The Hot File

In the New Yorker this week, Hertzberg makes the case that based on their past remarks, McCain and Palin are the real socialists.  And in what has to be my favorite McCain hypocrisy of 2008, here’s the video of straight talk promoting a redistribution of wealth just 8 years ago, during his 2000 presidential campaign:

In Raleigh, North Carolina, Obama’s slaps back at McCain for repeated attacks on Obama’s “socialist” policy proposals:

“I’m sorry to see my opponent sink so low. Lately, he’s called me a socialist for wanting to roll back the Bush tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans so we can finally give tax relief to the middle class. By the end of the week, he’ll be accusing me of being a secret communist because I shared my toys in Kindergarten,”