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Palin Pushes Tax Creep Argument
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ABC News' Imtiyaz Delawala reports: Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin charged that Sen. Barack Obama’s tax plan is “so phony that it's already starting to unravel,” continuing an argument made by her running mate Sen. John McCain this week that the Obama campaign’s level for who will receive tax cuts is creeping downward.
“Now, his whole tax plan, really, it is, it's so phony that it's already starting to unravel, and we're gonna call it the way that we see it,” Palin said at an afternoon rally in York, Pa. “It seems like every few days, we're getting a new definition now of middle class, according to their plan, whose taxes he says he won't raise on the middle class.”
Palin pointed to a comment made by Obama supporter Gov. Bill Richardson in a radio interview this morning, in which the New Mexico governor cited $120,000 as the income level where Americans would receive a tax cut under Obama’s plan.
"What Obama wants to do is he is basically looking at $120,000 and under among those that are in the middle class, and there is a tax cut for those," Richardson said.
Palin pounced on the remark, adding it to Sen. John McCain’s attack earlier this week after Democratic vice presidential nominee Sen. Joe Biden cited $150,000 as the income level where Americans would receive a tax cut.
“And just this morning, Gov. Bill Richardson, a top surrogate for the Obama campaign, he who is working so hard to get Obama elected, Richardson, said Obama's tax plan would define middle class as $120,000 a year and under,” Palin said. “So now, we're down to less than half the original income level and, just give it a little more time, and Barack Obama will be back to raising taxes on folks earning $42,000 a year. We can't let this happen.”
A spokesperson for Richardson responded that he misspoke, meaning to say that those making less than $250,000 would not see a tax increase.
The Obama campaign added that neither Biden nor Richardson’s comment reflected a change in the maximum figure of who would receive tax cuts, maintaining that those making up to $200,000 would receive a tax cut, and only those over $250,000 would have their taxes raised.
“Gov. Richardson admitted that he simply misspoke, and yet Sen. McCain continues this dishonest, desperate political attack to distract voters from the fact that his low-road campaign is being rejected by voters across the country,” Obama spokesman Tommy Vietor said, responding to comments Sen. McCain also made today referring to Richardson’s remark. “The truth is that Sen. Obama wants to give tax breaks to 95 percent of workers and their families, while Sen. McCain’s plan provides no tax relief for more than 100 million Americans.”
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OBAMA IS A COMMON MONKEY.
WHAT PART OF THAT DON'T YOU GET?
Posted by: GRANNY TOOT | Oct 31, 2008 8:58:44 PM
If Palin needs a definition of 'Creep' all she needs do is look at her running mate.
Posted by: Deep Release | Oct 31, 2008 9:02:32 PM
I've listened and read many, many things over the last few months regarding Sarah and the only glaring facts I can grasp about this incompetent woman is she is vindictive, contrary, hypocritical, tunnel visioned and quite frankly, out of her depth in any political arena. Please, please, shut up and go back to Alaska where the Elk that she shoots roam.
Posted by: Ed | Oct 31, 2008 9:04:41 PM
Desperation, desperation, desperation.
"....
those making up to $200,000 would receive a tax cut, and only those over $250,000 would have their taxes raised.
........."
Is it really that difficult to understand or are Republicans really that dumb?
I know she took 8 years and 6 schools to get a college degree and he graduated 5th from the bottom, but common guys this is not rocket science.
Posted by: Steve_NJ | Oct 31, 2008 9:07:15 PM
Sarah Palin has no clue about taxes...
This from a woman who cheated on hers and evaded taxes from not claiming travel expenses and per diems.
So she should really take a good look at herself before smearing someone else.
Her words are a joke and so is she.
Posted by: lmg | Oct 31, 2008 9:07:34 PM
Granny Toot - can you be any more childish and racist - referring to black people as monkeys - what a disgrace you are! I am so glad that the people of the country are turning away from all the discrimination - the younger generation have it right - you are old news!
Posted by: malkittens | Oct 31, 2008 9:08:15 PM
Obama has been so much more restrained and respectful in his remarks about McCain. The harshest word he has used has probably been "erratic."
But SP could never be so diplomatic, either in American politics or in foreign policy. She is just a naturally divisive, negative, trashy person. Ugh. She's a divider, not a uniter. That's not what this country needs right now.
Posted by: had enough | Oct 31, 2008 9:08:41 PM
Yup, bash Obama. That's all Sarah and Johnny can do.
Posted by: Ken | Oct 31, 2008 9:10:59 PM
Yuk, Granny Toot. You sound hateful. I don't know how you could imagine that a comment like that helps your side. It just makes you look bad.
Posted by: JJ | Oct 31, 2008 9:11:15 PM
well granny toot if thats how you feel. i am not a racist and thats why i,m voting obama.
Posted by: Dan the repiblican | Oct 31, 2008 9:11:38 PM
At least Obama has a plan thats more than the other side cn claim. And spresding the wealth is making funds available for education, alternate energy, repair pf highways and bridges what is the matter with this . Some people must think with there feet.
Posted by: Rose Szymanski | Oct 31, 2008 9:12:11 PM
As a republican I say Sarah Palin is Creepy to me. McCain is old and we all know that his health is not intact. McCain will loose due to his non undestanding of the economy and the undestading of the working middle class. His judgement on picking Palin has proven to be a disaster. Sarah Palin is not ready to lead this nation, period. I will vote for the best team and that is Obama/Biden. I urge all undeciders not to look at personalities but to look for who will be best for this nation. Lets put everything aside our diffrences, attitudes and vote smart this time, for Obama. In regards to what Sarah Palin said, I just cant belive anything she has to say. She needs to go back Alaska nad face her charges of abusing her powers, period.
Posted by: Mike | Oct 31, 2008 9:12:43 PM
Will Palin ever address her own problems, her ethics violations, her padding her expense accounts, her defrauding the state of Alaska?
Posted by: JR | Oct 31, 2008 9:15:11 PM
If racism's all you got, you got nothing, and you will never be 'nothing.'
Posted by: thorfinn | Oct 31, 2008 9:15:13 PM
LATE UN DECIDERS VOTE SMART, VOTE FOR THE BEST TEAM!!!
OBAMA/BIDEN
Posted by: JOHN | Oct 31, 2008 9:15:54 PM
Palin's the CREEP. Hope you have your ticket ready for Alaska.
Posted by: betsy | Oct 31, 2008 9:18:48 PM
Truth is... Obama has a plan in mind to raise the underclass and working class to the level of middle class. His increased tax plans to begin with are on the rich. He's never given anyone his word that he will not tax the middle class. It's just not, as he states, in his "first plan". To raise the underclass and hte working class to the level of the middle class - the middle class itself must be heavily taxed - reducing their standard of living but making things "fair"... asn the underclass is raised up to the same level with them. If anyone doesn't realize these are the longterm plans of Obama - they have not studied his speeches from the past, his ideology, and been objective. What he first does is "Phase 1" of "change". His goal is equal income for the underclass. The middle class will be taxed at the same level as the upper class in his plan. Has to be. 40% about. Show me how he can raise the underclass to a "living wage" and make them equal to the middle class without heavily taxing the middle class and lowering their standard of income?? In the meantime, jobs are going to be lost. The middle class is going to be taxed out of existence anyway - due to job losses he creates, and higher taxes on them.
Why people get starry eyed and "believe the best" of a politician is beyond me.
Believe the truth instead. Shees. Why try to make this "Camelot". This is the real world. Let's not get so caught up in "image" and learn to get our feet on the ground and understand truth.
Posted by: ev | Oct 31, 2008 9:20:15 PM
Obama's tax plan does change on a whim. Here in an article that he did an interview with newsweek in April2008. In April, he said that under $75,000 would see no tax increase. It has changed 4 times since then.....http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/08_15/b4079017876246_page_2.htm
Posted by: mom | Oct 31, 2008 9:20:40 PM
palin is such an annoyance... i hate her voice and she's such a phony!!! her daughter STILL is not in school (the pregnant one) and her drop out boyfriend...
this woman comes on the scene as a self-proclaimed pitbull w/lipstick, but can't take ANY criticism, won't release medical records, and expects special treatment because she's a woman. we would NEVER have put up with this if it was hillary, so why the heck is she so special??
GO BACK TO ALASKA AND HIBERNATE.... FOREVER!!!!!!
Posted by: nadradt | Oct 31, 2008 9:21:44 PM
When the bipartisan commission in Alaska released their report concluding that SP had committed ethics violations in firing the state trooper, SP called a press conference and announced "I've been vindicated!!"
Talk about someone with no handle on reality. And worse than that, no respect for the truth. I don't want someone like that anywhere NEAR the White House.
Posted by: Al B | Oct 31, 2008 9:22:42 PM
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