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Gotta be the shoes
Ben Smith's Blog —
... , and now the AFL-CIO take a pop at McCain's personal wealth -- an obvious response to the standard-issue jabs that Obama's an elitist. ...
AFL plays class card on McCain
Jonathan Martin's Blog —
Now, this is cutting a bit closer to the bone and giving Republicans a taste of their own medicine.
The AFL-CIO mail piece will go to 50,000 union retirees in Pennsylvania, Michigan and Ohio, per Greg Sargent.
Now if they could only gin up a viral email campaign on the same.
Thursday’s campaign round-up
Political Animal —
... * In a new mailer, the AFL-CIO is going after John McCain’s wealth: “McCain’s worth over $100 million,” the mailer reads. “He owns 10 houses…he flies around on a $12.6 million corporate jet…he walks around in $520 Italian loafers. If John McCain lost his social security, he’d get by just fine. Would you?” ...
Hullabaloo — ... McCain and conservatives reject Social Security because it shows the promise of good government solutions to impact people's lives in a positive way. They want to enrich fund managers and corporate board rooms by plunking savings into a volatile stock market. The AFL-CIO is hitting this pretty hard as well, dropping a mailer that specifically cites McCain's wealth and concludes "If John McCain lost his social security, he'd get by just fine... would you?" The mailer specifically targets union retirees in Rust Belt state, and the labor federation's goal is to reach a million ...
Big Union Drops Tough Social Security Mailer Hitting McCain's Wealth
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News —
... battleground states hammering John McCain on Social Security and directly referencing McCain's wealth, his corporate jet, and his expensive Italian shoes. "McCain's worth over $100 million," reads the mailer, which we obtained in advance of its public release. "He owns 10 houses...he flies around on a $12.6 million corporate jet...he walks around in $520 Italian loafers." "If John McCain lost his social security, he'd get by just fine," the mailer continues. "Would you?" Read more: http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/08... Now who's the elitist McWhiney??
Happy Birthday Social Security: Just Slightly Older Than John McCain
Firedoglake —
The AFL/CIO has a new flyer hammering John McCain on his wealth and his contempt for Social Security.
It's going out to seniors in battleground states and is part of a critical effort because as the WaPo notes, Obama has a voter age gap that could be troublesome in places like Pennsylvania. He may have the hearts of all voters ages 18-29 (63% nationwide), but with 33% of white voters over the age of 65 he's lagging behind Kerry 2004 (44%) and Gore 2000 (46%): ...
Friday McBush Bashing (Olympic Edition)
Discourse.net —
... and allows his surrogates to continue to do that. By doing so, he has allied himself with those who smeared him, his wife, his daughter Bridget, in 2000. Those tactics won George Bush a primary—and a nomination. But they proved a form of slow-acting spiritual poison, rotting the core of the Bush presidency. We’ll see if the public decides to acquiesce in sleaze in 2008, and what sort of presidency—what sort of country—that will produce.
AFL-CIO brands McCain as a plutocrat willing to trash Social Security. ...
McCain Critics Continue To Attack His Wealth
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed —
... The video comes a day after the AFL-CIO similarly used McCain's wealth as fodder for a political attack. The union distributed fliers on Thursday pointing out, among other things, the 10 houses and $520 Italian loafers the Senator owns. ...
