McCain

Campaign Falsehoods on Health Care, Oil Companies, Trade, Taxes, and Worker Training

"McCain's falsehoods on health care, oil companies, trade, taxes and worker training were egregious and covered up his pro-corporate positions."

"Under McCain's Plan, Health Insurance Benefits Would be Taxed For The First Time, Resulting In A $3.6 Trillion Tax Increase On Working Families. McCain's health care plan would eliminate the payroll deduction on health care benefits, which would have the effect of raising taxes on working families by $3.6 trillion. [New York Times, 5/1/08]"

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A Real Standup Guy

Alright! Wow! Haha. What a great looking audience. My name is Hill Larrius and it’s great to be here in Vegas! Whoo! Hey, what’s up with these crazy presidential candidates? We have this McCain guy for the Republicans, right? Now, I’m not gonna say he’s old, cause he really didn’t fight in the Civil War, right? Hell no! He was already way too old for that war, see? Hahaha. Then over here we have this Democrat, Obama, who keeps promising change. So if we elect him president we’ll have change, right? Like he’ll raise our taxes and all we’ll have left in our pockets is change. Hahaha! Ooooh. Hey, don’t get mad at me, I’m just the messenger here. So what’s to know about this election? You want old you vote for the old guy. You want change you vote for the change guy. Baddaboom! Easy! Haha!

Garry Reed's picture

A Real Standup Guy

Alright! Wow! Haha. What a great looking audience. My name is Hill Larrius and it’s great to be here in Vegas! Whoo! Hey, what’s up with these crazy presidential candidates? We have this McCain guy for the Republicans, right? Now, I’m not gonna say he’s old, cause he really didn’t fight in the Civil War, right? Hell no! He was already way too old for that war, see? Hahaha. Then over here we have this Democrat, Obama, who keeps promising change. So if we elect him president we’ll have change, right?

Garry Reed's picture

Zombie Voters and Fortune Cookies

Who are Barack Obama's supporters? Picture an old 1950s era b&w Zombie movie. The Undead rise from their graves, begin lurching forward, arms outstretched, eyes vacant, all murmuring eerily in unison, "Change, change, change…" Except Obama's Zombies don't rise from graves. They emerge from high schools and colleges and Hollywood soundstages and media centers. Much has been made of Obama's appeal to American youth. His hook is emotion and vague idealism, which works well on people loaded with emotion and vague idealism but little in the way of experience and genuine knowledge. A generation that barely discerns between Bambi and actual rutting deer can't be expected to distinguish charisma from substance.

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Zombie Voters and Fortune Cookies

Who are Barack Obama's supporters?