McCain: Obama "Will Say Anything To Get Elected"

By: John Bentley
Topics: John McCain

(CBS)

From CBS News' John Bentley:

(ORMOND BEACH, FLA.) – John McCain kicked off his "Joe the Plumber" bus tour – Joe not included – aimed squarely at Florida's blue collar workers and small business owners, whom McCain warned that Barack Obama wanted to raise their taxes.

"Obama wants to spread the wealth around, Sen. Obama wants to spread it around, that means fewer jobs at their businesses and fewer jobs here in Florida. You know, this week, this week we learned that Sen. Obama is concerned that his plan for wealth redistribution is seen as welfare, so he just added a work requirement," McCain said a rally here.

"13 days to go, he changed his tax plan because the American people had learned the truth about it and they didn't like it. It's another example that he'll say anything to get elected."

The Obama campaign countered that McCain's plan would raise taxes on millions of Americans.

"Last week Sen. McCain called Obama's tax cuts for working people 'welfare.' Today he's claiming Sen. Obama doesn't do enough to help the unemployed. The only thing consistent about these attacks is how dishonest they are," said Obama spokesman Tommy Vietor. "All of Sen. Obama's tax credits only go to workers and they always have. The McCain campaign is once again trying to distort our plan to distract from the fact that Sen. Obama's tax plan will help the middle class while Sen. McCain leaves out 100 million Americans."

McCain also continued to remind voters that Obama's running mate Joe Biden promised an international crisis if Obama takes office.

"We don't want a president that invites testing from the world at a time when our economy is in crisis and Americans are already fighting in two wars. Yesterday, Sen. Obama tried to explain it away by saying that his running mate sometimes engages in rhetorical flourishes," McCain said to laughter from the crowd.

"Really? That's another way of saying that he accidentally delivered some straight talk to America."

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by cibercore October 25, 2008 6:58 PM EDT: According to Barack Obama, the only way we can get out of this mess is for this country to adapt socialistic values and enforce socialism by gaining control of all three branches of government. I%u2019m sure that the mountain of money his campaign has collected from domestic and foreign donors, names the Obama campaign won%u2019t disclose, will be used for that purpose. As soon as total control is gained, organizations like ACORN will have a green light to further abuse the law to suppress free speech, control the outcomes of elections and brain wash children in schools to believe that socialism is the answer to all of our problems. With total control of the government, and help from people like Bill Ayers, Rev. Wright and Antoin Rezko, who will probably be pardoned, achieving the ultimate goal, %u201Ca life of sexual confusion and moral collapse%u201D will become a strong possibility.
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by eroosevelt08 October 24, 2008 5:15 AM EDT: Having a maverick politician means his or her own party does not agree with them, doesn''t it? The other party also does not agree with them. So what is the talk about bipartisanship about? The maverick wants, it seems, to do what he wants and nuts to everybody else. I just don''t see how being a maverick works to get things done in a complicated society.; Reply to this comment


by o_o_rly October 23, 2008 7:39 PM EDT: lightnin001 -

The NRA claim was listed on PolitiFact as being blatantly untrue.

It was also labeled as untrue on the Washington Post''s Fact Checker.

Every instance of it, on every political fact checker, lists it as being untrue.; Reply to this comment


by lightnin001 October 23, 2008 7:13 PM EDT: O_o_Rly at 01:28 PM : Oct 23, 2008
Guess YOU''RE the person I SHOULD have sent my "Annenberg Project" note to. Apologies to herb22.; Reply to this comment


by lightnin001 October 23, 2008 7:09 PM EDT: herb222 at 01:29 PM : Oct 23, 2008
Apparently YOU don''t know or care that FactCheck.org is connected with, wait for it, the Annenberg Project, which is connected to, guess who, Obama and Ayers! Surprise, surprise! Interesting that you weren''t aware of that, since you portray yourself as knowledgeable in this area.; Reply to this comment


by lightnin001 October 23, 2008 7:03 PM EDT: Here''s an example of "democratic" financial responsibility:

WHO screwed up Social Security??

