Mover Mike

Thoughts on the debate:

First, The early questions dealt with economics. Obama got in some good licks about the origins of this financial mess blaming it on the eight years of George Bush and deregulation supported by John McCain. None of it true.

I kept waiting for McCain to denounce Obama and tell the world that Franklin Raines, former head off Fannie Mae, adviser to Obama and looter of $100s of millions was responsible. Or Jamie Gorelick, Democrat, looter of millions from Fannie Mae or one of Obama’s key advisers, from Fannie Mae was responsible, along with Sen. Chris Dodd and Rep Barney Frank, both Democrats charged with oversight of the GSEs were responsible for the mess. Giving the Democrats more money is ludicrous. But, he didn’t!

I kept waiting for McCain to defend the tax cuts better, but he didn’t. I kept waiting for McCain to echo some of the arguments of Republicans and the country that has flooded Congress with emails and faxes and phone calls against the bailout, but he didn’t. So that round went to Obama by default.

Second, when it came to foreign policy, John McCain won hands down. He’s dealt with the conflicts for years, he’s been to the countries, met the leaders; he just is more trustworthy. He seems to understand the nature of Russia better than Obama and warned us about Ukraine. Really, what can we do to get Russia out of Georgia? This is a power play about hegemony and energy.

McCain scored many times with the idea that Obama is naive, he doesn’t understand (the complexity) of the issue. Many times Obama said he agreed with John McCain. Round two to McCain, but round two was much more of the debate that round one.

Now two things I noticed. Obama called Sen. John McCain, John. As in, “We are equals aren’t we John?” The other thing I noticed, Obama would look directly at McCain, but McCain, for the most part, ignored Obama. I wrote a piece today, Obama Is No Leader, about what Rush Limbaugh found out about the meeting in the White House. Suppose Obama really did fall apart demonstrating his leadership ability, did McCain show his contempt by ignoring him? I also thought Obama was yelling at me and McCain was the guy trying to tone Obama down.

One more thing: John McCain talked about a mother who gave him a bracelet for her dead son and urged him not to let her son down. Obama said he also had a bracelet, though he didn’t show it,and said the mother of (it sounded like) “Sgt. Slowpecker, I mean Sgt. Strohmumble mumble, asked him to keep other boys from dying. yada, yada.” Obama didn’t seem to be able to recall the boy’s name.
Michelle Malkin makes the same point:

1) I have a bracelet, too! Uhhhh, but give me a second because I can’t remember the name on it.

Bottom Line: I wish McCain were a stronger advocate of Capitalism. I do feel comfortable that he understands how to keep us safe.

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