Will this be the death knell? Can repubs support this new tax policy?!

Senior McCain Adviser Praises Palin For Raising Taxes, Says ‘We Have To Have Taxes In This Country’

During an interview with Steve Schmidt, Sen. John McCain’s (R-AZ) senior campaign adviser, last night on CBS Evening News, host Katie Couric noted that Gov. Sarah Palin (R-AK) raised taxes and lobbied for earmarks — policies McCain claims he is against. Couric then asked Schmidt, “how does that square with John McCain’s philosophy?”

In response, Schmidt seemingly decided to ditch any pairing with McCain’s anti-tax philosophy and instead tried to “square” Palin with McCain and his alleged “maverick” persona, praising the fact that Palin had raised taxes because “she doesn’t adhere to a dogmatic principle”:

SCHMIDT: She raised sales taxes because that was the right thing to do for that town at that time. It shows that she doesn’t adhere to a dogmatic principle. We have to have taxes in this country. Here’s the difference. Sen. Obama wants to raise everybody’s federal taxes. Gov. Palin and Sen. McCain are going to cut them.

The McCain campaign has made the claim that Obama is going to raise every Americans’ taxes a mantra over the last several months, even though that claim is false. In fact, immediately after Schmidt praised Palin for raising taxes, he attacked Obama, saying he “wants to raise everybody’s federal taxes.”

The fact is that McCain’s tax policies would not only balloon the federal deficit, but they would actually raise taxes on the middle class while saving all the benefits for the rich.

So it seems that according to Schmidt, raising taxes is ok as long as you’re a Republican.

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Actually, as we've already seen, McCain will lower taxes for everyone, just more so for the rich. I found it ironic that the article attacked the McCain campaign for lieing about Obama's tax plan, and then going on and lieing about McCain's tax plan.

But anyway, just saying that "she raised taxes" does not really mean anything. Why did she raise taxes, what was she trying to do with the extra revenue?

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Great points, OE, and a good way to clear the air of obvious dishonesty on the part of the liberal media.

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Isn't Palin supposed to be a conservative?

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Yes, but before being able to pass judgement, shouldn't we like to know her reasoning to raising taxes?

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Smear threads don't need rhyme or reason. They just need the unknowing to support them. Taxes are a part of American life. Word out on the street is that Obama will raise plenty of them.

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I'm not passing a judgment at all, as a left-libertarian, I don't have any problem with taxes.

It's the conservatives who are supposed to have problems with taxes whatever the circumstances.

Hence, more hypocrisy from Palin.
Not really news.

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Again with the smears that you just denounced. Obama's plan has already shown that 98.9% of americans will not get a tax raise under Obama's plan.

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If there is a problem with taxes, then why do I pay the IRS a shhitload of money every year?

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McCain and his campaign keep telling this lie.

We've all seen both candidate's plans. There's a thread with a chart right here on this forum.

McCain supposedly has this great character everyone keeps talking about.

I don't see it. To me, liars have bad character.