John McCain speaks TOO SLOWW .. ?

[Telstra]

He speaks too slow like a reformed stutterer or stammerer.

Did he speaks this slow in his 20s ? why?

 

[jackoroe]

It's a geographic thing. People from that part of the county tend to be a bit more deliberate in their speech patterns.

 

[Jak2333]

Well, I'd rather a slow talker then a quick talker that's trying to slip something past you.

It's because mankind was still learning to walk upright when McCain learned to talk.

 

[NickCole]

I think the United States is in enough trouble, between Iraq and the economy and energy alone, to grow a pair and grow up and stop being impressed with style and start paying attention to substance.

If you care that McCain speaks too slowwww, you don't understand what the fuck is going on.

 

[Jak2333]

Then you've got your head so far up obama's ass that you don't see what's going on. Check this out on god obama http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5tZc8oH--o The facts are there.

I think the United States is in enough trouble, between Iraq and the economy and energy alone, to grow a pair and grow up and stop being impressed with style and start paying attention to substance.

If you care that McCain speaks too slowwww, you don't understand what the fuck is going on.

 

[NickCole]

Then you've got your head so far up obama's ass that you don't see what's going on. Check this out on god obama http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5tZc8oH--o The facts are there.

That video tells the story of what led to the mortgage/Wall Street element of this economic crisis very well. (Though it's a bit annoying to watch.)

The worst part regarding Obama, IMO, is that he doesn't appear to understand what happened, what's needed to deal with it or what the ramifications of this whole mess will be. I am becoming even more convinced after this week and last night that Barack Obama does not understand enough, and for whatever reason doesn't inform himself, to be an effective President.

Even though McCain's speech pattern is halting, on both economic and foreign policy he demonstrated a clearer understanding of what's going on, what needs to be addressed, and how. I don't agree with all of it (I'd prefer a much heavier emphasis on diplomacy, for instance; at the same time I don't like Obama threatening to send troops into Pakistan without their approval just because he believes he knows where bin Laden is) but I've got to look at the reality of what each understands and will likely accomplish, based on the history of each candidate.

 

[noah617]

That video tells the story of what led to the mortgage/Wall Street element of this economic crisis very well. (Though it's a bit annoying to watch.)

The video is a piece of right wing propaganda that tries to blame Wall Street greed on the poor. Anyone who had any contact with real estate in the past several years knows that no one was forced to loan money. Banks, mortgage companies and mortgage brokers were falling over eachother to find warm bodies to sign loan applications. There were absolutely no standards. No money down loans, no credit check loans, all no problem we'll just charge you more interest and closing costs and then sell the loan to someone else.

The worst part regarding Obama, IMO, is that he doesn't appear to understand what happened, what's needed to deal with it or what the ramifications of this whole mess will be. I am becoming even more convinced after this week and last night that Barack Obama does not understand enough, and for whatever reason doesn't inform himself, to be an effective President.

How could you possibly be more convinced of anything bad about Obama? Seriously, what about that debate or what Obama has said about the economy lead you to this decision? I honestly don't understand how an unbiased person can listen to Obama discuss an issue and come away thinking Obama is uninformed. Disagree with him sure, but uninformed? Seriously? Maybe you could site some specific examples?

Even though McCain's speech pattern is halting, on both economic and foreign policy he demonstrated a clearer understanding of what's going on, what needs to be addressed, and how.

He was wrong about Iraq on several occassions. He was wrong about Afghanastan. He was wrong about Pakistan. He's wrong about the need to talk to our enemies.

I don't agree with all of it (I'd prefer a much heavier emphasis on diplomacy, for instance;

How could this point not override the others? McCain is constantly talking tough. He scoffs at Obama for considering talking with our enemies. He's talking about Russia like it's the cold war all over again. He's a war first kind of guy and this country can't afford another one. We don't have the troops and we don't have the money.

at the same time I don't like Obama threatening to send troops into Pakistan without their approval just because he believes he knows where bin Laden is)

You do realize we're already doing that right? I guess you'd prefer we just sit back and take the cross boarder attacks on our troops? If a country is not willing to take actions to stop a threat against us, what choice do we have?

