McCain Touches on Energy, Economy At Pittsburgh RallyUniversity's Sewall Center Hosts Presidential Campaign EventPOSTED: 5:49 pm EDT October 18,
2008 MOON TOWNSHIP, Pa. -- Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain spoke at a campaign stop at Robert Morris University on Tuesday.Channel 4 Action News' Shannon Perrine reported McCain targeted younger voters and veterans in western Pennsylvania in his speech.  Watch: McCain Touches on Energy, Economy At Pittsburgh RallyMcCain also touched on energy and the economy during the rally.McCain trails Sen. Barack Obama in the polls and went after his opponent during his speech."After months of campaign trail eloquence, we finally learned what Senator Obama's economic goal is. As he told Joe he wants to quote 'spread the wealth around.' Spread the wealth around. He believes in redistributing wealth, not in policies that grow our economy and create jobs and opportunities for all America. Senator Obama is more interested in controlling who gets your piece of the pie, than he is in growing the pie," McCain said.McCain also said he wants to double the tax exemption for each child in a family as well as cutting business and capital gains taxes.McCain's running mate, Gov. Sarah Palin is planning a visit to Beaver County on Thursday. Related Links: More County News Add Us To Your iGoogle Or My Yahoo Page | Download Our Free Desktop Alert For Breaking News Copyright 2008 by ThePittsburghChannel. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. |
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