>>>>>>>>The Washington Post article discusses ads run during one week, the week after the Republican convention. The Neilsen link lists raw number of ads run in selected states but says nothing about how many total ads were run or percentage which were negative. Also, both of them only discuss ads. What about what the candidates are saying on the campaign trail? I read the news stories every day and all I hear from McCain and Palin is criticisms of Obama -- he's pals with terrorists, he'll take all your money, he can't handle Al Qauda, ad nauseum. Have you been seeing positive statements about their own candidacy that I have missed?
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>>>>>>>>Yes, the Obama campaign has raised more than any in history, both in terms of dollars and number of donors. Do you have a problem with that? All it tells me is a lot of people see enough in Obama's candidacy to contribute money to it. Is there something nefarious in that? Maybe if more people believed in McCain's campaign he wouldn't have to spend all his time whining.
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>>>>>>>Has he spread the wealth to the other candidates, as he intends to spred the wealth from my pocket to the Democratic fan base?
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>>>>>>Right, the Democratic fan base .... the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the financial crisis, the housing crisis, the national debt .... These are the financial realities whoever is elected is going to have to deal with. Obama is actually the straight talk candidate, even if not everyone wants to hear it. I would rather have that this happy HS from McCain about how he can balance the budget in 4 years and Obama is going to give all your money to the poor. It's time we acted like adults about the problems we are facing.
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>>>>>It is very encouraging to meet an adult person here. So I have two adult questions to you.
>>>>>1) Do you support repealing Bush tax cuts across the board, or just for higher income makers?
>>>>>2) Should this additional tax revenue go to balancing budget or to finance new social spending?
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>>>>1) The Bush tax cuts, which overwhelmingly benefit the rich, were enacted for a fixed period of time and are due to expire in 2010, I believe. McCain has said he wants them extended.
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>>>I didn't ask your opinion who benefited from the cut. I ask you different question. Hopefully, you will answer again instead of propagating partisan "four legs good" (re: benefited rich) answer.
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>>>>2) It should go first to calming the financial and housing crises, then to cutting the deficit, then to new social spending. I believe all three are necessary.
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>>>Should I understand that you are against new social spending until market calms and budget balanced?
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>>Your desire to be snide seems to be interfering with your reading comprehension. I do not support repealing the Bush tax cuts because there is no need to. They will expire soon enough on their own. I certainly do not support extending them in their current form. And BTW, what gives you the right to limit replies?
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>>On #2, that's what I said, isn't it?
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>I just wanted you to give a concise answer, and this can be done without alluding to anyone's comprehension. Let's make another step and clear cut your answers:
>1. You agree that Bush's tax cut should be repealed in entirety, i.e. for every tax bracket.
>2. You agree that any tax revenue resulting from the answer #1 should be directed to recovering market problems (i.e. bailout of financial institutions), when it is done (i.e. market recovers) it should go to balance the budget and only when the budget is balanced it should be directed to new social programs.
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>Is it your answers? Please, confirm or disclaim in the most concise way possible.

Please stop trying to tell me how to respond and stop misreading what I say. On #1, I did NOT say the tax cut should be repealed. Either time. On #2, I did say things should be done in that order. (A and then B and then C is pretty clear about the sequence, isn't it?)

I hope this clears it up for you. If not you're going to have to figure it out for yourself because I am done with this discussion.