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Posted on 06/13/2008 2:06:17 PM PDT by vietvet67
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) got an answer from Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) Tuesday on his proposal for 10 town hall-style debates: Not going to happen. That's too bad - and, the fewer there are, the more Obama should suffer for it politically.
The town halls not only would give ordinary citizens a chance to ask the candidates some pointed questions (see suggestions below), but - because they would be nationally televised - they would let voters nationwide see how the candidates handle challenges from across the political spectrum.
When Obama was debating Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) and - in the distant past - when McCain debated his GOP rivals, the Democrats rarely got tough questions premised from the right, or the Republicans, from the left.
McCain has challenged Obama to 10 joint appearances to take place before the national conventions. Obviously, McCain thinks they're to his advantage because Obama is such a better orator and McCain performs well in informal settings.
Moreover, McCain - with less money to spend than Obama - wants the free national exposure that the town halls would provide. Obama is ahead in the polls and probably doesn't want to risk his advantage on possibly risky joint appearances.
So, on Tuesday, Obama told reporters, "You know what we've said is we are happy to do more than the three typical presidential debates in the fall ... We hope to have negotiations soon."
He added, "It's not realistic for us to do 10 ... It will probably be somewhat fewer than 10 but more than the three that have been already agreed to, and we'll probably propose a mix of formats."
(Excerpt) Read more at realclearpolitics.com ...
It should be obvious by now as to why.
He’d also have to think on his feet WITHOUT the teleprompter and the benefit of having the questions befor hand to prepare for.
Because without a script he will make W look like a Skakespearian actor.
He could bring his cheat book..”The Communist Manifesto”...
Because he’d have no way to stand on his own two feet - they’ll both be in his mouth.
Of course McLame is only marginally better.
Post of the day! I like GWB but damn that was funny!
uh, um, uh. I, I, think, uh, I’m not uh, um really um, uh I ah, uh, I just, I ah, um, I just don’t think um the uh voters uh, um, you know, uh want that.
Without a teleprompt, he's just an empty suit.
and “I know, you know, that you’re fired up and ah, I can’t hear myself.”
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He’s an empty suit who needs a script. Plus, he’s a wimp. He chickened out on a debate with Shrillery after she’d done well in the previous one.
He can’t hear himself think in such settings.
JUST SHUT YOUR RACIST HATING MOUTH MORT!!!
I’m getting tired of all these smears against Barack Hussein Obama.
Unable to ad hoc an answer... total lack of substance issue...
unless it's an unlawful substance, I hear...
He ain’t got no game. I remember him talking trash about how he couldn’t wait to face off against the GOP nominee....
He’s lame..what a shame..his game is tame..just another no name trying to front a claim to fame...and soon he’s going to be in a world of pain...as his reputation goes down the drain.
>;O)
“OBAMA: Everybody knows that it makes no sense that you send a kid to the emergency room for a treatable illness like asthma, they end up taking up a hospital bed, it costs, when, if you, they just gave, you gave them treatment early and they got some treatment, and a, a breathalyzer, or inhalator, not a breathalyzer. (crowd laughing) I haven’t had much sleep in the last 48 hours.”
Mock this guy. Best way to destroy the cult of personality being manufactured around the Oessiah is to make him a joke to average people.
Such a classic from the best of the left.
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