McCain Changes His Taxes Position Again, Back On The ‘No New Taxes’ Talking Point
McCain Changes His Taxes Position Again, Back On The ‘No New Taxes’ Talking Point
In February, ABC News’s George Stephanopoulos asked Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) if he was a “‘read my lips’ candidate” who believed in “no new taxes, no matter what?” “No new taxes,” responded McCain. Stephanopoulos pressed McCain further, asking “under circumstances would you increase taxes?” “No,”declared McCain.
Watch it:
But McCain soon changed his position. Two week after telling Stephanopoulos that he would not support new taxes under any circumstances, McCain backed away from his pledge in an interview with the Wall Street Journal, claiming that he wouldn’t make a firm commitment to not raise taxes:
Q: On ABC’s “This Week” on Feb. 17, in response to a question, “Are you a ‘read my lips’ candidate, no new taxes?” you replied, “No new taxes.” Did you mean that literally?
MCCAIN: I’m not making a “read my lips” statement in that I will not raise taxes. But I’m not saying I can envision a scenario where I would, OK? But I’m not making it a centerpiece in my campaign.
Now McCain is flip-flopping again, this time back to his rigid “no new taxes” pledge. Speaking in Utah yesterday, McCain declared that “I will wait forever to increase Americans’ taxes because I don’t think that’s beneficial to our economy.”
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McCain declared that “I will wait forever to increase Americans’ taxes because I don’t think that’s beneficial to our economy.”
And yet , a 100 year occupation of Iraq is , you senile old fool ?
March 28th, 2008 at 1:02 pmOh, McGoo you’ve done it again!
March 28th, 2008 at 1:02 pmLooks like Little Johnny McSame has successfully completed Econ 101 for Republican Dummies. The entire course consists in a one-hour lecture by Poppy Bu$h and a one-question multiple choice final exam:
March 28th, 2008 at 1:05 pmQ: Will you raise taxes?
A: 0 — read my lips . . . no new taxes
0 — read my lips . . . no new taxes
0 — read my lips . . . no new taxes
0 — all of the above
“I will wait forever.” That would be about the same time old McShrub would be willing to end the madness in Iraq.
March 28th, 2008 at 1:08 pmYou don’t raise taxes without the congress. So Emperor hopeful McClone, “we’ll” raise taxes is appropriate not “I’ll” raise taxes. With the next congress “I” believe you’ll find it difficult to get away with chopping taxes for Bush’s oil buddies. It will perhaps be more relevant to think in terms of taking the log off the shoulders of the middle class. This government was not established with an I to run it. Our founders had in mind a legislative, executive, and judicial all equal partners in the democracy we are supposed to live in. The sooner you take the “I” out of what you’ll do the sooner the people will know you are not considering yourself a dictator.
March 28th, 2008 at 1:11 pmAnd they called John Kerry a flip-flopper.
Sheeeeesssshhhhh.
March 28th, 2008 at 1:14 pm“McCain Changes His Taxes Position Again, Back On The ‘No New Taxes’ Talking Point”
What about old taxes, as the Decimus owed to the Church in Middle Ages?
March 28th, 2008 at 1:15 pmATTENTION! FISH ON DECK!
March 28th, 2008 at 1:15 pmDon’t point out to McSame that his answer changes for the audience – you’ll piss the old coot off.
March 28th, 2008 at 1:17 pmattackjohnmccainattackjohnmccainattackjohnmccain
whoops, screw up, retract!
attackjohnmccainattackjohnmccainattackjohnmccain
Think “Loss” in ‘08; all the best from your friends on the Right.
March 28th, 2008 at 1:18 pmI listened to that clip and he says at one point, “Spending restraint is why we are having to borrow money from China”
Huh?
I don’t get it.
March 28th, 2008 at 1:20 pmTo me, this is another example of him sitting on the sidelines when it comes to economic issues.
March 28th, 2008 at 1:22 pmmary Says:
March 28th, 2008 at 1:20 pm
I listened to that clip and he says at one point, “Spending restraint is why we are having to borrow money from China”
Huh?
I don’t get it.
You’re not expected to get it, mary. McSame doesn’t want people to get it. The only thing he wants people to get is “Taxes – Bad.”
When it comes to campaigning, simplistic is better, there’s no doubt about that.
The problem is, when these guys get into power, they STILL think simplistically, and they try to apply simplistic solutions to complex problems. And they fail, every time.
