I wanted more violence. I was saddened. I thought that McCain's left cheek might explode, but no go there either.
Didn't see much that would really sway positions one way or another. One of the things that I thought reflected the two candidates well was the response to Leher's question about how the bailout would effect their spending plans as President (which is an excellent question, btw). McCain had a nice forceful, straight forward answer. He said he'd support an across the board spending freeze except for defense, veterans programs and a couple entitlement programs. I don't happen to agree with his answer, but he laid it out plainly and I'll give him credit for that, no real equivocating there. Obama said that he has goals he wants to accomplish in his Presidency, like energy independence, health care initiatives, etc. Then he gave examples of places he felt programs could be cut and he said that across the board freezes were inappropriate because different programs have different returns on investment and then explained that they couldn't predict what the tax receipts would look like post-bailout so you can't say at what rate you'd be able to implement his vision for programs. McCain offered a decisive, bold answer. Obama chose nuance with talk about goals, options and uncertainties. I like Obama's nuanced approach. I think it fits better with the times we find ourself in. I can see people liking McCain's style though. All in all, I'd say that the debate was okish. Not great, not horrid. On one thing we can hopefully all agree though...watching Guliani after the debate, man, that guy is a prick. What a douchenozzle. Judah On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 8:48 PM, Crow T. Robot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > How did everyone think that the debate went tonight? > Personally, to me, it seemed like both of them used the time to spout off > their political positions without actually engaging each other in a real > debate. I learned nothing new if I was one of the so-called undecideds. > > Maybe someone else gained more knowledge of where each candidate stands? > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:271099 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
