Who Won the Presidential Debate (9/26) - Obama or McCain?

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Who Won the Presidential Debate (September 26, 2008) - Obama or McCain?



Was Barack Obama competent in foreign policy? Did John McCain satisfy viewers with his economic plan?

Was it a landslide; was it close; was it a tie?

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Who Won the Presidential Debate (9/26) - Obama or McCain?

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McCain - Obama's inexperience and unrealistic idealism was made apparent, and he's not ready to lead.

zul says:

McCain

Posted October 22, 2008

BD says:

McCain won by a pretty wide margin.

Posted September 30, 2008

JoanneGreco says:

McCain

Posted September 30, 2008

Akindele Akinyemi says:

I heard the first Presidential debate between Senators John McCain and Barack Obama on Friday night. Most political analysts have concluded that John McCain gets the tip for the first debate due to his stance on foreign policy.

However, I was not impressed with the Senator from Arizona. I felt that he could have discussed more domestic issues here at home instead of talking about reducing spending. Yes, Washington D.C. has become a tax and spend monster on Capitol Hill and something needs to be done but repeating yourself several times in a public debate is not JUST the answer.

Obama, on the other hand, has no clue on how to conduct business on foreign policy. His plan for a pullout from Iraq would be disastrous.

I do not find it strange that both Senators are upper class Americans who are out of touch with the middle and lower class people. Both point the fingers on the issue of lobbyists. McCain is running television ads tying Sen. Barack Obama to Franklin Raines, the CEO of Fannie Mae who was forced out for misstating the company's earnings. Meanwhile, John McCain's campaign is under fire for his campaign manager's ties to Freddie Mac. Rick Davis's lobbying firm, it turns out, was still receiving monthly payments until very recently, despite previous assurances that the relationship had ended three years ago.

Obama is also the second-biggest recipient of campaign contributions from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, behind only Senate Banking Committee chairman Christopher Dodd. What's remarkable is that the calculation by the Center for Responsive Politics covers 20 years, from 1989 to 2008, and yet Obama is at the top of the list after only one Senate campaign and four years in office.

What all this really indicates is how deeply Fannie and Freddie have been enmeshed in Washington politics. They hire top lobbyists from both parties, give lavishly to members of Congress from both parties, and generously subsidize lots of influential think tanks and charities in the Washington area.

Now both candidates are crying for a bailout of Wall Street. I guess the free market does not exist anymore from a financial perspective.

According to the Heritage Foundation Senator Obama's tax plan would end the Bush tax cuts and allow the top two tax rates to return to 36 and 39.6 percent. He also would allow personal exemptions and deductions to be phased out for those with income over $250,000. The real kicker, though, is that Senator Obama would end the Social Security payroll tax cap for those over $250,000 in earnings.

Therefore, Senator Obama's new tax rate would give the United States one of the highest tax rates among developed countries. Currently only six of the top 30 industrial nations have a tax rate for all levels of government combined of over 55 percent. Under this tax plan, the United States would join this group and have a higher top rate than such high-tax nations as Sweden and Denmark. The top marginal rate would exceed 60 percent with the inclusion of state and local taxes, which means that only Hungary would exceed Senator Obama's new proposed top tax rate.

Also, I am not clear on Obama's positions on wanting to sit down with the President of Iran or South Korea.

But the debates were the same soundbites that we have been hearing on the campaign trail. However, I spoke to some of the young adults who also watched the debates and they felt that Obama won the debate because he was calm and presidential and very knowledgeable on everything. They think the country needs a young smart president with new ideas, good judgement, and who is concerned about the poor and middle class to lead us into the future. Lastly, they feel that McCain is from the past, old ideas that just have not worked domestically or internationally.

What I told these young adults was while Obama sounded polished and convincing Obama repeated in the debates what he always says: that he'd only raise taxes on the top 5%, that anyone else making under $250,000/ year wouldn't have their taxes raised -- McCain let it go unchallenged, being no mathematician himself, but that's just Voodoo Economics. NO WAY could Obama keep to that, and provide his social spending programs which are estimated to cost at least $800 BILLION.

Finally, the debate was as chaotic asWall Street is for the moment. There was definitely a lack of respect and integrity for Obama on the side of McCain. Obama should have not reacted so much to McCain's criticism without suggestions and stated a more solid and concrete plan. I did not really hear any plans to sustain our world position as Americans, which would strengthen peace around the world. There was too much talk about war and not enough about hard facts to promote our country. As a country we are loosing ground in the international community and Europe looks at us and laughs as we flounder amongst ourselves in this primitive race for power. We have great minds in this country and we need to hear about a plan on how to use these minds to set the pace for the world and create a sustainable economy. In the end neither McCain or Obama won, they just left us wondering if we will ever have someone who can really die for their beliefs and get us back to fundamentals of the Constitution we started with back in 1776 that made this country so great.

Whoever is going to be the President better realize that we are in the 21st century and the same old song and dance will not work.

Posted September 29, 2008

icjackson says:

McCain's ideas certainly won, although he is not the most charismatic candidate. So, he didn't wow the crowd with his shiny teeth and witty comebacks. So, he didn't ever really look at Obama.

So, what?

At the end of the day, his ideas and his perspective are the best, and that's all that should matter in a debate.

Posted September 29, 2008

Obama - McCain was not impressive or progressive enough; he's more of the same, so he's not ready to lead.

bobgnote says:

McCain is a twerp-herd, who dodged Obama's introduction to the energy deals as cost-source for immediate address, by showing his cracker-side, in debate 3, and now, for some JOE THE PLUMBER and what he thinks, out his backside. Keep your cracker-media in your crumby beds, Jackos.

