Posted on 08/16/2008 7:59:15 PM PDT by blogsforthompson.com
If John McCain could afford to show by 2-hour commercial the contrast between himself and Barack Obama that emerged tonight at Rick Warren's "Civil Forum on the Presidency," he would win this election in a landslide! McCain was that strong and Obama was that weak.
If nothing else, Obama and the Democrats know that it will not be a cakewalk to the White House. On question after question, the contrast between McCain and Obama was beyond stark -- Obama slow, nuanced, halting in his answers, while John McCain was the picture of a leader - direct, concise, and bold. As we have said before here, when Obama is not behind a teleprompter giving a command performance at a rally, he is not a formidable candidate. John McCain can think on his feet, and he is not afraid to tell Americans what he believes. After seeing tonight's performances, we know why the Obama Campaign has been unwilling to join John McCain for Town Hall Meetings across America.
In summary, this night was beyond a "home run" for John McCain. He was in another universe compared to Barack Obama.
that’s good!
i did not see it.
i saw this ( at least the mccain half)
and mccain sounded confident informed, engaged, likeable and conservative.
I was stunned.
I suspect his numbers on intrade imporve.
couldn’t agree more
What happened to the messiah?
he was boring and stuttering to the point of listening to fingernails slide down a chalkboard
McCain was nothing less than inspiring
But then there was a turning point where he just took command of the whole thing and started speaking with more authority, more directly, more confidently .... coincidentally, it was right around the same question where during Obama's segment, Obama "asked" if he could do a 'stump speech' .... McCain did just that in his segment, but he didn't 'ask', he just turned towards the audience and *did it*, and there was nothing Rick Warren could do to stop him. From that point on McCain his home run after home run after home run ....
Good job, JM ....
Right he was confident and direct to the point. Americans like that. Obama on the other hand took forever to answer everything if he answer it at all.
That is the normal Obama. He is nothing special when he isn't standing behind a teleprompter in front of large crowds. There is a reason Obama won't do town hall events with McCain and you just seen why.
The only tingling on Matthews leg tonight was his pee.
Obama had so many uh, uh, um, halting back & forth half answers that they ran out of time.
McCain was so spot on in his answers and so clear and concise that they had time to spare.
McCain went along way to getting my vote this evening!
I am surprised. I thought this was a set-up to make B. Hussein look good and make Mac look like a dolt.
Just the opposite happened. And, Rick Warren was fair.
McCain must have done pretty well. The site that shall not be named is throwing fits (great DU Funnies material)
I was surprised too. Not a Rick Warren fan and expected the questions to be biased. Sorry I missed it but the highlights were great.
Completely agree. I went from voting for the lesser evil to being inspired.
The DU is saying McCain cheated because he answered too fast and too concise.
They are pissed.
They must be pretty angry at Michael Phelps too, then. He also was too fast and too concise.
I haven’t looked at DU in about 4 years...i peeked in...i need a bath now...there are some miserable SOB’s on that site...truly a nauseating place.
Has to be a big disappointment to the Drive-Byes and all the other American Haters.
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