Comments on: 527 ads: “Part of the Problem”, “Middle Class”

By: 527 ads: “Part of the Problem”, “Middle Class” « Top Daily Digest Reading

527 ads: “Part of the Problem”, “Middle Class” « Top Daily Digest Reading — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 08:25:11 +0000

[...] Interesting? Proceed here. [...]

By: Bigfoot

Bigfoot — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 17:19:47 +0000

The second ad points out a lesson that we all should have learned because of a mistake made by George Bush – the first George Bush back in 1990. He signed into law a tax increase, thus breaking his “read my lips” promise, which included a luxury tax on boats. This caused a drop in the demand for boats, since the tax made them mostly costly. This drop, in turn, led to boat builders laying off their middle class workers. President Clinton, to his credit, abolished the luxury tax in 1993. But in doing so, he gave the rich a tax cut.

By: Kmarion

Kmarion — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 01:01:19 +0000

Hot Air needs to repost this. We could all use a dose of Reagan right now.

By: Grafted

Grafted — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 18:04:59 +0000

It’s just going to be very hard not to be disheartened if Obama wins.

Since the time of our forefathers, America can only get farther and farther away from their visions of the truly free land we love.

The only thing we as conservatives can do is to buck up and fight over the next four years, but it will be awfully hard with some potentially irreversible changes Obama will bring.

By: The truth about the financial meltdown? It was Democrats and Obama who stood in the way of preventing it. « HoodaThunk?

Sat, 25 Oct 2008 15:26:15 +0000

[...] to HotAir.com for pointing these great ads [...]

By: Micheal

Micheal — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 15:21:56 +0000

Another case that could/ should be made: If big business doesn’t want to cut costs (employment, salaries, etc.) they will raise prices. Taxes of this nature are inflationary, so either way the middle class will pay the taxes Obama will put on big business.

Also, the case which must be made (and to his credit McCain has been trying to make it) our high corporate taxes are driving businesses overseas.

By: S. Weasel

S. Weasel — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 14:47:48 +0000

They forgot “raise prices” — which, it can be argued, is the biggest way raising taxes on business hurts the middle class.

Joe the Plumber doesn’t make more than $250K, but the company that makes his van surely does. And the one he buys gasoline from. And tools. And the hardware necessary to do his job.

What happens when he has to pay more for all of those things?

By: Godefroi

Godefroi — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 13:41:38 +0000

Why are you misleading the middle class into thinking that your tax plan will help us?

Why are so many in the middle class so GD gullible?

By: karl9000

karl9000 — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 12:34:29 +0000

I’d like to see McCain-Plain and Republicans point out another option for companies facing the Obama tax increase: they pass the costs on to the consumer. When virtually all items we purchase cost more, that’s one hell of a tax on not just the middle class, but ALL classes.

Not only that, but the tax would be incredibly regressive: those making the least would be affected more by price increases.

Hope and change: you better hope that you have some change left in your pocket once this starts.

By: coldshot

coldshot — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 11:36:49 +0000

Corporations pay their taxes with dollars they get from consumers (you and me). It don’t take a genius to figure this out. That explains why democrats vote for this crap.

By: 527 ads: “Part of the Problem”, “Middle Class” | PoliticsMuch.com

527 ads: “Part of the Problem”, “Middle Class” | PoliticsMuch.com — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 04:00:46 +0000

[...] My friend Duane “Generalissimo” Patterson directed me to the Let Freedom Ring website Never Find Out, which has a number of 527 ads hosted along with their transcripts. I haven’t seen these ads before now and I’m not sure whether they’re seeing any ad time, but they’re interesting and rather effective. Each are 60 seconds long and stylistically identical. [...] Read the rest » [...]

By: foxone

foxone — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 03:28:16 +0000

I love it, I love it, I REALLY LOVE IT!

By: ex-Democrat

ex-Democrat — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 02:33:19 +0000

Just donated $100.

JadeNYU on October 24, 2008 at 7:57 PM

Yeah!

