Joe Boggs – 10/29/08

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McCain is the same as Bush; Joe Boggs; Beaver County Times; October 30, 2008.

In his 2004 letters (here and here) supporting John Kerry over President Bush, Mr. Boggs claimed he was a Republican. Sound familiar? In his letter from August 2008, Mr. Boggs was upset about John McCain’s response to a question about how many houses he owned.

Below is a detailed critique of the letter.

“John McCain isn’t the same as George Bush? Let me count the ways.”

[RWC] While I don’t believe Messrs. Bush and McCain are the same, either one would make a far better President than any of the rogue’s gallery of leftists the Democrat party nominates.

This letter is just a list of bogus leftist talking points with no presentation of supporting evidence. I’ve seen most of these before and addressed them over the years in previous critiques. As a result, I’ll be lazy and not refute them again here.

“He has voted, agreed, strongly supported or been partially responsible for all of the following:

“Bush’s $1.3 trillion tax cut for the wealthiest 5 percent; Guantanamo Bay; data mining Americans’ phone calls, e-mails and medical records; bought into ‘Saddam Hussein now has weapons of mass destruction and has sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa.’

“He helped Bush regain Senate majority, didn’t condemn Robert Novak’s outing Valerie Plame and voted to bar government from negotiating cheaper prescriptions for the elderly.

“Deaths in Iraq reach 1,000.

“Voted for $155 billion in corporate tax cuts, helped re-elect Bush/Cheney. Katrina hits and he has Bush to Phoenix for his birthday. His friend Tom DeLay indicted.

“Deaths in Iraq reach 2,000.

“Close lobbyist Jack Abramoff convicted. Friend Rep. Mark Foley quits over page scandal. Situation in Iraq is grave and deteriorating.

“Deaths reach 3,000.

“He didn’t condemn commuting Scooter Libby’s sentence.

“Deaths in Iraq reach 4,000.

“McCain is a significant part of us having a record deficit of $482 billion and a debt that doubled in the last eight years to $10 trillion.

“All of the above has happened while not being disputed by McCain or anyone in his campaign. This is a record he cannot run away from.

“I guess the $1.3 trillion for the top 5 percent wasn’t a wealth transfer or socialism or class warfare? Trust me. The middle class lost that war.”

[RWC] I don’t know where Mr. Boggs gets his talking points, but IRS data shows the evil rich pay a greater portion of federal income taxes now than they did before the 2001 and 2003 tax rate cuts.