Even though I am down here in Barbados I am still a junkie for politricks so before C.S. and I hit the town on last night for the famous Friday night fish fry in Oistins we watched the presidential nominees debate. I called JOHN McCAIN the winner just on the fact that he kept repeating his mantra that BARACK OBAAMA wasn’t experienced enough to be commander in chief. BARACK also lost points for NOT jabbing McCAIN when he was obviously weak.
McCAIN also provided more theater than OBAAMA did which is the key to winning these types of debates. Real facts are the last thing that you want to use in this forum. Sketchy lies and innuendo are supreme and JOHN McCAIN has mastered at least that much for his career. The fact that OBAAMA still hasn’t addressed McCAIN’s censure for the Keating 5 scandal, especially during the current fiscal crisis in Washington says to me that the Democratic party still isn’t ready to get back into the White House.
Do you think that OBAAMA could have that mark on his record without the Republican press machine reminding the American voter about it on some ‘swift boat’ type shit? Step your game up Dems or shut the eff up and sit the eff down. SARAH SILVERMAN also has some advice…
I agree 200%,but everyones drinking that Obama Koolade………..I’m an independent but I been leaning towards Obama…He needed to END McCain last night and he didn’t.He allowed McCain to have him stuttering and seeming defensive most of the night. I told wifey(who is 100%Obaminated) that Obama was seeming weak and not knocking MCain out the box and she said that Obama was speaking reasonable and speaking truthfully.I told her that’s the problem. He has most of the intelligent, reasonable people on his side already…..He can’t just preach to the choir, he has to reach the ignorant,undecided and some independents……The folks who are intimidated by him being black and intelligent and are offended by him being smarter than them……………….
I watched the news this morning and the silly ass woman was saying “Obama lost me when he was pronouncing Packki-stan like Pakistan, I mean why is he saying it like that, I know he’s been there and that’s probably the correct way to say it, but it was annoying to me because he felt like he was talking down”…….damn near a direct quote of what this stupid ass said….She’s complaining that he was pronouncing it correctly. Now if that’s some bizarro world racist shit I don’t know what is……..MCain talking about a fucking surge and he’s bringing up the fact that we shouldn’t be over there in the first place and people are still focusing on some fake ass surge……If the surge was working we’d be able to set a timetable for withdrawl and hand the country back over…….
Basically Obama didn’t hit hard enough.
Neither candidate won the debate. The real debate is determining who won Round 1. Both campaign parties are pointing out really trivial minutia whether one candidate did not say “Middle Class” and while another candidate made it a point to agree with the other on small points.
Who loss? We already know the American public, because both guys danced around a specific answer concerning what they would cut after this financial crisis. I understand why, but neither appeared courageous on that front.
What they need to do?? Well I’m not political pundit but I did hear that the candidate who appears on the offensive usually wins the ticket. Obama does not appear to be aggressive or on the offense enough according to fans and detractors.
Obama had a lot of momentum leading towards the confusion that is the McCain campaign but McCain definitely held his own.
Real facts? Semantics?? That’s the last thing you really want to address during a debate. Leave that to the fact-check organizations and reporters who really care.
The VP debate may win or lose the undecided voters for the Republican ticket. If Palin simply shows up and spews the correct rhetoric that public wants to hear and tie in medicare, foreign policy, or any other issue with a personal, heart-felt warming story . . . She will do fine!! The expectations are not high, mediocrity will be more than enough.
Dallas, I was thinking about the Keating Five but to me that’s an arrow to keep in the quiver. Obama isn’t afraid to strike like previous Democratic candidates, he’s just strategic about it — and mindful that the appearance of him being on the attack is going to raise white sympathies for McCain. No need to kick a field goal in the waning seconds when a kneel down will do fine.
The other night Obama did what he needed to do, which is appear presidential to people who haven’t been paying close attention. McCain did OK too but he can’t have a winning debate unless Obama turns into Joe Pisarcik. There’s no such thing as putting a candidate away — nothing’s certain until the polls are closed (and the Supreme Court has voted).