The Bottom Line...

[Jermyn Davidson]

From Jekyl:


> Supports abortion throughout the pregnancy
> JOHN McCAIN No
> BARAK OBAMA Yes


REALITY CHECK!

Sen. Obama on late term abortions, "...I have repeatedly said that I think it's entirely appropriate for states to restrict or even prohibit late-term abortions as long as there is a strict, well-defined exception for the health of the mother. Now, I don't think that "mental distress" qualifies as the health of the mother. I think it has to be a serious physical issue that arises in pregnancy, where there are real, significant problems to the mother carrying that child to term. Otherwise, as long as there is such a medical exception in place, I think we can prohibit late-term abortions."

However, he is CLEARLY a PRO-CHOICE Democrat.

[Jermyn Davidson]

From Jekyl:


> Would pull troops out of Iraq immediately
> JOHN McCAIN No
> BARAK OBAMA Yes


REALITY CHECK!

Sen. Obama calls for a 16-month troop withdrawal timetable.

In an interview with CNN, McCain had kind words.

“I think it’s a pretty good timetable, as we should — or horizons for withdrawal,” he added, echoing a phrase President Bush used in recent days. “But they have to be based on conditions on the ground.”

McCain has long maintained that conditions on the ground are a key consideration in any withdrawal of American troops. And he has argued that Obama would withdraw troops based on his timetable without regard to conditions in Iraq, although Obama says he would listen to U.S. military commanders about those conditions.


http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/07...wal-timetable/

[Jermyn Davidson]

From Jekyl:


> Supports gun ownership rights
> JOHN McCAINYes
> BARAK OBAMA No

REALITY CHECK!

Below is a link to Sen. Obama's views concerning Gun Control issues.

http://www.ontheissues.org/2008/Bara...un_Control.htm


From his acceptance speech (if you bothered to watch it) you should have noticed that he wants to find a compromise that allows sportsmen and law abiding citizens to defend themselves while addressing the serious illegal/unregistered weapon issues of American major cities.

[Jermyn Davidson]

From Jekyl:


> Supports homosexual marriage
> JOHN McCAIN No
> BARAK OBAMA Yes


REALITY CHECK!

Sen. Obama said on CNN, ""Well, I think that marriage has a religious connotation in this society, in our culture, that makes it very difficult to disentangle from the civil aspects of marriage. And as a consequence, it would be extraordinarily difficult and a distraction to try to build a consensus around marriage for gays and lesbians. What we can do is form civil unions that provide all the civil rights that marriage entails to same-sex couples. And that is something that I have consistently been in favor of. And I think that the vast majority of Americans don't want to see gay and lesbian couples discriminated against when it comes to hospital visitation and so on."

www.advocate.com/exclusive_detail_ektid44651.asp

[Jermyn Davidson]

From jekyl:


> Proposed programs will mean a huge tax increase
> JOHN McCAIN No
> BARAK OBAMA Yes


Which programs? Which taxes will be increased? This too vague for me to properly research and challenge.

You're trying to play on stereotype of Democrats with this. However our current President has placed our government in a precarious financial position where I don't see any way around an eventual tax increase of some sort. That's just the REALITY of our situation, a consequence of Mr. Bush's lack of spending discipline.

[Jermyn Davidson]

From Jekyl:


> Voted against making English the official language
> JOHN McCAIN No
> BARAK OBAMA Yes

REALITY CHECK!

This is the truth.

Sen. Obama believes this to be a State's rights issue, citing that at least two states (NM & HI) which have Constitutions that already provide for a bi-lingual government.

http://www.positivelybarack.com/2007...cial-language/

[Jermyn Davidson]

From Jekyl:


> Voted to give Social Security benefits to illegals
> JOHN McCAIN No
> BARAK OBAMA Yes

REALITY CHECK!

This is the truth.

Both Sen. Obama & Sen. McCain voted for the same bill to grant illegals SSI benefits. Maybe they did so because there may be more to the issue than what we know. See link below.

Sen. McCain has since flip-flopped on this issue, in an effort to appear to be the Conservative he is not.

http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=24987

[Jermyn Davidson]

> CAPITAL GAINS TAX
>
> MCCAIN
> 0% on home sales up to $500,000 per home (couples). McCain
> does not propose any change in existing home sales income
> tax.
> OBAMA
> 28% on profit from ALL home sales. (How does this affect
> you? If you sell your home and make a profit, you will pay
> 28% of your gain on taxes. If you are heading toward
> retirement and would like to down-size your home or move
> into a retirement community, 28% of the money you make from
> your home will go to taxes. This proposal will adversely
> affect the elderly who are counting on the income from their
> homes as part of their retirement income.)
>

REALITY CHECK!

“The top capital-gains rate for families making more than $250,000 would return to 20% -- the lowest rate that existed in the 1990s and the rate President Bush proposed in his 2001 tax cut. A 20% rate is almost a third lower than the rate President Reagan set in 1986,” wrote Obama advisors Jason Furman and Austan Goolsbee in Thursday’s Wall Street Journal.

Sen. Obama NEVER SAID that he would raise the capital gains tax to 28%!!

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalra...clarifies.html

[Jermyn Davidson]

From Jekyl:


> DIVIDEND TAX
>
> MCCAIN
> 15% (no change)
> OBAMA
> 39.6% - (How will this affect you? If you have any money
> invested in stock market, IRA, mutual funds, college funds,
> life insurance, retirement accounts, or anything that pays
> or reinvests dividends, you will now be paying nearly 40% of
> the money earned on taxes if Obama becomes president. The
> experts predict that 'Higher tax rates on dividends and
> capital gains would crash the stock market, yet do
> absolutely nothing to cut the deficit.')

REALITY CHECK!

The above is false.

Sen. Obama's plan for the Dividend Tax:

--- The top dividend tax rate would remain the current 15% for those earning less than $250,000, but would rise to 20% for those earning above that threshold.

--- For single people, the tax increases above would apply to those earning more than $200,000.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/mone...ould-pres.html

[Jermyn Davidson]

>
> INCOME TAX
>
> MCCAIN
> (no changes)
> Single making 30K - tax $4,500
> Single making 50K - tax $12,500
> Single making 75K - tax $18,750
> Married making 60K- tax $9,000
> Married making 75K - tax $18,750
> Married making 125K - tax $31,250
> OBAMA (reversion to pre-Bush tax cuts)
> Single making 30K - tax $8,400
> Single making 50K - tax $14,000
> Single making 75K - tax $23,250
> Married making 60K - tax $16,800
> Married making 75K - tax $21,000
> Married making 125K - tax $38,750
> Under Obama, your taxes could almost double!

REALITY CHECK!

BREAKING DOWN THE NUMBERS!

Here's how the average tax bill could change in 2009 if either John McCain's or Barack Obama's tax proposals are fully in place.
MCCAIN OBAMA
Income Avg. tax bill Avg. tax bill
Over $2.9M -$269,364 +$701,885
$603K and up -$45,361 +$115,974
$227K-$603K -$7,871 +$12
$161K-$227K -$4,380 -$2,789
$112K-$161 -$2,614 -$2,204
$66K-$112K -$1,000 -$1,290
$38K-$66K -$319 -$1,042
$19K-$38K -$113 -$892
Under $19K -$19 -$567

http://money.cnn.com/2008/06/11/news..._tpc/index.htm