 

[Jak2333]

NickCole, sorry 'bout snapping at you. People seem to think obama's the answer but the more you look into him he's not it, at least in my opinion. Granted, I'm not thrilled with McCain either, but he and Pres. Bush tried to head off what is happening now, but the dems shot them down an d look where we are.

 

[NickCole]

The video is a piece of right wing propaganda that tries to blame Wall Street greed on the poor. Anyone who had any contact with real estate in the past several years knows that no one was forced to loan money. Banks, mortgage companies and mortgage brokers were falling over eachother to find warm bodies to sign loan applications. There were absolutely no standards. No money down loans, no credit check loans, all no problem we'll just charge you more interest and closing costs and then sell the loan to someone else.

The video addressed all that.

But it's true that once again a well intended law pushed for and defended by Democrats ended up being part of the basis of an economic boondoggle. It's a bitter pill to swallow for those of us who supported it, but it is the truth. We pushed for banks to loan to lower-income people so they could become homeowners, it seemed like a really good idea. Then there's no question that greedy short-sighted bankers and ignorant and/or entitled-feeling citizens who took on mortgages they could not afford made a good idea into a tragedy. Obviously there are other elements involved but the point made in the video is accurate.

How could you possibly be more convinced of anything bad about Obama? Seriously, what about that debate or what Obama has said about the economy lead you to this decision? I honestly don't understand how an unbiased person can listen to Obama discuss an issue and come away thinking Obama is uninformed. Disagree with him sure, but uninformed? Seriously? Maybe you could site some specific examples?

The most glaring last night was Obama refusing, after being asked point-blank several times by Lehrer, to cite a single one of his many expensive program proposals that he'd cut as a result of the legislation that'll deal with the current economic crisis. Either he doesn't understand what's happening with the economy and the impact it'll have on tax revenue and spending, or he is unable to be forthright with voters.

He was wrong about Iraq on several occassions. He was wrong about Afghanastan. He was wrong about Pakistan. He's wrong about the need to talk to our enemies.

Everybody's wrong sometimes and I've usually not been pleased with McCain's positions about Iraq or Afghanistan, but he knows the territory, he knows the players, he knows the history of the situations and what he said about how we have to deal with Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan going forward made sense. Obama does not seem to recognize the complexities of the various situations. And the devil is always in the details.

McCain isn't saying we shouldn't talk to our enemies. I believe the people we associate with influence us and say something about the choices we make. McCain, for instance, is very close to Kissinger and clearly he listens to him, and Kissinger has been clear that we have to talk to our enemies. I listen to more than soundbites; I'm listening for how each candidate formulates his opinion and arrives at his decisions. When McCain was hanging out with people like Kissinger, Obama was hanging with people like Ayers and Wright.

How could this point not override the others? McCain is constantly talking tough. He scoffs at Obama for considering talking with our enemies. He's talking about Russia like it's the cold war all over again. He's a war first kind of guy and this country can't afford another one. We don't have the troops and we don't have the money.

It's been a sticking point for me. I know some here think I'm supporting McCain but I have not been and am not yet. I don't like McCain's flippant "bomb bomb bomb Iran" kind of comments and they concern me. On the other hand I liked what I heard last night from McCain about foreign policy. He's clear headed about Russia. He's right about Putin and the KGB -- and, like McCain apparently, I saw the same thing from the start. Russia is growing into a big problem that has got to be addressed. McCain has been clear that he does not want another cold war but that we can't continue to ignore what Russia is doing in the hopes it'll all be okay.

You do realize we're already doing that right? I guess you'd prefer we just sit back and take the cross boarder attacks on our troops? If a country is not willing to take actions to stop a threat against us, what choice do we have?

Dealing with Pakistan is a very delicate thing. This is another area that Hillary Clinton and John McCain understand and Barack Obama shows his inexperience. We cannot antagonize Pakistan without there being fallout, we can't go barreling in the way Obama suggests just because the President thinks he knows where bin Laden is hiding. It's just not that simple. I wish it were. McCain and Clinton wish it were. But this seems to be another --much more potentially fatal-- instance of Obama trying to making something true because he wants it to be. Our President has to deal with situations as they are, even when they're messy and complicated, not as he would like to believe they are.

