Now The Nutroots Loves Fox News?
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On Fox News today, host Megyn Kelly called out McCain campaign spokesman Tucker Bounds for the campaign’s lies about Sen. Barack Obama’s (D-IL) tax proposals. “I want to hold you accountable for what McCain is doing,” said Kelly. “Has your candidate gone too far, has he stretched the truth with the voters?”
Bounds initially attempted to dismiss her question, claiming that McCain has simply “gone to great lengths to discuss Barack Obama’s record.” “It is true that during a struggling economy, he proposes raising taxes,” declared Bounds.
“Not on the middle class,” shot back Kelly, noting that “virtually every independent analyst” has said that the McCain campaign is lying:
All of a sudden Fox is a reputable news source for them?
An interesting counterpoint occurs to me: has Think Progress and the rest of the Nutroots ever heard MSNBC, CNN, cBS, ABC, NBC, and the rest of the liberal MSM, rip on Barack Obama? No? Holy fruitcakes, Batman!
Anyhow, fair and balanced, just like they said.
Michelle Malkin notices that Karl Rove is now the leftards new best friend.
Crossed at Pirate’s Cove
Update: Just for reference, Obama does want to raise taxes. He wants to raise taxes on family income of $200,000 and up. Impose Social Security taxes on all income, not just that under the current $102,000. And, a big one, raise capital gains taxes upwards of 28%. As the NY Sun points out
Mr. Obama is proposing to raise taxes on capital gains and dividends by a staggering two-thirds, moving the rate up 10 percentage points to 25%, which could curtail investment and business on Wall Street, a backbone of the city’s and state’s economy.
How many middle class folks have investments on Wall Street, and can ill afford to pay more on those? The really rich can, but, not the middle class. That is a tax on the middle class, eh, Kelly? And what happens when you increase capital gains taxes? Well, in 1986, revenues decreased by 44%.
But, when capital gains taxes are lowered
- In 1981, revenues rose by 49%
- In 1997, revenues rose by 49%
- In 2003, revenues rose by 88%
And this will do distinct harm to the retirement savings of people who invest, and the people it would harm the most is……yup, those in the middle class.
So, Barry wants to save individuals $500, or $1000 for families. Plan on losing more then that from your investments.
He will eliminate 10 million Americans from the tax rolls. Gee, who gets to pay for that lost revenue? Uh, the people who create the jobs? And there are plenty of other measures that make any rational person wonder where the money is going to come from.
And, somehow, the Messiah will make it so it only takes 5 minutes to fill out a tax form. I can picture it. It will have one box that say “how much did you make?” and another that says “send it all in.”
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Posted by William Teach on September 15, 2008 4:58 pm
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I don’t think there is any change in opinion on Fox News nor Karl Rove. It just points to how egregious the transgressions are when the darlings on the right are willing to point them out.
McCain campaign is not able to articulate the fact that anybody with any capital gains will be taxed. Surely, enough middle class people have capital gains (in some years at least???)?
There is NO exaggeratio here. Obama will increase taxes on anybody that takes a risk. McCain campaign is not getting this point across – CAPITAL GAINS TAX will increase in Obama admin.
Don’t tell the nutroots, but by Rove trash talking McCain, he is pointing out that McCain is not going to be Pres Bush’s third term.
Rove you magnificent bastard.
Funny that you should mention capital gains, Red. I was just starting to write the update when you left the comment. And, you are correct, McCain should mention what Obama wants to do with capital gains.
Guys – News can do whatever it wants and we know 90% of it is gossip and spin. Fox News is not much different..really.
Fox News is trying to get more credibility from Democrat viewers, and that’s cool.
The bottom line is that smart voters know that McCain won’t raise taxes, while Obama will look to raise wherever he can.
That’s the message that Tucker BOunds should say.
-Paul
http://mccainpalin2008.blogspot.com
NY Times June 1992
Remember the middle-class tax cut? An early and central feature of Gov. Bill Clinton’s Presidential campaign, the idea seems on its way to dying an inconspicuous death.
“I’m not backing away from the idea of tax fairness,” he told a breakfast meeting of reporters when he was asked if he was abandoning the proposal. “I may want to — I’m in the process now of doing what I promised to do in New Hampshire.”
Mr. Clinton, who used the tax cut idea in his advertising and in his standard speeches for months, virtually disavowed it today. “The press and my political opponents always made more of the middle class tax cut than I did even in my speeches,” he said.
Obama hasn’t OVERTLY SAID he will raise taxes on the middles class, but the leftists believe he won’t. Suuuurrre he won’t. He’ll have to in order to create the socialist utopia he has discussed.
BTW folks, if he doesn’t renew the Bush tax cuts, it becomes an increase. And yes, he said he would NOT renew the cuts.