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Obama lashes McCain over rich claim
Herald Sun ^
| 19 August 2008
Posted on 08/18/2008 4:56:08 PM PDT by Aussie Dasher
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To: Diana in Wisconsin
I cannot undertake to lay my finger on that article of the Constitution which granted a right to Congress of expending, on objects of benevolence, the money of their constituents.
James Madison
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posted on
08/18/2008 5:31:47 PM PDT
by
RedStateRocker
(Nuke Mecca, deport all illegals, abolish the IRS, ATF and DEA.)
To: Aussie Dasher
Obama lashes McCain over rich claimMan, doncha just hate black-on-white crime?!
To: RedStateRocker
“I hold it the duty of the executive to insist upon frugality in the expenditure, and a sparing economy is itself a great national source.” ~ Andrew Johnson
OK. I’ll stop now...because you’ll regret ever getting me started on this subject, LOL!
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posted on
08/18/2008 5:37:07 PM PDT
by
Diana in Wisconsin
(Save The Earth. It's The Only Planet With Chocolate.)
To: RedStateRocker
I cannot undertake to lay my finger on that article of the Constitution which granted a right to Congress of expending, on objects of benevolence, the money of their constituents. THANK YOU! Wonderful quote!
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posted on
08/18/2008 5:47:36 PM PDT
by
PugetSoundSoldier
(Indignation over the sting of truth is the defense of the indefensible)
To: Aussie Dasher
Barak is such a humorless moron.
McCain was goofing off and after he made the remark he said “but seriously....”
To: Aussie Dasher
” “Everyone making 2.5 million or more, raise your hands,” Senator Obama said to laughter. Nobody in the audience did.”
Everybody who is married to a Professional Minority - Diversity Coordinator making $300,000 because her husband is a Senator, raise your hand. Nobody did.
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posted on
08/18/2008 5:56:51 PM PDT
by
PLMerite
("Unarmed, one can only flee from Evil. But Evil isn't overcome by fleeing from it." Jeff Cooper)
To: Aussie Dasher
According to Obama (from the audio clip I heard today), he said that those making $150,000 are in the middle class, (maybe lower in some parts of the country) and those making $250,000 are in the "top 3-4 percent".
According to Wikipedia, as of 2003, the 95th centile income is $154,120.
Seems to me he *is* an elitist, to call the national 95th centile "middle class".
Oh, and the $250,000 number? The top 2%.
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posted on
08/18/2008 6:05:19 PM PDT
by
grey_whiskers
(The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
To: LegalEagle61
He made that point 100% crystal clear and less than two seconds after he made that joke about the absurd $5 million dollar a year earnings to be included in the "rich" level... and he was laughing when he said it... and barry is a POS muzzie/commie liar.
LLS
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posted on
08/18/2008 6:05:50 PM PDT
by
LibLieSlayer
( REAGANISM not communism)
To: stockstrader
It was a joke about an asinine question to McCain about what level per year earnings did he consider to be “rich”. McCain clarified (100% clear and concise) that it as a joke and predicted barry would use it to attack him... two seconds after he quit laughing when he was saying it!
LLS
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posted on
08/18/2008 6:08:28 PM PDT
by
LibLieSlayer
( REAGANISM not communism)
To: BipolarBob
There wont be any middle class in the new Obama Nation.Of course, there will be a middle class, just 100 % of them will be poor, it's all in the semantics !!!
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posted on
08/18/2008 6:26:48 PM PDT
by
Popman
(McCain as POTUS is odious, Obama as POTUS is unthinkable.)
To: BipolarBob
“There wont be any middle class in the new Obama Nation.”
Exactly... Everyone will be poor.
To: Aussie Dasher
Obama lost and this is the ONLY thing he can even try to cling to even though anyone that saw the answer knew McCain kind of threw that number out there in jest to make a point about there not really being a precise number.
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posted on
08/18/2008 7:07:37 PM PDT
by
tobyhill
(fraud -noun;(1)deceit, trickery, sharp practice, or breach of confidence, (2) Obama)
To: PLMerite
Everybody who is married to a Professional Minority - Diversity Coordinator making $300,000 because her husband is a Senator, raise your hand. Nobody did. How about everyone making $4 million a year and owning a vacation home in Hawaii, raise your hand...
To: LegalEagle61
“McCain KNEW that comment, meant obviously as a joke, was going to be distorted, or actually LIED about by Obama.”
Yes he did. Immediately after he said it, he said that it would be. Didn’t take long for that prediction to come true, did it.
To: Aussie Dasher
Obama knows he appeared weak during the forum, so now he's trying to make up for it. Fortunately, he hasn't been very successful at making it go away.
Off subject, I'm always floored at how he is so relentless in the terrible way he speaks about Bush. He does it so much, he doesn't even realize how disrespectful he sounds. I understand that Bush is not high on the approval list, but good grief!. However, Obama can't handle the tiniest bit of criticism. What comes around goes around, Obama. He's sowing the seeds.
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posted on
08/18/2008 7:30:55 PM PDT
by
HollyB
To: Aussie Dasher
Actually if you have to make a wild-ass estimate about what constitutes “rich”, $5 million is just about right. “Rich” is a subjective call but if you define it as never having to work again then being a millionare, i.e. having one million dollars net worth, would generally not cut it nowadays
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posted on
08/18/2008 7:59:09 PM PDT
by
Mentos
To: Mentos
More directly, if you can afford to go into your bosses office to announce that you quit, and to have so much in the bank that you need not sign on with boss #2, that's rich. No matter how you slice it, there aren't many in that little club. Individual situations would determine what amount of money in the bank would qualify. The word “rich” in the context of tax policy means that you accept the premise of Maxist-Leninist class warfare ideology. An egalitarian society would tax the wealth of its members equally to support the operation of the government. What the government is supposed to do is a subject of other posts.
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posted on
08/18/2008 8:22:31 PM PDT
by
sefarkas
(Why vote Democrat Lite?)
To: Aussie Dasher
“Sounds like the typical politics of envy and division again...”
Jus doing what he was trained to do as an Alinsky “community organizer”, i.e., stoke group resentment to the point that you can guide their anger to accomplish your goals.
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posted on
08/18/2008 8:48:20 PM PDT
by
caseinpoint
(Don't get thickly involved in thin things)
To: Aussie Dasher
I wish someone would ask Senator Obama how much money he’d have to earn for his wife to not complain about the price of summer camp, piano lessons, and fresh fruit on the table.
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posted on
08/18/2008 9:03:06 PM PDT
by
Mariebl
To: sefarkas
RE: “More directly, if you can afford to go into your bosses office to announce that you quit, and to have so much in the bank that you need not sign on with boss #2, that’s rich......”
“Individual situations would determine what amount of money in the bank would qualify.”
Yes, rich or wealthy varies by individual situation as well as lifestyle. A 60 year old with $2 million net worth, unemployed, but owning his home outright and no dependents is certainly “wealthier” than a 40 year old with a mortgage, spouse and four kids, who happens to have around the same net worth.
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