Short impression of the 2nd Presidential Debate: Just like the 1st Presidential Debate, but with more walking around.<\/p>\n
Not much new ground covered in this debate, even though there was ample opportunity for it. The questions just teed up the candidates for the same stump speech excerpts we heard last time. As such, Obama comes out of the debate in the driver’s seat since the pressure for a game changer was on McCain. <\/p>\n
A few notes:<\/p>\n
Obama continued to lie about what brought about this financial crisis. The wheels did not<\/em> magically start to come off the day George W. Bush sat down in the Oval Office chair, and the party-line votes regarding Fannie and Freddie put the Democrats<\/em> on the side against regulation of those institutions. Even Bill Clinton has debunked this line. That John McCain didn’t even bother to set the record straight on this is a huge missed opportunity, moreso because it was a carbon copy of Obama’s line in the first debate.<\/p>\n If I hear the phrase "fundamental difference" one more time, I’ll scream.<\/p>\n One bit of new ground that was actually covered was McCain’s 300 billion dollar bailout of people who bought more home than they could afford. I was extremely disappointed in this. As I said recently, huge federal debt is not the way to fix a problem that is debt-related. This is a further example of how our politicians have been conditioned to go after votes by offering giveaways because we respond to giveaways<\/em>. McCain’s obviously looking to curry favor with those who think the government should protect people from the consequences of their decisions. This makes as much fiscal sense as allowing me to refinance my car every year at its new, lower value. No, I incurred a debt that I am morally obligated to pay. This is another example of the faux "fairness" and class warfare our country has come to accept to a large extent. <\/p>\n What about illegal immigration? What about abortion? What about judicial appointments? What about a host of other issues that haven’t been touched on in 2 debates? Mr. Brokaw, you fell down on the job.<\/p>\n If health care is a "right", Mr. Obama, is food now a right as well? Which is more important; food that you need every day or health care you need once in a while? <\/p>\n John, John, John…don’t crack jokes. They really didn’t work.<\/p>\n