March 28th, 2008 at 1:23 pmI see we have another dufoid concern troll. Oh, and bytheby, we don’t have any ‘friends’ on the right.
March 28th, 2008 at 1:24 pmEspecially not McCain, my friend.
rightwingattackmachine Says:
… as opposed to:
attackclintonattackobamaattackclintonattackobama
whoops, screw up — nevermind, ignore it and attackattackattack
Yeah, that’s much better.
March 28th, 2008 at 1:26 pmMr. Mcgoo forgot his memory pills this morning. Why he is even in the race boggles my mind. Are Americans this stupid….sorry, Republicans this stupid.
March 28th, 2008 at 1:30 pmAs much as anything else, presidential campaigns are won and lost by the media narratives that rightly or wrongly come to define a candidate. In the case of Repubican nominee John McCain, the seemingly unshakable narrative of the political “maverick” could not be further off the mark. At almost every turn, McCain in his eternal quest for the White House has reversed long-held positions, compromised core principles and swallowed his pride in order to curry favor with both the leading lights of the conservative movement and right-wing Republican primary voters. The untold story of campaign 2008 is simply that of John McCain’s transformation from maverick to prostitute.
For the details, see:
March 28th, 2008 at 1:35 pm“From Maverick to Prostitute: The Untold Story of John McCain.”
McCain is only about three years older than I am, and I sure hope I don’t lose my faculties [reason] as he seems to have done.
March 28th, 2008 at 1:37 pmHeh. McSitnSpin makes ol’ Mitt “Flipper” Romney look like a piker.
Yeesh.
March 28th, 2008 at 1:37 pmSo he was for new taxes before he was against them but after he was not for them.
This man is going to blow a fuse when he’s in a one on one debate.
March 28th, 2008 at 1:37 pmWhoever the Dem nominee is, when debating the McCodger, needs to hammer these flip flops until McManiacal flips out on stage and goes berserk.
March 28th, 2008 at 1:39 pmrightwingattackmachine Says:
March 28th, 2008 at 1:18 pm
thesurgeisworkingthesurgeisworkingthesurgeisworking
March 28th, 2008 at 1:40 pmwhoops, I creamed my pants
thesurgeisworkingthesurgeisworkingthesurgeisworking
I have blood on my hands
Perhaps the Reich_Stuff needs to STUFF it.
March 28th, 2008 at 1:40 pm# The_Right_Stuff Says:
March 28th, 2008 at 1:39 pm
I think we may be on to a name change here. Isn’t it time for ThinkProgress to lengthen its name a bit to ThinkHowToTwistFactsToAttackJohnMcCainInTheNameOfProgress. That seems to be about all that is going on around here lately.
You kill people with our tax dollars. See, didn’t have to twist anything there!
March 28th, 2008 at 1:43 pmMore election season trolls. They don’t want to give up their disastrous rein, though the overwhelming majority of this country has had enough.
March 28th, 2008 at 1:45 pmralph the wonder llama Says:
March 28th, 2008 at 1:23 pm
You’re not expected to get it, mary. McSame doesn’t want people to get it. The only thing he wants people to get is “Taxes – Bad.”
Oh! Thanks ralph the wonder llama! I thought maybe my blood sugar level was perilously low or something.
Because, otherwise, I was kind of thinking that spending restraint does NOT equal starting a bogus war that will cost trillions that we need to borrow from China and cause the U.S. to incur debt that resulted in over $400 Billion in interest payments alone for fiscal year 2006.
Those Republicans sure know spending restraint!
March 28th, 2008 at 1:45 pmHow hard would it be to get Mr. Hothead to lose it? I don’t think very hard at all.
When have we had a Republican President who did not have any new taxes? It’s impossible to run a government with no new taxes.
March 28th, 2008 at 1:45 pmNo matter who wins the election they are going to raise taxes. It is the only solution to our economic situation. Who’s taxes get raised will be decided by who wins the elections for pres and congress.
March 28th, 2008 at 1:46 pmThis man is going to blow a fuse when he’s in a one on one debate.
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Stage manager:
March 28th, 2008 at 1:48 pm“OK people, we’re on in 5… everybody, you know your places…… you, the McCain info feed techs, try to hide the little square box better than you did with the W guy… and lighting? Where are you guys… ah, there you are… you guys have it tough tonight, we all admit.
