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McCain Banking on a Confederacy of Dunces

By David Sirota

Is John McCain stupid, or does he believe we are? That’s the question as he criticizes Barack Obama for allegedly trying to “redistribute the wealth” with a plan to lower taxes on the middle class and raise them on the super-rich. Of course, the Democrat’s proposal would merely slow down (not fully halt) the less-talked-about redistribution whereby Washington sends middle-class… return to article

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    To David Sirota,

    Yes, MCCain has been running a dumb campaign.

    Obama, on the other hand is running a smart one.

    Unfortunately, one of them will be the next President of the United States, not because of what he will do, but because of the campaign promises and avoidance of revealing the either real person.

    Both appear to be so entrawled with the idea of becoming president that they are willing to say (or is not to say more accurate?) whatever it takes to fit the image their handlers think will win the “game.”

    McCain’s pasted-on smile and attempt to hide any possible angry feelings is a far cry from the candidate who ran before and would have gotten my vote.

    Obama’s parsing and pandering will probably carry the day. (I voted for him once, but never again.) What is the price taxpayers will pay for his vote purchases?

    Neither candidate had the guts or the wisdom to criticize the stupid top-end bailout “solution” being foisted on taxpayers by Paulson and Bernanke.

    When you were on CNBC Thursday both you and Bill Seidman ( the kind of guy who should be in charge of this crisis repair) expressed what many of us feel — total distrust for the entire financial system and government in general. Especially of those two expletives (Ben & Hank) I would so like to delete from the process.

    People don’t need another hand-out, they need a hand up. Unless something is done to create millions of jobs (think massive infrastructure project) we are very possibly going to bypass the R word and go directly to Depression.

    BTW:

    We been stuck with the “official” two down quarters label for recession — what would it take to honestly call it a depression?

    Perhaps corpses at the curb each morning?

    United States Posted by whattheheck on Oct 24, 2008 at 10:05 AM
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