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Edwards Tries to make Clinton Flip Flop Label Stick
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ABC News' Raelyn Johnson reports: Former Sen. John Edwards sought to recast the image of Sen. Hillary Clinton as a flip-flopper on matters of Social Security on Saturday.
"The American people need a president who will be straight with them, who will be honest about the greatest challenges our government faces. And one of the most important of those is the looming Social Security crisis," said Edwards during a town hall meeting in Keane, N.H. this afternoon.
"First, Senator Clinton said she would just wait for things to get better. Now, she has apparently told some people that she really supports my idea of asking people who make more than $200,000 a year to contribute a little more," said Edwards, speaking to a revelation that last week Clinton privately told a voter she would consider applying the Social Security tax after publicly dodging the proposal.
During an AARP debate in September, Clinton was asked if she agreed with Edwards’ proposal. Clinton responded saying, "I want to focus on the fiscal responsibility piece of this," adding, "before we do anything else, we need to get back to what was working."
Edwards has been a vocal supporter of imposing a 12.4 percent Social Security tax to income above $200,000 while exempting income between $97,500 and $200,000.
Edwards highlighted Clinton's discrepancy by saying, "I don't believe open government means popular answers in public and honest candor in private."
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Wake up America...Hillary changes her mind more often than she changes her clothes. She does whatever is politically expedient..and doesn't give a whit about you or me. All she cares about is POWER and taking it away from anyone who disagrees with her or gets in her way. She is coming after your money...as if you don't pay enough taxes already...you already work 6 months of the year to pay the FEDS... now you want them to take the other 6 months of your pay and then parse is back to you and provide you with mediocre programs that never work? That is socialism...it didn't work in Russia or anywhere else they have tried it...doubt it will work here either. People like Hillary want to keep you broke so she can be rich and powerful and Lord it over you. I pray you all see how conniving, power\ money grubbing she is. She makes her husband look like a saint.
Posted by: Jenn | Oct 16, 2007 3:49:31 AM
i think edwards just needs to get out. he didnt get it last time and he is not gonna get it this time either.
Posted by: kenneth french | Oct 16, 2007 10:57:06 AM
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