Subscribe to Breaking NewsWithers: Debate III made me very sleepy
I’m ready for this election season to be over. Last night the debate ends, I’m sitting at my desk about to write my reaction and I’m out. Asleep at the keyboard. Finally wake-up this morning after the alarm goes off. And it wasn’t even a good sleep because I had some dream about Ohio plumber Joe Wurzelbacher (who noted that in his tete-a-tete with Barack Obama the Democratic nominee for president “tap dance[d]…almost as good as Sammy Davis, Jr.”
I think it’s fair to say this was John McCain’s most aggressive debate performance. He attacked Obama every chance he got, but some of the attacks did no damage. When McCain rightly complained about the comments by Rep. John Lewis, the Arizona senator said Obama did not repudiate Lewis. Wrong. As for the Ayers attack, McCain came off as weak. If you are going to say on the stump and in ads that Obama pals around with terrorists, then at least have the nerve to ramp up the rhetoric a bit when your opponent is sitting next to you.
But if you are going to attack, your opponent has to play along and get bloodied. Obama didn’t flinch, smiled, kept talking about economics (confession: this while economy melt-down has me freaked out!), looked into the camera, didn’t come off as peevish, and listed the names of the people who he goes to for advice (all white men by the way).
How this last debate will impact the election is beyond me really. I know the polls are pointing to Obama but I still think this race is too close to call.
PS: Why doesn’t McCain know the difference between Down’s Syndrome and autism?
the debates are our chance to see and hear the candidates, one of whom will guide the future of this country. It is well worth it to listen to these people. They are not there to entertain us. The US Presidency has an impact on both USA and the world and there is nothing amusing or cute about any of that. Now the goverments and leaders of Russia and China have a rapidly increasing ability to affect the events of the world and the US President had better be ready to face that the US is no longer the only global power. Not only Russia and China is there to think about but Iran is getting to be a major regional power involving Arab countries and its neighbors Turkey, and the previous South Caucasian republics of Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan of the former Soviet Union (situated between Turkey and Iran) Iran borders on Iraq and Afghanistan and Pakistan as well and has a very tough, fearless, ambitious and aggressive President as we all know.
So, the US has many considerations now from Georgia/Russia ccnflict with our ally Georgia to the fact that the Russian navy will be in the Caribbean again next month holding joint military excercise with an oil rich Venezuala (that supplies 1/4 of the foreign oil to the US like in “Citgo gas stations”)headed by Chavez who is determined to bring a newly wealthy Russia to help develope Latin America to better reduce US influence there.
IS THE NEXT US PRESIDENT READY TO LEAD IN A RAPIDLY CHANGING WORLD OF DECLINING US INFLUENCE, OF NO VICTORY IN SIGHT IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN AND AN INCREASINGLY ASSERTIVE, INFLUENTIAL, AND WEALTHY RUSSIA, CHINA AND IRAN? IS OUR LEADER READY FOR THE FACT THAT THE US CAN BE BEATEN IN ITS WORLD ADVENTURES BY THESE VERY TOUGH-MINDED COUNTRIES?
This election is about a lot more than that of just economics. We are at war and everyone should question whether Obama has the integrity and ability to lead this nation at this time. And, would he keep this country safe, or will his affiliations with radicals/terrorist lead to more devastation? In my opinion, I don’t believe he has what it takes. Let me explain another connection to a radical/terrorist. In 2006, Obama campaigned for a relative in Kenya, who was running for the Presidency. Obama’s cousins name is Raila Odinga. Subsequently, Odinga lost by 230,000 or so votes. He did not accept the loss. So he called for demonstrations by his political supporters who in turn committed ethnic cleansing and genocide. Point blank, this guy tried to subvert the election process and use blackmail until he got what he wanted. Here is a video that gives a good accounting of the events along with photo’s as proof of Obama and Odinga campaigning together. And Obama, used U.S. taxpayer money for this and his Senatorial position to help this terrorist. Titled: Barack Obama & Raila Odinga – Link: – http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=S8QcpdUtxNQ&feature=related