Political Insider

By Steve Keller

October 19, 2008 6:26 PM | Link to this

I have not seen a single ad denouncing the FairTax that is factual. They never mention that it will replace corporate taxes, income taxes, capital gains tax, S.S. taxes, withholding for Medicare, and Estate taxes. The never mention the prebate will completely un-tax the poor. The never mention that illegal aliens will now be paying their fair share of taxes. These ads are like saying a new surgical procedure will leave you with a big scar but fails to tell you it will also save all the lives it is used on.

By An actual undecided voter

October 19, 2008 8:21 PM | Link to this

I’m not a big Chambliss fan, but it doesn’t look like Martin is ready for prime time. I’ll be interested to watch all the rest of the debates, because this one was too short. However, if Martin doesn’t get his act together and tell what he will work to do in the Senate, Chambliss will have my vote.

By Marcus mcCoy

October 20, 2008 1:16 PM | Link to this

Why do the politicians or ads always have to lie. I have never seen any DEM be factaul about the fair tax. We need an ad that holds a W2 or a payroll stub and someone with a finger pointing to the federal deductions showing what will be add to the bottom line and how it works. Great come back Steven. I would have said the same that every person in the U.S. would then pay the same percentage of tax. One of these days maybe

By Chris Terry

October 21, 2008 9:03 PM | Link to this

Martin says the statements are factual…if they are factual, then why would he want to distance himself from them? He couldn’t qualify the statements if he tried. He won’t qualify them becuase then he can’t continue to place his hopes of winning the senate seat on the ignorance and laziness of the average voter. How interesting would politics become if we forced Americans to pass an intelligence test to gain the right to vote…if suddenly we found ourselves with a set of voters who took the time and effort to education themselves to both sides of each debated issue. Good news Jim! I’ve found the light at the end of your tunnel. After you lose the election, at least you’ll still be more intelligent than the average voter.

By Melissa

October 22, 2008 10:43 AM | Link to this

To be honest, I’m disgusted by the Jim Martin ads. I was going to vote for him, but after just seeing the Fair Tax ad in which the Democratic Party attempts to instill an unwarranted fear on what they know to be a somewhat uninformed audience is despicable.

What is really interesting about those ads, however, is the prevalence of information already pumped into the Atlanta market by Congressman and author, John Linder. But even more-so than Linder is the lovable big-mouth with a radio show, Neal Boortz, who has dedicated so much of his air-time to explicitly detail the fair-tax concept. (He also co-authored the fair tax book with Linder) And, aside from these two fine gentlemen is the esteemed Herman Cain who speaks on the fair tax very frequently on his own radio show.

Jim Martin is not only allowing his party to lie to the public, he’s not even smart enough to realize that his audience is more informed than he is!