Earlier in an add on to Kevin’s post about Joe the Plumber, I referred to an interview on Good Morning America today. Here is video of that GMA interview (the……

Seriously though, who won between McCain and Obama? On points, I would have to say McCain. He did what everyone said he had to do. He had to be aggressive and hit Obama hard on William Ayres and ACORN. After missing a couple of openings, he finally did that and put Obama on the defense having to explain his relationship with the ex-Weatherunderground bomber and ACORN, who McCain categorized correctly as about to pull off the biggest election fraud in our history. McCain was also able to point out that the Obama campaign had diverted $832,000 to ACORN. (Obama did not address that.)

I thought McCain had his best debate tonight, though Obama was what he has been throughout-cool, calm and collected. Did McCain score a knockout tonight? Not in my view, but we must wait for the “all-important” polls to tell us if McCain shifted the numbers.

According to some of the pundits, one line that may come out of this debate was when McCain told Obama that he (McCain) was not President Bush. That may resonate with voters.

McCain also made note of some of Obama’s rhetorical tricks, such as when he referred to “health of the mother” in allowing partial-birth abortions-a loophole big enough to drive a truck through. McCain also pointed out Obama’s mention of “taking a look at off-shore drilling”-not exactly a commitment to actually engage in off-shore drilling.

I also liked McCain’s defense of the trade pact with Colombia while Obama defended his opposition by referring to the Colombian union leaders who had been “mistreated” (my word-my quotes)in Colombia.

One issue that I would have liked to see addressed tonight was illegal immigration. Unfortunately, it was not. It is, after all, a major issue facing our nation. With all the fuss about our economy, illegal immigration remains a factor.

I wonder what “Joe the Plumber” would have said.

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As I just finished writing on my blog, before seeing the Robin Hood comments here, you can’t use the Sheriff of Nottingham’s abuse of government power to achieve the aims of Robin Hood. That’s Socialism with a capital ‘S’.

But what we really need is for Wurzelbacher to step down from his business and RUN FOR OFFICE! He’s got a common sense that is all too often lacking in the halls of Congress. I’ll run his campaign. Heck, I know some guys in Ohio with money and connections who can get the ball rolling.

Wurzelbacher for Congress in 2010!

I think when you spread the wealth around, it’s good for everybody.

Barack Hussein Obama video talking to plumber about spreading the wealth around. (Skip ahead to 38 seconds.)

Get this man on the phone with Christopher Buckley, stat.

So Buckley could say, “don’t worry, I’m praying (secularly) that he won’t”?

This is at the heart of why he was allowed to quit. The man’s either a liar or an idiot who’s been hoodwinked (it goes both ways) by a sweet talking man with two books and a Harvard degree.

Really? All “plumbers” make more than $250,000? Damn, I’m studying for the wrong profession…
Though, I guess when you’re loosing, blowing things out of proportion is okay.
PresidenToor on October 14, 2008 at 11:33 PM

As a “business” owner, I will explain, in the simplest terms I can, how this has nothing to do with plumbing.

(I’ve put all the key words that you’re probably unfamiliar with in quotes so you can look them up later.)

Watch the video again then come back here.

Now, note how the plumber states he is buying a plumbing “business”?

Hear how he says he wants to “grow the business”?

One way to grow a business is by making “profits”.

With profits he will buy more trucks.

He will also have to buy more tools to equip those trucks.

Buying trucks and tools helps to “increase the bottom line” for the companies that sell trucks and tools – companies run by people who also want to grow their own businesses.

He now has to hire people to drive the new trucks and use the new tools.

The newly hired people are “gainfully employed” and now have “disposable income” they spend at even more companies that want to grow by making profits.

This is called “capitalism”.

America is a “capitalistic society”.

Capitalism is what makes America the strongest most powerful country in the world.

Now, did you hear what Obama says to the potential “business owner?

He says he wants to tax the business owner’s profits even more than the already are.

He says he wants to “spread the wealth” by taking the profits that the business owner would use to grow his business.

He infers that he wants to give the profits to people that he thinks are more deserving of tham the business owner who worked hard specifically to make the profits.

What will happen if Obama’s policies go into effect?

The company will not grow because its profits are limited.

The business owner does not buy new trucks and tools.

The businesses that sell trucks and tools don’t grow. Some even go “bankrupt”.

The people who could have been hired and have disposable income now join the other out of work people from the bankrupt companies and all receive “subsistence level” welfare from the government.

This is called “socialism”.

Where would you rather live? In a county that encourages “entrepreneurs” to start and grow their companies?

Or in a country that that discourages entrepreneurs?

Willie on October 15, 2008 at 8:49 AM

Yeah, I wish the plumber had concluded his conversation with Obama by saying, “Well, if you’re elected, I probably won’t buy the business then. In fact, I’ll just sit in front of the TV drinking beer all day. What good would it do me to keep working hard if you’re just going to take it away from me? Thanks for the chat. It’s been educational.”

To hell with plumber. I want this guy to run for Senate.

DFCtomm on October 14, 2008 at 11:57 PM

He looks more like a guy who’d rather WORK for a living.

He plans to send a sizeable portion of the redistrubtion to other countries.

Franklyn on October 15, 2008 at 1:48 AM

Yes, Obama is a globalist, too. He doesn’t think it’s fair or right that we Americans control such a large portion of the world’s wealth and resources. I wonder what the American poor who elect him will think when he tells them that people like his brother all over the world are living on $12 a year, and that our “poor” – most of whom have cable television, air conditioning, and cell phones – are extremely wealthy in comparison and must start giving some of their wealth to truly impoverished 3rd-worlders. It’s patriotic.

It could happen once Dems have raised the taxes of America’s producers so much that they leave the country. Then all that will be left to pay the incredibly high taxes will be the middle class and the poor. Dems will finally have to ask that bottom 30% to chip in once they drive away the 3% rich who have been carrying 97% of the tax burden all this time.

Having fun mocking The One…

CPT. Charles on October 15, 2008 at 8:05 AM

Have your fun now. My guess is that, come January, you might have less freedom to mock our Dear Leader.

“…replace all the revenue that we’ve got, you’d probably end up having to make it like about a 40% sales tax.” 40%!!!!!! Does this guy know anything about anything? Sheesh.

deedledee on October 15, 2008 at 7:40 AM

Yeah, unfortunately he does. Obama knows that if all the sneakier taxes and fees were eliminated, that they’d have to take it all in one big obvious chunk, and that just wouldn’t fly. He knows most of us are already paying 40% or more of our income, and that the government having to extract all of it from one place would be way too apparent to the taxpayers and would cause a revolt. He talks about “all the revenue that would have to be raised” – he means “to match the revenue we take in now and add enough for my socialist programs” would mean a 40% rate. He admitted how much he thinks the government “needs”: 40% of everything we earn and spend.

And, by the way, he has no problem with rich people paying 40%. He just wouldn’t ever allow poor people to have to spend 40% of their income on taxes. ‘Cause then he knows for sure there’d be a revolution.