Obama Won
That any news media in the States or anywhere else in the world for that matter could suggest otherwise, is ridiculous. I watched the debate last night, all the way up here in Canada and silently (as I had a sleeping baby on my lap) cheered Obama on and he remained calm, cool and most of all logical as McCain stumbled arthritically around the stage tossing out platitudes and euphemisms from his big bag of ‘the same old bullshit’.
From a strictly esthetic perspective (and don’t say this stuff doesn’t count – you know it does) Obama was the clear winner. The man is handsome (okay maybe I have a slight crush), he wears a suit like nobody’s business, and he makes sitting on one of the awkward chair/stool things look like he’s lounging in a Lazy Boy.
McCain is stodgy like overcooked oatmeal. He was stuffed into his suit like a sausage. When answering questions from the members in the Town Hall, he would scurry up to them like a one-legged man, limping and straining, to awkwardly get in their face and fling an arm absentmindedly towards them as he spoke. Clearly, his old body had a hard time perching on the stool, and instead of looking like he was getting up to keep the blood flowing, his constant up and down made him look nervous, sketchy and self-conscious.
From an intellectual standpoint, both men recycled many of their same material from the first debate, though I did find that Obama was more aggressive – but in a constructive way. Whereas McCain just came off as mean and bitter when trying to nail Obama on some issues. It didn’t help that McCain was bending the truth and outright lying on some of these points either.
Did anyone catch the comment McCain made to the second Town Hall person who asked a question? He actually said to the guy that he probably hadn’t even heard of Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac before the financial crisis happened. WTF? I’m not going to pull the racism card but at the very least this was downright condescending. Obama caught it – he actually smiled and shook his head while the guy who asked the question stared wide-eyed at McCain in an “I can’t believe you just said that to me” kind of way.
And what is with McCain overusing the “my friends” thing when addressing the audience? It was so ham-fisted and transparent I can’t believe he kept using it! It was like Palin repeating the “Joe Six Pack” and “Maverick” shit over and over. Do people actually eat that shit up? Do Americans feel that he is appealing to them this way?
Obama remained in control throughout the debate, effortlessly defending himself from McCain’s paltry attacks, while McCain simply refused to address any criticism directed at him and his policies, choosing instead to repeat the same empty, meaningless crap over and over. He kept saying he has solutions to the financial crisis, to health care, but he never said what they are. What is the big secret?
If I were Obama, I would have said to McCain: “The war in Iraq is one of the biggest mistakes any President of the United States has ever made in office and you supported it. This war did not begin with the Surge as you like to pretend. The Surge is ‘successful’ because it was a band aid solution to a mess that the US created. How many American and Iraqi lives, both military and civilian have been lost because of this blunder? How much money is this country wasting on this war when this money could go towards healthcare, cleaning up the Wall Street mess, fixing Social Security? Wake up McCain, your glory days of war games are over. You are old and out of touch. It’s time to open your eyes to what this country really needs.”
Why can’t Obama say that? Would it matter to McCain supporters? Something tells me that they are pretty firm on their decision to support McCain/Palin. I would have to say I agree with Bill Maher that a large majority of the American population (just like here in Canada) is stupid. And these stupid people want a Joe Six Pack Maverick for President because he will “bomb bomb bomb Iran”, keep Government out of their business (unless you count the Bush doctrine of course. But Palin doesn’t even know what the fuck that is), challenge Roe vs. Wade, implement the teaching of creationism in schools, and continue to do nothing about global warming.
Pretty scary stuff.
Oh, and I almost forgot. Not one mention of Sarah Palin from McCain last night. What gives? He has spent the last 6 weeks of his campaign relying on her star power to fuel his popularity.
I’m really worried that Obama won’t get elected. I think a lot of people are. Let’s just hope that enough of them go out and vote. And that these votes are counted. And let’s hope that the undecided voters in the US can ignore the spin from sources like Fox news and don’t believe the hype when these ‘journalists’ tell them that McCain won last night and is still going strong.
Go Obama!
From a strictly esthetic perspective (and don’t say this stuff doesn’t count – you know it does) Obama was the clear winner. The man is handsome (okay maybe I have a slight crush), he wears a suit like nobody’s business, and he makes sitting on one of the awkward chair/stool things look like he’s lounging in a Lazy Boy.
McCain is stodgy like overcooked oatmeal. He was stuffed into his suit like a sausage. When answering questions from the members in the Town Hall, he would scurry up to them like a one-legged man, limping and straining, to awkwardly get in their face and fling an arm absentmindedly towards them as he spoke. Clearly, his old body had a hard time perching on the stool, and instead of looking like he was getting up to keep the blood flowing, his constant up and down made him look nervous, sketchy and self-conscious.
From an intellectual standpoint, both men recycled many of their same material from the first debate, though I did find that Obama was more aggressive – but in a constructive way. Whereas McCain just came off as mean and bitter when trying to nail Obama on some issues. It didn’t help that McCain was bending the truth and outright lying on some of these points either.
Did anyone catch the comment McCain made to the second Town Hall person who asked a question? He actually said to the guy that he probably hadn’t even heard of Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac before the financial crisis happened. WTF? I’m not going to pull the racism card but at the very least this was downright condescending. Obama caught it – he actually smiled and shook his head while the guy who asked the question stared wide-eyed at McCain in an “I can’t believe you just said that to me” kind of way.
And what is with McCain overusing the “my friends” thing when addressing the audience? It was so ham-fisted and transparent I can’t believe he kept using it! It was like Palin repeating the “Joe Six Pack” and “Maverick” shit over and over. Do people actually eat that shit up? Do Americans feel that he is appealing to them this way?
Obama remained in control throughout the debate, effortlessly defending himself from McCain’s paltry attacks, while McCain simply refused to address any criticism directed at him and his policies, choosing instead to repeat the same empty, meaningless crap over and over. He kept saying he has solutions to the financial crisis, to health care, but he never said what they are. What is the big secret?
If I were Obama, I would have said to McCain: “The war in Iraq is one of the biggest mistakes any President of the United States has ever made in office and you supported it. This war did not begin with the Surge as you like to pretend. The Surge is ‘successful’ because it was a band aid solution to a mess that the US created. How many American and Iraqi lives, both military and civilian have been lost because of this blunder? How much money is this country wasting on this war when this money could go towards healthcare, cleaning up the Wall Street mess, fixing Social Security? Wake up McCain, your glory days of war games are over. You are old and out of touch. It’s time to open your eyes to what this country really needs.”
Why can’t Obama say that? Would it matter to McCain supporters? Something tells me that they are pretty firm on their decision to support McCain/Palin. I would have to say I agree with Bill Maher that a large majority of the American population (just like here in Canada) is stupid. And these stupid people want a Joe Six Pack Maverick for President because he will “bomb bomb bomb Iran”, keep Government out of their business (unless you count the Bush doctrine of course. But Palin doesn’t even know what the fuck that is), challenge Roe vs. Wade, implement the teaching of creationism in schools, and continue to do nothing about global warming.
Pretty scary stuff.
Oh, and I almost forgot. Not one mention of Sarah Palin from McCain last night. What gives? He has spent the last 6 weeks of his campaign relying on her star power to fuel his popularity.
I’m really worried that Obama won’t get elected. I think a lot of people are. Let’s just hope that enough of them go out and vote. And that these votes are counted. And let’s hope that the undecided voters in the US can ignore the spin from sources like Fox news and don’t believe the hype when these ‘journalists’ tell them that McCain won last night and is still going strong.
Go Obama!
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