According a report by the Center for Responsive Politics, Obama is receiving five times the donations from Military donors that McCain is.

For donations of $200 or more, 859 military donors gave $335,536 to Obama, while McCain received $280,513 from 558 military donors. Among soldiers serving overseas, 134 donors gave $60,642 to Obama while 26 gave $10,665 to McCain.

So, the way I see it the McCain-anites have two options here, and both of them suck:

1. Claim these donors are just voting for the guy that who will end the war–which basically equates to calling them cowards. Or…
2. Admit that the military isn’t as fiercely pro-McCain as they’d like you to believe, and/or that they see something in Obama that they like.

Either way it’s not good for the GOP.:

It’s become clear McCain’s final strand of hope over the last couple of weeks has been calling Obama a socialist. This tiny, tenuous foothold was given to him by Obama when he said the phrase, “spread the wealth” in response to an impromptu question about taxes.

That’s it. That’s what McCain has at this point–calling Obama a socialist based on his support for the rich “paying a little more”. McCain’s campaign knows they don’t have anything else, so they’re hoping to ride this all the way to the election.

Well, the video I’m about to show you, if effectively circulated, equates to the end of McCain’s campaign. Quite simply, McCain was asked at a town hall meeting in 2000 if it was fair for the rich to pay more in taxes. Here’s what he said:

When you reach a certain level of comfort, there’s nothing wrong with paying somewhat more.

Zug zug? There’s nothing wrong with paying somewhat more? Did John McCain just make Obama’s argument as he presented it to Joe the Plumber? Yes. Yes he did.

He follows it up by saying it shouldn’t be “totally out of proportion”, but that’s consistent with Obama’s plan as well (Obama’s talking about a very small percentage increase on the rich), so he gets absolutely no points there. The bottom line is that the woman in this video accused the concept of a progressive tax policy of being socialist, and John McCain openly refuted it–on video. He essentially made, while being recorded, the exact argument of the Obama campaign.

Please pass this along so we can expose McCain for the flip-flopping career politician he really is. He clearly doesn’t feel as strongly against Obama’s plan as he’s claiming, otherwise he wouldn’t have espoused the same exact view in 2000. And if enough people see this it will cut the final thread of deception-based hope their campaign has.

Dear Obama campaign, please do an official campaign video on this. “John McCain wants you to believe he’s against the rich paying a little more in taxes. Unfortunately he must not have realized he was being recorded in 2000 when he said this: (video quote). Can you trust someone who takes a hard stance against a policy that he himself was supporting just a short while ago? We’ve had enough of this type of politics in Washington.” I implore you to do something like this.

[ Edit: Re-posted (with edits) for Monday circulation. This message just has to get out. ]

Uh, yeah…

You know it’s bad for the Republicans when George Bush’s former Press Secretary goes for Obama. I’m hesitant to be too optimistic, but it’s starting to get pretty close to “gg” at this point.

A good overall summary ad.

This thing is wildly popular, evidently. More funny than anything else, but pretty good overall.

For those of us following the election, it’s become clear McCain’s final strand of hope over the last couple of weeks has been calling Obama a socialist. This tiny, tenuous foothold was given to him by Obama when he said the phrase, “spread the wealth” when talking to the now famous Joe the Plumber.

That’s it. That’s what McCain has at this point. And he’s been trying to ride it all the way to election day.

And it’s also why the following quote, if effectively communicated, equates to the end of McCain’s campaign. Quite simply, McCain was asked at a townhall meeting if it was fair for the rich to pay more in taxes. Here’s was his answer:

When you reach a certain level of comfort, there’s nothing wrong with paying somewhat more.

Outlandish propaganda, right?. Nope. Here’s the video:

He follows it up by saying it shouldn’t be an outrageous difference (it shouldn’t be totally out of proportion), but that’s consistent with Obama’s plan, so he gets absolutely no points there. The bottom line is that the woman accused the concept of a progressive tax policy of being socialist, and John McCain openly refuted it–on video. He essentially made, while being recorded, the exact argument of the Obama campaign.

Oh, and remember when he said he’s never flip-flopped on an issue? Well, this is just about as blatant as it gets. Pass this along so we can expose McCain for the flip-flopping career politician he really is. If enough people see this it will cut the final thread of deception-based hope their campaign has.

Note to the Obama campaign: Do an actual, professional campaign video on this. And encourage the viral spreading of said video. If you get this message out, it’s game over.

Image from narconews.com

The guy pictured here is Clinton Slagle, and he actually has a confederate flag tattoo on his arm as well. I love when free-thinking prevails over old biases. Talk about putting the “country first”–this image exemplifies the idea.

The new McCain strategy is to try and link Obama to socialism, which the Republican ticket’s supporters evidently think is something like killing puppies or committing treason.

Lame. Two points here:

• Was Reagan as socialist? No? Ok, well Obama’s tax rate would be about the same (I think it’s even less) than it was under Reagan. Oops.

Obama’s plan will cut taxes as a share of the economy to 18.2% — below the level that prevailed under Ronald Reagan. — Tax Policy Center 9/12/08

• Socialism, if we’re looking for reasons to hate it, is bad because it rewards mediocrity at the expense of the exceptional. This is bad when it’s extreme, e.g. when you take money from the successful middle class and give it to those who sit on their asses and do nothing.
  
  But that’s not a good analogy for what Obama wants to do. We’re talking about taking a very small percent from the VERY rich, and giving it to the middle class who ARE contributing.

Big difference.

One more time: The degree of increased taxes being discussed are lower than Reagan levels, so if Obama is bad on taxes then so was Reagan. Secondly, and most importantly, our middle class is not some lot of losers looking for socialist handouts. No, they’re the base of the country. **They are the very foundation of not only the country’s success, but the success of the rich as well. **

The McCain campaign is counting on people not realizing these things. Get the word out. We can’t let this kind of tripe-thought perpetuate through November 4^th.: