Debates and outcomes
The final debate is in the books - and my distaste for both candidates went up. For McCain, he is simply a terrible debater/public speaker without a script. Obama comes across to me as smarmy and condescending. Neither one got all their "facts" straight, but I have to say that Obama was WAY FURTHER off the truth reservation than McCain (all things being relative, of course).
Obama's calmness helps him a lot in moments like last night. But his "little grin" every time McCain made a point just made me angry. McCain was no better, rolling his eyes. One comes across as opportunistic (and, like I said, condescending), the other as full of disdain. Ugh!
The willful misrepresentations were most disturbing. 100% of McCain's ads have been negative? WRONG! A fine for changing health care plans? WRONG! These are but simple examples - pointed at the other candidate. Where is the integrity?
I will say that I think Bob Schieffer did the best job of the 4 moderators used in all the debates. Some of his questions were very good. He did let many go unanswered, though.
The election seems to be Obama's to lose, and he did not. I am truly fearful of Dem/Dem/Dem in the White House, Senate, and House of Representatives. There is too much socialism in our government, period - but WAY too much more in the Democratic Party. I believe that the leftist policies that will (apparently) flow from Dem/Dem/Dem will hurt our country, hurt our economy, and hurt the world. I think personal responsibility will be even less of an ingredient in our national culture than it is now (which is far too little), so the downward spiral will worsen. The "Nanny State" will get bigger, and we will all be worse off because of it. Does "The Fall of Rome" ring any bells?
Obama's calmness helps him a lot in moments like last night. But his "little grin" every time McCain made a point just made me angry. McCain was no better, rolling his eyes. One comes across as opportunistic (and, like I said, condescending), the other as full of disdain. Ugh!
The willful misrepresentations were most disturbing. 100% of McCain's ads have been negative? WRONG! A fine for changing health care plans? WRONG! These are but simple examples - pointed at the other candidate. Where is the integrity?
I will say that I think Bob Schieffer did the best job of the 4 moderators used in all the debates. Some of his questions were very good. He did let many go unanswered, though.
The election seems to be Obama's to lose, and he did not. I am truly fearful of Dem/Dem/Dem in the White House, Senate, and House of Representatives. There is too much socialism in our government, period - but WAY too much more in the Democratic Party. I believe that the leftist policies that will (apparently) flow from Dem/Dem/Dem will hurt our country, hurt our economy, and hurt the world. I think personal responsibility will be even less of an ingredient in our national culture than it is now (which is far too little), so the downward spiral will worsen. The "Nanny State" will get bigger, and we will all be worse off because of it. Does "The Fall of Rome" ring any bells?
posted by MichaelPolutta at 9:02 AM
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It's sad that these are the best two people we could come up with, BUT we're stuck now with either one or the other. We could analyze character flaws on both sides all day, but ignoring all of that, the bottom line for me is that I simply CANNOT vote for someone who is for abortion (or for even allowing someone to have the right to make that decision). I agree with everything you said about socialism in our nation; that stuff scares me too. BUT, it struck me very hard the other day that all of the things to do with wealth and health--and even defense--are things for which we should trust in GOD, not the government. I know that we conservatives would prefer that the government be much less involved anyway, but we need to allow God to take even the government's control of these things into His hands. I realized that moral issues really are the important things that should decide our vote. We need to stand up for what we know is right. If we do that, God will take care of the rest. (This is something I have been thinking about for the past few days. This point of view makes the debates seem so silly to me now. I wish the candidates would just lay all of the facts out on the table without having to attack or be on the defensive. In the end, I think debates do more harm than good.)
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