Birds of a feather and all that...
Posted on 10/08/2008 3:51:05 PM PDT by goldstategop
What I saw was a John McCain who looked people in the face and answered their questions directly without shouting or interrupting The Chosen One. Obama acted like he was mailing this one in. I don't think that impressed the undecided.
McCain tied Obama to Fannie and Freddie early on. I think he won the tax debate. He even made a joke about Osama not answering questions while McCain spoke clearly and directly.
Boring. It depends if you were looking for information or a fight. Remember that you have to win over the undecideds now and that was what this town hall was geared towards.
As far as Brokejaw. I won't defend him. The only fair interviewer would have been Brit Hume and maybe one or two others.
All in all I thought McCain cleaned his clock. Polling data in about 3-4 days should tell although I don't trust them. We should see some "tightening".
You may disagree with what I've said but I'm not going to debate this all night. These are my opinions. You can have your own.
Brokaw may be the worst moderator on the planet. Could he found any more boring questions?
Pray for W, Palin/McCain and Our Troops
What do McCain and Oboredom have in commong?
They both have a hard time reaching across to the Republicans.
Pray for W, Palin/McCain and Our Troops
My son just asked a great question. Why don’t they pledge allegiance to the flag of The United States of America before the debate?
"We all need to make sacrifices now because our better days are over, so we all have to give up something. That's not what we have to do. We need, with all that's going on, to go out and work even harder to produce even more. And we can, we have done it throughout our entire existence. The whole notion of American exceptionalism does not exist in the minds of Barry Obama and all of his supporters on the left, both in the Democrat Party and the media. American exceptionalism, growth, economic opportunity. We're going to come out of this slide that we're in at some point; we always do. We're gonna grow through the roof again, unless we have somebody in the White House whose express purpose is to redesign the functioning of this country."
Love your graphic. Is it original?
I honestly do care and will vote for the liberal McCain. But he likes to “reach across the ailse”, you know, so I’m sure he will want to please the Dems if a SC position opens up or, at least, RINO Arlen Spector.
A very apt description
I agree that McCain is less bad than obama, but the responsibilty for the train wreck that will be the next four years needs to be accurately affixed. Any problem will be laid at the feet of the Republican party only because a Republican happens to be president. The sub prime msm/dem drill will be repeated over and over again. McCain has proven himself even more incapable of defending himself and party than even GWB, who to date is the worst I've ever seen.
At some point you've got to throw in the towel on a bad season with bad players and begin to retool for the next year. Whether its McCain or obama in 2010 we are going to be in a mess. With obama the reaction will be throw the liberals out in the mid terms. With McCain it will be we still don't have enough dems to counter this evil Republican president. With McCain you get four years more of creeping socialism then obama and more dems in 2012. With obama the libs are forced to take responsibilty and we start turning this around in 2010.
Birds of a feather and all that...
You drag him, Rush. I'm not lifting a finger to help this POS.
LLS
This was the best way in the world to save Obama from his teleprompter addiction. One in 3 debates which he could have gaffed in had he been asked any question of substance, they just let him have it for free.
I hear you, and if not for Sarah Palin I’d say let the country go down in flames for 4 years, and wait for the grownups to take over in 2012.
However. I firmly believe the next president will be a 1 term president. If its Obama, he’s out as soon as he puts Quadafi in his cabinet (or whatever), and if its McCain, I can see him quitting because of various reasons, or possibly even stepping aside and supporting Palin. The thing is, I see this as an opportunity for Palin to get her sea-legs in national politics and move America forward.
Also...if Obama gets elected, Americans will die. If McCain gets elected, many of those Americans won’t die. For me, the pros outweigh the cons (or ex-cons, in Obama’s case).
“This is the lesson: never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never - in nothing, great or small, large or petty - never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.”
-Sir Winston Churchill 29 October 1941.
>> After last night, I almost don’t care who wins
It’s not about you, me, or McCain. It’s about the future of the Country, and don’t let anything steer your attention away from that.
Winston Churchill was a great man. I wish we had more great men like him today, but we have none. Well, Reagan was great, but he’s gone.
I just read the memoirs of the 2nd world war by Winston Churchill. I recommend EVERYONE read it. You will learn just how sorry a state the world has become since he saved us all from another fascist in another time.
Rush will be our lifeline for the next two years.
I’d rather have Yosemite Sam than Firefly as Head of State:
“Groucho- These Are the Laws of My Administration”
Must see Marx’s Brothers video — sounds just like O:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtWaOI2sHsY
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