Watch the black and white filter on the young guy, and for the old gringo geezer, you’re just going to have to be on your toes… if he starts to blow, try to keep his face from turning into a total laser light show….”
I’m for eliminating stupid tax breaks, like those for sending jobs overseas (a really stupid idea, whoever came up with that. I mean, a tax cut for profiteering!?), and for reversing the tax cuts on those making more than $1,000,000. Some would lower the threshold, and that’s reasonable, too.
March 28th, 2008 at 1:48 pmWho are these angry, hothead trolls, who rush to defend McMaverick, no matter how obvious his foot-in-mouth symptoms are?
Are they part of Limbaugh’s “Operation Chaos”?
Read this, for a heckuva laugh:
http://www.rudepundit.blogspot.com/
March 28th, 2008 at 1:51 pm22 – Defending our Country from another corrupt and incompetent, violent and irresponsible President is a pretty high priority around here. If you had any sense, you’d be thinking the same way.
March 28th, 2008 at 1:54 pm# mary Says:
March 28th, 2008 at 1:45 pm
Those Republicans sure know spending restraint!
Spending restraint to republicans, I would say, has more to do with the source of the money spent. If the rich aren’t receiving a tax break, only then do Republicans want to practice restraint with there precious money. But for the middle class, who are shouldering costs for things they don’t want to buy, it’s a free-for-all with no borrowing restraint to make up for the tax cuts on the rich. Their plans are for the middle class to cover that debt, too, or bear the brunt of the loan defaults.
March 28th, 2008 at 1:56 pmMcCain’s stance is as solid as mercury.
March 28th, 2008 at 1:56 pmtombaker Says:
March 28th, 2008 at 1:54 pm
22 – Defending our Country from another corrupt and incompetent, violent and irresponsible President is a pretty high priority around here. If you had any sense, you’d be thinking the same way.
tombaker, if “The Right Stuff” had any sense, he wouldn’t be a righty.
But I’m not tellin’ you anything you don’t know already.
March 28th, 2008 at 1:57 pm33. Pretty scarey stuff! Wouldn’t it be the epitome of irony if, after Rush Limpdick has all his “operatives” help gain Clinton the nomination, she beats the tar out of McCain in the general election? These Righty neocon assholes could then blaim themselves for having another President Clinton on their hands. That would be too funny!
March 28th, 2008 at 2:03 pmThe Republicans have no idea how to connect with the people otherwise there would be a government of consensus and compromise. When McCain uses the term, I will raise taxes, the arrogance of the republican mind set is obvious. “I” instead of “we.” I must say this way of thinking is the way of making revolution not resolution. The self-centered, judgmental, and ideological separatist mentality of the current republican horde is a serious matter. Soon, the middle class will be taxed without representation. I’ve heard that phrase before somewhere. NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION!!
March 28th, 2008 at 2:07 pmI know Ralph. I’m in one of those “leave no insult unanswered” modes. More and more, I’m convinced our trollies are just the hardest-core of Rush’s dittoheads, and no one else – they’re dangerous and stupid, and need to be beaten back under the rocks before they do any more damage than they already have.
Rush is our Moqtada Al Sadr, and I’m not prepared to let a thug militia operate openly. If we don’t do away with them soon, they’ll start driving around towns in pickup trucks bristling with assault weapons, shooting at anyone that doesn’t fit their standard of Hatriotism. The Jingo Jihad must be stopped.
If a troll wants to hit, he’s gotta know he’s gonna get hit back. Hard.
March 28th, 2008 at 2:08 pmtombaker Says:
If a troll wants to hit, he’s gotta know he’s gonna get hit back. Hard.
I’m with ya. I know sometimes troll activity calls for ignoring them, but sometimes it needs to be hit head-on.
And then sometimes it’s just fun to smack ‘em around.
March 28th, 2008 at 2:16 pmIf any demorcrat is worried about losing the election, smoke some better pot. Common, gime me a break! Do you really think the American public, after 8 years of Riech wing politics, are going to vote republican? I am preparing my visa application to Canada, just in case. I’ve had enough if we elect another REPUBLICAN.
March 28th, 2008 at 2:23 pmThe_Right_Stuff Says:
March 28th, 2008 at 1:39 pm
I think we may be on to a name change here. Isn’t it time for ThinkProgress to lengthen its name a bit to ThinkHowToTwistFactsToAttackJohnMcCainInTheNameOfProgress. That seems to be about all that is going on around here lately.
another righty with no stomach for the truth, and no moral center.
