My prediction for tonight’s first presidential debate: Obama comes off looking childish and ignorant. Why? Because he’s taken 3 days to study up on foreign policy — you know, so he doesn’t make any more powerful declarations like the one concerning the US not having enough Arabic translators in Afghanistan. Because of the recent economic turmoil, the topics of the debate will shift dramatically to issues of economics rather than foreign policy, and Obama doesn’t have his trusty teleprompter tonight.
On a somewhat related issue, apparently the meeting at the White House yesterday saw McCain showing quiet support for John Boehner and the House Republicans’ plan to have Wall Street bail itself out rather than force Main Street to foot the bill. But here’s what’s ridiculous: The Dems agree with Bush on this bailout, and they’ve got a majority to pass this bill. Hear me: there is no need to have Republican support for this bailout, they’ve got the votes to pass it. So why do the Dems act as if it’s necessary? Because they know it’s a bad idea that’s being rushed through to make Congress look effective, and in a year or so when history proves it, the Dems don’t want to have gone down in flames all by themselves. They’re setting it up so they can rewrite history on this bailout just like they rewrote history on the failed policies that caused this problem in the first place.
Loading ...
[...] My prediction for the debate was wrong, and I’m still surprised. I honestly thought the topic would’ve shifted more substantially to economics than it did. When Lehrer moved onto foreign policy after only a couple questions, I was stunned. And from that point on, they stuck to foreign policy. Had I known they were going to stick to the set topic, I admittedly would’ve expected McCain to perform better than he did, considering foreign policy is typically a Republican stronghold. I would’ve expected Obama to do about like he did, stuttering and mumbling through it all. (I have never understood the credit he gets for being a great orator. He is a great actor, delivering prepared lines with the best of them. But he has not yet shown that he possesses the ability to assimilate the facts on hand and deliver an effective and impressive response with authority, traits that are seen in great orators. Instead, he typically stammers with a string of uhs while formulating a somewhat lackluster reply. Not that McCain’s any different, but I don’t think I’ve heard anyone accusing him of being a great speaker.) [...]