michmom:

The truly funny thing is that we can't recognize character as the central issue. But flawed character is present in both governmental types, like our "beloved" former mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, as well as the goons and selfish loons on wall street. It is easy to characterize every McCain supporter as an ignorant raving hick, but that simply reveals the media bias - the underlying current of bicoastal celebrity worship and pseudo-intellectual fawning that is staring us all in the face each day. Once this guy wins (since you have decided he MUST win at all costs) what are you planning to do when those of us who are already supporting everyone else decide it just isn't worth it anymore? Why should my husband continue to work 14-16 hour days running a successful business if making more than $250,000 means we are enemies of the state? Those at the upper 10% of the income tax bracket pay 70% of the taxes to benefit everyone. Why should I encourage my son to compete against all the Pakistanis, Indians, and Chinese we allow into our undergraduate institutions if after 12 years of graduate study in medicine it will all be nationalized. Why bother?

1) I don't need the media to help me think that the recent McCain rallies are stuffed with angry, impotent hicks.

2) Am I reading your post right?? You are threatening to quit your jobs because you'll be taxed more? You're threatening to discourage your children to do well? WHY should we care if you give up because Obama's tax plan calls for a single-percentage tax hike on people earning $250k+? If you're going to give up because you don't like the guy who's going to be president, you probably weren't going to get there anyway. But since you'll be quitting life, Obama's plan calls for a tax CUT for you since you'll fall into another earning bracket. Cake for everyone!!