Comments on: Halloween Week: Now’s the time for the October Surprise http://blogs.e-rockford.com/sweenyreport/2008/10/26/halloween-week-nows-the-time-for-the-october-surprise/ The Sweeny Report takes you into the murky world of local, state and national politics. Political Editor Chuck Sweeny will try to de-mystify things for you -- once he figures it out himself, that is. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:02:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.2.4 By: SNuss http://blogs.e-rockford.com/sweenyreport/2008/10/26/halloween-week-nows-the-time-for-the-october-surprise/#comment-1331 SNuss Wed, 29 Oct 2008 01:21:50 +0000 http://blogs.e-rockford.com/sweenyreport/2008/10/26/halloween-week-nows-the-time-for-the-october-surprise/#comment-1331 Who needs to make things up? Obama's agenda is scary enough. He wants to raise capital gains taxes to "punish" stock traders for making too much money, even though that will stifle business growth AND reduce tax revenues. His plan to "spread the money around" is basically a rewrite of Karl Marx's quote: "From each according to his ability, to each according to their needs". And then w get to his Judicial philosophy: Senator Obama has stated very clearly what kinds of Supreme Court justices he wants-- those with "the empathy to understand what it's like to be poor, or African-American, or gay, or disabled, or old." Like so many things that Obama says, it may sound nice if you don't stop and think (like you of the Far-Left)-- and chilling if you do stop and think. Do we really want judges who decide cases based on who or what you are, rather than on the facts and the law? If that doesn't scare you, you are must be rabidly Left-Wing partisan, a Socialist, a fool, or all of the above. Who needs to make things up? Obama’s agenda is scary enough.

He wants to raise capital gains taxes to “punish” stock traders for making too much money, even though that will stifle business growth AND reduce tax revenues.

His plan to “spread the money around” is basically a rewrite of Karl Marx’s quote: “From each according to his ability, to each according to their needs”.

And then w get to his Judicial philosophy: Senator Obama has stated very clearly what kinds of Supreme Court justices he wants– those with “the empathy to understand what it’s like to be poor, or African-American, or gay, or disabled, or old.”

Like so many things that Obama says, it may sound nice if you don’t stop and think (like you of the Far-Left)– and chilling if you do stop and think. Do we really want judges who decide cases based on who or what you are, rather than on the facts and the law?

If that doesn’t scare you, you are must be rabidly Left-Wing partisan, a Socialist, a fool, or all of the above.

]]> By: Milton Waddams http://blogs.e-rockford.com/sweenyreport/2008/10/26/halloween-week-nows-the-time-for-the-october-surprise/#comment-1323 Milton Waddams Mon, 27 Oct 2008 17:31:03 +0000 http://blogs.e-rockford.com/sweenyreport/2008/10/26/halloween-week-nows-the-time-for-the-october-surprise/#comment-1323 Even if the McCain camp doesn't have something "really, really dirty on Obama" they are not too proud to just make something up. They have proved that they're willing to do that a few times now. Even if the McCain camp doesn’t have something “really, really dirty on Obama” they are not too proud to just make something up. They have proved that they’re willing to do that a few times now.

]]> By: coldhotel http://blogs.e-rockford.com/sweenyreport/2008/10/26/halloween-week-nows-the-time-for-the-october-surprise/#comment-1316 coldhotel Mon, 27 Oct 2008 01:14:21 +0000 http://blogs.e-rockford.com/sweenyreport/2008/10/26/halloween-week-nows-the-time-for-the-october-surprise/#comment-1316 An October Surprise may not necessarily work to McCains advantage. The surprise may be information damaging to either Sen. McCain or Gov. Palin (though I can't imagine there's much left); if the surprise is an external event, it all depends on how voters see McCain's response vs. Obama's. McCain sometimes is very scary when he talks unscripted; he may say something that makes voters tend to think he wants to start WW3. I think even hawks would be hesitant about another massive troop committment. An October Surprise may not necessarily work to McCains advantage. The surprise may be information damaging to either Sen. McCain or Gov. Palin (though I can’t imagine there’s much left); if the surprise is an external event, it all depends on how voters see McCain’s response vs. Obama’s. McCain sometimes is very scary when he talks unscripted; he may say something that makes voters tend to think he wants to start WW3. I think even hawks would be hesitant about another massive troop committment.

]]> By: hokumboy http://blogs.e-rockford.com/sweenyreport/2008/10/26/halloween-week-nows-the-time-for-the-october-surprise/#comment-1315 hokumboy Sun, 26 Oct 2008 19:26:57 +0000 http://blogs.e-rockford.com/sweenyreport/2008/10/26/halloween-week-nows-the-time-for-the-october-surprise/#comment-1315 "There’s also the possibility that an external event will occur that makes voters more likely to prefer McCain. That would probably be a Middle East event, such as Israel launching an air assault on Iran’s nuclear facilities." Or,, US helicopters attacking an area inside Syria's border? “There’s also the possibility that an external event will occur that makes voters more likely to prefer McCain. That would probably be a Middle East event, such as Israel launching an air assault on Iran’s nuclear facilities.”

Or,,
US helicopters attacking an area inside Syria’s border?

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