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Fact check: Obama said he would 'spread his wealth around'? (CNN continues the lies for Obama)
cnn ^ | 10/18/2008 | cnn

Posted on 10/18/2008 8:47:45 AM PDT by tobyhill

The Statement Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain, during a speech on October 16 outside Philadelphia, recounted the story of "Joe the Plumber," a man who held a conversation with Democratic candidate Sen. Barack Obama and who became the surprise star of the candidates' October 15 debate when McCain gave an account of the story. McCain said the man told Obama, "'Look, I've been working all my life — 10, 12 hours. I want to buy the business I'm in, but you're going to raise my taxes.' And you know what Senator Obama had to say to Joe? He wanted to spread his wealth around. He wanted to spread his wealth around."

Get the facts!

The Facts Sen. Obama had been campaigning outside Toledo, Ohio, on October 13 when he met Joe Wurzelbacher, 34, who works for Newell Plumbing & Heating Co., a small firm in the Toledo area. "I'm getting ready to buy a company that makes $250-270-80 thousand a year," Wurzelbacher said. "Your new tax plan is going to tax m more, isn't it?"

Obama explained his tax plan during the roughly five-minute exchange — telling Wurzelbacher that the tax rate on the portion of his income that was more than $250,000 would be increased from 36 percent to 39 percent.

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TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: cnn; joetheplumber; muslim; obama; sleeper; socialism; spreadthewealth; wurzelbacher
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To: tobyhill

CNN = Communist News Network


21 posted on 10/18/2008 10:16:33 AM PDT by origins9622 (Go Sarah!!!)
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Anyone else remember the old saying about it not being a good idea to throw others to the alligators in hope saving yourself? When you're “spreading the wealth around” what's difference between 250K, 225K, etc.
22 posted on 10/18/2008 10:17:07 AM PDT by Red Dog #1
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23 posted on 10/18/2008 10:25:38 AM PDT by Grampa Dave ( Joe the plumber should provide his license right after Obama provides his real birth certificate)
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To: tobyhill
Here's a fact, the government is way too big, spends way too much and Obama has no business increasing taxes to expand it.

We haven't seen anyone since Reagan that questions the premise of government spending, it's just been about reducing the increase or spending money on a politician's pet boondoggle.

The government is the problem! Remember?? Don't feed the monster!

24 posted on 10/18/2008 10:38:39 AM PDT by Brett66 (Where government advances, and it advances relentlessly , freedom is imperiled -Janice Rogers Brown)
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To: tobyhill
and the "spread the wealth" remark was one small part of the conversation.

It was the ESSENTIAL part of the conversation.

That is the why the 'fact checker' is trying to spin it.

25 posted on 10/18/2008 2:03:37 PM PDT by fortheDeclaration (Oh earth, earth, earth, hear the word of the Lord-(Jer.22:29))
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26 posted on 10/22/2008 8:09:03 PM PDT by timestax ( too)
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27 posted on 10/22/2008 8:29:56 PM PDT by timestax ( too)
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28 posted on 10/22/2008 8:36:12 PM PDT by timestax ( too)
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29 posted on 10/24/2008 7:20:52 PM PDT by timestax ( CNNLIES)
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To: tobyhill

bump for the great pics


30 posted on 11/01/2008 10:36:42 AM PDT by AmericanSamurai
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