lordjedi said:
Tiptup said:
Both candidates sucked when they tried to talk about the economy. McCain kept using incomplete sentences and Obama seemed to ramble about nothing. Once they got to foreign policy they seemed to deliver their lines better. All in all, McCain did better in terms of appealing to people who want fiscal responsibility and knowledge of the world and Obama did better in terms of being a calm smooth-talker who's good with worthless word games.

Why does this surprise anyone? How long was this debate scheduled for? And what was the topic? Foreign Policy. They shined when they started talking about that because that's what they've been studying for the last few weeks. They've both been coming up with talking points and what not on foreign policy, not economics.

Yep. I was expecting it to be this way. However, it pisses me off. A politician should know how to confidently speak about an issue on the basis of the principles he or she believes in. If McCain had a heartfelt opinion on the bail-out and his economic strategies then he should have been able to talk about them. As it was, he gave us virtually no difference from Obama.