Posted on 08/26/2004 9:39:59 AM PDT by fuzzy122
"The truth, which is what elections are all about, is that the tax burden of the middle class has gone up while the tax burden of the middle class has gone down," he said.
--John Kerry, quoted by the Associated Press, Aug. 25
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
HUH?!?
Wow! What an idiot! We should make a movie of just Kerry. How bout "Moron in Action"
Actually this is one of those blunders that Democrats usually try to make hay on. Kerry has enough real flip flops to worry about this mistake.
I'm waiting for the correction by the NYT. I am sure it will be on the front page.
Um, I heard the clip of Kerry's statement, and I don't think you're quoting it correctly. Since I refuse to register for the source, I'll have to assume you got it from them. But it's still not the way I heard it.
"The truth, which is what elections are all about, is that the tax burden of the middle class has gone up while the tax burden of the middle class has gone down,"
verbatim from the Slimes..... of course, they are never wrong :/
Maxwell Smart, secret agent, Cambodia operative, war hero, and general man about town.
But there is a question that shoud be asked about not what Kerry said, but what he meant. He said the tax burden increased on the Middle Class. He means that the percentage of total tax changed with the Middle Class' tax liability increasing ang the rich's falling. Technically this is true. But the BURDEN of taxpayers in the Middle Class did not change. No middle class taxpayer received a rate increase. They are paying the same or less than before the tax cuts.The rich may be paying less, or they could be paying more as the economy improves and profits increase( See JFK Tax Cuts 1962). I'm pretty sure the GOP has competent people who can intelligently point this out. Though based on the campaign so far I may be thinking wishfully.
This was a slip of the tongue and should be given a pass. Bush has done the same thing, too many times. Reasonable people accept these as a simple mistake, unreasonable people don't (democrats).
LMAO! John F*ckin' is a certifiable NUT!!! Just wait til Karl Rove gets ahold of this. Another gift from the Campaign Gods! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
But it's in the NY Slimes - it must be true!
I'd agree with you except for the singular fact Kerry likes to take BOTH sides of the issue without considering how absurd it sounds. Sometimes he REALLY takes both sides at the same time, just to play it safe.
"The truth, which is what elections are all about, is that the tax burden of the middle class has gone up while the tax burden of the middle class has gone down," he said.
It is probably either a misprint or a misquote. Still in all, it is funny and believable.
As some one stated on another thread yesterday. Kerry is lucky that he hasn't been in a men's room on the New Jersey Turnpike! LOL
It sounds very Kerryesque. He wants to make sure he offends no one.
But really, the point is that Kerry WILL be given a pass -- c'mon! we know what he MEANT to say! It's no big deal! It just proves he's human!
When Bush makes a gaffe, it's front page news. Often for more than one day. Why? Well, it just proves that Bush is a moron!
My guess is that it's a misprint/misquote. I heard it this morning, and I'm sure that's not what he said. Not defending him, you understand, it's just not worth getting frothy over.
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