Obama and Michelle's World Lisa De Pasquale, Human Events
Andrew Bostom wrote, "After viewing the text of Barack Obama’s acceptance speech, I can at last fathom the true meaning of his platitudinous mantra about “change.” It was articulated eloquently in 1971 by the despotic Latin American junta leader Esposito in Woody Allen’s “Bananas”:
From this day on, the official language of San Marcos will be Swedish. Silence! In addition to that, all citizens will be required to change their underwear every half-hour. Underwear will be worn on the outside so we can check. Furthermore, all children under 16 years old are now… 16 years old
The video begins ...get your shovels.
"When I was young my mother said, "he's an American and he is going to know what that means"
What mother says that?
Lots of family shots of ma and grannie, where's the Kenya family album.
Him and his grandfather "waving American flags" ..... what was mentor and close family friend Frank waving ?
Video over. Obambi is in da hous .....walking down the grandiose runway of the Invesco coloseum spectacle Barack Obama tells packed stadium he accepts Democratic nomination "with great humility." heh. What gall.
Crowd goes wild (I think they applauded more for Billy Clinton though)
Pays lip service to Hillary and Bill.
4 years ago (evoking Republican Lincoln's four score .... speaking of his speech at the Kerry nomination -- the speech that put this man on the man.
Here he goes ............ running down America.
Cars you cant afford to drive, tuition beyond your reach, homes you can't afford, mortgages you can't pay ...
BLAME BUSH!
Crowd goes wild
"America, we are a better country than this!" Better than what, we rock bro.
He is bellowing ENOUGH! I feel the same way buddy.
It's funny, the man is bashing Bush while ignoring the glaring fact that Bush's approval ratings have been climbing since January. They never talk about that or that the approval ratings of the Democrat Congress is lower than Bush's and sinking.
Deriding trickle down economics .......... calling it " YOU ARE ON YOUR OWN" Problems? - "YOU ARE ON YOUR OWN". Lost your job? "YOU ARE ON YOUR OWN"....Pull yourself up by your bootstraps, even if you don't have boots, YOU ARE ON YOUR OWN
"It's time for them to own their failure" [speaking of the Republicans]
So what is he saying? That the Republicans should be responsible for themselves and their mistakes but the Democrats shouldn't? That the Republicans are responsible for the Demoncrats mistakes? That's rich? Why isn't it time for Democrats and every American to own their failure?
These moochers and looters are exhausting.
His mother turned to food stamps but was able to send him to finest schools in the country. Uh, whatddup wit dat? Where did she get the dough? Al Mansour?
Obambi is talking tough about foreign policy. REMOVE OUR TROOPS FROM IRAQ. Man, he is tough ain't he?
He sounds silly making fun of McCain's tough talk. But said previously, "McCain says he'll follow Osama bin Laden to the gates of hell, but he won't even follow him to the cave where he lives." So are we to believe Oybambi is gonna kill Osama with kind aggressive diplomacy?
Uh oh, he's blowing fireworks. I am serious. They are setting off fireworks. Foe shizzle, no sizzle.
Uh ..... more fireworks. Fireworks show. Big music. Storm of red, white, and blue confetti. More fireworks.
Fireworks.
Look, I think it's great that an African American was nominated. I think that's wonderful. I think it's terrible that such a poor choice was made in that candidate. It's just that simple.
But there's no debating it - the man is very very smoooooooth.
I am listening to the pundits and while I agree that Obama is the only politician that could fill aan 85,000 stadium with bodies, I am not nearly as impressed.
Madonna can fill a stadium too - that won't make her President. I say it won't fly in flyover country. That's my take. All those Hollyweird types - spouting their absurd nonsense. It doesn't get past the folks that with all their kumbaya crap there is no plurality ot room for other opinions on the left coast.
