Slam Obama (merged)

[stabiz]

Props to the old woman at 0.59. Thats just to good!

[SUBMAN1]

Hahahaha!



-S

[fatty]

Dunno, seems pretty tasteless, not my thing.

[Task Force]

:hmm: :hmm: :hmm: :hmm: I dont get it? All I know is it had the word Aids in it alot.

[Safe-Keeper]

Obama in title + TROLLMAN1 as OP = /me leaves thread

[Task Force]

I think I just had a vision.

[SUBMAN1]

Originally Posted by Safe-Keeper

Obama in title + TROLLMAN1 as OP = /me leaves thread

Perfect!

[JHuschke]

Obama has no interest in & nor will he bring the United States into Socialism...it will never happen.

Remember, he only says what you want to hear and half of it is what you don't want to hear.

[SUBMAN1]

Wonderful.

-S

Want to set a conservative’s hair on fire? Just mention redistribution of wealth and watch the fireworks. It happened Sunday when Barack Obama was canvassing a neighborhood in Toledo, Ohio.

Fox News cameras were there and captured the conversation (which is now all over the Web) between a self-employed plumber named Joe Wurzelbacher and Obama.

More taxes?
Wurzelbacher explained that by working hard (10-12 hours a day) he was in a position to buy a business. If he bought a truck and expanded the business, he wondered if his success would be greeted by a penalty in the form of higher taxes.
“Your new tax plan is going to tax me more, isn’t it?” Wurzlebacher asked.

“It’s not that I want to punish your success,” Obama explained. “I just want to make sure that everybody who is behind you, that they’ve got a chance for success too. My attitude is that if the economy’s good for folks from the bottom up, it’s gonna be good for everybody … I think when you spread the wealth around, it’s good for everybody.”

The common good
Spread the wealth around. That can mean many things. It could mean a rising tide lifts all boats. But it could also mean government taking from one group of people (the people who earned it) and giving it to those who did not.

This is what Obama detractors are saying his tax plan is all about. And many are wondering why the McCain campaign isn’t being more vocal about this. They contend Obama’s policy proposals are damning enough. Forget Bill Ayers, they say, go after his policy.

The Journal
In the context of the Democratic nominee’s conversation with the plumber (video below), many blogs are linking to a Wall Street Journal column yesterday that charges that Obama’s tax plan isn’t what it sounds. They say it’s a big gimmick:

One of Barack Obama’s most potent campaign claims is that he’ll cut taxes for no less than 95% of “working families.” He’s even promising to cut taxes enough that the government’s tax share of GDP will be no more than 18.2% — which is lower than it is today.

It’s a clever pitch, because it lets him pose as a middle-class tax cutter while disguising that he’s also proposing one of the largest tax increases ever on the other 5%. But how does he conjure this miracle, especially since more than a third of all Americans already pay no income taxes at all? There are several sleights of hand, but the most creative is to redefine the meaning of “tax cut.”

For the Obama Democrats, a tax cut is no longer letting you keep more of what you earn. In their lexicon, a tax cut includes tens of billions of dollars in government handouts that are disguised by the phrase “tax credit.” Mr. Obama is proposing to create or expand no fewer than seven such credits for individuals.

No preconditions
Not surprisingly, the McCain campaign agrees with that assessment in a sarcastically toned statement:
“If Barack Obama’s goal as President is to ’spread the wealth around,’ perhaps his unconditional meetings with Hugo Chavez, Raul Castro, and Kim Jong-Il aren’t so crazy — if nothing else they can advise an Obama administration on economic policy,” a McCain spokesman told Fox News.

Agreed
Investors Business Daily calls Obama’s tax proposals straight up “socialism.”

John McCain is reportedly considering a broad, simple capital gains tax cut. An across-the-board cut would be a real middle-class rescue, focused on generating new private sector employment — the proven way of “spreading the wealth around,” a concept which Obama, with his deftly disguised socialism, cannot grasp.

Blogosphere erupts
They aren’t the only ones calling it socialism. The conservative blogosphere regards the Fox video as manna from heaven. This is something they say empirically shows Obama is in favor of redistribution of wealth.

There’s the blunt and simplistic approach from McNorman’s weblog: “Obama is a socialist. I have said it before.”
Michelle Malkin doesn’t have a lot to say about it, but we’re assuming that she isn’t a fan of the Obama tax proposal, which she denigrates.

