Posted by
Gerald R Evans on Wednesday, October 15, 2008 10:38:01 PM
I'm going to try and write this as I watch.
Barack just said, "The fundamentals of this economy were weak before this crisis..." Let's break this down. We live in a free market, capatalist economy. The fundamentals of this economy are that the markets self regulate and prices are controlled by supply and demand. What Barack just said was that the fundamentals of free markets and capitalism are weak... And JMac just called him out on his "spread the wealth around" statement. Barack just said that he wants to cut subisdies to insurance companies that just happen to deal with medicare... Barack wants to cut medicare... is that going to far. Those insurance company subisdies are paid to help the insurance comapnies abosrb the costs that are associated with medicaid and medicare.
JMac on the attack.... I'm loving it. And all Barack can say is "four more years of Bush, four more years of failed economic policies..."
How are "wages declining" when the Federal Minimum Wage has been increased? Obama is lying about ACORN again... go figure.
Barack and McCain are going on and on about foreign trade. Barack just made a point about how many S Korean cars are coming in to the US and how many we export to them... hey Barack dont you know that most of those cars are only half built and therefore create American jobs... Hyundai was like the only company that really weathered Katrina properly... Barack just said something about "workers organizing for their rights" this from the man that doesn't support secret ballots in unions.....
Healthcare... Obama seems flustered... JMac is STILL calling him out on the fine under Obama's plan associated with not providing health coverage to workers and children... "Senator government.. i mean Senator Obama" it's a flub but I like it... There's a choice Barack... Big Brother vs Freedom... not hard for me to choose.
Roe v Wade... I hope JMac calls out Barack on BAIPA... He did it, OMg he really did it. And now Barack is going to obfuscate... again. Now he's saying that it would have undermined Roe v Wade... oh my god.
Education.... JMac wants reform... Barack wants to throw money at it...
One of the pundits just said that Barack seemed "unflappable" he seemed flustered at times and to quick to respond. I like what JMac said about Ayers "I dont care about some washed up old terrorist." Notice what Barack responded to the strongest, Ayers, ACORN, his policies and his records... My personal opinon is that Barack lost and lost big, he may have seemed "presidential" to some, he seemed flustered and at one or two points angery at McCain for bringing up certain issues. I'm glad McCain was on the attack tonight and I hope that others see this the way I did and dont let the spin dominate their opinion.