UPDATE: McCain Campaign Statement on Barack Obama's Acceptance Speech
ARLINGTON, VA -- Tonight, the McCain campaign issued
the following statement from Tucker Bounds, McCain 2008 spokesman, on Barack
Obama's acceptance speech at the Democratic National
Convention:
"Tonight, Americans witnessed a misleading speech that was so
fundamentally at odds with the meager record of Barack Obama. When the temple
comes down, the fireworks end, and the words are over, the facts remain: Senator
Obama still has no record of bipartisanship, still opposes offshore drilling,
still voted to raise taxes on those making just $42,000 per year, and still
voted against funds for American troops in harm's way. The fact remains: Barack
Obama is still not ready to be President."
BARACK OBAMA'S TOP
MISLEADING CLAIMS
MISLEADING CLAIM #1:
Barack Obama Can Bring Democrats And Republicans Together. OBAMA:
"America, our work will not be easy. The challenges we face require tough
choices, and Democrats as well as Republicans will need to cast off the worn-out
ideas and politics of the past." (Barack Obama, Remarks, Denver, CO,
8/28/08)
NPR's Juan Williams: Barack Obama "Doesn't Have The
Record" Of Bipartisanship That John McCain Has. NPR'S JUAN WILLIAMS:
"You think about everything from campaign finance to immigration and on, and
there's John McCain working across party lines. Senator Obama doesn't have a
record. Now, he can make the claim and he can hold himself up as pure and trying
to reach to a new generation of post partisan politics, but he has to do so
largely based on rhetoric and wishful thinking because he doesn't have the
record." (Fox News' "Special Report With Brit Hume,"
5/7/08)
Watch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpPp2usgY6Y
The
Washington Post's Richard Cohen: "There Is Scant Evidence The Illinois Senator
Takes Positions That Challenge His Base Or Otherwise Threaten Him
Politically." "Obama might have a similar bottom line, core principles
for which, in some sense, he is willing to die. If so, we don't know what they
are. Nothing so far in his life approaches McCain's decision to refuse
repatriation as a POW so as to deny his jailors a propaganda coup. In fact,
there is scant evidence the Illinois senator takes positions that challenge his
base or otherwise threaten him politically. That's why his reversal on campaign
financing and his transparently false justification of it matter more than
similar acts by McCain." (Richard Cohen, Op-Ed, "McCain's Core Advantage," The
Washington Post, 6/24/08)
Politico's Jonathan Martin:
"He's pretty much a conventional liberal on the issues and has few examples of
breaking with his own party, so how does Obama try to pull off being
'post-partisan?'" (Jonathan Martin, "Obama's Third Way: It's All In The Tone,"
Politico, 6/30/08)
Rep. Dan Boren (D-OK): "His Record Does Not
Reflect Working In A Bipartisan Fashion." "Boren, the lone Democrat in
Oklahoma's congressional delegate, said that while Obama has talked about
working with Republicans, 'unfortunately, his record does not reflect working in
a bipartisan fashion.'" (Tim Talley, "Okla. Dem Calls Obama Liberal, Declines To
Endorse," The Associated Press, 6/10/08)
"The Record Shows Obama
To Be A Fairly Doctrinaire Liberal Democrat ..." (Editorial, "Obama's
Rhetoric Soars, But What Does His Record Suggest?" USA Today,
1/28/08)
In 2007, Obama Voted With The Democrat Party 97 Percent
Of The Time. (Congressional Quarterly Website, www.cq.com, Accessed
3/3/08)
In 2006, Obama Voted With The Democrat Party 96 Percent
Of The Time. (Congressional Quarterly Website, www.cq.com, Accessed
1/27/08)
In 2005, Obama Voted With The Democrat Party 97 Percent
Of The Time. (Congressional Quarterly Website, www.cq.com, Accessed
1/27/08)
MISLEADING CLAIM #2: Barack
Obama Will Ensure That Our Troops On The Ground Have "The Equipment They Need In
Battle." OBAMA: "As Commander-in-Chief, I will never hesitate to defend
this nation, but I will only send our troops into harm's way with a clear
mission and a sacred commitment to give them the equipment they need in battle
and the care and benefits they deserve when they come home." (Barack Obama,
Remarks, Denver, CO, 8/28/08)
Barack Obama Voted Against
Providing $94.4 Billion In Critical Funding For The Troops In Iraq And
Afghanistan. (H.R. 2206, CQ Vote #181: Passed 80-14: R 42-3; D 37-10; I
1-1, 5/24/07, Obama Voted Nay)
MISLEADING CLAIM
#3: Barack Obama Has Not Supported The President.
