Rod Wrote:
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> I thought the debate was close. They both did good
> performance wise. Although a Sarah fan I found
> myself likeing Biden.They were both somewhat
> inaccurate:
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http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/factchecki
> ng_biden-palin_debate.html
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> I think the McCain Campaign should more answer
> some of the charges, for example the insurance.
> Will recipiants have to pay tax on the $5,000?
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> Why did Palin submit to hostile journalists
> interviews?
No, the $5,000 tax credit will replace the "tax break" on your deductions for health insurance from your pre-tax income. So some people say that it eliminates a tax break. It's actually $2,500 for individuals, and $5,000 for couples filing jointly.
However, the real problem with this proposal is that an independent, non-partisan study found that this will cause most employers to stop providing health insurance, and leave it up to the individual to pay for their own health insurance using the "tax credit". And most families currently spend about $8,400 a year, pre-tax, on health insurance.
Why did Palin submit to hostile journalist interviews? I think that is simply a fox news and McCain campaign talking point. Katie Couric is not a hostile journalist, and had the interview went better, they would be describing the results a different way.
The only reason they are trying to convince their sycophants that she was ambushed by hostile journalists is because they know the base will be in love with her no matter what, and they needed to lower expectations before her debate in the minds of undecideds and moderate conservatives so that even a marginal performance at the debate would seem to be a stupendous victory.
Notice they didn't try to use her Fox News interview with Hannity and Colmes to counter the negative outcome of all those "liberal media" hater interviews? They wanted everyone to view the debate as a success and the hater media liberals as being wrong.