Spread the wealth!

I know this election is pretty much decided, and I think I know why the GOP keeps bleeding votes.

McCain's so-called strategy is to attack Obama for his supposed "spread the wealth" proclamation.

If Obama said to "spread the wealth", that's one of the best moves he's made in his entire campaign. As far as I know, he's done almost everything right since the debates began, but "spread the wealth" is a home run he should've been making from the get-go.

Other national Democrats had almost completely ignored this theme for 15 years. It was about damn time this idea resurfaced.

And McCain thinks it's a good idea to attack him for it?

Really?

I know the wingnutosphere keeps gloating about how Obama dug himself in deep when he allegedly said to "spread the wealth" and when he touted a more progressive tax structure, but clearly the wingnuts are wrong (again). That's why Obama's poll numbers have soared lately.

McCain apparently believes in "hoard the wealth." In keeping with the classic image of the Republicans being out of touch, he seems to think those who are born rich and get richer on the backs of everyone else should stockpile their millions and let the people be damned.

For the life of me, I can't possibly imagine why anyone wouldn't want to "spread the wealth" - unless they're unbelievably opulent. The hoarders of wealth and power will find doctrinaire excuses to oppose it, but none hold water.

Too wide of a gap between the rich and poor is disastrous. Goods fetch higher prices, but are more out of reach of the poor. No society has lasted long with such a wide gap, for the economic power of the poor and working class becomes agonizingly drained. In fact, most modern democratic republics are built on a progressive economic structure in which the tax system makes some effort to ask the rich to pay their fair share.

If there's any issue on which McCain can't possibly attack Obama and come out ahead, this has got to be it. His handlers aren't savvy enough to ever figure this out, so I have no objection to publicly pointing out how silly they're being.