Posted October 16, 2008

Louis_Dubois says:

Ask mcCains convicted felon buddy G Gordon Liddy. A true Neo-con
Maybe he can break in somewhere and find some dirt on Obama.
Ayers is nothing compared to Liddy.

Posted October 06, 2008

JustAls says:

Oh Obama... no comparison....McCain graduated 894 out of 899 (5th from the bottom) at the Naval Academy.. this is based on g.p.a.... Palin went to 6 different colleges in 6 years... HMMMM Obama= Columbia University, then Harvard Law..... pretty easy choice.

Posted October 03, 2008

SideSplitters says:

How much worse could it be if we chose Obama even if for only one term? Yes, I think McCain might be "more of the same," though he might have been okay--if not for his dreadful VP pick, I may have considered him (can you imagine Palin running this country?). Obama certainly doesn't have the experience, but he might be worth the shot. It doesn't help that neither of the candidates are all that clear on their stances on anything, making everyone's decision much harder. 95% of the debate was fluff filler. You know it's bad when the moderator has to ask you to answer the question they just asked you instead of sidestepping.

Posted September 30, 2008

Brian says:

Debate was good. John McCain was very disrespectful by not looking at Barrack Obama throughout the whole debate. Also, he was grinding his teeth in frustration. Obviously, at times, he let his temper get the best of him. Barrack held his composure, but should have been a little tougher. He tackled the issues at hand and made more sense. I thought Barrack won hands down.

Brian
GA

Posted September 27, 2008

 

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    Jewelsofawe Jewelsofawe Oct 2, 2008 @ 1:33 am
    Great lens! Great topic!
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    SideSplitters SideSplitters Sep 30, 2008 @ 6:37 pm
    I thought it was pretty funny that Obama was calling McCain "Jim!" I think he should probably know his name at this point...
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    Bob Bob Sep 28, 2008 @ 2:39 pm
    McCain won easily. McCain talked about the bracelet he recieved and Obama coundered that, only to forget who gave it to him, and he had to look at the bracelet to figure out the soldier's name. How is that winning? Obama also said "This man is propsing to drop taxes on oil companies by 4 million dollars. Do you rally want that?" To which McCain replied " With all due respect Mr. Obama, you already did that." Enough said.
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    Brian Brian Sep 27, 2008 @ 7:26 pm
    Debate was good. John McCain was very disrespectful by not looking at Barrack Obama throughout the whole debate. Also, he was grinding his teeth in frustration. Obviously, at times, he let his temper get the best of him. Barrack held his composure, but should have been a little tougher. He tackled the issues at hand and made more sense. I thought Barrack won hands down.

    Brian
    GA
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icjackson, at 10pm on September 26, 2008 predicts:

I predict that this debate won't really move undecided voters in any significant direction.

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Louis_Dubois, at 2am on October 7, 2008 predicts:

This country needs to change course.
If you don't think so google (REX 84) American concentration camps.
For guess who?

Jewelsofawe, at 1am on October 2, 2008 predicts:

I was actually surprised my McCain. I did not realize he would speak so eloquently. Obama I knew had a charismatic energy, but I had not seen much of McCain until the debate.

 
 
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    zul101 zul101 Oct 22, 2008 @ 6:48 pm
    Macain is a true Professional and has the tools to run our Country, he is a true leader. President MaCain will keep US SAFE.
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    bobgnote bobgnote Oct 16, 2008 @ 12:27 pm
    After debate 3, McCain's cracker sideshow got in the way of any notice, for the deregulated energy deals, which Obama said are ROBBING OUR WEALTH. We won't be wealthy, if cracker-act gets to butt in, like that.
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    Louis_Dubois Louis_Dubois Oct 7, 2008 @ 2:21 am
    Why on earth do these republicans not understand we need to change course? One only has to google (REX 84) TO PLAINLY SEE ITS THE WRONG WAY!
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    Jewelsofawe Jewelsofawe Oct 2, 2008 @ 1:36 am
    I believe McCain and Palin have more experience on many levels than Obama and I hope people are checking their facts on alot of these issues before making their decision.
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    Akindele Akinyemi Akindele Akinyemi Sep 29, 2008 @ 3:27 pm
    You have got to be joking about Obama leading anything. This man has never led nothing. Not a city in crisis, never administered a budget, has a paper thin voting record, lies about change and then vote 99% along party lines, never ran a city, county or state and does not even have a church home.
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    icjackson icjackson Sep 29, 2008 @ 2:04 pm
    I understand why some people are voting for Obama - he represents the American Dream to them. As long as he doesn't say something crazy, like he worships the devil, they don't care what he says.

    Okay.

    But for those who are arguing that he's qualified to be the leader of the free world, come on, guys - seriously? The only leadership experience he has really had was being a community organizer on the south side of Chicago.

    Have you seen the south side of Chicago???!!!

    It is no more organized than it was before he got there. he just used Chicago to further his political ambition. If that's the proof he has of leadership ability, then he STINKS!

    Do you want America to look like the south side of Chicago?
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    Brian Brian Sep 27, 2008 @ 7:33 pm
    I think Obama is ready to lead. He is a true Professional. I wonder when McCain is going to come out with his album because he is always referring to his record. How many times am I going to hear the same thing about vetoing everything that comes across his desk and make people famous. He is washed up and YES America is ready for change. Unfortunately we have no choice.

    Brian
    GA
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    Lacresha Hayes Lacresha Hayes Sep 26, 2008 @ 11:21 pm
    I think people need to see the truth. While I love that Obama is doing as well as he is, he is not yet ready to take on the WHOLE job of running the country. He looked more like a student taking notes tonight.
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