Most network polls conducted after the debate tonight give Sen. Barack Obama the winning advantage, but even as an Obama supporter, I say it was great to see Sen. John McCain finally come alive and respond freely to questions.
His previous scripted and rehearsed performances have so far kept me from believing in him as a man whose sensitivity to his immediate environment did not extend beyond a muffled sneer or vein bulging in his neck.
Tonight , McCain gave the audience a flashback to the aggressive McCain of old, someone who was ready to immediately pounce on his opponents and knock their ideas to the ground with a left hook out of nowhere.
The only difference in McCain these days is that while he is ready to throw a punch, the force behind it has been diminished by the amount of false accusation it has to travel thorough before it reaches his opponent. If Sen. McCain Cain would speak honestly maybe he could gain some ground
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
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I thought Obama held his ground and his lead tonight. That seemed to be his goals and he accomplished it, despite some provocative posturing by McCain.
I wanted to hear Obama talk about education issues tonight. He did, mainly his stump speech material. i did hear a new message, one that has been McCain's stump on education.
Obama said that he believes in competiton between charter schools and public schools. I was not keen on that message. I support public schools and believe that funding and other resources have to go to improving them as a priority before staking out territory for increasing charter schools.
I thought McCain was most emotional--projecting anger and hurt--when he assailed Congressman John Lewis for his comments about the racially charged climate of McCain-Palin rallies.
John Lewis was right to compare the racist fervor among McCain supporters with the bigoted and violent moods stirred by countless Southern White Council chiefs and politicians such as George Wallace.
Thankfully, Obama did not repudiate Lewis, but pointed out that both he and Lewis acknowledge a line (however thin) between Wallace / church bombings and McCain-Palin's actions.
Howver, both Obama and Lewis point to McCain-Palin's silence which serves as tacit permission for these ugly and threatening attidudes to fester. Their silence makes them complicit with any attempt to bring harm to Obama or any racial confrontations against Black Americans spurred by white bigots who get pumped up with bravado at a Republican rally.
In this regard McCain has plunged even farther into a cess pool of dirty politics that Bill and Hillary during the primary campaign.
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