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On Barnes and Town Halls
contentions ^ | 06.05.2008 | Daniel Halper

Posted on 06/05/2008 6:10:32 PM PDT by dmh191

Out of over 20 debates that Barack Obama has heretofore participated in, he has yet to come away with a decisive victory. John McCain, aiming to capitalize on his political foes weakness, recently challenged Obama to participate in 10 town halls this summer. Fred Barnes argues on The Weekly Standard’s The Blog that Obama’s political cowardice prevents him from accepting McCain’s proposal town hall proposal. Barnes has a point: McCain’s best when he’s spontaneous, while Obama has struggled in such situations...

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: election; fredbarnes; mccain; obama

1 posted on 06/05/2008 6:10:32 PM PDT by dmh191
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To: dmh191

barrack accepted,did he not?


2 posted on 06/05/2008 6:14:22 PM PDT by mdittmar (May God watch over those who serve,and have served,to keep us free)
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To: dmh191

Obambi needs a speech writer and teleprompter to sound good.


3 posted on 06/05/2008 6:15:06 PM PDT by Mogollon (Vote straight GOP for congress....our only protection against Obama, or McCain.)
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To: mdittmar

I think so but there is no date set for the first one is there??? I am sure there will be scheduling conflicts...lol


4 posted on 06/05/2008 6:16:00 PM PDT by LegalEagle61 (If you are going to burn our flag, please make sure you are wearing it when you do!)
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To: LegalEagle61

The old media debates will be cast in stone,chris matthews as moderator;)


5 posted on 06/05/2008 6:19:51 PM PDT by mdittmar (May God watch over those who serve,and have served,to keep us free)
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