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landpoke · 09-27-2008, 01:22 AM

And who the hell does he keep pointing at? Is he getting coached from the crowd?

FMCoug · 09-27-2008, 01:24 AM

McCain is doing better than I thought he would ... also seems to be warming to the topic ...

BarbaraGordon · 09-27-2008, 01:34 AM

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Originally Posted by landpoke

And who the hell does he keep pointing at? Is he getting coached from the crowd?

Obama has a real problem connecting with people in this kind of venue. He is ridiculously cerebral and logical and sounds like an encyclopedia and moves like a robot.

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Originally Posted by FMCoug

McCain is doing better than I thought he would ... also seems to be warming to the topic ...

People underestimate McCain to some extent. Sure, McCain is not a strong debater in a traditional sense, but he's very good at taking a difficult topic and steering it toward something that plays to his strengths, then phrasing his answers in terms that regular people understand and identify with.

ute4ever · 09-27-2008, 01:43 AM

A few "keys to the debate" from the CNN pre-show team:

Obama:
-Don't talk to the general public like a Yale professor
-Don't be sarcastic; the average viewer tonight will be listening to you for the first time and won't be familiar enough with your position to know whether you are not being serious
-Donn't be gun shy

McCain:
-No senior moments
-No anger moments
-Don't attempt to compete with Obama's sharp tongue; speak to the people the same way you have for decades.

BarbaraGordon · 09-27-2008, 01:48 AM

New drinking game:

a shot everytime McCain says

"I was not elected Miss Congeniality"

"800 *billion* dollars in new spending"

or "gates of hell"

double if he says "my friends."

.

FMCoug · 09-27-2008, 01:48 AM

The tide has shifted now that we're on Iraq. McCain is making Obama look like like an idiot on Iraq. The fact that he had to bring up his VP was a huge blow.

FMCoug · 09-27-2008, 01:49 AM

and why can't Obama get off the "we shouldn't have gone in" shtick. So what? McCain is dead on that the next President has to deal with it as it is now ...

BarbaraGordon · 09-27-2008, 01:51 AM

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Originally Posted by FMCoug

and why can't Obama get off the "we shouldn't have gone in" shtick. So what? McCain is dead on that the next President has to deal with it as it is now ...

because that's been his story since 2006. He uses a static rhetoric for a dynamic situation.

myboynoah · 09-27-2008, 01:52 AM

Who did Obama's makeup. Looks like a vampire.

YOhio · 09-27-2008, 01:54 AM

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Originally Posted by BarbaraGordon

New drinking game:

a shot everytime McCain says

"I was not elected Miss Congeniality"

"800 *billion* dollars in new spending"

or "gates of hell"

double if he says "my friends."

.

Take a drink every time somebody proposes a drinking game during a debate.

09-27-2008, 01:22 AM	#1
landpoke Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: North Central God's Country Posts: 1,534	Obama needs to work on his facial expressions And who the hell does he keep pointing at? Is he getting coached from the crowd? __________________ I see a hobo. And when I see the hobo, I think to myself, "This man is poor. His monetary value is low, and my monetary value is high, and it's a shame that he is himself. What can I do?"

09-27-2008, 01:24 AM	#2
FMCoug Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Kaysville, UT Posts: 3,151	McCain is doing better than I thought he would ... also seems to be warming to the topic ... __________________ Still fat ...

09-27-2008, 01:48 AM	#6
FMCoug Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Kaysville, UT Posts: 3,151	The tide has shifted now that we're on Iraq. McCain is making Obama look like like an idiot on Iraq. The fact that he had to bring up his VP was a huge blow. __________________ Still fat ...

09-27-2008, 01:49 AM	#7
FMCoug Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Kaysville, UT Posts: 3,151	and why can't Obama get off the "we shouldn't have gone in" shtick. So what? McCain is dead on that the next President has to deal with it as it is now ... __________________ Still fat ...

09-27-2008, 01:52 AM	#9
myboynoah Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Memphis freakin' Tennessee!!!!! Posts: 4,530	Who did Obama's makeup. Looks like a vampire. __________________ Give 'em Hell, Cougars!!! Religion rises inevitably from our apprehension of our own death. To give meaning to meaninglessness is the endless quest of all religion. When death becomes the center of our consciousness, then religion authentically begins. Of all religions that I know, the one that most vehemently and persuasively defies and denies the reality of death is the original Mormonism of the Prophet, Seer and Revelator, Joseph Smith.

09-27-2008, 01:43 AM	#4
ute4ever I must not tell lies Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 5,103	A few "keys to the debate" from the CNN pre-show team: Obama: -Don't talk to the general public like a Yale professor -Don't be sarcastic; the average viewer tonight will be listening to you for the first time and won't be familiar enough with your position to know whether you are not being serious -Donn't be gun shy McCain: -No senior moments -No anger moments -Don't attempt to compete with Obama's sharp tongue; speak to the people the same way you have for decades.

09-27-2008, 01:48 AM	#5
BarbaraGordon Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Gotham City Posts: 7,157	New drinking game: a shot everytime McCain says "I was not elected Miss Congeniality" "800 billion dollars in new spending" or "gates of hell" double if he says "my friends." .