Anyone see that Obama speech? I loved it, personally.
Beats McCain who makes no attempt to hide at town hall meetings and such that he's reading directly from a paper of talking points he probably didn't write. Haha
True, but do you honestly think Obama writes his own material?
My opinion, but Obama is a paper tiger.
Well i'm almost one hundred percent sure he wrote that convention speech and his other major speeches.
But yeah i don't know, i think he's the real deal. Or as much of the real deal as a man whose job requires him to lie can be.
I believe Obama hurt his campain with Biden and McCain helped his with Palin.
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Sure, it gave his campaign more coverage than it's ever really gotten, but being 72 years old and battling skin cancer throughout his life, it's a terrible decision to pick someone so inexperienced to be next in line for the presidency.
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Beats McCain who makes no attempt to hide at town hall meetings and such that he's reading directly from a paper of talking points he probably didn't write. Haha
I don't think the focus this election is going to hover too much longer around McCain and Obama. The hall chatter is now shifting to Biden versus Palin. I believe Obama hurt his campaign with Biden and McCain helped his with Palin.
Palin is pro-life, pro-contraception, and a prominent member of Feminists for Life.[80][24] In 2002, while running for lieutenant governor, Palin called herself as "pro-life as any candidate can be."[24] She opposes abortion even for rape and incest victims.[81] Palin opposes same-sex marriage.[24] She supported a non-binding referendum for a constitutional amendment to deny benefits to gay couples.[82] Palin has stated that she supported the 1998 constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage.[24] Alone among the candidates in the 2006 gubernatorial election, Palin said in a televised debate that she supported teaching creationism alongside evolution in public schools, but the next day modified her position to one of allowing the debate of alternative views.[83] She has admitted that she tried marijuana, but she does not support legalization, stating concerns about the message it would send to her children.[24]
Palin has strongly promoted oil and natural gas resource development in Alaska, including opening the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to drilling.[31] She does not believe that global warming is man-made.[33] She opposed listing of the polar bear as an endangered species,[84] and supported a controversial predator-control program involving aereal hunting of wolves.[85]
Palin is a life member of the National Rifle Association, and is popular among gun rights activists. She is a strong proponent of the Second Amendment, and supports gun safety education for youth.[86]
According to Time, Palin's foreign policy positions were not clear at the time she was picked, but she has been critical of the lack of a long-term strategy on the war in Iraq.[87]
Palin's selection came as something of a surprise. Indeed, McCain had only met Palin six months earlier at a meeting of the National Governors Association. He'd only spoken with her about the position once, on the Sunday before he formally offered it to her.
Should a public speaker, any public speaker, make an attempt to hide the
fact that they have not memorized their entire speech? Should a public
speaker, any public speaker, at a meeting never use notes of any kind?
Should a candidate for president never have speech writers. Even for talking
points?
I don't understand what your point is here. Have you ever seen film or
tape any of the great public addresses Kennedy gave? He is constantly
looking at notes and his primary speech writer, Ted Sorensen, put most
of the eloquent words in Kennedy's mouth.
I think McCain's selection of Palin is the smoking gun of the bigoted neo-conservative mindset bubbling to the surface. Obama didn't pick Hillary, so McCain is trying to capitalize on the female voter's desire for women in high-power politics by appointing a lady he's barely met and we've barely heard of until now. It shows that the "old boys" think about women as easily swayed and sexist- that they would swap from a democratic Hillary to her based solely on her sex to.... what kind of person is this Palin anyway?
Hmmm... so she opposes abortion for rape/incest victims, same-sex marriage, wants to teach creationism in schools, has smoked weed but doesn't want to legalize it (hypocrite), she wants to put big oil companies into a wildlife reserve, isn't worried about the environment in regards to global warming and HATES polar bears and wolves enough to hunt them down with gas-powered helicopters. Wow- sounds like a balanced person. I'm sure her and McCain would probably agree on a lot of things.
Does that sound like someone experienced enough for the job of VP? Or does it sound like McCain's party playing a new level of cheap politics?
Personally, I think Obama made a good move taking someone like Biden to balance himself. McCain just found a girl who could tow the party line to take advantage of Hillary's absence. I'm not an American, but I'd be FURIOUS at how stupid your politicians seem to think you people are. They do the same thing in Canadian politics, but at least it's witty and subtle jabs under the surface.... American politics is like hitting people over the heads with blunt objects.
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I was just responding to VP stating that Obama would be nothing without a teleprompter. I was saying John McCain has no speaking skills.
But for the record, John McCain is in no way saying anything close to eloquent in any of his speeches.