Wednesday, July 30, 2008
The Old Fart wants to have it both ways
And no, I am not talking about his sex, although he does hang around with Goober Graham a lot, but his position on taxes. He knows he has to raise them but he also has to promise his supporters that he won't raise them. What's a poor Old Fart to do?
"I don't want tax increases. But that doesn't mean that anything is off the table" when it comes to Social Security, he said over the weekend, an open-to-interpretation remark that drew a prompt challenge from the conservative Club for Growth.Avoid the flip-flops by being all things to all people. No wonder the Republicans support "Intelligent Design", anybody who will believe that tripe will buy their snake oil.
"We hope you will clarify where you stand on this important issue and reaffirm your commitment to eschew all tax increases," wrote Pat Toomey, the group's president.
McCain provided his answer in Sparks, Nev., on Tuesday, when a girl asked him whether he would ever raise taxes.
"No" was the answer, a paragon of simplicity in contrast to the parsing by aides seeking to explain his earlier remarks.
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