Obama links McCain to 'reckless' GOP economics

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Source: AP

Obama links McCain to 'reckless' GOP economics By MIKE GLOVER, Associated Press Writer
1 hour, 4 minutes ago

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said Wednesday he offers fundamental change from reckless Republican economic policies that he contended have hammered middle-class families and would continue under Republican rival John McCain.


"These anxieties seem to be growing with each passing day," Obama said on a campaign swing in this economically ailing battleground state. "We can either choose a new direction for our economy or we can keep doing what we've been doing. My opponent, John McCain, thinks we're on the right track."

That elicited boos from some of the 1,500 people who filled a Springfield high school gymnasium. When an AP-Ipsos poll asked the "right track, wrong track" question last month, nearly eight out of 10 said they thought the country was on the wrong track. The same poll set President Bush's approval rating at 29 percent.

"It's true that change is hard, change isn't easy," Obama said. "Nobody here thinks that Bush or McCain has a real answer for the challenges we face so what they're going to try to do is make you scared about me."

Change with difficulty was a core theme Democrat Bill Clinton used when he opposed President George H.W. Bush in 1992, a campaign also fought during tough economic times.

"We don't need the same old tired answers," Obama said. "We need something new."


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1. Good. Exactly the kind of link that needs to be made.

Over and over.

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2. I think "bankrupting the Treasury" would be clearer . .. but I was very HAPPY--!!!

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3. Obama should also use McCain's own words against him.

“There’s one big difference between me and the others–I won’t take every last dime of the surplus and spend it on tax cuts that mostly benefit the wealthy.”

“I am disappointed that the Senate Finance Committee preferred instead to cut the top tax rate of 39.6% to 36%, thereby granting generous tax relief to the wealthiest individuals of our country at the expense of lower- and middle-income American taxpayers.”

“But when you look at the percentage of the tax cuts that–as the previous tax cuts–that go to the wealthiest Americans, you will find that the bulk of it, again, goes to wealthiest Americans.”



Those are the words McCain used to oppose the EXACT same tax cuts he now SUPPORTS. He was right then, he's wrong now, and right or wrong, it's an enormous flip-flop he made by holding his finger in the political wind, exactly like his flip-flop on illegal immigrations.

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4. Also in the article they basically mention the 50 state strategy

Saying (paraphrase) "We don't expect to win SW Missouri, but you have to go into the belly of the beast."

I like it :applause:

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5. All McCain and his Rove-like buddies have are attack ads.

Ain't gonna work.