redistribution of wealth

Moments ago, while giving his stump speech at a campaign rally in Defiance, Ohio, Sen. John McCain apparently strayed from his prepared remarks, with hilarious results. Here’s what he said:

All the McCain campaign’s talk of Sen. Barack Obama’s desire to “spread the wealth” and promote “redistributive change” raises the question of whether red-baiting is as potent a weapon as it used to be.
To be sure, some conservatives have been so quick to label even moderate liberals as “socialists” that the term has lost much [...]