OBAMA: "These challenges are not all of government's making. But the failure to
respond is a direct result of a broken politics in Washington and the failed
policies of George W. Bush. ... But the record's clear: John McCain has voted
with George Bush ninety percent of the time. Senator McCain likes to talk about
judgment, but really, what does it say about your judgment when you think George
Bush has been right more than ninety percent of the time? I don't know about
you, but I'm not ready to take a ten percent chance on change." (Barack Obama,
Remarks, Denver, CO, 8/28/08)
Barack Obama Says He Voted With
President Bush "For The Most Part." REPORTER: "For a couple of days,
they've been saying you voted to raise taxes something like 94 times. That seems
to be the drumbeat that's going to happen during this campaign. Are you going to
raise taxes in a big way for average Americans?" OBAMA: "I mean this is the
standard fare of politics. And the truth of the matter is that the only bills
that I voted for, for the most part, since I've been in the Senate were
introduced by Republicans with George Bush. You know, they were the majority for
a big chunk of the time I was there." (KMOV [St. Louis, MO],
6/10/08)
Watch Barack Obama's KMOV
Interview
The New York Times' David Brooks: Democrats
Saying McCain Represents The Third Bush Term Are "Just Factually
Inaccurate." "Finally, the Obama people are too convinced that they can
define McCain as Bush III. The case is just factually inaccurate. McCain will be
able to pull out dozens of instances, from torture to global warming to
spending, in which he broke with his party, as Rush Limbaugh will tell you."
(David Brooks, Op-Ed, "Calling Dr. Doom," The New York Times, 6/3/08)
Newsweek's Michael Hirsh: "As We Now Know Nearly Four Years
Later, McCain Was Dead On In His Analysis Of What Went Wrong In Iraq."
"In early November 2003, at a time when Fred Dalton Thompson was playing a tough
D.A. on 'Law and Order,' John McCain was cross-examining Donald Rumsfeld for
real on Capitol Hill. It was still very early into the U.S. occupation of Iraq,
but the as-yet-unacknowledged (by Rummy, that is) insurgency was already out of
control. Alone among his fellow GOP senators, McCain blasted Rumsfeld for not
putting enough U.S. troops on the ground, and for resorting too soon to
'Iraqification' -- that is, transferring security to ill-prepared Iraqi forces.