Let’s roll!

By: PattyJ

PattyJ — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 02:28:08 +0000

I saw a Palin ad in California! I guess they can’t totally ignore us, but…

By: Claypigeon

Claypigeon — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 02:14:06 +0000

Fantastic ads however I feel they may be too late. Lets hope not.

By: unseen

unseen — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 01:55:22 +0000

Yeah but lefties think they can make employers not fire people, not raise prices. see Chevez. He made a law that made it illegal to charge more. The dem congress will do the same. price controls, Unions will strike if workers are fired, business will lose profits. Not be able to fire so they will never hire. will not be able to raise prices to recoup costs so government will prop them up with printed money causing a black market and massive inflation to occur. See Zimbabawe. That is how socialists works. they think they can control the market i.e control human behavior by outlawing it. It never works but they keep trying.

By: Little Miss Attila

Little Miss Attila — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 01:47:51 +0000

Another “Let Freedom Ring” Ad….

This is from the same series of ads that is testing so well in terms of explaining issues to people in ways that they can understand, and respond to immediately. They need to be getting more play. Let’s take……

By: james23

james23 — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 01:27:01 +0000

I also saw today, for the first time, here in PA, a good ad by a 527, a different group, about Sarah Palin. Given the beating she has taken in the press, the backstabbing by the Establishment Republicans, and her importance to McCAin’s chances, running an ad about her, and defending her, is a no-brainer. Thank god someone outside this hapless campaign has stepped up to the plate.

By: james23

james23 — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 01:24:04 +0000

Part of the Problem is playing here in PA, as of today. It’s way better than anything produced by the McC-P campaign. It explains a complex situation clearly, in few words–a knack that has eluded the GOP campaign.

By: MirCat

MirCat — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 01:23:02 +0000

Margret Thatcher once said of her opponent that he was willing to cause the poor to be poorer so that the rich will be less rich.

It had to do with the gap between the upper and middle class. A case of 5-1 is closer than 500-100, but ummm 100 is better than 1.

- The Cat

By: defendfaithandfamily

defendfaithandfamily — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 01:05:13 +0000

These have been around – get on their site and spread the word
These ads are articulate and clean – hint hint

By: AZCoyote

AZCoyote — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 00:52:15 +0000

I have only one small quibble with the second ad: Obama is not just lying to the middle class; he is lying to everybody.

By: Yakko77

Yakko77 — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 00:49:08 +0000

Good ads. To the point. Accurate.

However, I’m afraid too many people are swooning over the false promises of socialism from The One. Any rational person can see the disaster that an Obama Presidency would be but I guess we must be living in insane times because people flock to the guy cheering in the hundreds of thousands. I am genuinely concerned for the welfare of my country. I almost feel the need to stock up on all sort of stuff from beans to bullets for the upcoming disaster if Obama and more Democrats win the Congress.

By: DerKrieger

DerKrieger — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 00:42:16 +0000

Regarding the increasing of taxes on corporate America it would help if some of this country’s influential CEO’s opened their damn mouths and told their employees, partners, suppliers, and anyone who will listen what will happen to them personally if their employer’s taxes go up.

I think the biggest favor I could do for my employees would be to warn them that their jobs are at risk if Obama were elected and that a vote for him is a choice between working or not. May be harsh but they have to be honest.

I worked in Marketing for FedEx in Memphis a few years back and know how many black Americans FedEx employs. FedEx has been hammered by high fuel prices. Blacks are going to go to the polls and vote almost exclusively for Obama. Not only is it in Fred Smith’s (FedEx Chmn and CEO) best interest to have Obama defeated it is also in his best interest to make sure all his employees know the repercussions of an Obama presidency. I wouldn’t be a cowardly CEO and just hire more lobbyists in the hopes of softening any potential legislation while simultaneously giving more power to arrogant members of Congress, I would come out and tell my employees that a vote for The One is putting their jobs at risk.

By: amerpundit

amerpundit — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 00:32:37 +0000

Be sure to donate and help them run.