Should McCain agree to town hall debates with Obama?
posted at 4:04 pm on May 13, 2008 by Allahpundit
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The debate rages at the Standard, if two guys being in heated agreement albeit for different reasons qualifies as a “debate.” Dean Barnett thinks Obama’s a “weak extemporaneous speaker” who “does poorly at debates,” which I think wildly overstates the Lamb’s deficiencies sans script. True, he’s noticeably better with the ‘prompter — contra McCain, who’s better off the cuff than with his verbose prepared statements — but that’s because Obama’s speeches are exceptionally good, not because his impromptu statements are exceptionally bad. His joking about Hillary as Annie Oakley a few weeks ago or the stiltedness of his opponents a few months ago when they were asked what their biggest weakness was seemed extemporaneous to me, yet played very well. If Dean thinks he’s getting a walkover here, he’s kidding himself. Stephen Hayes likes the town hall idea for a different reason, that it’ll give Obama more opportunities to run off at the mouth and blunder into Bittergate-type statements that can be used against him. That’s fine, but after 21 debates with Hillary and god knows how many solo town halls he’s held over the past 15 months, my feeling about it is the same as my feeling about an eruption of McCain’s temper: If it was going to happen, it would have happened by now.
Ix-nay on the town halls, then? No. The real reason this is a good idea is to let Maverick share the spotlight that’ll follow Obama around from now until Election Day. We’re going to get killed on advertising and we’re going to get killed on free media coverage; anything we can do to reduce that gap is all to the good, and the spectacle of joint campaigning would certainly reduce it. In fact, given how comfortable McCain is in the town hall format, this is practically like playing the Super Bowl on his home field. Exit question: Anyone think this isn’t a good idea?
Update (Ed): I highly doubt David Axelrod would allow Obama to get into this kind of debate format — and so it would behoove McCain to start loudly demanding them. Obama got treated with kid gloves throughout most of those 21 debates, even by his opponents, who focused their efforts on Hillary instead. Only when it got down to the two of them did Obama get any kind of tough questioning, and when he did, Obama tended to fall apart
McCain isn’t as good at delivering a speech, but he does well in town-hall debates. He thinks quickly and has a lot more experience to bolster him on the stump. He would make Obama look like the rookie he is, and as Obama’s refusal to debate Hillary shows, his team knows it. If McCain presses him for a series of debates and Obama refuses, it will look even better.
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I think McCain should stop being a horse’s ass. That would be my suggestion.
JiangxiDad on May 13, 2008 at 4:07 PM
Duh?
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on May 13, 2008 at 4:08 PM
+1
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on May 13, 2008 at 4:08 PM
Giving credit where credit is due, Obama is excellent at speeches. But McCain is unparalleled in the Town Hall format. He’d likely do very well in these debates, so I hope Obama doesn’t weasel out of the commitment (something he’s also very good at.)
Mister Mets on May 13, 2008 at 4:09 PM
How many points is Obama gonna lose by in WV tonight?
Chakra Hammer on May 13, 2008 at 4:11 PM
Still waiting for Maverick to choose a running mate before I start to care about anything he does. Between his upcoming La Raza gala (and general illegal alien concerns) and his Global Warming idiocy, I have not gotten on board the RINO express yet. I’m in Texas and hoping that he has a big enough margin where I really don’t have to vote for him, ’cause I really don’t want to.
b4itsover on May 13, 2008 at 4:12 PM
John McCain has been giving public speeches about as long a Barry O has been alive. I say advantage McCain.
EJDolbow on May 13, 2008 at 4:13 PM
I say go for it. The more Obama is forced to speak without a teleprompter, the more likely it is for him to say something absurd.
I’ll get the popcorn and you can bring the beer.
pullingmyhairout on May 13, 2008 at 4:13 PM
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natesnake on May 13, 2008 at 4:13 PM
Both of them should want town hall debates to stake out the differences in their opinions and start in earnest to reach voters in his opponent’s camp.