In an extraordinarily blunt speech at the Council on Foreign Relations that grim
autumn, McCain warned that ultimately Iraq could become another Vietnam 'if we
lose popular support in the United States.' The next day, the secretary of
Defense asked McCain to breakfast. 'I read y our speech,' harrumphed Rumsfeld
(that 'must have been an enjoyable experience for him,' McCain later joked to
me). Then Rummy patiently explained to his fellow Republican why he and his top
civilian brass (Paul Wolfowitz, Doug Feith and the usual crowd of incompetents)
would continue to do things the same way. They 'believed there was no need for
additional troops,' McCain later related. McCain had already realized that
Rumsfeld was a lost cause. The real question, the senator suggested to me back
then, was whether George W. Bush himself would push Rummy to make changes. 'I'd
like to see the president fully engaged,' McCain said. Bush needed to be on top
of 'more details of what's going on.' As we now know nearly four years later,
McCain was dead on in his analysis of what went wrong in Iraq. Right down to the
need for Bush to get engaged and fire Rumsfeld. McCain was so right that, among
military experts today, the emerging conventional wisdom about Bush's current
'surg e' is that if it had occurred back then -- when McCain wanted it and the
political will existed in this country to support it for the necessary number of
years -- it might well have succeeded." (Michael Hirsh, "Why McCain's Collapse
Matters," Newsweek, 7/26/07)
John McCain Voted Against The 2005
Bush-Cheney Energy Bill. (H.R. 6, CQ Vote #152: Motion Agreed To 92-4:
R 53-1; D 38-3; I 1-0, 6/23/05, McCain Voted Nay; H.R. 6, CQ Vote #158: Passed
85-12: R 49-5; D 35-7; I 1-0, 6/28/05, McCain Voted Nay; H.R. 6, CQ Vote #213:
Adopted 74-26: R 49-6; D 25-19; I 0-1, 7/29/05, McCain Voted Nay)
John McCain Is "Widely Acknowledged To Have Charted A Course
Independent Of Bush" On Climate Change. "On global warming, McCain is
widely acknowledged to have charted a course independent of Bush. Immediately
after the 2004 election, in which he stumped for Bush's re-election, he sharply
distanced himself from Bush on climate change, calling the administration's
stance 'terribly disappointing.' McCain had co-sponsored a bill with Sen. Joe
Lieberman to curb greenhouse gases in 2003. Bush had opposed any such move,
citing possible harm to the economy and doubts over global warming." (William
March, "McCain Bucks Ties To Bush," The Tampa Tribune, 6/11/08)
MISLEADING CLAIM #4: John McCain Believes We've Made
"Great Progress" And Families Aren't Hurting. OBAMA: "He said that our
economy has made 'great progress' under this President. He said that the
fundamentals of the e conomy are strong." (Barack Obama, Remarks, Denver, CO,
8/28/08)
FactCheck.org: Obama Use Of Quote Is "Misleading" And
"Distorts" John McCain's Words. "The second and third quotes the Obama
campaign uses from McCain are more misleading. The ad shows McCain saying:
'[T]here's been great progress economically.' The quote comes from an interview
McCain did with Peter Cook at Bloomberg Television in April. ... McCain was
making a case for what he believed were positive economic developments during
Bush's time in office. However, the fuller quote shows McCain was saying that
whatever progress had been made, it wouldn't be enough to comfort families
'facing these tremendous economic challenges.' His comments overall are
pessimistic; he cites 'challenging times' and 'enormous difficulties.' The Obama
campaign distorts his views by using just a snippet of his remarks." (D'Angelo
Gore, "Distorting McCain's Remarks," FactCheck.org, 8/19/08)
In
The Full Question And Answer Cited By Barack Obama, John McCain Clearly Said
That We Are In "Tough Times" And Families Are Facing "Tremendous Economic
Challenges." Bloomberg's Peter Cook: "I'm going to ask you a version of
the Ronald Reagan question. You think if Americans were asked, are you better
off today than you were before George Bush took office more than seven years
ago, what answer would they give?" McCain: "Certainly, in this time, we are in
very challenging times. We all recognize that. Families are sitting around the
kitchen table this evening and figuring out whether they're going to be able to
keep their home or not. They're figuring out whether they're -- why it is that
suddenly and recently someone in their family or their neighbor has lost their
job. There's no doubt that we are in enormous difficulties. "I think if you look
at the overall record and millions of jobs have been created, et cetera, et
cetera, yo u could make an argument that there's been great progress
economically over that period of time. But that's no comfort. That's no comfort
to families now that are facing these tremendous economic challenges. But let me
just add, Peter, the fundamentals of America's economy are strong. We're the
greatest exporter, the greatest importer, the greatest innovator, the greatest
producer, still the greatest economic engine in the world. And, by the way,
exports and free trade are a key element in economic recovery. But these are
tough times, tough times, and nobody knows that more than American families
including in small towns of Pennsylvania. They haven't lost their fundamental
religious beliefs, their respect for the Constitution, their right to bear arms.
They are still -- keep America as a beacon of hope and freedom throughout the
world." (John McCain, Interview With Bloomberg TV, 4/17/08)
Watch
Video Of Obama Economic Attack Compared To John McCain's Full Response:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=WynLgJFBxSs
ABC
News: Barack Obama Proved "He Knows How To Twist With The Best Of Them" When He
Cited The McCain Quote. "Although Obama gets substantial mileage out of
running against politics as usual, he provided a reminder on Friday that he
knows how to twist with the best of them. Speaking in Erie, Pa., Obama charged:
'John McCain went on television and said that there has "been great progress
economically" over the last seven and a half years.' Obama did not tell his
audience, however, that McCain's Thursday reference to economic progress was
quickly followed by him adding that such progress is 'no comfort' to struggling
families." (Teddy Davis And Talal Al-Khatib, "Obama Twists McCain On Economy,"
ABC News, 4/18/08)
MISLEADING CLAIM #5: Barack Obama Will
Pay For His Massive Spending Increase. OBAMA: "Now, many of these plans
will cost money, which is why I've laid out how I'll pay for every dime -- by
closing corporate loopholes and tax havens that don't help America grow. But I
will also go through the federal budget, line by line, eliminating programs that
no longer work and making the ones we do need work better and cost less --
because we cannot meet twenty-first century challenges with a twentieth century
bureaucracy." (Barack Obama, Remarks, Denver, CO, 8/28/08)
Barack
Obama: "I Do Not Make A Promise That We Can Reduce [The Budget Deficit] By
2013." "'I do not make a promise that we can reduce it by 2013 because
I think it is important for us to make some critical investments right now in
America's families,' Obama told reporters this week when asked if he'd match
McCain's pledge." (Nedra Pickler, "Analysis: Obama Won't Try For McCain's Budget
Goal," The Associated Press, 7/8/08)
Chicago Tribune: Barack
Obama Has "No Interest In Eliminating Deficit Spending." "Since winning
the nomination, Obama reportedly has been moving toward the middle of the
political spectrum. But on the budget, he still sounds left of center, with no
interest in eliminating deficit spending." (Editorial, "Failure Of Nerve,"
Chicago Tribune, 7/8/08)
The Associated Press: Barack Obama Not
"Even Trying" To Balance The Budget And "Frankly Says He's Not Sure He'd Bring
It Down At All In Four Years." "Barack Obama says John McCain's plan to
balance the budget doesn't add up. Easy for him to say: It's not a goal he's
even trying to reach. Not only does Obama say he won't eliminate the deficit in
his first term, as McCain aims to do, he frankly says he's not sure he'd bring
it down at all in four years, considering his own spending plans." (Nedra
Pickler, "Analysis: Obama Won't Try For McCain's Budget Goal," The Associated
Press, 7/8/08)
The National Journal's John Maggs: "[Obama] Has
Rhetorically Committed To A 'Pay-As-You-Go' Approach By Offsetting New Spending
And Tax Cuts With New Taxes Or Spending Cuts, But His Proposals Do Not Come
Close To Meeting This Standard." (John Maggs, "Obama On The Economy,"
The National Journal, 5/31/08)
Los Angeles Times: Barack Obama
"Has Not Identified New Revenue Sources Or Spending Cuts To Pay For Some Of" His
Proposals. "The Obama campaign responds that tax cuts, once enacted,
are usually renewed and do not expire. Therefore, they say, Obama can
legitimately claim to be recouping money for other purposes by scaling back the
tax cuts. Obama has not identified new revenue sources or spending cuts to pay
for some of what he wants to do." (Peter Nicholas, "Adding Up The Cost Of
Obama's Agenda," Los Angeles Times, 7/8/08)
The New York Times'
