After watching the 1st 2008 Presidential debate, I really was not 100% sure on who won. Neither McCain nor Obama was the clear winner, making it really difficult to determine whom the better candidate is. The BiPolar post by Dan Kenitz on this debate concluded, too, that neither candidate clearly won. The only slip he really points out was when McCain mentioned his fallen U.S. soldier bracelet and Obama interrupts saying he had one also but had to look down at it for the soldier’s name. I re-watched this part of the debate and saw Obama hesitate, stutter, and look at the bracelet for the name. I think this kind of shows he really doesn’t care what had had around his wrist and to me he made it not important or meaningful to himself that he was wearing it.
I agree with this post because it wasn’t really an amazing debate and nothing special happened. This blog had a relatively short reaction to the debate, not really much to respond to. He says how it really did not catch much attention because it did almost get cancelled, which I agree. Finally, all in all, “people generally think that their candidate won” (Kenitz), so conservatives will say McCain won and liberals will say Obama won; no matter what comes out of their mouths.
Both candidates were asked about taxes. To me, it’s really a tricky situation that has made our economy sink so low these past years. Taxing the rich more, as Obama stands by, and letting the poor and middle class off a little is great for people trying to get back into “the game.” But I wonder, I know not everyone is able to make enough money to be well off and health circumstances definitely can hurt, but then I know there are those people who just are lazy. People who won’t get job at all, not even minimum wage ones for whatever reason. I think there needs to be a program that encourages more people to work because then we wouldn’t be having this problem, or it wouldn’t be as big. Immigrants, illegal or legal, come to this country for work and they work hard and do all the “dirty work” (i.e. lawn care, construction, cleaning). These jobs have an infinite work force, they will never be full so I think the people who complain about having no where to work need to step aside their pride and take these jobs. Any job is better then no job. In regards to McCain’s plan, he would like to keep taxes the same for the rich and have the middle and lower class pay less. This plan would be wonderful but I’m really not sure how it would actually happen and benefit the economy. I do not think the rich, which defined by Obama is $250,000/yr, should be taxed more. I think these people work very hard, and I know there are those exception cases, but people should not be penalized for working high-level jobs that they earned (for the most cases) everyday and getting paid well for it. There are so many stories of men and women who grew up with literally nothing and then they become millionaires, some even billionaires, so I really do not think just because one grew up poor means they have to live the rest of their life that way. Also, people making just $250,000 are not really rich in comparison to people making millions, so I think the income should be much higher if Obama carries this plan out.
I think the build up and chance the debate may not have happened was bigger than the actual outcome of the debate. Neither candidate really did not say anything mind blowing. Before the debate took place, commercials such as “Doom for the Debate” advertised making it such a hype whether it would be postponed or not. It shows that the US was focusing on more important things that are detrimental to us right now and need to be addressed and fixed ASAP. On CNN, there was a graph at the bottom of the TV screen which basically showed what party (Democrats, Republicans, and Independents) approved of the points made by each candidate and who did not approve. There were also “analyst scorecards” on the sides of the screen, which showed the positive or negative reactions from six CNN experts. (I found this blog that explained what the graphs and scorecard meant, I only read about the facts of the “grading” of the debate, not personal views on this particular blog).
Kenitz, Dan. The First McCain-Obama Debate. 29 Sept 2008. http://www.bipolarnation.com/2008/09/29/the-first-mccain-obama-debate/
Pallasch, Abdon M. Tax Plan Face Off: Obama vs. McCain. http://www.suntimes.com/news/politics/obama/1031268,CST-NWS-tax30.article
Scoring the Debate Live on CNN. 29 Sept 2008. http://blogs.wsj.com/numbersguy/scoring-the-debate-live-on-cnn-420/
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