When they say he'll raise your taxes,
A) Families making less than $250,000.00, and individuals making less than $200,000, will see NO increase in their taxes, most in this bracket will see their taxes CUT. The Obama tax calculator is here.
B) If you make more than $250,000.00 a year you will be taxed at the same rate people in that bracket were under President Clinton. People seemed to do pretty well during that administration.
C) Obama will end tax breaks, effectively raising taxes, on businesses who send jobs oversees, and will give a tax credit to those that create jobs here in America.
When they ask about Obama's accomplishments,
A) He graduated Magnum Cum Laude from Harvard Law School, and was head of the Harvard Law Review.
B) He sponsored over 800 bills in the Illinois State Senate
C) In his first year and a half as United States Senator he sponsored 152 bills. Some of them are small, and some big.
D) He co-sponsored and lobbied for "sweeping" Ethics Reform Legislation with Russ Feingold.
E) He has Led his campaign for President for two years, against the party establishment (see primaries) and defeated the biggest name in Democratic politics since Kennedy. And after winning the primary, his first act of leadership over his party was to have them stop taking lobbyist and PAC money. Something his campaign has done all along.
F) Oh yeah and he is the First African American Candidate for President of the United States with a major party, that appears to be leading going into election day.
When they say he is the most Liberal Senator and/or Democrat
A) Ask them "Says who?".
B) There are plenty "Left" of Barack, Ted Kennedy, Russ Feingold, Diane Feinstein for starters. If you want to talk about of all the Democrats, bring in Kucinich, Conyers, Waxman, etc.
C) It will be a welcome change from what the most conservative administration has done over the past eight years.
D) Barack Obama is no "dove" (see more troops into war in Afghanistan). There is certainly some room to the left of that stance.
E) He has partnered with Republican Leaders, like Dick Lugar and Chuck Hagel on several occasions.
When they say he's a muslim.
A) He has been a Christian all his life.
B) You may not want to bring him up, but they may remember stories about his pastor.
C) As former General and Secretary of State, colin powell, recently said "what if he is? Is there something wrong with being a Muslim in this country? The answer’s no, that’s not America."
When they say, fear the terrorist attack if he should get in.
A) The worst attack on the United States happened in 2001, on bush's watch. When they blame Clinton, by saying "they" were planning it during Clinton, ask them does that mean that they're planning the attack for Obama's tenure during bush? If you really want to get into it, you could mention the warnings from Richard Clarke and others that bush did get.
B) Members of al qaeda have come out to support mccain's candidacy.
C) Barack Obama is no "dove" (see more troops into war in Afghanistan).
When they say he's not a citizen or a "natural born" citizen,
A) Barack Obama was born in Hawaii August 4, 1961, two years after Hawaii achieved statehood. His campaign provided an image of the birth certificate a few months ago.
B) Candidate mccain was born in Panama (in the "canal zone").
Friday, October 31, 2008
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