When Social Security began the "democrats" SAID:

Participation would be VOLUNTARY.

The contributions would be TAX-DEDUCTIBLE.

The funds wouldn''t be used for anything ELSE, and

interest would ADD to the account.

The payouts would NEVER BE TAXED.

LBJ & demo majorities in the House and Senate put the

funds in the General Fund so they could use it for

their pet projects (PORK), no interest adds to the

fund now!

CARTER & demo majorities in the House and Senate

gave Social Security to immigrants who had never

PAID IN!

CLINTON & demo majorities in the House and Senate

made the CONTRIBUTIONS taxable, AND made the

PAYOUTS taxable! (Al Gore cast the deciding vote on

the payouts!)

OBAMA wants to GIVE Social Security to the 11 million

ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS that are here, ALONG WITH

Medicare! (Think more or them will come then to get

in on THAT?) AND, with demo majorities in the House

and Senate, he''ll SUCCEED!

AND, after all THAT, the "democrats" have the GALL to

blame Republicans for the mess Social Security is in!; Reply to this comment


by blondecuban October 23, 2008 5:54 PM EDT: It''s interesting because it''s McCain who has said, and is willing to say, anything to win -- no matter how vile and defamatory the statement. He has been out to destroy Obama, both professionally and personally; that''s what he was doing when he said that the Obama pals around with terrorists. Why isn''t anyone pointing out that Joe the Plumber is a Republican plant who doesn''t pay his taxes? Or that most of the people who are afraid that their taxes are going to increase are delusional because only 5% of Americans earn more than $250,000 a year? Or that, what Joe Biden said, was that there is likely going to be an international crisis regardless of who ends up in office -- not one because Obama is President? Why is no one talking up Troopergat?Or Palin''s association with AIP (the secessionist group in Alaska she supports)? And, how Osama Bin Laden has been successful in destroying this country: 9/11 was his way of pulling Bush into the Iraq War (he knew that it would cause the end of our economy and the American Way of living). He wants McCain in office because he knows that McCain will continue the path of destruction. Why is Obama not talking about that?; Reply to this comment


by blondecuban October 23, 2008 5:41 PM EDT: It''s interesting because it''s McCain who has said, and is willing to say, anything to win -- no matter how vile and defamatory the statement. He has been out to destroy Obama, both professionally and personally; that''s what he was doing when he said that the Obama pals around with terrorists. Why isn''t anyone pointing out that Joe the Plumber is a Republican plant who doesn''t pay his taxes? Or that most of the people who are afraid that their taxes are going to increase are delusional because only 5% of Americans earn more than $250,000 a year? Or that, what Joe Biden said, was that there is likely going to be an international crisis regardless of who ends up in office -- not one because Obama is President? Why is no one talking up Troopergat?Or Palin''s association with AIP (the secessionist group in Alaska she supports)? And, how Osama Bin Laden has been successful in destroying this country: 9/11 was his way of pulling Bush into the Iraq War (he knew that it would cause the end of our economy and the American Way of living). He wants McCain in office because he knows that McCain will continue the path of destruction. Why is Obama not talking about that?; Reply to this comment


by russ4america October 23, 2008 5:34 PM EDT: An amazing comment to make since it actually speaks to McCain%u2019s mindset, rather than Obama. It is McCain who has said anything, including a litany of outright lies, in order to get elected. So here we go again with McCain trying to accuse Obama of something McCain himself is guilty of doing. Shameful behavior from a man who should know better. McCain is unfit to serve.; Reply to this comment


by Gary Kempf October 23, 2008 4:42 PM EDT: McCain: Obama %u201CWill Say Anything To Get Elected

That''s hilarious, McCain do you have any decency?????

I am sorry that is a tremendesly stupid question, He is a Republican, they have no values regarding truth or honesty...; Reply to this comment