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Fred Thompson: liberal tax policy in a nutshell

Posted by Armanius on Saturday, September 06, 2008 2:06:45 AM
Why liberal tax policy is IDIOTIC ... so easy that a Geico caveman can understand!

Now our opponents tell you not to worry about their tax increases. They tell you they are not going to tax your family.

No, they're just going to tax "businesses"! So unless you buy something from a "business," like groceries or clothes or gasoline ... or unless you get a paycheck from a big or a small "business," don't worry ... it's not going to affect you.

They say they are not going to take any water out of your side of the bucket, just the "other" side of the bucket! That's their idea of tax reform.
 
- Fmr. Sen. Fred Thompson's speech before the Republican National Convention on September 2, 2008.
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Obama: no tax for seniors??

Posted by Armanius on Tuesday, August 12, 2008 12:57:52 PM
I am all for tax cuts, but Obama's proposal for selective tax cuts and rebates for certain segments of the population make no logical sense. In fact, his proposals seem to serve only one purpose -- buy the votes from segments of the American electorate. Andrew Taylor wrote an article for the AP which covered some of the mind boggling reasoning for not taxing senior citizens who make less than $50,000. In the article, Robert Greenstein of the liberal think tank Center on Budget and Policy Priorities said the following:
"Most low- and moderate-income seniors already owe no income tax. Among seniors with incomes below $50,000 who do owe income tax, a significant number have modest incomes because they are retired but possess substantial assets. Given all the problems and needs the nation faces, targeting relief to this group isn't a priority."
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Must see hilarious videos about appeasement!

Posted by Armanius on Sunday, August 10, 2008 2:26:18 AM
Conservative film producer David Zucker's two HILARIOUS videos satirizing appeasement foreign policy. I posted these old videos before, and some of y'all have probably seen them already. But I figure that I'd post these again to lighten our mood, given that we are all discussing foreign policy tonight in the context of the war in Georgia and the potential presidency of Obama. Gulp!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7h3GPc_yMCE
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What can McCain do to defeat the Obama PR machine??

Posted by Armanius on Friday, July 25, 2008 1:51:09 AM
I just don't get why the McCain campaign isn't exploiting this Texas sized hole in the reasoning of Obama's self proclaimed "right judgment" regarding troop withdrawal in Iraq. The Obama campaign and his surrogates are touting over and over again how Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki and the Iraqi government want a timetable for American troop withdrawal, and how Maliki agrees with Obama's timetable. Hence, according to Obama's campaign, he has been right all along and "now" is the time to pull our troops out.
 
I am a fair guy, and I will say that if the Maliki-lead government of Iraq wants us to leave, we should leave. But does anyone in his or her right mind believe that Maliki would be saying this except for the fact that he believes that Iraq is stable enough for Iraqi troops to completely take over the security of Iraq? And what has brought about stability in Iraq? Some liberal extremists and Obama himself continue to deny that the surge was the key factor that lead to stability in Iraq. Fine, let them dispute the success of the surge. However, reasonable minds cannot dispute that had we followed Obama's Iraq policy of immediate withdrawal of American troops last year, the stability in Iraq today would not exist! Maliki certainly would not be talking in July 2008 about American troop withdrawal. So why is Obama being allowed to revel on having the "right judgment" to say that American troops can be withdrawn from Iraq in 16 months? The McCain campaign and his surrogates need to be out there pointing out the idiocy of Obama's patting himself on the back for having the "right judgment" about troop withdrawal timeline.
 
The McCain campaign also needs to be doing a whole lot better exposing what Obama said in 2004 about being against troop withdraw and "artificial" deadline:
 
 
The McCain campaign did put a great montage together regarding all the contradictions made by Obama regarding Iraq (which does include parts of Obama's 2004 interview noted above), but the message is just not getting out to the people:
 
 
So if you were John McCain, what would you do to help Americans see past the Obama PR machine?
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