other third-world countries!!!
Sounds great, doesn't it
Posted by: Itolduouso | Nov 1, 2008 9:07:05 PM
The poor people man, Obama, raised over 650 million vs. the rich man's candidate with just over 350. No wonder Obama is buying voters. But wait...all good things to those who wait. It is not over til it's over. Knowing many of his supporters, they may be drunk, stoned, in jail or simply with no money for gas. And the sad part is that McCain isn't even a good candidate, but out of two of them...NObama vote McCain
Posted by: Itolduouso | Nov 1, 2008 9:04:19 PM
Tucker Bounds clearly is the biggest Joke of this campaign...
Posted by: Mike NC | Nov 1, 2008 9:04:01 PM
This is just too funny and Tucker Bounds, you just have to laugh at him. He is too funny. Cheney needs to go on the campaign trail for McCain and really help him lose the election.
Obama/Biden 08
Posted by: amaryee | Nov 1, 2008 8:59:18 PM
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