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Goolsbee has Muslim on the mind
Jonathan Martin's Blog —
Sitting for an economic roundtable yesterday, Obama economic adviser Austan Goolsbee had an odd question for his McCain counterpart, Doug Holtz-Eakin: "Are you a Muslim?"
In context, it seems he was trying to argue that GOP attacks against Obama have been outlandish.
But, it's a bit of a Freudian moment, showing just how much the issue is on the minds of campaign aides if rarely discussed on the record.
"Are You A Muslim?"
The Stump —
Via Jonathan Martin, an amusing exchange between Obama economic adviser Austan Goolsbee and McCain economic adviser Douglas Holtz-Eakin:
Obviously the "Are you a Muslim" line is the attention-grabber here, but it's also amusing to see how Goolsbee wrong-foots Holtz-Eakin with a new policy detail. "When did that change?" seems to be shorthand for, "Crap, my talking point is inoperative."
--Noam Scheiber
Obama adviser to McCain adviser: Are you a Muslim?
Hot Air » Top Picks —
Obama adviser to McCain adviser: Are you a Muslim? posted at 1:20 pm on October 22, 2008 by Ed Morrissey Send to a Friend | printer-friendly Earlier, I wrote about the racebaiting that the Obama campaign has conducted and how it has poisoned policy debate in this election cycle. Obama adviser Austan Goolsbee gives a real-life demonstration of this tactic in a debate on economic policy yesterday with Douglas Holtz-Eakin. After Holtz-Eakin wondered aloud when Team Obama juggled around a tax policy, Goolsbee all but accused Holtz-Eakin of being a racist:“Is that socialist? Are you a Muslim?” Holtz-Eakin had a perfectly understandable objection to Goolsbee’s ...
Obama Response To Criticism of Tax "Cut" Plan: "Is that socialist? Are you a Muslim?"
RedState: Conservative News and Community —
The Smell of Desperation
Via
Ed Morrissey, watch as Obama economic advisor Austan Goolsbee
tries to defend "refundable" tax credits to people who pay no taxes
as not being welfare because it's limited to non-taxpayers who meet
a "work requirement" - and then inexplicably snap at McCain
economic adviser Douglas Holtz-Eakin that the McCain health care
plan also includes refundable health care credits, concluding "Is
that socialist? Are you a Muslim?"
So update your "red is the new black"
racism-decoder rings, because the Obama campaign now intends to
argue that ...
POLITICS: "Is that socialist? Are you a Muslim?"
Baseball Crank —
Via Ed Morrissey, watch as Obama economic advisor Austan Goolsbee* tries to defend "refundable" tax credits to people who pay no taxes as not being welfare because it's limited to non-taxpayers who meet a "work requirement"** - and then inexplicably snap at McCain economic adviser Douglas Holtz-Eakin that the McCain health care plan also includes refundable health care credits***, concluding "Is that socialist? Are you a Muslim?"
So update your "red is the new black" racism-decoder rings, because the Obama campaign now intends to argue that refundability=socialist=Muslim. Or you can just cut to ...
