powerlineblog.com - 11/2/2008
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This new ad by the RNC takes aim at Barack Obama's ever-changing definition of "the rich." It's pretty good, although it doesn't point to the most reliable indicator: Obama's vote to raise taxes on income-earners down to $42,000.
washingtonmonthly.com - 11/9/2008
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Change We Can Believe In From the Washington
Post: "Transition advisers to President-elect Barack Obama have compiled...
a list of about 200 Bush administration actions and executive orders that could be swiftly undone to reverse White House policies on ...
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Change We Can Believe In
yglesias.thinkprogress.org - 11/5/2008
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yglesias.thinkprogress.org —
The day before the election, Barack Obama was
a socialist. The day after the election, he only...
won because he’s a centrist in line with the views of “center-right” America. Check out Amanda Terkel’s compilation : ...
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Times Change
patdollard.com - 11/2/2008
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The kind of change you can only hope will change
Hyscience —
The "Hope and Change" Obama really offers is that you can only "Hope" he'll "Change" from "changing" what he says from one day to the next and from one audience to the next. Take for example what is shown in this new ad by the RNC that takes aim at Barack Obama's ever-changing definition of "the rich." As John at Powerline notes it's "pretty good," but doesn't point to the most reliable indicator - Obama's vote to raise taxes on income-earners down to $42,000. ...
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Maggie's Farm —
... Punishing the rich? Powerline has "Obama's vote to raise taxes on income-earners down to $42,000." But of course: it's called "equality" and "fairness," because if you took risks and worked your butt off to construct a life for yourself and your family, it's really just luck. I am neither rich nor particularly lucky, but I am a cheerful fellow, relatively speaking, and I am more than happy to take responsibility for my path in life. ...
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