David Brooks Said For Barack Obama To Fund His Domestic Programs, He Will Have
To Break His Pledge Not To Tax The Middle Class. "Both [Obama and
Clinton] promised to not raise taxes on those making less than $200,000 or
$250,000 a year. They both just emasculated their domestic programs. Returning
the rich to their Clinton-era tax rates will yield, at best, $40 billion a year
in revenue. It's impossible to fund a health care plan, let alone anything else,
with that kind of money. The consequences are clear: if elected they will have
to break their pledge, and thus destroy their credibility, or run a minimalist
administration." (David Brooks, Op-Ed, "No Whining About The Media," The New
York Times, 4/16/08)
MISLEADING CLAIM #6: Under Barack Obama,
We Will Achieve Energy Independence. OBAMA: "And for the sake of
our economy, our security, and the future of our planet, I will set a clear goal
as President: in ten years, we will finally end our dependence on oil from the
Middle East." (Barack Obama, Remarks, Denver, CO, 8/28/08)
The
Detroit News: Barack Obama's Energy Plan Will "Do Nothing To Answer The Nation's
Long-Term Needs." "The latest additions to Sen. Barack Obama's energy
plan, outlined during an appearance in Lansing Monday, may win the Democratic
presidential candidate some votes from disgruntled consumers in November, but
they'll do nothing to answer the nation's long-term needs." (Editorial, "Obama's
Energy Plan Is Fueled By Populism," The Detroit News, 8/5/08)
The
Washington Post Editorial: Barack Obama Offering Gimmicks On Energy.
"When his presumptive Republican opponent, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.),
proposed a gas tax holiday as a way to reduce the high cost of driving, Mr.
Obama showed political courage and intellectual honesty by refusing to sign on
to that obvious gimmick. 'It's an idea to get them through an election,' Mr.
Obama said. Now he has two such gimmicks of his own." (Editorial, "Tapping Tired
Wells," The Washington Post, 8/6/08)
Barack Obama Opposes
Allowing States To Decide If They Want To Drill Offshore To Increase American
Energy Independence. Obama: "The politics may have changed, but the
facts haven't. The accuracy of Sen. McCain's original position has not changed:
Offshore drilling would not lower gas prices today, it would not lower gas
prices next year and it would not lower gas prices five years from now." (Sen.
Barack Obama, Remarks At Press Availability, Jacksonville, FL,
6/20/08)
Barack Obama Opposes Immediate Gas Tax Relief For
American Families. Obama: "I think John McCain's proposal for a three
month tax holiday is a bad idea." (Sen. Barack Obama, Remarks At Campaign Event,
Blue Bell, PA, 4/21/08)
Barack Obama Called John McCain's $300
Million Prize For A Better Battery A "Gimmick." Obama: "In this
campaign, John McCain is offering the same old gimmicks that will provide almost
no short-term relief to folks who are struggling with high gas prices. Gimmicks
that will only increase our addiction for another four years." (Sen. Barack
Obama, Remarks At Campaign Event, Las Vegas, NV, 6/24/08)
Barack
Obama Criticized Expanding Nuclear Power. Obama: "That might make sense
in Washington, but it doesn't make sense for America. In fact, it makes about as
much sense as his proposal to build 45 new nuclear reactors without a plan to
store the waste some place other than, guess where? Right here in Nevada at
Yucca Mountain." (Sen. Barack Obama, Remarks At Campaign Event, Las Vegas, NV,
6/24/08)
Barack Obama Is Proposing A Tax On Oil That Will Only
Lead To Higher Prices At The Pump. "Democratic presidential candidate
Barack Obama's proposal for a windfall profits tax on oil companies could cost
$15 billion a year at last year's profit levels, a campaign adviser said."
