One of the things that really frustrates me about debates is how often the candidates don't actually answer the question. Why can't they just say "I would cut my original spending budget by postponing the implementation of my xxx and yyy programs until I am sure that we have enough money to pay for it" ????? Why is that so hard?
I also thought that it was highly amusing that they had a lot of trouble addressing each other during the debate. B Ob did a better job at acknowledging J Mc than J Mc did of B Ob, but it still took him a while. It was also really frustrating that they kept talking over each other & then the moderator (Jim?) would try to cut in & make them stop, but instead all three of them would just end up talking at the same time. Oh well. I just figure that what they were trying to say was the least important at that time. Or at least the most UNTRUE...
I loved how J Mc said that he's "Not Miss Congeniality," which I think is a VERY good thing... I mean, have you seen that movie??? If J Mc was like that girl, the country would be SCREWED... though, I noticed that he didn't say anything about the status of Ms. Palin's Miss C.-ness... haha. I crack myself up, kinda like J Mc. ;-)
When it comes to the war in Iraq/Afghan/on Terror, I have to say that I lean heavily towards one side, but both candidates did do a pretty good job of laying out what they had to say about strategy, etc.
The most interesting part of the debate for me was the part about talking to our "enemies." I have always been/always will be for talks with EVERY single country that might have the slightest effect on the US of A. Yes, that includes IRAN, N KOREA, RUSSIA, and places like SOMALIA and S AFRICA. I think that it is important to let them know that we are not satisfied with what they are doing... which usually means that we have to sit down and tell them. I mean, they can't read our minds! (Unless they watch our news... which isn't always accurate...)
The one real question that I have is... what the average height of a N Korean vs. that of a S Korean has to do with ANYTHING??????????? Why would you even bring that up????????
I guess I have one other question too. During the last 5 min or so of the debate, B Ob had a great closing statement that J Mc responded to very negatively... it was like he was given a bunch of talking points that he HAD to get in before the debate ended, pretty much mostly about EXPERIENCE... It was like he had a massive explosion of ideas in his head and he had to get them all out before he ran out of time... but I still liked how it ended on a fairly positive note, even with our country's economy going down the drain...
I think that it was important that the American people were able to see that last night (or whenever they have a chance to watch it) because they still left a little bit of a message of HOPE. Which is really necessary when you stop trusting the system (which is why the system failed in the first place, but whateves).
So now we move on... and in a week we get to watch & make fun of the VP debate!
:)
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