So this is John McCain's new ad. The problem is--aside from the pretty stupid snide remarks about Obama being famous--it's full of shit. Not that this is in any way surprising. The McCain camp took the Straight Talk Express straight to Utter Bullshit Station months ago (making a lovely detour, of course, through Overly Used Metaphor railway).
McCain asserts that Obama voted to raise taxes on people who make $42,000. Hilzoy at Obsidian Wings has this to say:
The part about "voting to raise taxes on people making just $42,000" refers to Obama's vote on a non-binding budget resolution that sets targets for spending. Since it is non-binding, it does not actually raise any taxes; it just says how much money will be in the various different appropriations bills that Congress is supposed to come up with. This particular resolution assumed that the 2001 and 2003 Bush tax cuts would expire on schedule -- a schedule put in place by Republicans.
So "voting for a non-binding budget resolution that assumes, as part of its projections, that tax cuts will expire on schedule" equals "voting to raise taxes". Nice to know.
I've been working on another, longer McCain rant, but I'll save that for tomorrow. I know I said I'd do those posts today... tomorrow.
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