That presidential debate in full
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Obama's Inauguration Ceremony: in 11 days, 10 hours, 34 minutes, 10 seconds
Actually went to bed last night? Fear not - here’s the debate in all its 96-minute glory:
Tags: barack obama, debate, John McCain
September 27th, 2008 at 12:25 pm
I’d say it was 50/50.
Obama sure did seem to want to play it safe tonight and I was somewhat impressed my some of McCains comments, even if I was appalled by some the rest of them.
I hope this isn’t the last debate where the Iraq war is mentioned. It seemed a little diluted and not really the issue it deserves to be.
September 27th, 2008 at 12:36 pm
yes - I thought they both held their own, and there was no clear winner.
re. Iraq - as I wrote in my reply to another comment: it was sooo frustrating because Obama was actually making brilliant points (one particular brilliant point: it’s about leadership and judgments that won’t take us into war like that again) but he couched it in such terms that it simply wasn’t memorable, and therefore, as you say, seemed rather diluted. Obama absolutely has truth and intelligence and good judgment on his side: he simply has to learn how to deliver his message in a clearer way.