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Doubt about candidates should now be gone
Published Tuesday, August 19, 2008
I hope that many of you had the opportunity to view the "Showdown at Saddleback" Civil Forum on Saturday evening, Aug. 16, from the 23,000-member Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, Calif.
The Rev. Rick Warren of Saddleback Church served as the moderator and asked almost identical questions to Sen. John McCain and Sen. Barack Obama.
Obama answered questions for the first hour, and McCain answered questions in the second hour, and had not heard the questions or answers which were asked of Obama.
This had to be two of the defining hours in this race to the White House of 2008.
McCain was quick to answer the many questions which delt with leadership, worldview, domestic issues, and America's responsibility to the world. He answered in a commanding fashion, and told much of his past legislative and military experience.
America will need this experience in the next four years of service from the president of the United States.
The audience at Saddleback Church was much more receptive to McCain than Obama, as was heard through their applause to the candidate's answers.
Obama performed quite well, but answered questions in generalities, without much substance to his answers. Again, I witnessed the one-on-one answers from Obama which were undefining. Does this sound familiar? Obama is a candidate without experience. Again, the lack of experience of a president is not an option for our great nation at this time in history.
Regarding social issues, Obama could not answer the question of "At what point does a baby get rights?" His answer was that it is a theological and scientific question, which is above his pay grade, and stated stated that he is a pro-choice candidate.
McCain quickly answered "At the moment of conception." McCain has a 25-year pro-life voting record.
Regarding the issue of evil in the world, Obama spoke that evil does exist and we can't erase it, but this is a task for God, and we can be soldiers in this effort with God.
McCain said we need to defeat evil. He said that if elected president, he would bring justice to Osama bin Laden.
Throughout the two-hour forum, Obama's answers were undefining, while McCain's answers were commanding, which erased any doubt of his stance on the many issues of concern.
Friends, I know that some of you have been hestitant to endorse and campaign for McCain. But now the doubt should be gone from our minds.
Now is the time for us to rally around McCain as the candidate for president of the United States. I do not agree with him on all issues, but I have not, to the best of my memory, agreeded 100 percent with any candidate of whom I have placed my vote.
The election is less than 80 days away. John McCain is the best candidate of whom would serve our nation if elected as president of the United States of America.
With Obama, the many gains that we have all worked so hard to secure in the past several years would be lost to his liberal ideology.
At this moment in history, we all need to rally to elect John McCain as president of the United States of America.
Brent E. Frazier - Pelican Rapids
Comments
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You're entitled to your position. Personally, I thought the forum showed McCain to be just what I thought he was. A Brain Dead Bush, Jr. II. His way or the highway. We've had enough of that over the past eight years. McCain is still fighting the wars of the 20th century and still thinks Russia is our enemy. Maybe he should pick up a newspaper once in a while since he doesn't know how to use a computer and make himself aware of the fact that the world has changed. I thought Obama did a good job with what he was given. Especially with an audience that wants to turn America into a Theocratic State where the self appointed worthier than thou's end up killing or trying to kill all the sinful peasants. No thanks. I'll vote for the democrat who wants America to be America.
Posted by Woodtick (anonymous) on August 19, 2008 at 2:18 p.m. (Suggest removal)
You though Obama did a good job with what he was given? He was given the exact same thing as McCain. Should they have given Obama the questions prior to the forum so he could have his speech writers form an opinion for him? Give me a break.
Posted by AndyMosity (anonymous) on August 19, 2008 at 3:22 p.m. (Suggest removal)
- Maybe it's the "gain" of losing the largest budget in the history of the United States, and replacing it with the biggest budget deficit in the history of the United States....
Posted by Jerry (anonymous) on August 19, 2008 at 5:05 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Obama get nervous in any church setting where the Rev. Wright is not the moderator.
Posted by richan (anonymous) on August 19, 2008 at 5:22 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I read last night via New York Ttimes that during the entirety of the Obama Q&A that rather than being sequestered in Rev Warren's Church as the Obama Camp had been told John McCain was instead in his motorcade on the way to the event. did McCain and/or his staff listen to Obama's hour? we can all make Our own judgements about that issue. the Times said this issue would make great blog fodder. and so it is. and to be perfectly honest. I have never voted for any form of Republican in the 10 elections I've been eligible for. haven't always voted for a Democrat but I've always voted.
Posted by Jerry (anonymous) on August 19, 2008 at 6:05 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I take it you are speaking of the bought and paid for by the DNC New York times. Most of what they print is "fodder" not even good enough for blogs. The readership of the NY Times and its stock has gotten so low it is projected that it will no longer exist within a year.
Posted by pilsnerurquel (anonymous) on August 19, 2008 at 9 p.m. (Suggest removal)
UGH, this "debate" was totally bogus. The questions were clearly promoting a conservative agenda and totally biased towards McSame. I do not believe that Roe v. Wade should be overturned and his position that he believes it should is a total deal breaker for me and would only serve to set back women's rights 40 years. NO THANKS.
Posted by betterworld (anonymous) on August 20, 2008 at 11:58 a.m. (Suggest removal)
John McCain showing his strong side? Wow. My take is that his answers were right out of the canned speech that he so easily spits out. Those answers are written by his PACs and the big companies that bought his campaign. His answers required very little thought. On the other hand, Obama carefully thinks through and delivers his answers thoughtfully. This guy has never answered a "canned answer". He has very little difficulty doing this. This is a man who can bring the US closer together where, say, we even speak with our neighbors and we care about our communities. We are a selfish, devisive set as it is now... One of the questions, "your biggest moral regret", I almost died when McCain pops out "my first marriage failed". Huh? Was that designed to bring light on J.Edwards screwing around or what, and too make McCain look sorry for cheating on his own wife who waited for him to come back as a POW? He is no different that Edwards and all of the other bigwigs who feel they can screw around and fly below the radar. John McCain screwed around with with Cindy for five years before he got caught. Then he divorced his wife and married Cindy. I almost died when he answered that question that way...
He belongs with all the other bigwigs who have screwed around, Republican, Democrat or otherwise....
John McCain is bought and paid for, "my friends". Bought and paid for. Hey, here's a thought...Why couldn't McCain beat the worst president in the history-of-the-US eight years ago?
Just as a note; I am neither R or D. I have always voted for the person, not the Party. Always.
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