okie wrote:Obama could win, I admit, but he also could lose.
Wow, thanks for clearing that up.
Quote:It is incredible really that he isn't ahead by 25 points given how much press and how the press has ignored McCain.
Actually, this is a bullshit meme that I've often seen displayed by the right wing.
The truth is that Obama
is as far ahead as anyone has been in the last decade of presidential elections. Kerry or Gore or Bush never had leads on each other as big as the ones Obama has had.
McCain is a familiar, known, and flawed commodity; the press is of course going to focus more on the new guy. This isn't always a positive thing, though.
Quote:I think the upside for Obama is limited, but the downside is huge. Admit it, you are worried that your beloved party has again screwed up big time for jumping on the Obama bandwagon.
I don't feel like that at all. I'm not worried in the slightest; I think it's by far the best choice we could have made. I think the upside could be very high to an Obama presidency, and he certainly isn't going to do any worse then the last guy, even in a worst-case scenario.
You are projecting, for that's exactly the way you bunch feel about McCain. You know that
at best he's half a liberal and is going to get kicked around by the Dem congress, to pass a bunch of environmental and other liberal policies. Even if you win, you're still going to lose. That's where your worry is coming from, and I don't envy you.
Quote:Just how good of a wagon it is, we don't know, but the press will protect him as much and as often as they can, barring disastrous stumbles by Obama.
I would love to see Obama have to answer many questions, unscripted. The guy would not have the answers.
I disagree. Now, when you ask McCain questions, you are exactly right; he doesn't know the answers and is downright uncomfortable talking about many social issues, such as gays or contraception. He's really shot himself in the foot with his inability to answer certain questions this cycle. And if you like, I can link to plenty of videos showing this.
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