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Repeatedly (until last week) says he wants to raise taxes Yep and is still saying that. But the fact is that he wants to raise taxes for those making over $250,000 and cut taxes for the middle class people with a plan that economists agree will put more money in the pockets of working people than will McCain's plan.
Shows little to no respect for the military or for the dangerous waters the U.S. swims (think of the European speeches this past summer) Nope, incorrect. I think he has a very good grasp of what we're facing and has voted in the Senate to show how much he respects the military. He has also had many members of the military overseas that say he actually listened to them when he visited them.
Appears completely naive about the real, not the dramatized, dangers from militant Islamists and now perhaps even Russia How so? He has repeated said that he feels that we aren't fighting the true criminals of 9/11 because we have all but forgotten Afganistan and Pakistan. And the Georgia/ Russia situation is a little more intricate than just Russia being a bully again. The use of military force was actually instigated by Georgia by attacking an area that was attempting to break away.
Provided a pretty flip response to a topic about which many Americans hold strong views....when does life start... Seemed like a forthright answer to me. Can you actually pin a time where a fetus is embued with an "everlasting soul" and become a sentient being with a mind and self awareness?
Has allowed attacks against Sarah Palin well beyond the very real issue of "Does she have enough experience and toughness?" Nope, his campaign has stayed on message about the true issues. It's others in the media and on the internet that have attacked her on stupid stuff.
Quite literally, threw Hillary under a bus.... Nope. Not at all.
Showed disdian for middle Americans whose religion is important to them in a daily way. Again, a comment that was parsed to make it sound terrible when it really was a an entire conversation saying how much he did understand where small town Americans were coming from.
