Debate

From reading my blog, you should know where I stand politically. Many of you probably have made your decision for your pick for president before even watching the debate, looking to hear the facts and ideas that you have agreed with from the start.

I have somewhat closely followed the political process for the past few years- the candidates, the issues, the “truth” as seen and judge by both sides, etc. This campaign has had all of those, not so different from many previous elections.

Many of us watching the presentation of the candidates was our first real exposure to both men applying for the job to lead the country. I tried to watch how each candidate might be perceived by those just now viewing, the “Swing” voters.

Perception carries a lot of weight in helping undecided people decide which candidate will win their confidence and their vote. What struck me most visually was the fact that McCain would not look at Obama. At points it seemed that he was in charge and knew what he was doing, while Obama seemed somewhat naive. While Obama made his various points, McCain grimaced, smirked, looked directly at the audience, being somewhat disrespectful. On the other hand, Obama was constantly interrupting both the moderator and McCain.

McCain was highly in control of his facts of how things are, and how he will not be just “another 4 years of the same” as claimed by ignorant liberals. Obama had no back up to McCain’s accurate accusations other than saying “that is not truth”. McCain never acknowledged that Obama could be right on anything, but Obama said on numerous occasions that McCain was right. This could be considered a good or bad thing for Obama, but I felt it showed even more of his weakness and inferiority.

McCain constantly told the audience that Obama doesn’t know what he is talking about, or doesn’t understand the meaning of something. Yes, at times this seemed immature, but when it came time for Obama to respond, for the most part he just floated on the talking point, rather than responding the accusations.

Obama had many occasions presented to him to throw in a cheap shot or a low blow, and he took them. McCain outlined a more constructive way that would not anger or alienate foreign leaders, but rather hear what they had to say and work from there. Obama just made connections to what Bush has done and how McCain relates.

So, what I saw boiled down to watching a powerful, experienced candidate, and a novice, unsure “smooth talker” rambling on the talking points and using the uneducated accusation of “another 4 years of the same”.

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