Obama defines Gov't and Change 4 McCain

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Obama defines Gov't and Change 4 McCain
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Sun, 09-21-2008 - 3:44am

http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/viewpoints/articles/2008/09/21/20080921vip-valdez0921.html

McCain-Palin '08: Lipstick and old ideas

Sept. 21, 2008 12:00 AM

...A Palin-McCain ticket offers more of the same.

When it comes to the economy, the best McCain can do is try to redefine "fundamentals" as a synonym for "American workers."

And what happens to those workers if he follows through on his plan to tax employer-based health insurance? New York Times columnist Bob Herbert wrote last week that research by "scholars at Columbia, Harvard, Purdue and Michigan project that 20 million Americans who have employment-based health insurance would lose it under the McCain plan."

Maybe Palin and McCain think American workers are so fundamentally strong they don't need health insurance. The Double Talk Express is also busy trying to redefine the word "change" and co-opt Barack Obama's message.

Obama uses the traditional meaning. His change is about taking the country in a different direction on a lot of issues, including the economy, the environment, national security, job creation, etc.

Obama is clear about how he sees the role of government. Here's what he said in Denver:

"Ours is a promise that says government cannot solve all our problems, but what it should do is that which we cannot do for ourselves: protect us from harm and provide every child a decent education; keep our water clean and our toys safe; invest in new schools and new roads and new science and technology."

In other words, government is supposed to serve the people.

What a concept!

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Registered: 09-08-2008
Sun, 09-21-2008 - 3:47am

This woman has seen John McCain's switcheroo and he has lost her vote.

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MaryESep-20 @ 9:13 PM Report abuse10

Great article! I spent the first 23 years of my life in Phoenix. Great to see your paper telling it like it is. Goldwater had integrity. He was honest. He was an environmentalist. Although I didn't agree with many of his positions (he voted against civil rights legislation for instance) at least you had to respect him. When McCain won the primaries, I thought the Republicans had picked someone with the same qualities, i.e. honesty and integrity. I felt that whoever won the presidency, that the country was moving in the right direction. Now, McCain flip flops almost hourly, he lies over and over again, and his choice of Palin finally shows his true colors. Palin was a horrible choice. She is reminiscent of Nixon at his worst. She lies repeatedly and refuses to own up to her mistakes. She is clueless about almost everything, McCain/Palin are an embarrassment to the Republican party in which Goldwater was a voice. I would never vote for McCain/Palin.