Posted by
Daemonocracy on Wednesday, October 08, 2008 12:00:00 AM
I just finished watching the debate on my DVR (had to finish some work first). I am disappointed in McCain. Very disappointed. I thought he blew it. Palin set him up real well with her aggressive words blasting Obama for accusing our troops of air raiding civilians in Afghanistan, his shady relationship with Ayers and his willingness to meet with dictators who hate America without preconditions. McCain was also gaining some steam it seemed with his Palin-esque speech the other day where he laid into Obama and the Democrats over Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and seemed to effectively tap into the anger many felt over the Bailout. He had a new and promising theme, "who is the real obama" he could have worked with, but ignored it completely.
This debate was dull, boring and a repeat of the first. He did not go after Obama, let alot of attacks against his record go unanswered, did not link Obama to the unpopular Democratic congress and the bailout debacle effectively, ignored the Ayers connection, did not defend the Free Market and our capitalist system and worst of all, dropped some insane bombshell about having the Feds (The Taxpayers) buy out all of the bad mortgages. What the hell was that? Nationalization? The only part of the debate that woke me up made me wish I was sleeping. McCain is talking about how important it is to cut spending and how government is not the answer, yet he completely contradicts himself with this socialist policy.
Tom Brokaw should retire as well, that was no Town Hall meeting, it was the same old structured crap we always see, but with an audience. Tom Brokaw's ego wouldn't allow him to sit this one out and just let regular people ask regular questions, instead it sounded like another boring network news interview. I have not bothered watching or reading the debate impressions yet, but my guess is everyone is saying the debate was dull, nobody scored any knockout punches and as a result, Obama wins by default. I was excited for this debate, I thought Mac was going to let him have it, instead he proposes nationalizing bad mortgages and endorsed Warren Buffet as a potential Treasury Secretary and snubbed Mitt Romney. Nice Job.