Posts Tagged as ‘presidential debate’

October 8, 2008

The question that should have been asked

October 7, 2008

Post-debate impressions, in brief

My debate reaction, in brief:
1.  Posture:  McCain was like a wind up toy.  He just comes across as condescending, smug, and nasty.  The “that one” comment was particularly gross, as was the “not you” to Tom Brokaw.  Obama showed his roots as a professor, succintly explaining things such as the economic bailout plan and seeming [...]

September 26, 2008

And the winner is ….

Moments after the debate, I felt it was a draw.  I could see that McCain was sneering and condescending and Obama seemed much more Presidential.  I could also see that Obama proved his foreign policy creds.  But I felt that neither really pulled ahead of the other.
The pundits and polls, however, are showing that Obama [...]

September 25, 2008

Still pissed

Those of you who have been around here much know that when I get really pissed about something, I can’t blog much.  So that’s where I am now and why it’s been pretty quiet around here today.  I’m completely spun up about this McCain-deciding-not-to-debate thing.  I know I wrote about this yesterday, but I think [...]