tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3979501558241561585.post8011259399421959810..comments2023-11-02T07:09:21.601-07:00Comments on Local or Express?: Do I Protest Too Much?Robin Aronsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03080623538120396969noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3979501558241561585.post-85345662033463191942008-10-08T08:26:00.000-07:002008-10-08T08:26:00.000-07:00It's true the debate told us nothing new, but I th...It's true the debate told us nothing new, but I think it showed us something. It showed, as many have said, Obama looking composed and leader-like. He seemed active and vigorous. McCain by comparison looked unhappy and annoyed and he said "My friends" so much that I started to feel like a 15 year old at a country club cocktail party - like when's he going to stop talking and where's the bar! The point is, McCain didn't seem vigorous and Obama did and I think since they weren't going to say anything new (pace McCain and his mortgage plan), it was important that they looked and acted the way they did. Also,Obama made an important point by jabbing at McCain and his temperment by reminding everyone of his "Bomb Bomb Bomb Iran" comment. Also, CNN had their cameras running in the room afterwards and McCain just left with Cindy. Barack (with a c!) and Michelle stayed and that too showed a much better attitude. McCain might be losing, but he did nothing to help himself last night --except that he avoided character assassination and for that he gets at least one prop.Robin Aronsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03080623538120396969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3979501558241561585.post-54914370393477619172008-10-08T07:20:00.000-07:002008-10-08T07:20:00.000-07:00I turned the debate on a few minutes after 9:00, a...I turned the debate on a few minutes after 9:00, and had to flee screaming from the television by 9:12. Is it just because I've been following the campaign so long that everything that came out of both their mouths sounded like so much over-exposed mush? Here comes McCain accusing Obama of a nefarious plan to raise everyone's taxes. And wait for it, here's Obama saying that no, he's only raising taxes on the very rich. WTF? Has anyone not heard this before? Don't they both just sound like stubborn children? There is no way in a format like this to convince anybody that either man's claim is correct: the ultimate "he said, he said" with no way out. I went to watch an episode of "The West Wing" that I had o DVR. Ah, Jed Bartlett...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com