March 28th, 2008 at 2:23 pm“If a troll wants to hit, he’s gotta know he’s gonna get hit back. Hard.”
If you prefer, we can just sit back make smores over the flaming wreckage of both your party and your platform.
March 28th, 2008 at 2:52 pmReich Snuff; Go Cheney yourself!
March 28th, 2008 at 2:56 pmrightwingattackmachine Says:
March 28th, 2008 at 2:52 pm
If you prefer, we can just sit back make smores over the flaming wreckage of both your party and your platform.
Care to explain this “flaming wreckage,” troll?
If you’re referring to Obama and Clinton going at it, it’s more of the customary primary process, a close one exhibiting the the quality of candidates within our party.
Other than that, thanks for projecting the massive failures of your own party onto a party in great shape, troll.
Don’t let the tax cuts for the rich hit you in the a ss on the way out.
March 28th, 2008 at 3:25 pmthat’s precious coming from a guy who has the dotard McMaverick carrying his torch for him, with the Mittster, Huckster, and 9/11-humper bringing up the rear.
with only 30-odd percent of voters willing to admit they beling to his “party”
with 30 of “his” congressmen cutting and running by “retiring”
with his 20% approved-of President and his 16% approved-of VP
I got your s’mores, right here, homeslice.
March 28th, 2008 at 3:35 pm43 – truth be known, I’d prefer to go upside your head, punk.
March 28th, 2008 at 3:36 pmSmores it is! :-) :-) :-)
March 28th, 2008 at 3:49 pmI’ll tell your Mom to warm them up for ya. Soon as she’s done with this other chore.
March 28th, 2008 at 3:55 pmIt’s a sad day in the media when after a candidate makes a firm, easily understood, solid statement on a position, such as “no new taxes,” that a reasonable question to ask a week later is, “Did you mean that literally?”
March 28th, 2008 at 4:02 pmThis idiot will say anything, cater to any group, flip-flop and spin in all directions trying to get himself onto the throne of power….he has contradicted himself so many times..even he doesn’t know what he believes (except wars, the military industrial complex, and military “juntas”)…and the MSNM (mainstream news media) worships and follows him around like a bunch of love sick puppies…
March 28th, 2008 at 4:07 pmHis economic policy is a laugh…do what Reagan, Bush, Clinton and Bush have done….that has worked out so well for us..as we teeter on the edge of a complete economic meltdown..bring on more tax breaks for the rich and corporate thieves, borrow and spend more money for unnecessary wars of choice…unfettered, non-regulated “free trade” stealing money from the citizens who work to make sure that CEO’s and “board members” make millions and millions in profit and stock options
50 – it’s a lot more reasonable than questions from the media as to whether or not Obama is a Muslim.
March 28th, 2008 at 4:23 pm.
McFish on Deck
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March 28th, 2008 at 4:54 pmHillary is a Liar. Barrack is a Racist. McCain is all we have left.
March 28th, 2008 at 5:46 pmrightwingattackmachine Says:
March 28th, 2008 at 2:52 pm
“If a troll wants to hit, he’s gotta know he’s gonna get hit back. Hard.”
If you prefer, we can just sit back make smores over the flaming wreckage of both your party and your platform.
If this constitutes an “attack” no wonder we’re losing in Iraq. Hey, “rightwingattackmachine”, you need an oil change.
March 28th, 2008 at 8:50 pm> ThinkHowToTwistFactsToAttackJohnMcCain.
McCain against taxes before he was for them. What exactly is being “twisted” in this story?
> Hillary is a Liar. Barrack is a Racist.
> McCain is all we have left.
Thank god McCain is perfect. I mean, theres absolutely no way he could be a called a warmonger who wants to spend 50 trillion dollars on the iraq fiasco, or a flip flopper who can’t hold a consistent position for more than a week…
March 29th, 2008 at 1:21 amAre there really people who would consider letting this man run a country?
March 31st, 2008 at 1:04 pmYou’re not expected to get it, mary. McSame doesn’t want people to get it. The only thing he wants people to get is “Taxes – Bad.”
When it comes to campaigning, simplistic is better, there’s no doubt about that.
The problem is, when these guys get into power, they STILL think simplistically, and they try to apply hp ze2000 battery,hp ze2200 battery simplistic solutions to complex problems. And they fail, every time.
October 15th, 2008 at 6:05 am