Obama, if he has any integrity, will agree to these, rather than just wave, Beauty Queen style, from high atop his float.
RushBaby on May 13, 2008 at 4:14 PM
I hate the townhall format. Between the plants and the clowns we get questions like “Gee, why are gas prices so high?” and “Why is the Army killing civilians in Iraq?”, or
“Have you seen Humping Robot?”
Limerick on May 13, 2008 at 4:16 PM
I think Johnny Mac will slap him down personally. I am sure it would be really entertaining to watch
SoCalInfidel on May 13, 2008 at 4:16 PM
I’d be willing to put a wager on “logistical difficulties” on even one of these, with much, much higher odds for a second one after.
I really suspect that Obama will get flustered easier than McCain. While McCain has a temper, Obama really doesn’t handle pressure that well. Of course, the debates will have to be limited to eight questions or less. That seems to be Obama’s limit.
darury on May 13, 2008 at 4:16 PM
True, if Obama had some concrete policies that are more than platitudes. Obama will lose votes if he debates McCain.
Obama would do better if he avoided the debates and sniped at McCain from a distance.
Ride that wave of Hope and Change!
natesnake on May 13, 2008 at 4:17 PM
Join town halls might also tone down any potential acrimony. What I like about Sen. Obama is I don’t hate him like I do Sen. Clinton. While I disagree with him a so many issues it’s not personal.
Tactically, AP’s right. McCain needs all the free media he can get. Town halls would do that, and he’s comfortable in that format.
seanhackbarth on May 13, 2008 at 4:17 PM
Absolutely, McCain has no theme, no vision, no philosophy, and his policies are not all that fleshed out yet. Just look at the league of democracies talk then the gas tax holiday. He’s all over the place. He will get creamed. Who cares about free media now, November is all that matters.
ninjapirate on May 13, 2008 at 4:17 PM
Well Jiang, look at this way once President Obama lets that crazy little moron from Iran sleep in Lincoln’s bedroom, McCain won’t seem like such a horse’s ass.
Terrye on May 13, 2008 at 4:17 PM
Eh. McCain does well in this format, but what does it get him to do them with Obama rather than solo? The only thing I would relish is to see McCain over and over again mentioning all the legislation he has sponsored and foreign trips he has made, in constrast to the dilettante Obama.
rockmom on May 13, 2008 at 4:18 PM
Definitely do the Town Halls. McCain needs to be seen side by side with the Messiah just so he can spank him on security issues.
“With all due respect Senator, I was fighting a war for my country when you were blowing out the candles on your 5th birthday cake. You know nothing about our enemies and the threats they pose. Hope is not a strategy. Naivite will get Americans killed. A lot of Americans. I hope I’m wrong about you. Maybe I am. What are your thoughts on the three reasons for killing Americans Al Qaeda listed in their 1998 declaration of war against the United States?”
Bambi in headlights ensues…
trubble on May 13, 2008 at 4:18 PM
The more Obama is questioned, the better. Most of the voters, including quite of few of Obama’s own supporters, don’t seem to understand what this guy is really about. By all means, let Obama tell this nation how he wants to grant full rights of citizenship to the millions of foreigners living illegally in our country and daily flaunting their contempt for our laws, our language, and our culture. Let him tell them how he wants to institute more affirmative action and racial preference programs. Let him tell them how he wants to give away nearly one trillion of our tax dollars to the corrupt and inefficient United Nations.
Talk all you want Obama.
AZCoyote on May 13, 2008 at 4:19 PM
Still waiting for Maverick to choose a running mate before I start to care about anything he does. Between his upcoming La Raza gala (and general illegal alien concerns) and his Global Warming idiocy, I have not gotten on board the RINO express yet. I’m in Texas and hoping that he has a big enough margin where I really don’t have to vote for him, ’cause I really don’t want to.
b4itsover on May 13, 2008 at 4:12 PM
It is better to get on the RINO express than to get on the leftylibtard express with obama….am I the only one who likes and trusts Mccain here. I know for sure I dont agree with him on every issue here…But I like him a hell of alot more than emptysuitedsilvertonguedchangehope Obama. maybe this election cycle is getting to me but I think McCain is gonna win. Obama will be shown as a fraud
SoCalInfidel on May 13, 2008 at 4:19 PM
NO.
