Is Obama’s Campaign Dishonest When its Website Pretends To Break?
I’m an Obama supporter who is fortunate enough to be in a high tax bracket, and I wanted to see just how much my vote will cost me. So I visited taxcut.barackobama.com, selected “$250,000 and up” for my income, filled in the other fields, and clicked on “CALCULATE NOW”. And clicked. And clicked. Nothing.
I thought the web page loaded incorrectly, so I reloaded. Still nothing. Then the light bulb went off. I tried “$200,000-$250,000″, clicked “CALCULATE NOW”, and instantly I was saving $800.
Yes, the site is called “Obama Taxcut”, but when my taxes are going up, is it honest to pretend to malfunction?
I know that my taxes will increase if Obama wins, but personally, I’d prefer to find out how much and receive a thank you for my prospective support than to be ignored.
What do you think? Is this a legitimate website design or a liability for the Obama campaign?
ADDENDUM:
Thanks for your comment, DM. I rechecked and sure enough, the Obama site is working and returns “You probably won’t receive a tax cut under Obama.” So perhaps the site wasn’t working when I checked, or perhaps I was not sufficiently observant. Either way, Barack still gets my vote.
October 15th, 2008 at 12:47 am
Conservatives need to send a message to the idiots running the McCain campaign that they don’t know what they are doing and that they are causing McCain to lose this election.
Just because they engineered a victory for George Bush doesn’t mean they can use the same old tactics to fight off Obama.
This isn’t 2000 or 2004.
There’s just 3 weeks left
If they can’t get a cohesive campaign together they’re going to go down as the “gang who couldn’t shoot straight.:
October 15th, 2008 at 2:29 am
Not sure why it did not give you any info because when I put in the same info, it returns with “You probably won’t receive a tax cut under Obama.”