(Daniel Whitten, "Obama May Levy $15 Billion Tax On Oil Company Profit,"
Bloomberg News, 5/1/08)
The Washington Post: Barack Obama's Tax
On Oil Will Only Lead To "Higher Prices At The Pump." "But to add a
five-year tax increase on top of that to pay for a one-year gift to voters
would, indeed, increase the cost of doing business. That cost would be passed
along in forgone investment in new production, lower dividends for pension funds
and other shareholders, and higher prices at the pump -- thus socking it to the
consumers whom the plan is supposed to help. If oil prices fall, there might be
no windfall profits to tax. Then the Obama rebate would have to be paid for
through spending cuts, taxes on something else or borrowing." (Editorial,
"Tapping Tired Wells," The Washington Post, 8/6/08)
MISLEADING
CLAIM #7: Barack Obama Will Cut Taxes. OBAMA: "I
will eliminate capital gains taxes for the small businesses and the start-ups
that will create the high-wage, high-tech jobs of tomorrow. I will cut taxes --
cut taxes -- for 95% of all working families." (Barack Obama, Remarks, Denver,
CO, 8/28/08)
Barack Obama Voted Twice In Favor Of The Democrats'
FY 2009 Budget Resolution. (S. Con. Res. 70, CQ Vote #85: Adopted
51-44: R 2-43; D 47-1; I 2-0, 3/14/08, Obama Voted Yea; S. Con. Res. 70, CQ Vote
#142: Adopted 48- 45: R 2- 44; D 44- 1; I 2-0, 6/4/08, Obama Voted
Yea)
FactCheck.org: The Budget Resolution Would Have Allowed Most
Of The Provisions Of The 2001 And 2003 Tax Cuts To Expire, Effectively Raising
Taxes On Those Making $41,500 In Total Income. "What Obama voted for
was a budget resolution that would have allowed most of the provisions of the
2001 and 2003 tax cuts to expire. In particular, the resolution would allow the
25 percent tax bracket to return to its pre-2001 level of 28 percent. That
bracket kicks in at $32,550 for an individual or $65,100 for a married couple.
... But as those of you who have filled out a 1040 know, that's not actually how
income taxes work. We don't pay taxes on our total earnings; we pay them based
on our 'taxable income.' The Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center's Eric Toder told
FactCheck.org that 'people with taxable income of $32,000 would have a total
income greater than that.' In 2008, anyone filing taxes with single status would
be entitled to a standar d deduction of $5,450, as well as a personal exemption
of $3,500. So to have a taxable income high enough to reach the 25 percent
bracket, an individual would need to earn at least $41,500 in total income,
while a married couple would need a combined income of at least $83,000." ("The
$32,000 Question," FactCheck.org, http://www.factcheck.org,
7/8/08)
FactCheck.org: "Obama's Votes Indicate A Willingness To
Raise Taxes." "Certainly Obama's votes indicate a willingness to raise
taxes, and Obama has not been shy about saying explicitly that he will raise
some taxes." ("The $32,000 Question," FactCheck.org, http://www.factcheck.org,
7/8/08)
Obama Campaign: Barack Obama Voted For A Budget
Resolution That Wouldn't Have Increased Taxes For Any Taxpayers Making Less Than
$41,500. ROSEN: "Campaign aides to Senator Obama today, called the
charge that he voted for tax hikes on people making only $32,000 a year, quote,
'bogus.' They circulated an analysis stating that the resolution that Obama had
voted for would not have increase taxes on single taxpayer making less than
$41,500 a year in total income." (Fox News' "America's Election Headquarters,"
7/30/08)
The New York Times: Barack Obama's "Vote Was On A Budget
Resolution To Raise Taxes On People Making $41,500 A Year."
"FactCheck.org, a nonpartisan Web site, said the vote was on a budget resolution
to raise taxes on people making $41,500 a year; the $32,000 figure, it said, was
the amount of taxable income those people had." (Michael Cooper, "McCain Goes
Negative, Worrying Some In GOP," The New York Times, 7/30/08)
