First off I would like to say that our candidate (Ralph Nader) did really great in the debate, and our whole team worked well to prep her. The only mistake that I found in her performance was false information which I mistakenly fed her. She said that Barack Obama's tax plan wasn't very good, and that we needed a flat tax rate, when in fact we believe in progressive taxation. This paragraph that I gave her was one of my rough draft for candidate talking points, and when Lori handed it back with that correction, I forgot to make it for her. Other than that, I found nothing else wrong with the way it went for the Independent Party.
"I think we should lower income taxes for people who make under $250,000"
-Obama
That is not his plan. He does not want to cut it for people making under $250,000 but for people making under $75,000 a year. For the people making in between $75,000 and $250,000 their taxes stay at the current rate.
"Unlike my opponent John McCain, I approve gay marriage."
-Obama
Obama does NOT approve gay marriage, but only civil unions.
"The law on gay marriage should be kept the way it is"
-John McCain
The current law (for California) is that gay marriage is legal. John McCain does not want gay marriage to be legal.
"Marijuana can contain over 400 different chemicals including chemicals found in Tabasco"
-John McCain
I think that the fact that I put this quote in my blog speaks for itself.
"I have the past experience needed for this job"
-Cynthia McKinney
Cynthia has been a state house district legislature, if that's what you call experience.
"800 billion dollars is being spent on Iraq"
-Bob Barr
Actually, American's have spent two trillion dollars on the war.
All of the candidates did a pretty decent job, in my opinion, but some of them need to check their facts.
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