Debate (SEP 27)

[mtnsldr]

So, what is everyone's impressions of the debate? I kinda felt like there was a bit of teh same old "tired" rhetoric out there. I was suprised to hear the "experts" say it was a better debate than has been seen of late. I guess I didn't get that vibe.

Thoughts?

[Ben Shotalot]

I'm running for President and I won by default.

Those two shot at each other and left a lot of holes, but killed no issues.

It would have been better if Obama was waiting at the podium for McCain and Palin showed up in McCain's place! All the while McCain is back in DC trying to hammer out a deal like a statesman should!

That would have been better. She has more street creds than Nobama. And would have looked better for the GOP all around. (You know -Vice Prez steps in when the Potus is busy - that sort of thing.)

[FeelinFroggy]

I did not see all of the debate. Most of what I did see revolved around the topic of foreign policy, a topic I thought McCain 'had in the bag' beforehand. Although I will go back and view the entire debate, my attention is more turned to the VP Debate in Oct.

[DaveIn3D]

I did like SNOBama's Bracelet gaffe. The "I have one too" statement, then having to look down at it to get the name off of it was hilarious. Why do I have the feeling that he put that bracelet on for the first time that day?

McCain owned on Foreign Policy. SNOBama had no coherant response to anything remotely resembling foreing policy. Being new to politics might be good in the states, but Foreign policy demand experience and McCain owns.

McCain's biggest gaffe was mentioning anything about Global Warming. I dont know if he honestly believes in that B.S. or he made the political decision to jump on the bandwagon to get a few extra votes, but his championing of global warming politics is making me sick. I understand that he made his connect with the republican base by picking Gov. Palin, but he doesnt need to completely desert the conservative base by promoting something that they are overwhelmingly against.

All and all, I say McCain won. SNOBama's inexperience was blatantly clear and it appeared that he is afraid to take a concrete stance on anything. Everything he said could be taken from the democratic talking papers and that just isnt presidential. Interrupting McCain and the moderator multiple times isn't that Presidential either.

-3D

[PaulR]

Originally Posted by DaveIn3D

I did like SNOBama's Bracelet gaffe. The "I have one too" statement, then having to look down at it to get the name off of it was hilarious. Why do I have the feeling that he put that bracelet on for the first time that day?

I laughed at that one too!

I saw his wrist too, but did not see the bracelet. Maybe he forgot to put it on? LOL

All and all/Objectively, I think they came out even. They both had their strengths and weaknesses. With all the hype of McCain working on the economy issue, I expected more of him there. Sen McCain smoked Sen Obama on the foreign policy topics.

[SlightlyCatholic]

I wasn't aware that Obama was on a first-name basis with John McCain, but that "familiarity" didn't seem to go both ways. Obama's go-to phrase of "that's wrong" after McCain said something got a little tiring after a while. But hey, if you can't beat them, might as well annoy the hell out of them when they're trying to speak. One thing that disappointed me was that neither McCain nor Obama really took on the issue of how their prospective presidencies would change given this current fiscal crisis. McCain just talked about cutting spending, and Obama through out some garbled phrases that I think were supposed to suffice as topics he would look at differently...but that was basically it.

I'll be looking forward to the other debates, they should only get better as the weeks go by.

[SGM]

The question about the financial bail out was a complete dance around by both. When ask if they were for it, both never really answered the question, but danced around with so much BS. Had to laugh at that.

Leads me to believe neither one is ready to committe to anything.

[PaulR]

I feel that the reason for Mc Cain's lack of energy at the debate could be for the fact that he is actually working on what is going on in DC. I really liked hearing that he was immediately flying back to DC to resume working on resolving the current issue. The press did not say the same about Obama. That tells me that he is serious about playing a constructive role in the IMMEDIATE needs of our country. Obama's, "I told Congress to give me a call if they need me" bit was a huge turn off for me.

The more I think about it, the more I am beginning to feel that McCain actually took last night's debate. There were a lot of jabs thrown by McCain that caught Obama off guard and that could not be rebuked. Also, I got a kick of the number of times Obama said he agreed with various aspects of McCain's stance!

[SlightlyCatholic]

The more I think about it, the more I am beginning to feel that McCain actually took last night's debate. There were a lot of jabs thrown by McCain that caught Obama off guard and that could not be rebuked. Also, I got a kick of the number of times Obama said he agreed with various aspects of McCain's stance!

Both camps claimed victory for last night's debate, which isn't overly surprising. I felt that McCain was definately on the offensive last night and it seemed to me that his overall goal was to go for the throat. Obama, on the other hand, seemed to try to throw some water on the fire and cool down McCain by stating that he agreed with some of his points. However, Obama strikes me as the kind of person who will agree with you in a room full of people and then as soon as you walk out, he'll start slinging mud. He doesn't seem to want a direct fight (probably why he declined to meet with McCain at any town hall meetings).

[mtnsldr]

The unfortunate thing from my perspective is that I don't think that watching their candidate being outdone in debate will sway any of the dems who said from jumpstreet thet were supporting Obama. Despite whatever happens in the next few months, very few people will be swayed, because the sheeple refuse to actually listen to the information from the candidates, and instead make decisions based on who has a flashy slogan or some other ridiculously inconsequential item.