McCain getting religion in Orlando

A week after he last visited Florida, John McCain is headed back.

The presumptive Republican presidential nominee is scheduled to arrive in Orlando Friday evening and the Buzz is he will drop by a meeting of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. The Bishops are taking up several topics during their spring gathering, including embryonic stem cell research.

McCain's campaign was touting Catholic support earlier this year. The Obama campaign, meanwhile, is launching an effort to siphon off some of the GOP's traditional support among Evangelicals and Catholics.

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[Donald Lance]

Something tells me this congregation isn't going to be shouting "God D^mn America!

http://www.irreverentview.com/national-politics/mccains-veepstakes-dilemma

whats the bishops' stand on a guy who dumps his crippled wife for a sweet RICH one, 25 years his junior??

[Donald Lance]

Whats the bishops stand on a guy who is married and put a glory hole in the Oval Office for his own indulgences?

[Donald Lance]

5:31. What happened 25 years ago in somebody's personla life really has no bearing on them today. Obama was a crackhead back then, but I don't see you criticising him for that. Understand, that episode in McCain's life happened after he was caged like an animal. Do you think you would come out of that experience a changed man? How about Jack Kennedy and Bill CLinton, gallivanting around the White House like it's a Roman Orgy, and you talk about something - between 2 people mind you- that happened back in the 70's? Shake yourself!

[it the taxes, stupid]

When President Bush signed the 2001 tax cuts into law, the new lower rates had a ten year life, and are set to expire in 2010. John McCain has supported extending the tax cuts and making the current tax rates permanent. This means that for individual tax payers, McCain wants their tax rates to remain the same as they are now.

One might argue that in the current economic environment, not raising tax rates is a good idea. There are no new tax reductions of course, when you merely maintain the current rates. But the way things are scored in Washington DC, keeping rates the same is treated as a tax cut, and hence scored as a big revenue loss for the government, since the current rates are supposed to expire in two years, and go back to the levels where they were prior to the Bush tax cuts in 2001.

Barack Obama supports ending the Bush tax cuts -- in other words he wants individuals' tax rates to go up. However, the way this is scored in Washington , Obama's plan to let the Bush tax cuts expire, is "revenue neutral". So if rates go up, that is not treated as a tax increase. If rates stay the same, that will be reported as a tax cut for federal revenue purposes.

Even avoiding the argument as to whether lower rates draws in proportionately more tax revenue (the total federal tax share of GDP is about the same today as it has been historically, even with lower rates, and is headed up with or without the extension of the Bush tax cuts the media will misrepresent the plans of the two candidates -- so one (McCain) will be seen as creating bigger deficits, and the other (Obama) as more fiscally responsible.

In reality, Obama wants higher individual tax rates, McCain wants them to stay the same. Obama also supports much higher tax rates on dividends, and capital gains, and to raise the ceiling on the level of income taxed for social security- in total, a massive federal tax grab, designed to support major new entitlement and programmatic spending. The federal government with Obama gets much larger, individuals' after tax income, and share of the economy, gets smaller. That is what you need to know

Obama is nothing but a tax and spend liberal.

We will never vote for Obama no matter what. He is a closet racist like Rev Wright.

McCain 08', Hillary 12'

[No thanks, Barry]

Higher taxes? Socialized medicine? No thanks, Barry. Keep the change.

Donny, get back in the basement before I call the Riddler!

We will never vote for Teleprompter Johnny no matter what. He is a "out of the" closet racist like most every Republicon.

“You can have your Tiger Woods (R-code for n-ger), we have Senator McCain (R-code for old, white, senile, rich, and McSame as Dubya.”

McSame/anbody you damn well please ’08!

Not on your freaking life.

Holy Walnuts! What's McSame's mentor John Hagee going to say when he finds out that ol flip flop is hanging with the heretic minions of the Anti-Christ??? Maybe the Catholics are trying to lure him in so they can perform an exorcism!

BIG BROWN + CARTER + SOROS + SOCIALISM = DEFEAT IN NOVEMBER!

Jimmy Carter, the Democrats code word for n-ger!

Big Brown the AntiChrist!

9:33 PM Homobamian! Son of a dike and lover of child killers!

Obama's words the day after the Election:

"God D^mn America!

[Not True]

I know 9:33's mommy.

That's a lie, his mommy is NOT a dike. She is the female "receiver" of the dike. Get your facts correct when dealing with these Obama Trolls. No son of a dike would ever post as many bad things as does the Obama Troll on this blog. Son's of dikes are much more gentle and caring. Son's of receivers are full of hate, lacking in social skills, and love to play with themselves while blogging.

Sheesh! My choices are Obama or McCain - how did we get this low?

People voted.

Maybe McCain's Rev. Hagee would like to explain his reference to calling the Catholics the derogatory name for a lady of the evening.

“You can have your Tiger Woods (R-code for n-ger), we have Senator McCain (R-code for old, white, senile, rich, and McSame as Dubya.”

