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McCain invokes boogiemen of socialism and nuclear war

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by Staff Writers
Ormond, Florida (AFP) Oct 23, 2008
John McCain invoked the boogiemen of socialism and nuclear war during a blitz through the battleground state of Florida Thursday as he struggled to overtake rival Barack Obama's lead in the polls with just 12 days left in the epic US presidential election.

For the second week since Obama's chance encounter with an Ohio plumber who was worried about the Democrat's tax plans, the Arizona senator hammered at his rival's assertion that everyone is better off if you "spread the wealth around."

"Senator Obama is more interested in controlling who gets your piece of the pie than he is in growing the pie," McCain told supports at a rally in Ormond, Florida.

"In this country we believe in spreading opportunity for those whose create jobs and those who need them."

McCain warned voters that Obama's plan to raise taxes on small businesses making more than 250,000 dollars would "kill jobs" and "comes at the worst possible time for America."

He cast himself as the defender of American values as he set off on a "Joe the Plumber" bus tour of Florida filled with photo ops with small business owners at a diner in Daytona Beach, a lumber yard in Ormond Beach, a dentist's office in Altamonte Springs, a Mexican restaurant in Orlando, and a strawberry farm in Plant City.

"We shouldn't be taxing our small businesses more as Senator Obama wants to do. We need to be helping them expand their businesses and create jobs," he said.

"Senator Obama wants to raise taxes and restrict trade. The last time America did that in a bad economy it led to the Great Depression."

McCain turned to another frightening time in US history as he returned to his attack on Democratic vice presidential pick Joe Biden's assertion that, like John F. Kennedy, Obama would be tested with an international crisis within six months of taking office.

"Senator Obama tried to explain away this by saying his running mate sometimes engages in 'rhetorical flourishes.' Really? Really?" he said with a laugh. "That's another way of saying he accidentally delivered some straight talk to America."

McCain said he had a "little bit of personal experience" with the 1962 US-Russia showdown over Cuban missiles that Biden referred to.

"I was a navy pilot on board the USS Enterprise," he told the cheering crowd.

"I was ready to go into combat at any moment. I know how close we came to a nuclear war. I will not be a president that needs to be tested. I have been tested."

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