TAX AMERICANA: Mediawhores Online, William Saleton and Nick Confessore [of

[unfrigginreal]

Tapped] are all wrong.

Howard Dean (and Dick Gephardt's) position on repealing all of the Bush tax cuts is not necessarily a political loser, and could actually be turned to our advantage.

Here's the e-mail I sent to MWO on this very point (with typos cleaned up):

"While I completely understand why you are taking what you view to be the practical position of supporting middle class tax cuts, and repeal of the Bush tax cuts for wealthy individuals over Dean's total repeal, I believe you are making an error.

I am not a Dean supporter, per se. I have yet to endorse any Democrat for President, but I think that Dean (and Gephardt's) positions on the tax cut is defensible not just from a policy standpoint, but from a political one as well.

Here me out on this one.

1) The single biggest problem voters of all political parties have with "politicians" is the perception that they are lying, or being dishonest.

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http://counterspin.blogspot.com/#106736458829752434

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This blogger goes on to list his many reasons for why Dean/Gep position is the correct one.

You also may want to check out MWO, they've done an update and have letters posted for/against both sides of the argument.

http://www.mediawhoresonline.com/