Alrighty, I’m back. I was working in the wilderness for a month, and pretty much had no access to news, internet, radio, or the papers. I did manage to catch the Obama v McCain debate last week, and take notes on it, so I’m going to write a quick review on that. I’ll be back to updating once a week, pending anymore long term work commitments.
There are no ties in politics; even if it is just by a fraction of an inch, someone is the winner. Though Obama received a big boost after the debate, I think that may have been because of Palin’s idiocy as of late rather than his performance. Most media outlets that I saw (and it wasn’t many at that time, due to me chilling with Moosen and deer) called the debate a draw. Anyways, onward. I need to get this out before tonight’s debate!
Going into this debate, I had low expectations for both candidates. Everyone knows speaking and debating is not McCain’s strong point, and I have yet to see Obama make a smooth on the spot speech or debate without a teleprompter. Hilary frequently mopped the floor with him in the primary debates, and most of his non teleprompter responses since then have had far too many “err…. Um, errr, well, uhhhs” in them. That being said, I think both performed very well, perhaps each even had their best performance in a debate yet.
I saw this debate as sort of a repeat between the Kennedy v Nixon debate of 1960. Those who heard it on the radio thought Nixon won, while those who watched it on TV though Kennedy won. I hate to compare a war hero to a vicious thieving bastard, but McCain was Nixon, and Obama was Kennedy and almost nobody listened to this debate on the radio.
McCain seemed to know more. He had more points in the typical debating sense, and was more specific. Don’t get me wrong, McCain can dance around a simple question such as “what is your favorite color?” (Blue, no, yellooooowwwww…..) just as much as any other typical politician, but he did it less than Obama here. I thought he answered the questions more directly than Obama, and used more evidence and facts. He also seemed to be the more assertive type, interrupting Obama frequently. You make take this as good or bad, but in terms of the debate, that is good. That is about the only thing he was able to do right. The rest of it (mostly perception and appearance things) he did horribly wrong.
His whole attitude was wrong. He was condescending as all hell, not even really looking at Obama the whole time and not using his name. This turns off a lot of people, specifically women (which may be the deciding factor in this election). It is disrespectful to treat a fellow nominee of a major political party that way, and people don’t like to see that. Just seeing McCain on stage at all is bad. Here you have this old, rigid, montone guy, next to the new, upbeat Obama; Old vs. New in a time where change is the coin of the realm. He sounded like he was reading from a god damned phone book the entire time. He once mentioned the “Cadillac of healthcare”. Who drives Cadillacs? Old people. He also seemed to think the public feels that the words “Earmarks” and “Pork barrel spending” are sexy and arousing. He said those words so many times. It reminded me of Rudy Gulliani, every answer was “I kicked ass on 9/11”. We get it, move on to something else.
Contrasting with McCain, you have Obama. He surprised the heck out of me with how articulate he was without the teleprompter. I don’t think he stuttered once. I think especially for Obama, this was his best debate. He seemed to dance around the questions more and was less specific, but honestly, perception is 95% of the reason people get elected. It’s a popularity contest, but the winner gets nuclear arming codes. He seemed very presidential and well prepared. I also think he may have eased the worries of many people (in the south) who feel he is “some scary black man” or he is “not like me”. He definitely appeared like one of the people and one who wants to do his best for this country. This guy is clearly the new hope and change ticket, despite McCain attempting to steal that thunder.
Obama’s biggest, and only real mistake here was saying that “The senator is right” or “I agree with the senator” on almost every question. Don’t agree with him, call him a cock juggling thunder-cunt that sleeps with goats…. figuratively at least. Make him wrong. He was also less specific than McCain, but they both danced around the first questions with the economy, unable to give a specific answer. Even when pressed by the moderator.
I give this debate a 65/35 split in favor of Obama, if you watched on TV. I think if you listened to this on the radio, McCain won, but nobody does that anymore.
On to tonight! First of all, the moderator, Gwen Ifil, has a book coming out entitled: “Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama”. Yes. The moderator has a pro-obama book coming out, and stands to make SIGNIFICANTLY more money if he wins. Let it sink in…….
WHAT THE FUCK?!?! How the fuck did this happen? If you think that she is going to be unbias, you are completely wrong. And if (when) Palin tanks this debate, it will just give conservatives an excuse.
Anyways, tonight’s VP debate could be the most important one ever. While Palin is not at retarded as Dan Quayle, she is still (apparently) a moron. I will reserve final judgments until after this debate, but in this last week she has gone from media sweetheart to local water-head. Tonight, if she crashes and burns (a la Katie Couric interview, which was easy and predictable) it will bring McCain’s judgment severely into question. People are already uneasy that she “is just a heartbeat away from the presidency” (FOR THE LOVE OF GOD STOP SAYING THIS!!). What she has to do tonight, and I think she will do, is ATTACK like an ape on PCP and steroids. I mean just beat the piss out of Biden and Obama. She has to take the flack off of her, and change the template of Thursday. She has to take the focus off of her apparent retardation.
Furthermore, if she bombs tonight, there wont be the excuse of sexism, because the debate is being moderated by [a super liberal] woman [with a pro-Obama book]. Who knows though, she could really do well – I heard some clips of her Alaskan debates, and she did really, really well. However, no matter how well you debate, if you don’t know shit about national and international affairs, you are going nowhere. Yeah, you know your stuff on
I should have an update by Wednesday (away for the weekend with the girl) filled with my analysis on this debate, and maybe on the economy. Speaking of the economy, it looks like I’m going to solve this financial crisis. Economic genious? No. Rich foreign nation? No. Financial guru? No.
I’M A TAX PAYER. A taxpayer who is about to get fucked harder than Clay Aiken in prison. Thanks Uncle Sam, may I have another?
Oh, and if I hear the words “Main street” and “Wall street” in the same sentence again, I’ll unleash an army of sharks or bears on the world…. Or bears riding sharks… yeeees.
P.S. Dear McCain: If you are the anti-spending guy who is going to "NAME NAMES" of people who include pork barrel spending earmarks on legislation, why did you just APPROVE the new bailout package that added ONE HUNDER BILLION DOLLARS of park barrel spending without naming names? Oh, that's right, you're a politician. Ungh.
Hadoooken!
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