Drawish. The Candidates were both well-catechized. Like well-directed actors, they "Hit Their Marks and Said Their Lines". They went through the bullet-chart of the programmed talking points pretty much like they were on autopilot - in spite of Moderator Jim Lehrer's invitation to go off script and actually respond to each other's statements. Candidate Obama made a few half-hearted attempts to do that, but all it amounted to was that he faced Candidate McCain and said "you" instead of facing the Moderator and saying "him". Not exciting stuff. For some stretches you could pretty much predict what was gonna be said; didn't take a lot of attention. They knew the questions - even if they didn't know what the Moderator was going to say. They were clearly masters of the two-minute drill. It would have taken a pretty off-the-wall question to even make for a difficult segue. It would have been kind of interesting though. This was supposed to be about foreign affairs. What about a question about something like: What's going to be the effect of the new economic power of Brazil? What do you think will happen with the new power structure in Zimbabwe? What do you think is likely to happen regarding the loss of clout of Barisan Nasional in Malaysia?
Lots of things to talk about - not just the old standbys.
My own personal favorite moment: When Candidate McCain couldn't get his mouth around "Ahmadjinedad". Who among us could? Instead of sluffing past it, he rassled it until he came close enough (for government work, anyway). The same sort of thing I, and probably most people, have to deal with from time to time. Good work, John!
Finally, something important: "Actions Have Consequences". I'd like the many voters who cast their ballot (many of them two times!) for the current President to consider the consequence. Not that we have this administration and it's disastrous consequences to deal with. That's pretty much a share-the-blame situation. No - it's rather that now, and for the rest of your life, you get to Own Your Vote. Please, dear voter, reflect on the reasons you cast your ballot as you did, and think about what's real, what's important. Don't just go with The Guy Who Makes Me Feel Comfortable. Don't just go with the one with the simplest easiest-to-understand answers.
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Lots of things to talk about - not just the old standbys.
My own personal favorite moment: When Candidate McCain couldn't get his mouth around "Ahmadjinedad". Who among us could? Instead of sluffing past it, he rassled it until he came close enough (for government work, anyway). The same sort of thing I, and probably most people, have to deal with from time to time. Good work, John!
Finally, something important: "Actions Have Consequences". I'd like the many voters who cast their ballot (many of them two times!) for the current President to consider the consequence. Not that we have this administration and it's disastrous consequences to deal with. That's pretty much a share-the-blame situation. No - it's rather that now, and for the rest of your life, you get to Own Your Vote. Please, dear voter, reflect on the reasons you cast your ballot as you did, and think about what's real, what's important. Don't just go with The Guy Who Makes Me Feel Comfortable. Don't just go with the one with the simplest easiest-to-understand answers.
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