BO & COs strategy is not to compare ideas, it’s to compare youth v. age.
just selling soap.
Mc should continue to do his thing and let BO be out there with his zany ideas and inexperience.
don’t give him the cred or the opportunity.
jimmer on May 13, 2008 at 4:20 PM
I say go for it. McCain will knock him on his butt.
I think they should have Town Hall meetings in all “57″ states.
BobK on May 13, 2008 at 4:21 PM
In these town hall debates, does the audience ask the questions or a moderator?
letget on May 13, 2008 at 4:21 PM
ROTFLMAO!
If I only had photoshop skills. I can almost see the tiara and the sash that says “Miss Siah”
trubble on May 13, 2008 at 4:22 PM
Uhhhh, wellll, I think a nice dinner party with some fromage and wine will help to understand the Hope and Change…with Al Qaeda….puppies…..global imperialism…..
Can I get back to you on that?
Barry O.
natesnake on May 13, 2008 at 4:22 PM
Let me rephrase the question:
Should McCain allow Obama to demonstrate the experience gap between them?
Seixon on May 13, 2008 at 4:25 PM
No..No..No..No
The townhalls are part of what sets McCain apart from Obama. To let Bambi in is to kill that narrative. IT’S A TRAP
ninjapirate on May 13, 2008 at 4:26 PM
In terms of speaking style, Obama is a better orator — more fluent, more projected, more down-to-earth. Next to Obama, McCain will look short, old, pale and, if he’s not careful, condescending. I am thinking of recent press comments in which they said McCain considered Hillary a much more desirable and (paraphrasing here) worthwhile opponent. If McCain comes across as thinking he’s “too good” for Obama, that will not sit well. McCain will not be able to get away with Reagan’s joke about Dukakis’ age and experience. It won’t play.
BigD on May 13, 2008 at 4:29 PM
Humpbot has not made an appearance here on HA for quite some time. Expressing concern for his safety is a very legitimate question.
Hollowpoint on May 13, 2008 at 4:29 PM
Sen McCain doesn’t care about my conservative values and is not seeking approval from people like me, so I don’t care what he does.
MNDavenotPC on May 13, 2008 at 4:31 PM
LMAO!! Lovely!
ihasurnominashun on May 13, 2008 at 4:31 PM
Agreed, I was planning on crossing the aisle to vote Sen. McCain, but apparently he doesn’t want me too.
Kjeil on May 13, 2008 at 4:36 PM
lets see what will they debate about?
illegal immigrants?
tax increases?
closing club gitmo?
stopping ‘torture’
they have little to debate since they mostly agree
right4life on May 13, 2008 at 4:40 PM
Absolutely. But it would do McCain no good to demand it…Obama passed on debating Hillary after his ABC debacle. Did it hurt him? Don’t know…so McCain has to offer to debate Town Hall-style, but not push it too hard himself. Better to let someone in his campaign push it.
Are you ever gonna stop?
JetBoy on May 13, 2008 at 4:41 PM
I could see it being potentially embarassing for McCain. Imagine some honest-to-god McCain supporter taking the mic and asking “Barack Hussein Obama” a question about his religious identity.
Enrique on May 13, 2008 at 4:42 PM
I think it’s a good idea based on Obama’s Wright & Rezko press conferences. It showed his glass jaw and that he can’t take being in hot water (he only allowed 8 questions on Rezko…pathetic).
