Obama on O'Reilly

[TheMercenary]

Anybody catch it last night? It was pretty good. Obama did a pretty good job and Bill didn't let him off the hook. There will be three more days of the interview on Monday, Tuesday, and Wed next week.

Here is a transcript of last night if anyone is interested.

http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2008...ma_interv.html

[Griff]

I didn't watch, but I'm suprised he did the interview considering what a partisan O'Reilly is.

[richlevy]

Originally Posted by Griff

I didn't watch, but I'm suprised he did the interview considering what a partisan O'Reilly is.

He's got more balls than the 'duck and cover' attitude they're using with Palin.

I think the plan is to sneak her in during the next two months without even the press getting a chance to vet her. Any policy discussions will only be with partisan press. The only mainstream appearances will be discussing child care and cookie recipes on the view.

Obama doesn't just go to the happy places. This gives me a lot more confidence in the man.

[Radar]

Originally Posted by Griff

I didn't watch, but I'm suprised he did the interview considering what a partisan O'Reilly is.

Obama also had the guts to do a debate in a church filled with McCain supporters asking him about abortion. I thought that was a mistake on his part. He had nothing to gain by doing it, but a lot to lose.

It doesn't matter though, McCain will still lose. A lot more Republicans who won't vote because of his VP choice will vote for Obama than there are angry Hillary supporters who will vote for McCain.

[Clodfobble]

Yeah, cuz you were really on the fence before, Rich.

[richlevy]

Originally Posted by Clodfobble

Yeah, cuz you were really on the fence before, Rich.

I would have seriously considered the McCain of 4 years ago, or even the McCain of 2 years ago. If McCain had picked Lieberman and told his alleged base to deal with it, he still had a chance for my vote.

But this hail Mary hockey mom craps just doesn't fly. Is she going to be the one who whispers in his ear to remind him of the difference between Hamas and Hezbollah and who's backing who? Exactly what kind of advice is McCain going to ask of her? What gaps in his experience does she fill?

The debates this year are going to be interesting.

[lookout123]

A lot more Republicans who won't vote because of his VP choice

Who exactly is that? I haven't heard a single R type show displeasure at the VP choice. If anything, they're more energized for McCain than before.

[jinx]

All the churchies in my homeschooling groups seem to approve of her. I'm not sure why exactly, no one has really said... personally I don't understand having strong feelings about her either way... But they're all excitedly buying up tickets to see her and McCain tomorrow at a town meeting.

The more I hear from either side of this mess, the more I want to leave the country. Tahiti would be ideal...

[lookout123]

Why do they like her? That's easy - she's really... well, you know... and she... it's kind of hard to say, but she's never.... and we certainly know she isn't Obama or Biden.

and there you have it.

More likely they've got this idea because she is an outsider and a Christian, family oriented, not-uber rich, mother of a gazillion that she'll go to Washington and be different. and different = change. and change = good. (as long as we're talking about changes we agree with) They're so caught up in the idea of her being different that right now they can't even stop to realize that you can't clean up Washington without a wholesale eviction party.

They have as much reason to be excited about her as some people got about Obama after he started his presidential campaign approximately 38 seconds after winning his senate seat.

[classicman]

Originally Posted by lookout123

They have as much reason to be excited about her as some people got about Obama after he started his presidential campaign approximately 38 seconds after winning his senate seat.

That is worth repeating!

[lookout123]

for the sake of clarity, that wasn't meant as a huge compliment to her or a huge insult to him.

I really don't get it. I do like that she is an outsider who has a past (albeit short) of tossing her fellow republicans under the bus if they're corrupt, but i'm not jumping up and down and wiping tears of joy just yet. I felt the same when Obama broke on the scene. He read the word "change" from the teleprompter with greater sincerety and conviction than anyone I've seen in a long time, but but but, but I want more than "just words".

[glatt]

Originally Posted by lookout123

you can't clean up Washington without a wholesale eviction party.

She actually has a fair amount of experience with that. I've read a lot about all the tearing down she does. She fired a lot of people, sold off assets, etc. But I haven't heard of her building anything.

[lookout123]

build? you could spend four years tearing washington down without building a single new thing and still not be any worse for wear.

I have to admit one of the things i like about the McCain/Palin ticket is that it is an obvious one term wonder. McCain will be too old to run again and Palin doesn't ahve a shot in hell of winning on her own. They could go in and push on the reform/rebuild ideas without worrying about keeping the pwer brokers in love with them.

of course, I also dreamed of a McCain/Thompson ticket for the same reason.

[Happy Monkey]

Originally Posted by jinx

All the churchies in my homeschooling groups seem to approve of her. I'm not sure why exactly, no one has really said...

She's an anti-abortion creationist, perhaps? Not knowing anything about them other than homeschooling and churchies...

[jinx]

Could be that. Could just be that the Dems are anti-choice when it comes to schooling. Guess it depends on which single issue you choose to focus on, as irrelevant as it may be in the next 4 year....