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Last night’s debate was close. The polls have 40% of undecided voters saying Obama was the winner, 20% saying McCain, and the other 40% undecided still.
It was clear from the start that McCain didn’t want to be there. He refused to look at Obama, and appeared angry most of the night.
Obama also appeared mad later in the debate.
Obama’s anger was probably in relation to McCain sidestepping a lot of the questions. McCain would often rant about something that didn’t actually relate to the question he was being asked.
I’m shocked that Obama didn’t actually attack McCain at one of his weakest moments though. At one point McCain mentioned fighting pork barrel spending and used the bear program in Washington as an example. Perhaps Obama wasn’t aware, but McCain actually voted FOR this spending, and I’d have loved to see Obama call him out on it.
I would have liked to see some 3rd party candidates there, but I guess they’re just being realistic.
I knew McCain was going to pull his POW card too, I just thought he’d play it more.
September 27th, 2008
John McCain’s decision to not participate in the debate has nothing to do with the current financial crisis or anything going on in congress. Given McCain’s voting record (least of anybody, ever) it’s pretty obvious he doesn’t give a shit about bills going on. Hell, he didn’t even vote on any of the bills that he’s using in his current TV commercials as examples of pork barrel spending that he stopped.
McCain knows that any debate he or Palin participate in can only hurt their campaign. Seriously.
The majority of McCain supporters fall into 2 categories: Republicans who always vote republican, and people who are only supporting McCain because he’s not Obama.
There’s no changing the minds of that first category. They’re going to vote republican because they’ve always done so and that’s that. McCain could fellate a puppy on national television and they’d still support him.
The second group however isn’t so tied to him. Some of them are racists, some of them have fallen for the lies of his TV campaign, and a large majority of them still think Obama is a Muslim. They just aren’t familiar with him.
It’s obvious from his past appearances that McCain isn’t as good of a debater as Obama. When faced with a tough question, McCain often goes back to his “when I was a POW” story and completely sidesteps it. When asked with a policy question, such as “should health care cover birth control?” he often answers with “I’ll have my people get back to you.”
That’s why the Republican party announced last month that all interviews had to be approved. They wanted to make sure they were lobbing softball questions that they had prepared for.
In a debate, you can ask anything, and saying “I’ll get back to you” just won’t fly.
McCain isn’t ready to debate. There’s no way he can win a debate with Obama and he knows that.
Sure, there will be public backlash against him for not debating, but that won’t steer voters away from him.
Looking like a stumbling fool on TV as he can’t answer any tough questions thrown at him - could cost him his campaign.
Look for him to find other reasons not to debate, or sidestep them all entirely.
September 25th, 2008
Wow, It’s only 1:00 and it’s already been a great day.
Matt Millen was fired, Todd Jones retired, and Clay Aiken announced that he’s gay.
What’s next? John McCain announces that he’s giving up his presidential candidacy to Ron Paul?
September 24th, 2008
My job is over 50% talking. Most of my day is spent talking to various people about websites, advertising, SEO, and all that fun stuff. I’m not complaining about it, but I’m starting to wonder why we keep using the phone.
Why not just email?
I’m about twice as productive via email as I am on the phone, and I think there’s a few reasons for that.
1.) I never attend to email when it would interrupt something productive (like a phone call often does)
2.) I don’t have to take notes when you email me something, nor do I have to remember it. It’s still in my inbox.
3.) When people send email they’re concise and stick to the topic. There’s no need for this “how was your weekend” crap. I can’t remember the last time somebody honestly cared about my weekend.
4.) You don’t hear my cat screaming in the background.
I like email, I don’t like the phone.
Strangely enough, I’d still prefer a phone call to texting - as all the productivity gain is sucked away by the time spent typing my message on my phone keypad.
September 22nd, 2008
Thanks to my cat not wanting to take her flea medicine, I now have a new piercing: in my finger.
Her two fangs actually touched inside my finger.
I think she hit a nerve or something, because I still can’t use the finger.
Here’s a picture:
September 22nd, 2008
I just wrote the next part of the installment, but it’s only on shoutwire for now - so if you want to read it you’ve got to go there.
Again, if you want to share your fast food stories, please post them in the comments of this post
September 19th, 2008
Looking at the recent presidential polls, it looks like a very close race. Follow the betting odds and contributions though, and this race is swinging highly toward Obama.
How is that?
It’s the polls. Most polls are done via land line telephone. They simply don’t include mobile phone numbers.
That might sound all OK and fine, but according to the latest Nielsen study up to 17% of American households don’t have landline phones.
That number is up 8% from last year, and Nielsen expects it to rise to 20% by early 2009.
Looking at the wireless only families, one sees that they have an average income of around $40,000, live in one or 2 person families, and have recently moved or changed jobs.
Are they poor? Nope, they’re young people. This 17% is almost entirely made up of 18-25 year olds.
That’s a significant demographic of people that standard telephone polls just aren’t reaching, and it’s certainly something to keep in mind whenever looking at the next Harris poll.
September 18th, 2008
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