Oh, my goodness! I can't believe this shocking, new plan of John Edwards! This is just so unlike a Democrat, it actually makes me think that perhaps I should switch parties:
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards said on Sunday he would consider raising taxes on the wealthy in addition to his earlier proposal to roll back tax cuts ushered in by President George W. Bush.Earlier this year, Edwards became the first Democratic candidate to embrace taxes hikes to fund an ambitious health- care plan he estimates would cost from $90 billion to $120 billion a year. Under that plan, he would eliminate tax cuts Bush implemented for those making more than $200,000 a year.
The former one-term senator from North Carolina told reporters at the California Democrats' annual convention he would also consider additional taxes on the rich beyond that.
"I think it is worthy of consideration," he told a news conference. "We have gone from a record surplus to a record deficit and I think there are some judgments the next president will have to make."
To think that a Democrat would courageously ignore the fact that the "record deficit" is fading so fast that it'll probably disappear by FY 2009! What a man! It takes rare guts for a man to just ignore reality and plunge right ahead into programs which aren't needed and would be counter-productive, but would at least give MoveOn and Daily Kos types a set of mindless talking points for 2008. And that leaves aside the fact that Edwards is also brave enough to not want to tax the massive, luxurious homes of rich ambulance chasers - those Republicans, ya know?, are out to get those guardians of the right of a few lawyers to grow fat off the work of others! They must be protected! Or we'll all die!
Of lesser importance, but still an act of sublime bravery, is the way Edwards is also refusing to tax $400 haircuts.
WIth a man like Edward to lead us into that brave, new world of tax-and-spend liberalism all he needs is a ill-tempered wife who is afraid of Republicans who own guns. WIth that, he'll be unstoppable - no chance at all he'd fail to win the electoral votes of Massachusetts and Vermont.
Nice cheapshot at Edward's wife Mark! Cause it takes a real man to make a cowardly character assassination like that!
A**hole.
Posted by: teenage liberal ![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.gopbloggers.org/nav-commenters.gif)
at April 30, 2007 06:40 PM
TL, you completely proved the another posters point - if a Republican says something 'derogatory', you can bet the MSM (i.e., libs) will jump on it, but if a Dhimmicrat says the exact same thing, well, that's just fine and dandy. Where did he mock Liz Edwards? She's the one slagging her Republican neighbor (who's lived on that property for over 50 years, well before the Edwards decided to move in and build their mansion), who she's never even met.
Hypocrisy, they name is Liberal....
Posted by: Bunkergurl at April 30, 2007 08:26 PM
TL,
Beg pardon? I know that Mrs. Edwards is ill, but she's also been saying rather nasty things about Republicans of late...if she wants to get into the fight then she's welcome to it, but she isn't granted immunity because she is female, or a spouse, or ill...if she doesn't want criticism, then she should stay out of the battle.
Posted by: Mark Noonan at May 1, 2007 01:37 AM
