White House Backs Off Bush Sales Tax Quip

[Arkana]

Yet another "slip of the tongue?"

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=544&ncid=544&e=2&u=/ap/20040811/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_sales_tax

WASHINGTON - Administration officials on Wednesday denied that President Bush is considering a national sales tax, a day after the Republican incumbent created a stir by calling such a tax "an interesting idea that we ought to explore seriously."

Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry seized on Bush's comments — made while the president was campaigning in Florida Tuesday — and suggested such a plan would create a new tax on working families.

"Families already squeezed by rising health care costs, gas costs and college costs would have to carry a whole new tax burden," Kerry said in a statement.

[canuckybee]

1. flip flop

[DemocratSinceBirth]

2. Bush Is A Fool

The tax would have to be set around 22% since that's the percentage of GDP that goes to funding the federal government...

That means you would have a 22% inflation rates the first year it kicked in.....

[Bluebear]

3. Chimp-flop!

[Cha]

4. Good for Kerry being able to use

bush's tongue slippage against him.

No matter how many swifty boat liars they have..they can't keep up with bush's anti-midas touch in this election.

[prodigal_green]

7. I'm going to have to ask you not to

use the words Bush, slip and tongue in the same sentence again...the horrible image that conjured is making me wretch.

[Window]

11. LOL!

Ewwwwwwwwww!

[wurzel]

5. I don't remember seeing that on the news. I guess they "missed" it. n/t

[prodigal_green]

6. flippity floppity

floo.

[Bluebear]

8. "QUIP"? What's up with that anyhow? Isn't a quip something funny?

Or clever? How can they be painting this as a quip rather than what it is, a waffling flip flop?

[Arkana]

10. You've got me.

Must be that "librul" media.

:puke::puke::puke:

[lanparty]

9. Flippity Floppity ...

The true shame is that the President's answer was also thoughtful and intelligent. He said that we should consider it.

I'm not saying I'm FOR a national sales tax ... I'm against it. But I think a thoughtful person should always be open to considering different ideas and options.

The GOP missed a RARE opportunity to portray Bush as a thoughtful person for once and accuse Kerry of being a reactionary.