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smooth · 10-17-2008, 10:45 AM

The thing I don't understand is what you are referring to when you are claiming that the Obama campaign is ripping into this Joe guy.
The only thing I saw the campaign say specifically in regards to the matter was during the debate when Obama spoke to Joe at the same level McCain spoke to Joe. He told him that he wouldn't face any fees or fine, and that he would receive a tax credit if he wanted to give his employees health care. He never doubted his belief that if he bought the company that he would actually make 250,000, in fact he responded to that dream as saying that if he was making that much, Obama feels it's fair to spread some wealth around to those less fortunate. I don't think Obama did or wants to rip Joe, I suspect he feels compassion for him and that's one of the reasons he tells McCain to his face that he doesn't mind paying higher taxes to help the middle class.

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10-17-2008, 10:45 AM	#42 (permalink)
smooth Junkie Location: Right here	The thing I don't understand is what you are referring to when you are claiming that the Obama campaign is ripping into this Joe guy. The only thing I saw the campaign say specifically in regards to the matter was during the debate when Obama spoke to Joe at the same level McCain spoke to Joe. He told him that he wouldn't face any fees or fine, and that he would receive a tax credit if he wanted to give his employees health care. He never doubted his belief that if he bought the company that he would actually make 250,000, in fact he responded to that dream as saying that if he was making that much, Obama feels it's fair to spread some wealth around to those less fortunate. I don't think Obama did or wants to rip Joe, I suspect he feels compassion for him and that's one of the reasons he tells McCain to his face that he doesn't mind paying higher taxes to help the middle class. http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/2008-us...ml#post2540204 __________________ "The theory of a free press is that truth will emerge from free discussion, not that it will be presented perfectly and instantly in any one account." -- Walter Lippmann "You measure democracy by the freedom it gives its dissidents, not the freedom it gives its assimilated conformists." -- Abbie Hoffman Last edited by smooth; 10-17-2008 at 10:48 AM..