PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES 2008: #1
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PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES 2008: #1 |
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BATTLE OF IDEAS IN MISSISSIPPI was a tame affair
by Jerry Pippin
11:15 pm Eastern- 9-27-08 - Civil debate between Obama and McCain. Some sparks of disagreement in political speak calling each other liars and incompetent, but by and large it appears not many gloves were put on either candidate this ideological duel. McCain was thought to be at a disadvantage because some pundits figured he was not prepared, it appears this might have been a gambit done by McCain to show him in his best light, kind of downplaying expectations.
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It appears it might have been a draw. McCain seemed to go out of his way to distance himself from Bush even though Obama pointed out McCain had voted with Bush over 90 per cent. Obama had the best early on performance because of the subject being financial policies and McCain did force Obama into some explanations on foreign policy. The problem here is that McCain did force Obama to talk about military force in the world and his support in the Democratic Primaries was mainly built on a base of anti-war votes.
So the voter is faced after this debate with the same thing we had before this first debate, many voters will have to figure out which is the lesser of evils, in other words, both men are running on change, so it will be up to the voter again to read between the lines. The debate format was fairly good allowing both candidates to respond. McCain did push the fact that Obama was misquoting Henry Kissinger when it fact, Katie Couric who interviewed Kissinger, says Kissinger did say what Obama did quote him correctly.
Interestingly enough the liberal word and the spending jibes by McCain seemed hollow because basically it has a background of news headlines every hour about both Republicans and Democrats are both spending up to 700 billion this coming week alone. Sound Bites? I am not sure exactly how those little pieces of sound will played, and if they resonate with the voters, then it might become more than a tie for tonight. However, it was in my opinion a draw.
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