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Something from yesterday about your favorite Barack “Tax & Hope” Obama: “WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Barack Obama says he would delay rescinding President Bush’s tax cuts on wealthy Americans if he becomes the next president and the economy is in a recession, suggesting such an increase would further hurt the economy.” There, ARE YOU HAPPY NOW, “Investor Class”?
Barack Obama is saying this because he’s a ‘fraidy cat. Why make a big show of Raising Taxes In A Recession immediately when he gets in office? Instead, he can just let the Bush tax cuts expire “quietly” on their own at the end of 2010! NO ONE WILL NOTICE. As for raising those payroll taxes (also exclusively on the rich), uhm… any volunteers?
well, duh!
the Christians are gone to Sister
time to try to get those Fiscal Conservatives on board
That’s the problem with America — the rich don’t get enough breaks.
Thank god. I was going to sell the island I just bought in Dubai, but things are looking up!
If Barry won’t destroy the plutocrats who will?
Yea Barry, start waffling. That’s what this election needs right now.
But where will Barry get money to pay for his crack and forty’s?
Those bottles don’t pour themselves out on the sidewalk for his homeys.
Why do Muslims hate the rich hard working whites?
Wait, Obama embraces “Trickle Down” economics? My world is spinning……
I really hope that he doesn’t raise taxes on the richies. Seriously.
Th, th….that’s not reaganomics we can believe in!
i mean…
Barry is being a clever cookie. Recessions are such tricksy things to define…
You know what hurts the economy? Rich people. KILL THEM ALL
HOLY SHIT! A politician is acting like a politician?! My mind will explode.
Did ya’ll support Babbit in 88? I was like six, but even then I recognized ideological purity is utterly unelectable.
Of course, the name Babbit is also utterly unelectable. So its a wash.
I thought it was “Tax & Dope.”
If Barry burned down an orphanage and ate the crispy remainders on live teevee, he’d still be better than Walnuts on ANY issue. Frankly, since I’m poor (not of Walnuts’ $5M middle class set), this effects me about as much as the price of ice in Alaska does.
Whew, at least he isn’t consistant.
Is there a damned thing he hasn’t flip flopped on yet? Seriously. Being raised by white people must have made him lose his blackbone.
White is black; black is white.
Or… something.
That’s what I call gettin’ tough, Barry. With the wrong peeps. Stronzo!
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Manchowder: Nah, he lost it when Jesse cut his nuts off.
Hasn’t Barry ALWAYS said he intends to just quietly let the Bush tax cuts expire? I’m confused.
InsidiousTuna: Framing the same policy in a shiny new pull quote.
Confused and drunk, so I misread it.
Texan Bulldoggette: crispy remainders…teehee.
He has promoted himself as a seeker of the middle ground; the compromiser. He will help people to find the win-win. This does not come as a surprise. This is exactly who I was hoping he would be. I hope he hasn’t blown his cover too early.
thank god. i was worried he would wait until getting into office to disappoint us by capitulating to the rich.
Fuck you, Hopey. I’m voting for Nader.
McKinny in 08! “Thats What Tupac Said”
So how does he actually intend to pay for all the shit he says he’ll fix?
Godless Liberal *: I thought that too at first but… Nader? NOT ME!
I’m going to write in the name of one of my local politicians that really GETS IT. That’ll show these career politicians that I MEAN BUSINESS!
WAKE UP PEOPLE!
Barack Obama is not afraid. He’s just not hypnotized.
Barack Obama is not afraid. He just isn’t hypnotized.
No matter how stupid Obama’s tax policy may be, McCain’s is even stupider. Let’s take comfort in that.
SisterTruth: he has one? i thought his policy consisted of:
1. be a maverick
2. five and a half years!
3. don’t be a maverick
4. five and a half years!!
5. applesauce!
6. five and a half years!!!
7. DRILLING!
8. LOOK: WACKY running mate!
HomoPolitico: Babbity babbity babbity…I’m with you. No shock or surprise here. No telling what Hopey/Talky will pull out of their collective asshats in the coming months.
Hmmm.. I may go out and buy a couple more houses now…
You mean he’s a pragmatist? We can’t have someone in office that bases their decisions on the facts and circumstances. Go for the babe who thinks the Earth is 10,000 years old and the guy who thinks - er, what does he think?
then he lets King D-bag Billo beat him up, Nov.3 Obiden by 4 points
So McCaribou panders to the far-right base to compensate for weak poll numbers among centrists. Obiden’s response? Alienate the centrists AND the far-left base. Awesome move, guys. Which of Hil’s advisors came up with this brilliant strategy, I wonder (I’m looking at you Patti).
RaptorAvatar: “So how does he actually intend to pay for all the shit he says he’ll fix?”
Well, one option is to buy Sarah Palin for what she’s worth and then sell her for what the Banana Republicans believe she’s worth.
REFUND! REFUND! REFUND!
jimh: yea godless lib and jimh, true common sense!
After all, Bush and Gore are EXACTLY the SAME too!
The 2000 election proved that once and for all…
ladymacbeth: You’re right. Soon enough McCain is going to be saying, “I wasn’t allowed to have a tax policy while I was in prison for 5 1/2 years.”
This is NOT change we can live with, in fact it’s not change at all, Hopey…don’t fail us poor people now!
And in related news, which I don’t have a URL for because I was too busy vomiting when I heard it, the CEOs of Fanny Mae and Freddie Mac got a pair of golden parachutes that added up to $15 mil. God forbid they should have their taxes raised after the sterling job they were doing.
