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...primary engine of development. Angelides notes that between now and 2030, 75 percent of the buildings in the U.S. will either be new or substantially rehabilitated. Why not make them solar? Why not hire those unemployed due to housing crisis to build them? Blue-collar “Joe Construction Workers” can transform into a green-collar heroes...
...with extra taxes when they get there. Furthermore, McCain argued, if small businesses have their taxes increased, then those who work for small businesses or consume small businesses products are affected by lower wages and higher prices. This line of reasoning was conveyed effectively by McCain’s Joe the Plumber reference, as well as Joe Wurzelbacher’s YouTube clip and subsequent televisions appearances. Beyond these two debate points, Obama handled McCain’s barbs decently. He deftly brushed aside the claim McCain made that Obama had befriended domestic terrorist Bill Ayers by reminding McCain that...
Without a single mention of Joe the Plumber, four undergraduate residents of Quincy House took the stage in the House’s dining hall and fielded questions in a mock presidential debate last night. More than 40 people listened to Grant W. Dasher ’09, Matthew P. Cavedon ’11, Elizabeth B. Graber ’11, and Ari R. Hoffman ’10 answer questions posed to them by Eric B. Lomazoff, the Quincy House resident tutor in government. The debaters opened the evening with thanks to the moderator and the hosts...
...choice made them less likely to support the Republican ticket. Twenty-five percent said that McCain’s choice of Palin made them more likely to vote for the Arizona senator. On the other hand, 60 percent of those surveyed said that Obama’s choice of Joe Biden made no difference in their voting behavior...
...Obama with "domestic terrorist" Bill Ayers as a reason for crossing party lines to publicly endorse the Illinois Democrat. (The Obama campaign later repudiated McCain's message in its own series of robo-calls). Voters have already received recorded phone messages from Rudy Giuliani, Scarlett Johannson, Jay-Z and "Joe Martinez the Plumber." Even "Obama Girl" is lashing out at the campaign tactic. Listen to various robo-calls from the 2008 campaign...