BTW, has Obama ever done a Townhall meeting in this campaign? Can’t remember one being reported on.
sheryl on May 13, 2008 at 4:50 PM
I agree. One on one sharing the same stage gives the advantage to Obama. He could recite a nursery rhyme and come out ahead. If his policy positions haven’t done him in by now, they won’t in a debate with McCain. It sharpens the charisma contrast between them to McCain’s disadvantage. Remember, folks, this is all about superficiality, charisma, and emotion. Barry’s vagueness on detail and unintended consequence won’t hurt him at all. I’d be all for not having debates, but that won’t fly either. It won’t be pretty.
a capella on May 13, 2008 at 4:51 PM
“I could see it being potentially embarassing for McCain. Imagine some honest-to-god McCain supporter taking the mic and asking “Barack Hussein Obama” a question about his religious identity.
Enrique on May 13, 2008 at 4:42 PM”
Once a muslim always a muslim. Says so in the koran.
LtE126 on May 13, 2008 at 4:53 PM
Well no. He’s a dope. It’s important, and I mean that sincerely, that he be told that, and often. I truly don’t think he has a philosophy of governing. Our job is to give him a brush-up course in conservatism and capitalism if he’s going to be a good Pres.
JiangxiDad on May 13, 2008 at 4:53 PM
“I think McCain should stop being a horse’s ass. That would be my suggestion.”
JiangxiDad on May 13, 2008 at 4:07 PM
That is correct sir! And it might explain his position on ‘global warming’: he feels guilty that his methane emissions are high…If this is just strateegery, then it falls into the fertilizer category.
Christine on May 13, 2008 at 4:54 PM
Heh…boys will be boys.
Christine on May 13, 2008 at 4:56 PM
…have not read the above…
The ONLY caveat is McCain’s legendary TEMPER…which could just as easily sink a candicacy as Obama’s stupidity/inexperience/(YOUR QUALIFIER HERE).
Lockstein13 on May 13, 2008 at 4:57 PM
Superficiality, charisma and emotion fades fast….especially in this 24/7 media saturated world.
The more McCain stands next to Obama and makes a substantive case why he should be POTUS the better.
sheryl on May 13, 2008 at 4:58 PM
So, by calling McCain a “horses ass” and “a dope”, you hope to convince him to become more of your idea of conservative? Not for nothing, but low-end name calling is right out of the liberal playbook. And here I thought conservatives didn’t sink to those levels…at least in my idea of conservatism.
JetBoy on May 13, 2008 at 5:01 PM
Chill Jetty. Horse’s ass and dope are pretty mild stuff. And if the shoe fits…
JiangxiDad on May 13, 2008 at 5:03 PM
All for it. McCain should insist.
McCain has a huge advantage because no matter the question he does not need to lie, hedge or dissemble the way Obama must.
McCain’s positions may not be popular with everybody but he honestly holds them. His record is public and long. His accomplishments are tangible. He is a genuine war hero. His sons are serving their country in the armed forces. His wife has devoted her life to charity. He can speak freely and with conviction on any topic.
Obama has to be continually on his guard lest his real thoughts leak out, ala bittergate. He calls it speaking with nuance and deliberation but really he’s got his lawyer’s guard up at all times.
Obama cannot tell the truth about his 20-year membership in an openly Marxist, racist, anti-American, anti-Semitic organization. He cannot tell the truth about his 17-year association with fraudster Tony Rezko. He has to be careful to distance himself from several other unsavory characters, from William Ayers to Rashid Khalidi to numerous ex-campaign advisors like the guy who was hanging out with Hamas.
This will be a great antidote to the ultra-biased press coverage we know is coming.
Gilda on May 13, 2008 at 5:06 PM
The goal for McCain is to talk about issues. Not just “issues issues” but specific questions. Obama is weak there and it’ll show. Are you for this tax or against it? What should it be? 1% or 2%? What about Iraq? How much time does it take to withdraw a brigade? How many brigades do we have over there? Where would you station them? I think McCain can do well.
freevillage on May 13, 2008 at 5:08 PM
True in general, but a problem on immigration- where he hedges like mad. And on other issues, he’s still wrong, but doesn’t hedge/lie about it.