McSame/anbody you damn well please ’08!

Not on your freaking life.

[Flagophile]

It's the taxes,

Please stop misrepresenting the candidates' positions on taxes.

First, please Google the Laffer Curve. Once you get your mind around the concept, you will understand that tax revenues don't always go up when taxes are cut.

Second, federal "income" tax revenues are down since Bush's tax cut. Tax revenues in general may be constant but that is attributable to increases in FICA and Social Security taxes, etc. which have nothing to do with tax cuts.

Lastly, Barack Obama does not want to raise taxes across the board as you suggested. He has said, time and again, that he would roll back Bush's tax cuts for the wealthiest in our country, those making over $250K, and would cut taxes for those making less.

Flag,

"Please stop misrepresenting the candidates' positions on taxes."

Dude, that's SOP for these morons... and they don't get the fact that it's tired rhetoric that won't sell this time. It only proves to show how absolutely disconnected the protected elite incumbent class is.

Vote every damn one of the out!

10:17 Is right, Flag. Slogans! We need empty Slogans! The truth hurts, so tell people whatever they want to hear. How do you think Bush was elected twice? Certainly it wasn't on honesty, trust, or sound policy, as we can see all too well.

We need lobbyist, PACs, 527s, Swiftboaters! That's way politics is played these days!

And please, remember to check your conscience at the door. That's a big liability when you're trying be cleverer than the Republicans.

[Donald Lance]

Flag. If you roll back tax cuts, isn't that the same as raising taxes? If I pay more in taxes next year as opposed to this year, isn't that a tax increase? The answer is in lesser govt & lesser spending. You can gloss something however you want, but to pay more taxes IS a tax increase.

[Donald Lance - Policy Expert]

Wow, Donald you are one sharp cookie! And what do you call tax cuts for the rich? Answer: Corporate Welfare! So, let's put an end to corporations sucking welfare from our government's tax revenue. Never thought you and I would be on the same page, but now, thanks to the miracle of semantics and the usual obtuse ignorance on your part, I think we may agree!

Donny, get back in the basement and put your foil hat back on, dammit!

[Donald Lance]

No, that's where you and I differ. I don't like Corporate welfare either, but increasing taxes on Corporations is what caused them all to go looking overseas. What I would suggest is reducing the Corp tax down to nothing and then you will see every corporation in the world flocking to this country. The Corps would be fighting each other to hire people here. But when a Corp is taxed 40%, they really have no choice but to look elsewhere or die. Tax cuts for the rich? Not hardly! Tax Cuts for Corporations? All day long! Corporate welfare? Never!

[Donald Lance - Policy Expert]

Why stop there - let's re-introduce slavery! Can you imagine how all the corporations would flock to the US then??? Now I understand why Doanld Lance is such a racist and an elitist! Nothing personal - it's strictly an economic position.

Donny isn’t and American… he’s a Corperican.

Would you all please rise and place you hand over you wallet!

“I pledge allegiance to the P&L’s of the United Corporations of America… and to the bottom line, for which they stand… one Nation, under corporate rule, totally divisible… with no freedom of justice at all… except of course for us!”

You may all take your seats now and pull out your checkbooks!

Donny… put your leather chaps and ball-gag on, and get back in the box before I call Bruce Willis.

My hope is that Senator McCain will be persuaded to abandon his position on the failed immoral and unethical science of embryonic stem cell research. Only Adult Stem Cells(which do not kill human life) have had successes.

How Senator MCCain can state with a straight face he is "prolife" while supporting the destruction of human life shows either a complete lack of knowledge, or disingenuousness.

I hope the Bishops will address that issue with him.

[Donald Lance]

Policy expert. Expound how lowering taxes makes me racist? I can't wait to see how you connect this. So if I disagree with you on taxes then I'm a racist? If that's all you Barry accolites can hang your hat on, then you are in for a very long 4 years of McCain because the silent, centrist majority has yet to speak. Tied it together for me Policy expert!

[Two Kinds of Crushes on Obama]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKsoXHYICqU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MceFVpJ-Gyc

[The Obama Song]

If you’re a racist and you know it
Clap your hands!

If you’re a racist and you know it
Clap your hands!

If you’re a racist you won’t seem it
Vote for Obama and you can redeem it

If you’re a racist and you know it
Clap your hands

12:41 and 12:45 (same twit) LOL at your lameness and desperation. I see the Norquist-Young Republican talking points haven't arrived yet, and you must be relying on your own tiny brain for material to post.

Obama, Jimmy Carter with a dark tan!!!

[Donald Lance]

Just what I thought Policy Expert!

[Donald Lance - Cerebral Acrobat]

You thought!!!!

[Donald Lance]

Expert! See 1:31? Now that's racist! Have you ever read anything posted by me that ever criticized anybody because of their skin color? I'm still waiting for your tie-in because you lobbed the bomb. Tie it together for me because this cerebral acrobat can't figure out how I'm a racist because I don't like taxes. Prove yourself to me or go away!