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Posted By bluetexasvalley 1 year, 4 months ago in News
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Last month, after incurring the wrath of hardline anti-tax conservatives for saying that tax increases weren' t "off the table" for fixing Social Security, he caved to his base and made "an updated version" of George H. W. Bush' s infamous “ Read my lips, no new taxes” pledge. In Aspen yesterday, McCain admitted that he was in a box on Social Security and taxes, saying, "I have to be against tax increases, as you know".

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    bluetexasvalley1 year, 4 months ago

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    FTA:

    McCain is stuck in the “rhetorical trap” of conservative anti-tax fundamentalism, which, as Matthew Yglesias explains, is denial of policy reality based on having “spent the past 30 years trying to convince people that any hint of tax increase for any purpose is the purest evil.”

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      Spadecaller1 year, 4 months ago

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      Our electorate better wise up before it's too late.

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        fsev411 year, 4 months ago

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        Once again John's shoot from the hip style gets him in trouble. Another indication that John is being manipulated. Sad indeed.

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        not2needy1 year, 4 months ago

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        If McCain loses, i hope we see the largest tax increase in the history of this country, just to be hateful as hell, and give the cons a taste of what they asked for.

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