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Old 10-17-2008, 11:57 AM   #7716
molson
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Originally Posted by DaddyTorgo View Post
The point that Obama was trying to make (although maybe he should have made it without a joke I concur) is that someone making $250,000 a year is not an "average American." Choosing someone as your shining example of an average American who makes what...5x the average salary of someone in this country (if not a bit more) is hardly fighting for the "average American."

Did McCain call that guy an "average plumber" or an "average American"? If he did, that's pretty dumb. If he didn't, than Obama's being just a tad misleading (or as liberals call that, "lying").
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