McCain The Socialist Socialism Basher

Considering the Federalization by the Bush Administration, this Marxist Socialist BS argument is pretty weak.

via The Washington Monthly:

To hear John McCain and Sarah Palin tell it, Barack Obama's plan to cut taxes on middle-class families, and raise taxes on the very wealthy, is not only a bad idea, it's socialism. As 11th-hour, desperation attacks go, it's pretty weak, especially when a conservative Republican president is nationalizing banks and the financial industry.

But McCain's error is actually worse than most of his more routine mistakes. For one thing, progressive taxation is as American as apple pie.

McCain's strategy is the timeworn GOP strategy of inciting middle class resentment of those below them, not those above them. But keep in mind this nugget from 2001 when McSame voted against Bush-backed tax slashes for top earners. McCain the flip-flopper forgets they keep the tapes and transcripts of what people say.

"I cannot in good conscience support a tax cut in which so many of the benefits go to the most fortunate among us at the expense of middle class Americans who most need tax relief."

The Maverick is dead. Long live the Maverick.

Source: Steve Benen