ABC Debate Wasn’t Biased, Barack Obama Is A Bad Candidate
It’s rather amusing watching the liberal media in full-scale attack mode on George Stephanopolis and Charles Gibson, with the Washington Post’s Tom Shales as the general leading the charge. Oh my gosh! Their hero Obama has been wounded!
What’s the problem here? Messrs. Gibson and Stephanopolis actually challenged Obama with tough, well-informed questions on tax policy and politics? That’s what they’re supposed to do. . . .
Look, here’s the deal: Obama bungled the tax question, big time. Period. End of sentence. End of story. To my liberal friends out there all I can say is: Get over it. Your guy has a very poor grasp of basic economic principles.
First off, you don’t raise taxes during a recession. That’s a no-brainer. Second, doubling the capital-gains tax affects Americans up and down the income ladder, not just rich hedge-fund managers. In addition, capital-gains tax cuts are self-financing, and they stimulate jobs and the economy. You want to raise budget revenues? Cut the cap-gains tax rate. That’s what history shows. Finally, hiking the payroll tax also affects people up and down the income ladder.
Pretty much everyone in the liberal media is sympathetic toward Barack Obama. That goes without saying. But among those sympathetic to him there is a divide between those that want to elect him President and those who want to anoint him President.
Electing a leader means asking that person tough questions and seeing how they respond. Anointing a leader means putting him in office and attacking anyone who might get in the way.












