Interesting tidbit from Oliver Clark, one of the question-askers at the debate...apparently a lot of folks reached out to him via his Facebook page (ah, the age of the internet) and asked him a few questions....click the link below to see all of his Debate Insider Q&A, but here he describes how he felt about Sen. McCain's response to his question....hehehe.
How did I feel about Sen. McCain stating “You probably never heard of Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac before this.”Well Senator, I actually did. I like to think of myself as a fairly intelligent person. I have a bachelor degree in Political Science from Tennessee State, so I try to keep myself up to date with current affairs. I have a Master degree in Legal Studies from Southern Illinois University, a few years in law school, and I am currently pursuing a Master in Public Administration from the University of Memphis. In defense of the Senator from Arizona I would say he is an older guy, and may have made an underestimation of my age. Honest mistake. However, it could be because I am a young African-American male. Whatever the case may be it was somewhat condescending regardless of my age to make an assumption regarding whether I was knowledgeable about Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/10/09/1523335.aspx
So I know I have not mentioned the debate.....it was fine, I thought Obama did well and that McCain did better than he did in the first one, but there were no game-changer moments on either side in my opinion. The "that one" comment sure didn't help McCain either-its obvious he despises Obama for ruining his last chance to be President, which has obviously been a lifelong ambition. The whole tone of the argument he was making when he said it was so childish too-he was acting like a 4-year old. Not very presidential, Johnny.
I thought Barack's strongest moment was when he was talking about health care. He was able to weave in more of his personal story and include his mother's experience with insurance companies when she was dying of cancer, and his statement that health care is a right made me want to cheer. I think a every uninsured American that heard that had to be happy! And who hasn't been screwed by an insurance company-so relatable. Plus, his plan is far superior to McCain's-his plan scares the bejesus out of me. I work in nonprofit and if my employer stops offering health care, I will have neither the time to go hunt my own NOR will I have the money as I don't think a $2500 tax credit is going to cover it, and I doubt my salary increase would make up the difference (in fact, I just heard on NPR this morning that health care premiums increased about 40% faster than salaries-so yes, your health care costs are rising and your salary can't keep up).
I don't think either candidate pulled too many undecideds to their side, but McCain didn't gain any momentum so I'm pretty happy with the outcome.
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