JiangxiDad on May 13, 2008 at 5:09 PM
Barry started campaigning early in 2007 and has used that 24/7 cycle to great advantage. I haven’t noticed a drop off in glassy eyed groupies and white guilt. Media saturation on the debates isn’t going to reduce the glow,..it will be enhanced by biased reporting methods. I also think a good number of independents will go for the “change” shuck, just because they are sick of professional politicians. They won’t classify Barry as one, in spite of his record.
a capella on May 13, 2008 at 5:13 PM
Oddly enough, Brit Hume thinks it’s a bad idea, if I remember correctly from Fox News Sunday. Something along the lines of all the organizing and traveling for these debates would mean no one got to strategize properly for a general election and travel where needed, if there were too many of them. I’d check the transcript, but it was something like that. McCain would have him beat in this forum, for sure.
marykatharine on May 13, 2008 at 5:14 PM
McCain should demand that Obama debate him on Fox, just as McCain should appear on MSNBC/CNN/CBS&all.
Entelechy on May 13, 2008 at 5:14 PM
What’s to debate about? Their policies are in 90% agreement. Most boil down to a matter of degree. Do we burn Rome down in a day or prolong it over a couple of weeks?
Valiant on May 13, 2008 at 5:15 PM
Mm, I disagree. You mention debates and town halls, but that’s not the only venue of off-the-cuff remarks where he can stumble. Like you said, there’s the bitter and clingy remarks. Then there’s the 57 states remark. It has happened, not in the town hall format, but why should that be any different?
OneGyT on May 13, 2008 at 5:15 PM
Those shoes must fit you nicely, then.
I don’t want to be mean, it’s not my style, but it’s one thing to disagree with some political philosophy of a candidate, but quite another to to throw out names haphazardly.
And not just a candidate…the presumptive nominee of the GOP, to run against one of two socialist liberal leftists.
And out of the three, don’t you see it as counter-productive to not support the one guy who most closely represents what this country needs?
JetBoy on May 13, 2008 at 5:18 PM
Oh, I’m quaking in my little space boots waiting for that one. Hey, can you put that on a sign? “Vote McCain or Iranian President will sleep in your room.” What about “Vote McCain: I’ll give you my kids.” If you’re going to chuck principles out the window, why not throw them all out? Tell you what Terrye…if you give me $100,000, I’ll vote for John McCain. There, I just priced my principles. How bad do you want that vote? Oh, not that bad? So, there are some things you won’t give up. So why are you asking others to abandon theirs? Go sell McCain to some open borders enviromental nutbag democrats. He’s pandering right to them.
austinnelly on May 13, 2008 at 5:19 PM
Too bad McCain doesn’t want to engage in anything tough, like asking Obama, “What do you think about the senior Hamas official’s endorsement?” That might be BO stutterin’ a bit.
kirkill on May 13, 2008 at 5:21 PM
That might GET BO stutterin’ a bit…hit preview, hit preview…*sigh*
kirkill on May 13, 2008 at 5:21 PM
Maybe they’ll tackle the burning civil rights for terrorists question that is driving the American people crazy. Don’t you stay up nights worrying about the rights of the detainees in gitmo? Personally, I’d like to know how much more in taxes I can pay so tornados will stop blowing my trailer apart. Which one of them can tax the environment into the control of the US goverment?
austinnelly on May 13, 2008 at 5:22 PM
Exactly what MOST of us on HA here would be doing if we voted for OTHER than McLaim.
I guess you do plan on throwing all your principles out.
kirkill on May 13, 2008 at 5:24 PM
Also they have to agree on the meaning of “comprehensive immigration reform”.
Valiant on May 13, 2008 at 5:25 PM
Don’t confuse support with slavish devotion. I support Bush, but am disappointed in many ways. Why are you so afraid to let McCain win my vote?