Over at the American Sentinel this is the view:

Welcome to Barack Obama’s new America, it’s called redistribution of wealth and his tax cuts for 95% of America is nothing more than Government welfare for people that don’t pay taxes at all. Haven’t we already been down this path ? This was done in the 70’s and the Democrats are bent on bringing it back. Only can today’s “progressive” see fit to cater to the ”parasite class” and bury the American worker further. Mission almost accomplished.

RightPundits.com goes right to the author of The Communist Manifesto:

Ahhhh - income redistribution. Take from those that have and give it to those who don’t. Make sure everyone has an equal piece of the pie. In the words of Karl Marx, ‘From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs.’

One of our readers commenting on another story writes:

Obama has stated today that ‘he wants to spread the wealth around’. At least now he is honest about his redistribution of wealth ideology.

“The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries.” - Winston Churchill

T minus 21
As for the traditional media, there’s not a lot out there. But Obama’s comments — far from JFK’s “a rising tide lifts all boats” statement — have started a buzz in blogland. Whether it catches on and McCain latches on to it, we’ll have to wait. There’s not a lot of time left.

http://features.csmonitor.com/politi...ion-of-wealth/

[Konovalov]

Fantastic. All the Obama threads which have swamped the GT forum have been consolidated into one big "Slam Obama" topic. Thank goodness for that.

[Onkel Neal]

Yeah, and I'll try to do the same for the McCain threads.

There are just a few guys spamming the boards with this stuff. That's fine, but since it is so similar in tone, content, and intent, they can simply post them as replies in these threads.

[Konovalov]

Excellent. Much better solution than a seperate politics/religion.... section.

I'm sure that once the election is over things will return to normal. At least I hope.

[Skybird]

Neal for president (unslammed)!

I read: "Sticky: Poll: Next president of the United States", posted over a year ago, still running. Author: Neal Stevens. No hidden intentions there.

Yeah, sure!

[SUBMAN1]

I only wish this were a joke.

-S

Just Wanted To Know...

Columbo still scratching his head.

Ah . . Sorry to bother you Mr. Obama, Sir

Excuse me Mr. Obama, I mean Senator Obama, sir. Um . . . know you are busy and important and stuff. I mean running for president is very important and . . ah . . . I hate to bother you. I will only take a minute ok, sir?

See, I have these missing pieces that are holding me up, and I was wondering sir, if you could take time out of your busy schedule and help me out. You know, no big deal, just some loose ends and things.

Hey, you have a nice place here! The wife sees houses like this on TV all the time and says boy she wishes she had digs like this you know? Is that painting real? Really? Wow. I saw something like that in a museum once!

Oh, sorry sir. I didn't mean to get off the track. So if you could just help me out a minute and give me some details, I will get right out of your way. I want to close this case and maybe take the wife to Coney Island or something. Ever been to Coney Island ? No, I didn't think so. .

Well, listen, anyways, I can't seem to get some information I need to wrap this up. These things seem to either be "locked" or "not available'. I'm sure it's just some oversight or glitch or something, so if you could you tell me where these things are . . . I . . . I . . have them written down here somewhere . . . oh wait. Sorry about the smears. It was raining out. I'll just read it to you.

Could you help me please find these things, sir?

Occidental College records -- Not released
Columbia College records -- Not released
Columbia Thesis paper -- "not available"
Harvard College records -- Not released
Selective Service Registration -- Not released
Medical records -- Not released
Illinois State Senate schedule -- "not available"
Law practice client list -- Not released
Certified Copy of original Birth certificate -- Not released
Embossed, signed paper Certification of Live Birth -- Not released
Harvard Law Review articles published -- None
University of Chicago scholarly articles -- None

Your Record of baptism-- Not released or "not available"

Your Illinois State Senate records--"not available"

Oh hey listen! I know you are busy! Is this too much for you now? I mean tell you what. I will come back tomorrow. Give you some time to get these things together, you know? I mean, I know you are busy, so I will just let myself out. I will be back tomorrow.

"Who wants to know these things?" asked Senator Obama.

Columbo answered: THE PEOPLE

[baggygreen]

Couldn't this have gone in the 'slam obama' thread???