DICK GREGORY 2008
regisgoat: jesus.
i have no snark this has been such a crappy day and i seriously think old man / ice billy are going to win this thing and this is going to make my ears bleed for four years and i have to move to canada the people of my mom the end.
also, it is true i am v v dramatic. but still UPSET.
So he’s like a halfback who is told to go left in the huddle but sees a big gap up the middle. What of it. I’m voting for someone who can think on his feet. If the economy looks better after the election then he can end the tax breaks sooner. If not, let them expire on their own. Its not for him to punish or reward the rich, just to bring some kind of fiscal sense to the budget.
McKinney ‘08.
I’m not feeling that bad about this stuff now that I’ve started to convince my wife that we should move to Portugal or Brasil…
grendel: Since we both seem relegated to our futures as expats, I have gotten my husband to agree to live abroad if things go south in November. But we’re looking to Ireland/England as his company has offices there.
Tawmn:
Hey, hey-oh,
Bye, bye-bye,
Bye, hye
Bothing like standing by your principles.
Whom did the Dems nominate, Mark Penn?
S.Luggo: I posted “Bothing” instead “Nothing”, but once further consideration, no correction needed.
Lacrima Christi
irisheyes: I live in a cold wet environment now, so I’m looking warmer… besides Ireland’s economy is growing too fast and things are getting expensive.
S.Luggo: I posted “Bothing” instead “Nothing”, but upon further consideration, no correction needed.
Lacrima Christi
He would still push for the middle class tax cuts.
I’m really tired of Obama saying he has faith in the intelligence of the American people.
Fuck, assume they are a bunch of clueless dipshits and proceed accordingly.
Delicious: The mass orgasm over Sarah Palin shoulda tipped him off…
grendel: Well, here’s hoping we don’t ever have to make that move. I’m feeling far more optimistic today as Palin starts to speak out loud and on the record. She knows that Ted Stevens is under indictment and not so much about Fannie/Freddie. Beauty.
Everyone loves a wedding, even if it is shotgun, and especially if it involves one or more babies. Don’t worry everyone, soon the honeymoon will be over.
irisheyes: grendel: I moved overseas four years ago after Bush was “re-elected.” I was really hoping to move home. But I will say, Australia is nice and has good weather and now has a Labour government.
expatinOz: And tiny jellyfish that can kill you.
We have met the enemy …
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The choice is between the asshole and the bigger asshole.
Decisions.
j6n: Is that where Tom Delay went?
j6n: And big sharks that can eat you. But the deadly marine life is still better than the asshat Republican ticket. At least they are what they are.
expatinOz:
What’s puzzling you …
RaptorAvatar: Think we can sell snowbilly heaven back to the Russians?
Delicious: Well, the GOP certainly has that approach nailed, and it works. Dumb it down, it doesn’t have to be consistent or even make sense, just point the finger and repeat for four hour time slots on teevee and talk radio. Stupid sells!
Flip-flopping ass clown.
It’s about time that a Democrat cut the demagogic bullshit and came to the realization that that higher taxes cause a reduction in investment and hence a reduction in growth. You didn’t really think that the purpose of all that money was to buy diamonds for the trophy wife, did you? This is the sacred cow of class politics and it should have been sent to the abattoir decades ago. The patronizing search for votes through economic irrationality has led the Democrats to lose 7 of the past 10 presidential elections and has done little, if anything, for the working people of America.
menthols if ya got em.
elitistpigbull: As a trophy(forparticipation)wife, I object. Not really. I am elitist by injection.
elitistpigbull: Motherfuck what?? The only problem with that argument is that it’s fucking bullshit: The preponderance of evidence is against it, and it poses as a sorry excuse for re-motherfucking-gressive taxation. Puh-leez. I’d say the lion’s share of irrationality lay at the feet of right-wing fucktards who’d rather masturbate with Wild Turkey and shotguns and kill brown people than actually consider the positive economic effects of the redistribution of wealth. That said, I wish Barry would have kept his trap shut about taxes right now. Personally, I think it’s time to take the low road and start knife fighting with those lying Republican bitches. And I also wouldn’t mind seeing Barry light up a cig on the trail in NC and VA.
Okay, I feel better. Light ‘em if you got ‘em!
I will eat Barry’s man juice. It. I will post longwinded idiotic comments about him. I will make you all fuck him. You will be happy. You will consume this joy. Fuck this Barry for the sake of Country First. Fuck him again and again until you throw up. I am John McCain, and I will kinda like ya jonw eat you with a frog, with finger. POW POW POW POW POW POW POW 5 an a half fucking years, Allen.
Me, I’m thinking Berlin. Cheap apartments, progressive government, you can get around on a bicycle if you know how to ride in the sleet. I don’t, but maybe I can learn. And they already had their little waltz with fascism, which seems to be on our dance card here in the USA.
Bigbruther: you keep talking that re-motherfucking-distributionist bullshit and you’ll see John McCain’s ugly walnut face greeting you from the White House for 4 of the next 5 Thanksgivings (with Dub smirking at you in ‘08). You can’t hurt the rich without hurting the fantasies of those who want to be rich, and they vote with their pipedream wallets. Maybe you should consider Berlin too. Unless they decide to double dip on the concentration camps…
Obama keeping taxes the same are fine, so long as he stops the bazillions W is spending on stupid stuff asap.
Don’t knock hot money showers until you’ve tried them.
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