Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin continued to talk about Joe the plumber on Saturday, while also tagging Democratic nominee Barack Obama with his own nickname, calling him “Barack the wealth-spreader.”

The Alaska governor hammered away at Obama’s tax plans during her campaign stop at Hy-Vee Hall, saying he was “not being candid” with voters.

“He is hiding his real agenda of redistributing your hard-earned money,” Palin said. “Joe the plumber said to him it sounded like socialism.”

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Republican presidential candidate John McCain portrayed himself Sunday as the candidate who would fight for the middle class and working people – unlike those “tax-and-spend” Democrats -- before a crowd of about 2,000 in Cedar Falls, just nine days before Election Day.

“Senator Obama may say he’s trying to soak the rich, but it’s the middle class that’s gonna get put through the wringer,” McCain told the crowd at the University of Northern Iowa’s West Gymnasium. Later, he added: “I’m going to make sure we take care of the working people.”

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