McCain began the debate by accusing his rival of waging class warfare by advocating tax increases designed to “spread the wealth around.” The Democratic nominee denied the allegation and countered that he favors tax reductions for 95% of all Americans. “Nobody likes taxes,” Obama said in an exchange early in the debate. “But ultimately we’ve got to pay for the core investments” necessary for the economy. “If nobody likes taxes, let’s not raise anybody’s, OK?” McCain retorted with a laugh.
Much of McCain's responses were of similar tone, often ignoring the realities of the world we live in and followed by a smirk. On energy, "He wants to raise your taxes, I'm John McCain folks!" insert smug look here. On health care, "He wants to keep you from owning your own business, I'm John McCain folks!" sit back and grin. I'm pretty sure I saw a wink slip through, but it is entirely possible that was a mild stroke or a loss of motor control due to old age.
Take a look at word use frequency during the debate. So far as I can tell, without going back through the whole transcript, "spread the wealth around" was used 22 times while referencing Joe the Plumber approximately 18 times.
Speaking of Joe the Plumber . . . Joe the Plumber probably doesn't want to own the business he's been spending 10-12 hour days working for. Joe the Plumber is going to get clobbered when Neil the Developer doesn't sell enough units to Suzie the Homebuyer to cover his loan from Phil the Lender. When that happens, Neil the Developer stops paying Cliff the General Contractor, who stops paying Joe the Plumber and all of the other subcontractors. By the time Joe the Plumber gets around to hiring Ted the Attorney to file a lien for his work, Ralph the Supply House Owner has already frozen Joe's credit resulting in Alex the Other General Contractor charging Joe the Plumber liquidated damages for lack of performance on his job. Unless Joe the Plumber works solely on government contracts, but since Joe the Plumber has to compete with DBEs that have an unfair advantage when it comes to being awarded contracts . . . If Joe the Plumber decides to buy his business, he is going to be, in the words of John McCain, "hurting and angry".
Taking a look at the interactive polls online, I can only hope that people get out and vote. This election has from the very beginning been the Democrats election to lose. I can only hope that my vote matters and Obama wins, otherwise I have to start planning my move to Canada for real this time.
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