Final Debate (in progress) play-by-play... A quick blog as the debate is being debated...
1) It really annoys me that republicans (i.e., McCain) have accepted the premise that we're in a financial "crisis". Or that this is "the worse since the great depression". Neither is true. And to believe such tripe is the essence of historical ignorance. This isn't a crisis--and those that think it is will have a really rude awakening if and when an actual recession is in place (which is 2 quarters of negative growth). And what about the Carter years? The misery index? We're *no*where*near* the Carter misery index years at this point.
2) McCain's rhetoric is starting off really slow. And at it's core, it's because McCain has accepted the liberal (i.e, the savior's) premise. You cannot and will never win a fight in which the opponent creates the premise.
3) The moderator is biased; he's cutting off McCain, but not his most merciful. (Update: He also framed his questions in the form of a 'gotcha', such as the supreme court justice / abortion question.)
Courtney says I've got to be on baby-duty, so maybe I'll post on this later...
4) Off baby duty. McCain had more lost opportunities that I can count. By accepting the opposing view's premise, he will continue to lose every time. McCain's failure to reject the premise may cost him the show. Great example--why didn't McCain ask the savior (dubbed by Nancy P) to operationally define what a "small business" is? He would have killed him--simply by saying, "businesses would be forced to fire just enough people to get under your limit, Senator. Your plan will result in increased unemployment and a reduction in economic growth."
5) While they were talking abortion, I was holding my wee-one, and I actually was getting pissed off again. (Which is why I walked away from politics a few weeks ago.) To hear a discussion on such tripe while holding an infant is infuriating. Why the hell can't McCain come out and be pro-choice in that he is anti-rape. And then start touting the merits of personal accountability in dealing with the consequence of personal choice?
the savior (per the DNC) is utterly incompetent and ill-equipped to be our leader. His polices would result in another misery index. John McCain is trapped and limited by his own ideology, and is likely not enough drag himself across the finish line. It's as if I'm watching a race between two losers. Obama is such an imminently beatable opponent, and McCain is failing at that task.
P.S. Couric is such a twit.
1) It really annoys me that republicans (i.e., McCain) have accepted the premise that we're in a financial "crisis". Or that this is "the worse since the great depression". Neither is true. And to believe such tripe is the essence of historical ignorance. This isn't a crisis--and those that think it is will have a really rude awakening if and when an actual recession is in place (which is 2 quarters of negative growth). And what about the Carter years? The misery index? We're *no*where*near* the Carter misery index years at this point.
2) McCain's rhetoric is starting off really slow. And at it's core, it's because McCain has accepted the liberal (i.e, the savior's) premise. You cannot and will never win a fight in which the opponent creates the premise.
3) The moderator is biased; he's cutting off McCain, but not his most merciful. (Update: He also framed his questions in the form of a 'gotcha', such as the supreme court justice / abortion question.)
Courtney says I've got to be on baby-duty, so maybe I'll post on this later...
4) Off baby duty. McCain had more lost opportunities that I can count. By accepting the opposing view's premise, he will continue to lose every time. McCain's failure to reject the premise may cost him the show. Great example--why didn't McCain ask the savior (dubbed by Nancy P) to operationally define what a "small business" is? He would have killed him--simply by saying, "businesses would be forced to fire just enough people to get under your limit, Senator. Your plan will result in increased unemployment and a reduction in economic growth."
5) While they were talking abortion, I was holding my wee-one, and I actually was getting pissed off again. (Which is why I walked away from politics a few weeks ago.) To hear a discussion on such tripe while holding an infant is infuriating. Why the hell can't McCain come out and be pro-choice in that he is anti-rape. And then start touting the merits of personal accountability in dealing with the consequence of personal choice?
the savior (per the DNC) is utterly incompetent and ill-equipped to be our leader. His polices would result in another misery index. John McCain is trapped and limited by his own ideology, and is likely not enough drag himself across the finish line. It's as if I'm watching a race between two losers. Obama is such an imminently beatable opponent, and McCain is failing at that task.
P.S. Couric is such a twit.
posted by Greg | 8:09 PM
3 Comments:
The real question is: do you still believe that this is 1980 all over again?
Well--if you recall, the 1980 "landslide" all occurred w/in the final week prior to the election.
AND, the savior (as dubbed by Nancy P) is utterly and undeniably beatable--given he has a competent opponent.
So yeah--I'm willing to cede that this could go the way of 1976. But again, it was 'ours to lose' so-to-speak. McCain had more golden opportunities than I knew what to do with. Had I not had the baby, I would have been shouting at him. He accepted the liberal premise as valid, he failed to articulate counter-points, and failed to highlight differences in ideology in concrete terms. To be honest, Palin would have done a better job--because she's better at articulating conservative ideas.
In a lot of ways, I wonder if McCain isn't a Dole.
In the end, Romney or Thompson would have been the better candidates, as they have a better clarity of thought and vision.
McCain's not going to get any traction by harping on "earmarks". For a while--his campaign was running circles around his most merciful, but now--they are lost.
It's not too late (see 1980), but his campaign needs to find their way.
This just in from Gallup on Drudge:
GALLUP's 'traditional' likely voter model shows Obama with a two-point advantage over McCain on Thursday, 49% to 47%, this is within poll's margin of error... Developing...
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