JiangxiDad on May 13, 2008 at 5:26 PM
Edited for accuracy.
Gilda on May 13, 2008 at 5:28 PM
I see on your blog that you use ACU ratings as a measure of conservative credentials. In that case, what’s 90% in agreement about (off the top of my head, might not be completely accurate) 83% and 8%?
OneGyT on May 13, 2008 at 5:31 PM
The “off the top of my head” part was from a previous edit before I actually looked it up. :-p So don’t marvel at the accuracy of my memory, because my original numbers were 65% and 5%.
OneGyT on May 13, 2008 at 5:34 PM
Made this just for you!
RushBaby on May 13, 2008 at 5:37 PM
I think it would be a great way for Americans to see both men thinking on their feet and reacting to impromptu questions. Not sure how the town hall format would properly work but I certainly like the idea. Obama sells himself as someone who can make informed decisions on the fly and needs to show some substance beyond the rhetoric and McCain needs to show that he is compus mentis despite his age.
lexhamfox on May 13, 2008 at 5:37 PM
I think it’s a great idea. And I think Barry O doesn’t want anything to do with it.
‘Come on, let me eat my waffle then you can come and cover my masses worshipping me. I’ve answered like, eight questions already; don’t be distracting.’
Personally, I think the guy is a terrible speaker without his teleprompter. He’s like a little windup toy that keeps running down. You can see him winding up his little thoughts, stammering all the while, then he spews them out, then he runs down again. Yes, the Annie Oakley line was good, but it wasn’t extemporaneous. When the guy truly has to think on his feet, he can’t.
Plus there is simply no substance to the man.
Barry’s said he’d do it if they could speak about “substantive issues.” But he’ll waffle and qualify and hem and haw and backtrack on just what those issues are and when might be a good time. McCain should be all over this like a fat kid on the last piece of cake.
“Let’s step out of the soundbite politics of the past and give the American people something new. Let’s heal the divisiveness by campaigning together as Americans and offering up our visions for the future without the rancor of the past. Let’s change the old politics as usual.”
Either make Barry do it, or make him say no to that every single day.
Typhoon on May 13, 2008 at 5:38 PM
McCain needs to do these debates. Obama has had it easy so far. Let his inexperience show. McCain is very strong on foreign affairs and the war. He will make Barack look more like the inexperienced little political boy that he is. Obama is stellar when reading a prepared speech or teleprompter, but he becomes transparent and moody when forced to speak off the cuff.
Let McCain poke at Obama for an hour or so and perhaps we will truly see which of the two candidates actually has the temper. Methinks Obama will open mouth and insert foot many times.
cannonball on May 13, 2008 at 5:38 PM
McCain used to be conservative. The 83% is a canard. When the 2007 ratings come out, he’ll be closer to 50%. The ratings do not take into account sabotage of the conservative agenda, just voting records.
McCain is a beltway liberal and fundamentally agrees with the big-government Democrats.
Everything about his actions these last 8 years show his main passion is in destroying conservatism from within. That makes him much more dangerous than Obama who will launch external assaults.
Valiant on May 13, 2008 at 5:42 PM
It’s ironic, but it might only be Fox that would ask McCain to explain his association with LaRaza and his position on global warming, and how that differs from liberal mainstream. I don’t think the MSM would ask those questions of him. Perhaps it will be McCain who avoids Fox.
JiangxiDad on May 13, 2008 at 5:44 PM
If the candidates want to do them it could get done. We all have a general sense of what the handful of battleground states will be. There will be times when McCain and Obama will be in say Wisconsin or Ohio at the same time.
Three formal debates are scheduled, but I would like to see more (but not the 21 the Dems went through). Also, I want these events to be more than glorified press conferences. But that might me be hoping for too much.
seanhackbarth on May 13, 2008 at 6:06 PM
Obama did have the quick comeback to Hillary in the debate early this year about having her as his adviser when he’s president, so people like Dean and other expecting Barak to fall apart when not in front of a teleprompter shouldn’t underestimate him.
