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Originally Posted by Derwood
the GOP has done an amazing job convincing the middle class that the Dems want to take their money and give it to the poor. it's simply not true
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They take advantage of the same kind of visceral reaction that salespeople do when they use the "You must call within the next 30 seconds" bit. If you convince people they are about to lose something they tend to clamor for it, even if they aren't really losing it.
McCain is hoping that people get so caught up in the idea that "Obama is gonna take my hard earned money" that they never get to the point of actually looking into whether he will or not.