As a proud citizen I am inclined to give the American people more credit than that. Personality has NOTHING to do with it. That is puerile.The fact that McCain's party wants it to be about issues actually is a compliment to the Republican party. Why wouldn't it be?
It's going to be a sad time .(the realization of the agendas) Both parties aren't worth squat, but people are stuck with them.(like gas prices) Alternatives anyone ?
Even if there WAS a town hall debate, the people who get to ask questions would not end up being asking genuine questions. Half would be asking tricksy Democrat questions trying to trap one side out, the other half would be asking tricksy Republican questions to trap the other side out.
Alright, I shouldn't call you "low information" just because we disagree. I concede that point. But you're not right about my news sources; I scarcely watch TV. Only C-Span's Washington Journal and the occasional movie. I read a lot of different magazines and listen to podcasts while I work for my news.
Funny, that's exactly what I believe to be true about the Democrats, your news sources being CNN, MSNBC and CBS, of course. Just because I don't agree with you, doesn't make me "low information".
Based on what, exactly? Loyalty? Only if you restrict your news information to rightwing sources could you possibly believe that. If you expand your sources of information to include more than that one point of view, you get a better view of things. Liberalism really is the "shop us last" philosophy; we on the left aren't afraid of more information, more views, and more points of view. On the other hand: look at conservatives. Conservatives mostly shun foreign newspapers or anything else that might make them question their pre-conceived notions. Rush Limbaugh encourages his listeners to be suspicious of any other source of information than himself. -How do I know so much about the way conservatives think? It's because I live in a very Republican-voting state, I was born and raised here in the deep South, and the only other liberal I know is my wife. Everyone I grew up with, everyone I work with, and nearly everyone I know is a conservative. You want to talk about "low information" voters? Conservatives fear being exposed to anything that they don't already agree with. Now THAT'S low-information.
McCain offered a ten debate schedule that wasn't acceptable to Obama, so he proposed a shorter schedule, which was refused. To describe this as "Obama won't sit down in a town hall meeting" is more than a little inaccurate. -The October 7th debate is scheduled to be a town-hall meeting format. I definitely look forward to it.
It is a shame that Obama won't sit down in a town hall meeting and let real people quiz both men. He is to busy putting out spin and trying to make himself look like somthing he is not. But he is very smart, and he knows the only way for him to win is to keep his true agenda hidden and to play off his good looks and "shiney" personality
It would be, if that were the case. I have a feeling that we're going to have to agree to disagree on that point.
As a proud citizen I am inclined to give the American people more credit than that. Personality has NOTHING to do with it. That is puerile.The fact that McCain's party wants it to be about issues actually is a compliment to the Republican party. Why wouldn't it be?
It's going to be a sad time .(the realization of the agendas) Both parties aren't worth squat, but people are stuck with them.(like gas prices) Alternatives anyone ?
Even if there WAS a town hall debate, the people who get to ask questions would not end up being asking genuine questions. Half would be asking tricksy Democrat questions trying to trap one side out, the other half would be asking tricksy Republican questions to trap the other side out.
Alright, I shouldn't call you "low information" just because we disagree. I concede that point. But you're not right about my news sources; I scarcely watch TV. Only C-Span's Washington Journal and the occasional movie. I read a lot of different magazines and listen to podcasts while I work for my news.
Funny, that's exactly what I believe to be true about the Democrats, your news sources being CNN, MSNBC and CBS, of course. Just because I don't agree with you, doesn't make me "low information".
Based on what, exactly? Loyalty? Only if you restrict your news information to rightwing sources could you possibly believe that. If you expand your sources of information to include more than that one point of view, you get a better view of things. Liberalism really is the "shop us last" philosophy; we on the left aren't afraid of more information, more views, and more points of view. On the other hand: look at conservatives. Conservatives mostly shun foreign newspapers or anything else that might make them question their pre-conceived notions. Rush Limbaugh encourages his listeners to be suspicious of any other source of information than himself. -How do I know so much about the way conservatives think? It's because I live in a very Republican-voting state, I was born and raised here in the deep South, and the only other liberal I know is my wife. Everyone I grew up with, everyone I work with, and nearly everyone I know is a conservative. You want to talk about "low information" voters? Conservatives fear being exposed to anything that they don't already agree with. Now THAT'S low-information.
Not so sure about that, Rippy, I'm starting to think the Democrats are the "low information" voters.
You hit the nail, Nv.jim.
McCain offered a ten debate schedule that wasn't acceptable to Obama, so he proposed a shorter schedule, which was refused. To describe this as "Obama won't sit down in a town hall meeting" is more than a little inaccurate. -The October 7th debate is scheduled to be a town-hall meeting format. I definitely look forward to it.
It is a shame that Obama won't sit down in a town hall meeting and let real people quiz both men. He is to busy putting out spin and trying to make himself look like somthing he is not. But he is very smart, and he knows the only way for him to win is to keep his true agenda hidden and to play off his good looks and "shiney" personality
It is frightening but the second statement seems true.