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October 20, 2008

McCain and Palin Suggest Obama Is a Socialist
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Over the weekend, Senator John Mc Cain and Governor Sarah Palin
repeatedly painted Barack Obama as a socialist. In his weekly radio
address, Mc Cain said, “At least in Europe, the socialist leaders who so
admire my opponent are upfront about their objectives.” Palin said
Obama’s tax plan is “a little bit like socialism.” At a campaign rally
in Westerville, Ohio, John Mc Cain suggested Barack Obama has a secret
economic agenda.

Sen. John Mc Cain: “After months of campaign trail eloquence, we’ve
finally learned what Senator Obama’s economic goal is, as he told Joe he
wants to, quote, ‘spread the wealth around.’ Spread the wealth around.
He believes in redistributing the wealth, not in policies that grow our
economy and create jobs and opportunities for all Americans. Senator
Obama is more interested in controlling who gets your piece of the pie
than he is in growing the pie.”

At a rally before over 100,000 supporters in St. Louis, Missouri, Barack
Obama defended his tax plan.

Sen. Barack Obama: “John Mc Cain is so out of touch with the struggles
you’re facing, he must be the first politician in history to call a tax
cut for working people ‘welfare.’ Well, let me tell you, the only
welfare in this campaign is John Mc Cain’s plan to give another $200
billion in tax cuts to the wealthiest corporations in America, including
$4 billion in tax breaks to big oil companies that ran up record profits
under George Bush. That’s who John Mc Cain’s fighting for. I’m fighting
for you. And we can’t afford four more years like the last eight.”



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