 

[Telstra]

I think the United States is in enough trouble, between Iraq and the economy and energy alone, to grow a pair and grow up and stop being impressed with style and start paying attention to substance.

If you care that McCain speaks too slowwww, you don't understand what the fuck is going on.

He speaks too slow and too soft of a tone on purpose in my opinion. Slower and much weaker than Ronald Reagan.

He didn't understands the economy, don't know how to use a computer. He wants to delay the debate until the financial crisis has been resolved. How embarressing and indecisive that is.

 

[Jak2333]

Hello!!! It's not that he don't know how to use a computer it's a fact that he can't due to the damage done to his hands over the five years he spent as a POW.

He speaks too slow and too soft of a tone on purpose in my opinion. Slower and much weaker than Ronald Reagan.

He didn't understands the economy, don't know how to use a computer. He wants to delay the debate until the financial crisis has been resolved. How embarressing and indecisive that is.

 

[noah617]

Hello!!! It's not that he don't know how to use a computer it's a fact that he can't due to the damage done to his hands over the five years he spent as a POW.

Hello!!! How is it that Stephen Hawking can use a computer but McCain can't?

 

[RandomAccess]

^^ His lack of computer savvy has nothing, whatsoever, to do with his injuries as a POW. That's a cop-out that was dreamed-up after the fact.

 

[smelter]

^^ His lack of computer savvy has nothing, whatsoever, to do with his injuries as a POW. That's a cop-out that was dreamed-up after the fact.

If typing is painful for McCain, maybe Chance could teach him the minimum keystroke, gibberish method that he uses.

 

[NickCole]

He didn't understands the economy, don't know how to use a computer. He wants to delay the debate until the financial crisis has been resolved. How embarressing and indecisive that is.

Judging by the recent debate, McCain understands the economy as well as or better than Obama.

When asked what he could cut to address diminished tax revenue that'll result from the current economic crisis, McCain suggested a virtually across the board spending feeze. Obama, responding to the same question, recited a long list of expensive programs, many of them new ones he's proposing, he would NOT be willing to cut -- didn't mention a single program he'll cut.

Obama is out to lunch if he thinks those programs can all be paid for. Completely out to lunch. And if he doesn't think that, why is he being deceptive to the American people at a time of severe economic crisis?

 

[Spensed]

^ McCain has admitted he knows little of economic matters. His spending freeze response is standard fodder and completely meaningless especially given that he doesn't specify how long the freeze would last, what its specific consequences would be or that his excluded area of huge military spending is the most out of control.

Obama's response was that he would pace and adjust his programs to match the resources available. There's nothing deceptive about that.

 

[NickCole]

McCain has admitted he knows little of economic matters. His spending freeze response is standard fodder and completely meaningless especially given that the area of defense spending is the one most out of control.

Obama's response was that he would pace and adjust his programs to match the resources available. There's nothing deceptive about that.

It's bullshit.

Unmitigated bull.

And you're not only accepting it from Obama, you're dishing it out.

"Pace and adjust his programs to match the resources available." We're back to zero substance.

What is Obama going to do and what is he NOT going to do? That's not a hard question, it NEEDS to be answered for those of us who make informed voting decisions, and yet he refused to answer it.

McCain answered it. And frankly a spending freeze sounds like a fine idea to me at the moment.

 

[Spensed]

^ A spending freeze, that carves out the most out of control area of spending, doesn't define how long it will last for or what its consequences will be, makes sense to you.

But saying that you don't know how much you will need to delay and cut back on your expenditures, until you know how much revenue you have to spend, is bullshit to you.

No wonder you support McCain. LOL.

 

[Telstra]

It's bullshit.

Unmitigated bull.

And you're not only accepting it from Obama, you're dishing it out.

"Pace and adjust his programs to match the resources available." We're back to zero substance.

What is Obama going to do and what is he NOT going to do? That's not a hard question, it NEEDS to be answered for those of us who make informed voting decisions, and yet he refused to answer it.

McCain answered it. And frankly a spending freeze sounds like a fine idea to me at the moment.

to cut the discussion short, mCsame would be an inferior president, maybe dead tomorrow and sarah the beauty queen would become the president. Do you want that ?

 

[Spensed]

Who wouldn't want this?





Although admittedly she was clearer here: