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graywarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-18-08 08:33 PM
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Ayers didn't work, he's a terrorist didn't work..so now Obama is a socialist
McCain, Palin hint that Obama's policies are 'socialist'

Sen. John McCain stepped up his rhetoric against his Democratic rival on taxes in his weekly radio address Saturday, comparing his plan to "socialist" programs.


The remarks were part of a theme McCain has used since the final presidential debate, but his most recent comments were the first time he used the word to describe Sen. Barack Obama.

In the radio address, McCain didn't directly call Obama a socialist, but he let the now-famous Joe "the Plumber" Wurzelbacher nearly do it for him.

"You see, believes in redistributing wealth, not in policies that help us all make more of it. Joe, in his plainspoken way, said this sounded a lot like socialism," McCain said Saturday. In an interview with ABC last week, Wurzelbacher said Obama's proposal to raise taxes by 3 percent on those making $250,000 and over is a "very socialist view."

Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin has used the word in speeches the past two days as well. Watch more on the state of the presidential race »

McCain also said in his radio address, "At least in Europe, the socialist leaders who so admire my opponent are up front about their objectives. They use real numbers and honest language. And we should demand equal candor from Sen. Obama. Raising taxes on some in order to give checks to others is not a tax cut; it's just another government giveaway."

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/18/campaign.wrap/index.html

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WannaJumpMyScooter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-18-08 08:35 PM
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1. And that won't work either
way to blow another week, McCain... keep up the good work
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graywarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-18-08 08:37 PM
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2. Yeah, keep 'em coming.
The more negative they get, the more people jump to Obama's side and the more they donate
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WannaJumpMyScooter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-18-08 08:43 PM
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6. Heck of a job, McCain...
rock on, dude!
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graywarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-18-08 08:45 PM
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8. McCain a dude. Bwahahahahahahahahahaah!
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skooooo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-18-08 08:41 PM
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5. That's what I'm thinking...

People are tired of these labels.
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treestar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-18-08 08:39 PM
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3. If Republican policies that we all have wealth worked, we'd all
have wealth now, McCrazy!
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HughMoran Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-18-08 08:41 PM
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4. Yawn. Next up, commie, marxist, nazi, fascist, troll, blah
Same shit, different election.
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DefenseLawyer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-18-08 08:44 PM
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7. Obama will sap our precious bodily fluids!
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Captiosus Donating Member (711 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-18-08 08:46 PM
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9. Been seeing a RNC ad today on local channels
Which talks about Rezko, Ayers and Wright, all in the same ad.

Seen it about 10 times today, mostly while watching college football.

Dunno if it's new or not.
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chookie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-18-08 09:09 PM
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10. "Socialism" defined below -- and it ain't pretty
One could say that for some small minority of wackos, "socialism" is anything left of a jackboot on the collective throat of humanity crushing it forever.

However, it pains me to point out thatt "socialism" as a term here by McCain doesn't really refer to the USSR, the Iron Curtain, the "Gooks," and Castro, etc

"Socialism," the way that McCain is using is, and quite deliberately, is a CODE WORD for "the government is going to steal your money and give it to n*****s."

Is the mind of this man so wrecked, so desperate by losing the Presidency twice that he has fallen to saying shit like this? Is he saying these words because he was advised to, because he is desperate, or in the unhinging of his mind, racism has arisen from its latent state within him?

Correct me if I am wrong, but didn't McCain specifically call Obama's policies "socialism" in the third debate?

(BTW --Ha ha -- I'm more afraid of people who claim to be Free Market Capitalists! Look at what hell they have unleashed upon humanity!! )
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O.M.B.inOhio Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-18-08 09:16 PM
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11. Next 3 weeks: He's gay! He's Jewish! He's a muppet! He's a Capricorn! - He's the President Elect!
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