On the other hand, the media always underestimates the Republican presidential candidate, or overestimates the Democratic nominee. That means that, combined with the big woody infatuation the media already has for Obama, their expectations for him going into the debate will be of a man who knows the answers before the moderator even answers the questions (well, unless it’s Fox, and that’s only because Brit Hume would use Karl Rove’s mind reading-blocking machine® to foil Barak’s mighty omnipresence). McCain meanwhile, will be portrayed as feeble and doddering coming in — the senior citizen version of calling GWB an idiot compared to Gore or Kerry going into those debates.
So for at least the early debates, the bar is going to be pretty low for McCain, as long as he doesn’t doze off in the middle of a question. For people watching the debate, that should help him, though the post-debate spin for Obama might fool a few non-viewers.
jon1979 on May 13, 2008 at 6:09 PM
It’s a good idea only if repubs are willing to seed the audiences the way dems will such that there will be equality in the amount of stupid embarrassing questions asked of each candidate.
On the down side–the taller candidate usually wins the presidency–thankfully not always.
As to this continually floated canard by many here that there is little difference between McCain and Obama get some IQ. On the main issues of the country–the war, taxes, fiscal responsibility, the Supreme court, and free trade just to name a few they are night and day apart.
Sure he drops the ball on several current hot button issues but on the big stuff he’s spot on–that’s why he got the nomination. He is the only repub that has a chance in what will be a huge uphill fight. His VP pick might determine the outcome.
With Obama you get someone a few steps to the right of Marx imbued with Wright’s bigoted black separatist mumble jumble that Michelle clearly subscribes to. So don’t waste your vote.
patrick neid on May 13, 2008 at 6:13 PM
Heck no. How well did McCain do in the GOP debates? I remember the scene from Rocky II where Mick takes a swing at Rocky after Rock suggests fight Apollo.
Mickey says, “Now you didn’t even see that comin’, did ya? And that’s comin’ from a broken down punk like me. What… what do ya think the champ would do to ya? ”
Rocky replies, “Hurt me bad, I guess.”
Mickey resounds, “Na, he’d hurt ya permanent.”
Ergo, McCain shouldn’t even consider this.
adamsweb on May 13, 2008 at 6:41 PM
After McCain participates in the debates, democrats everywhere will celebrate because they will realize there is no conservative in this race and it is a win-win situation for them.
Each time I think I have convinced myself to take several painkillers and vote for Juan, he opens his mouth and I feel like putting a bag on my head and crawling under the bed for four years.
I see no way out of this, we will have a liberal president, senate and house of rep. for at least four years. God help us!
Big Orange on May 13, 2008 at 6:51 PM
In the last few decades, the Republicans who grew domestic government the most, Nixon and Bush, are the most hated by liberals. McCain will suffer a similar fate.
Valiant on May 13, 2008 at 7:20 PM
Excellent Question.
- The Cat
So Brit thinks that Obama is going to wipe him out on the trail? If that’s the case than it makes sence. Nobody but political junkies watch debates.
- The Cat
P.S. I say McCain should challenge him to a boxing match.
MirCat on May 13, 2008 at 9:11 PM
Because McCain won’t trouble to do it.
Therefore, it falls on McCain supporters to try to convince people that McCain is reaching out to them while Mac is simultaneously talking up climate change, visiting La Raza, etc.
Spirit of 1776 on May 13, 2008 at 10:09 PM
You betrayed yourself with your foolish comments! You say that McCain’s American Conservative Union rating is 50%. It’s actually better, but even 50% is a little better than Obama’s 8%, isn’t it? Yet you say McCain the same as all Democrats.
Your last two paragraphs are even more goofy. You must be a truther, too, right?
jgapinoy on May 14, 2008 at 12:34 AM
Debate after Debate after Debate, any format, any location, any time.
Obama can’t work without a net.
TheCulturalist on May 14, 2008 at 1:18 AM